Razorbacks and Record Setting Paces.

[Bomis Hawg]

Felix Jones and Darren McFadden are the first Freshman in school history with 2 100-yard games in their first year.
Darren McFadden's 125 yards is tied for 5th on the list, with Jerry Rouse. 

McFadden (on pace for 844) and Jones (on pace for 774) are both on pace to break the Freshman rushing record.  McFadden could crack the top 15 all-time (13 is Bill Burnett with 900 in 1969).

Felix Jones and Darren McFadden have returned kicks, not sure if they will remain doing so.  But, if they Jones does and McFadden does a little, they could do very well for themselves.  Felix Jones has 694 all-purpose yards.  If he does his average for the rest of the year, he could end up with 1527 yards -- third best in a single season (behind Dickey Morton and Madre Hill).  Darren McFadden has 552.  At his average, he'd be at 1214, would be close to Top 15.  Peyton Hillis, who will likely field punts and kicks, could end up with more than his average of 1052 (478 all-purpose yards now).

Senior Sam Olajabutu has recorded 57 tackles this year (11.4/game).  He's on pace for 125 this season.  That would be the 15th best single-season tackle record.  For his career, he's on pace to have 264, which is a little off the charts.

Marcus Monk now has 20 catches for 242 yards to go with his 4 touchdowns.  This year, he's on pace for 44 catches, 532 yards, and 9 touchdowns.  44 Catches would tie for 10th in a single season, with Michael Williams in 1998.  532 isn't top 20.  The 9 touchdowns would be good for 2nd place alone single season, behind Anthony Lucas with 10 in 1998.

Let's speed this up.  After two years, he would be: 51/1101/15.  15 scores would be 7th all-time.  It's easy to see that Monk could do some damage at some records if given the chance.

Someone who has taken a lot of hits has been punter Jacob Skinner.  But, he's having a pretty decent start to the season: 23 punts for 930 (40.4 avg.).  His pace tihs year, not sure that its a good thing, 51 punts for 2060 yards.  At his pace, he'd have 132 punts for 5196 yards through three season.  The 132 punts would be 7th best all-time.  His 5196 yards would also be 7th best all-time. 

Now, for the bad.  Robert Johnson is 60/109 for 1283 yards, 5 TD & 4 INT.  A whopping pace of 132/240 for 1283 yards, 11 TD & 9 INT.  These will be lows for a while.  The 2001 season is the season of record, it seems.  Matt Jones had 122 in 2002.  Zak Clark had 88 in 2001, but Jones was the guy running.  Before that, it was 1996 with Pete Burks leading the team with 115.  153 attempts is the lowest since Jason Allen in 1991 (he went 48/102).  2001-2003 were all under 240, mainly because of Matt Jones.  1996, again, with Pete Burks was the latest to be below that.  I think Jones is the exception to most things.  But, 2001 was the last season the leader in pass yards was 1283.  Before that, it was 1993 when Pete Burks led the team with 1241 yards.  2000 (Robbie Hampton, 3 TD) and 2001 (Zak Clark, 6 TD) didn't get up to 11 touchdowns.  Again, 1996, Pete Burks only had 6 touchdowns.  A 11/9 (1.22 ratio) is what Johnson is projected to have.  Robbie Hampton (3/8 in 2000) and Clint Stoerner (12/13) have been the worst since.  Well, I see we really opened up the playbook.

What I have for now.  I'll update the list as the season rolls along.

[GrizzledHogFan]

Thanks for the informative post--a rarity these days.

[merccedes]

Now thats the type of post i thought i would see plenty of when i got nto hogville.