This is true because Lamar is a WR playing QB.

 

Lamar has played QB his entire life.

Cam's Junior Year at Auburn:

4369 Total Yards, 51 TD's (14 Games)

 

LJ's Sophomore year at UofL:

4928 Total Yards, 51 TD's (Currently 12 Games)

Lamar has played QB his entire life.

 

So did Braxton Miller.

So did Braxton Miller.

 

Just because LJ isn't the stereotypical QB doesn't mean he's playing out of position, which is what you're inferring.

So did Braxton Miller.

In @TheDeuce 's defense, Lamar is a lot better passer than Braxton was. But I'm with you on I'm not sure if he is a QB at the next level. He has incredible arm strength, but his greatest gift is his athleticism. There are plenty of athletic guys having success playing QB in the NFL, but what they have that Lamar doesn't have (at least just yet) is pinpoint accuracy. Lamar may prove me wrong if he develops some touch on his passes this summer and proves it next year, but if he doesn't I think he'll be drafted as a QB, but he'll soon figure out that maybe his insane athleticism would be better utilized at WR.

We can revisit once Lamar's career is over. You're right, it is silly to compare less than a year of starting experience to a career.

Career? What college career are you speaking of he played 1 year at Auburn.

Career? What college career are you speaking of he played 1 year at Auburn.

 

Fair enough. If we want to look at Cam's Jr. season versus Lamar's sophomore season, it's impossible to suggest that Cam was far better, clearly.

In @TheDeuce 's defense, Lamar is a lot better passer than Braxton was. But I'm with you on I'm not sure if he is a QB at the next level. He has incredible arm strength, but his greatest gift is his athleticism. There are plenty of athletic guys having success playing QB in the NFL, but what they have that Lamar doesn't have (at least just yet) is pinpoint accuracy. Lamar may prove me wrong if he develops some touch on his passes this summer and proves it next year, but if he doesn't I think he'll be drafted as a QB, but he'll soon figure out that maybe his insane athleticism would be better utilized at WR.

 

Lamar won't play QB in the NFL, but that is irrelevant to this discussion.

Fair enough. If we want to look at Cam's Jr. season versus Lamar's sophomore season, it's impossible to suggest that Cam was far better, clearly.

 

You also have to look at the competition Cam put up his numbers against compared to the competition Jackson plays, it wasn't even close IMO. Auburn was bad the year before Cam got there, and was bad after he left. He was at Auburn for only one year and won them a Championship, and then they were back to being bad and coach being fired 2 years after.

 

Jackson is amazing, and IMO definitely should win the Heisman. However if I had to choose, I would take Newton every time. Jackson has a 56% completion rate, Newton had a 66% completion rate. Jackson has had 13 turnovers on the year, Newton only had 9. Newton led the Nation in passing yards per attempt at 10 yards per attempt, while Jackson is at 8 yards per attempt. Jackson's QB rating is in the 150s, while Newton was in the 180s. Both QB's tore it up running the ball.

 

Both QBs were great, and both teams had to have their QB's play great for their teams to win, because overall the rest of the team wasn't great. However while there may not be huge differences in their numbers, it was enough to make differences. Newton's higher completion percentage helps keeps drives going longer. His deeper passes per completion which led the nation, helped keep teams honest from loading the box to stop the run. Then when you add in the better competition, that is why I think its a no brainer to chose Newton.

 

Jackson does have another year to prove otherwise. However right now its a no brainer IMO.

In this new generation of spread offenses you can take your fastest guy and line him up at QB as long as he can throw it. Auburn did it with Marshall. That's high school and college football though, my point was comparing a WR who's playing QB to a true QB. Lamar is going to have Madden stats, he has the ball in his hands 25 mins a game and he's faster than everyone. He's the ultimate college weapon.