Dwyer running with more purpose and drive

by Winfield Featherston on Nov 2, 2009 1:39 PM EST Comment 10 comments

"I’m running with a purpose (now)," Dwyer said. "Ever since last week, a couple guys on the team challenged me to run the way they know I can run," Dwyer said. "I watched old film from last year and things like that. If plays weren’t there, I still made plays."

Jonathan Dwyer threw himself upon the national stage last year, running for 1,395 yards and averaging 107 yards a game and claiming the ACC Player of the Year award. As 2009 approached, the public lauded JD with possible Heisman contentions and additional awards. However, he started out slow and didn't seem to have that bang-bang play as much that we all so vividly remember from last year.

These thoughts quickly turned into words and statements such as "Jonathan Dwyer isn't having quite the year we thought." or the most ignorant statement "JD is not going to the NFL because he is having a poor year and his numbers are nothing compared to last year."

Well, my friends let's stretch those minds of ours and actually do some research.

Year	Games	Attempts	Yards	Avg. Carries	YPG	YPC
2008	13	200	1395	15.38	107.31	6.98
2009	9	146	904	16.22	100.44	6.19

Everything seems to be on track to last year. If he continues on this pace, he will have a numbers year very similar to last. This can be attributed partially to our offense and the philosophy of making the read and sharing the ball with the right player. So for 2009, enjoy Dwyer running with a reason and running with a purpose. He's got his fire and got his determination [back] and we'll most likely be missing him in 2010. Below is a chart showing the percent change in types of carries for Dwyer from 2008-2009.

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interesting stuff Winfield, great chart!

Big positive is the work horse yardage up 6%.

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

by BirdGT on Nov 2, 2009 1:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

negative of that, obviously

his big plays have reduced

This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.

by BirdGT on Nov 2, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks Bird.

Everybody,

Bird made the chart for Dwyer. Just an FYI ;-)

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Nov 2, 2009 2:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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by JacksonGT on Nov 2, 2009 2:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions 0 recs

More impressive than last year

Starting this year every team had their sights focused on Drywer. The fact that he’s doing just as well as last year seems more impressive to me.

Hate to see this guy leave. Maybe I’m being a bit selfish but I’d wish he’d stay for another.

by JacksonGT on Nov 2, 2009 2:29 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

You are, but that's ok

I think we are all. I don’t see it happening though, dude is a beast.

"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick

by Jesse28 on Nov 2, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Be on the watch for Daniel Drummond

I have heard only good things from him. I think we have the potential to become “the B-Back Institute”

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Nov 2, 2009 3:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Lyons isn't bad either

Reminds me of the Cox family tree. Speaking of which, how come we don’t see more of him? But you know who really gets me excited? #17 Orwin Smith, that’s who. I love his running style and I have heard nothing but great things about him since spring.

We’ve had some really good running backs lately and I hope it continues.

by Jesse28 on Nov 2, 2009 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Numbers down

Dwyer’s numbers were mainly down this year because of our frontloaded schedule and the fact that he missed an entire half against miami. Now that we’ve started the weak back end of the schedule, he should have the chance to pad his stats a little bit and chase another 1200-1300 yard season. If you’ve been following him, though, he has had over 5.5 yards per carry pretty much all year, which puts him right near the top among quality rb’s nationally. I think nesbitt has taken a lot of everyone’s carrys this year(roddy’s too), which is perfectly fine as long as it keeps getting the job done. In my mind, Dwyer was never a legit heisman contender because he would never get the carrys to pad his stats nor the games against charleston southern, troy, and fiu that some other teams use to rack up totals for their heisman candidates(ahem, florida). All I know is, I have never seen a running back whoso consistently falls for four yards after being hit at the line of scrimmage.

by csulima on Nov 2, 2009 4:04 PM EST reply actions 0 recs