Florida State is bowl-eligible for a 36th straight season following Saturday’s 42-10 trouncing of Louisiana-Monroe. A number of Seminoles used the big win in the regular season finale to work their way up the ACC and national statistical leaderboards. Here where FSU players rank:
Individual Leaders
James Blackman (Fr.-QB)
57.2 percent completions (9th in ACC)
155 completions (10th in ACC)
271 attempts (10th in ACC)
1,997 passing yards (10th in ACC)
7.4 yards per pass attempt (6th in ACC)
15 touchdown passes (7th in ACC)
129.2 passer rating (8th in ACC)
Cam Akers (Fr.-RB)
181 carries (6th in ACC)
930 yards rushing (6th in ACC)
Jacques Patrick (Jr.-RB)
5.8 yards per carry (5th in ACC)
Auden Tate (Jr.-WR)
7 touchdown receptions (5th in ACC)
D.J. Matthews (Fr.-WR)
11.8 yards per punt return (3rd in ACC, 8th nationally)
Josh Sweat (Jr.-DE)
5.5 sacks (10th in ACC)
Derwin James (So.-S)
13 passes defended (6th in ACC, 35th nationally)
Brian Burns (So.-DE)
3 forced fumbles (2nd in ACC, 17th nationally)
Ricky Aguayo (So.-K)
15 field goals made (5th in ACC, 37th nationally)
18 field goal attempts (7th in ACC)
.833 field goal percentage (3rd in ACC, 21st nationally)
84 points (8th in ACC)
Logan Tyler (So.-P)
43.2 yards per punt (8th in ACC, 38th nationally)
Team Ranks
343.6 total yards per game (14th in ACC)
192.8 passing yards per game (12th in ACC)
150.8 rushing yards per game (11th in ACC)
26.7 points per game (9th in ACC)
337 yards per game allowed (3rd in ACC, 24th nationally)
201 passing yards per game allowed (6th in ACC, 35th nationally)
136 rushing yards per game allowed (4th in ACC, 33rd nationally)
21.9 points per game allowed (5th in ACC, 33rd nationally)
29 sacks (3rd in ACC, 36th nationally)
9 interceptions (10th in ACC)
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finance85
December 6, 2017 at 7:48 am
24th nationally in Total Defense. Unfortunately a lot of those yards came at the wrong time against Miami, NC State, and Louisville.
The offense certainly didn’t help the defense. In many ways it looked like 2014, but with much worse results.