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So glad he stuck with it and kept grinding - a leader and a great teammate.
Thing he'll be a heck of a coach if he goes that route when his playing days are over!
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Pro Football Focus College has Tanner Morgan of the Gophers rated as the top QB in the country.
Morgan and Co. on a roll
Quarterback Tanner Morgan was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, after completing 23 of 26 passes for 368 yards and three touchdowns at Michigan State. With him leading the way, the Gophers rank third among the nation's 131 FBS teams in total offense at 543 yards per game and 11th in scoring offense at 48.5 points per game.
Dig a little deeper and you'll find Minnesota's offense leads the country with a 78.9% (41-for-52) third-down conversion rate, the best by 12 percentage points.
"We were operating fantastic,'' Morgan said. "We were executing. I'm really proud of how hard our guys played."
Reunited with offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca, Morgan is thriving. His QB rating of 198.14 is fourth nationally, his completion percentage (77.2) is second and his yards per attempt (11.2) is third.
Pro Football Focus College, which does a deep dive in player analysis, ranks Morgan as its top QB in the country.
Complementing Morgan's passing has been a Gophers run game that ranks second with 294.5 yards per game and leads major college football with 41 rushes of 10 yards or longer.
Running back Mohamed Ibrahim ranks second with 141.8 yards per game and is tied for second with 12.0 points per game. He has 19 runs of 10 or more yards, also ranking second. PFF is high on Ibrahim, too, ranking him fifth nationally.
Paving the way for Ibrahim and protecting Morgan is a Gophers offensive line led by center John Michael Schmitz, ranked No. 1 by PFF. Guard Nathan Boe is No. 2 but with limited snaps, while guard Chuck Filiaga is ranked No. 19.
Tight ends Brevyn Spann-Ford (second) and Nick Kallerup (eighth) rank highly with the PFF evaluators, too.
Against Michigan State, the Gophers had clock-draining scoring drives of 75, 77, 90 and 75 yards, and it's no surprise Minnesota leads the nation in time of possession at 40 minutes, 34.75 seconds, nearly 4 minutes ahead of No. 2 Air Force.
Thing he'll be a heck of a coach if he goes that route when his playing days are over!
Undefeated Gophers putting up eye-popping statistics during dominant 4-0 start
PFF's college football analysts rank quarterback Tanner Morgan No. 1 and running back Mohamed Ibrahim No. 5.
www.startribune.com
Pro Football Focus College has Tanner Morgan of the Gophers rated as the top QB in the country.
Morgan and Co. on a roll
Quarterback Tanner Morgan was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, after completing 23 of 26 passes for 368 yards and three touchdowns at Michigan State. With him leading the way, the Gophers rank third among the nation's 131 FBS teams in total offense at 543 yards per game and 11th in scoring offense at 48.5 points per game.
Dig a little deeper and you'll find Minnesota's offense leads the country with a 78.9% (41-for-52) third-down conversion rate, the best by 12 percentage points.
"We were operating fantastic,'' Morgan said. "We were executing. I'm really proud of how hard our guys played."
Reunited with offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca, Morgan is thriving. His QB rating of 198.14 is fourth nationally, his completion percentage (77.2) is second and his yards per attempt (11.2) is third.
Pro Football Focus College, which does a deep dive in player analysis, ranks Morgan as its top QB in the country.
Complementing Morgan's passing has been a Gophers run game that ranks second with 294.5 yards per game and leads major college football with 41 rushes of 10 yards or longer.
Running back Mohamed Ibrahim ranks second with 141.8 yards per game and is tied for second with 12.0 points per game. He has 19 runs of 10 or more yards, also ranking second. PFF is high on Ibrahim, too, ranking him fifth nationally.
Paving the way for Ibrahim and protecting Morgan is a Gophers offensive line led by center John Michael Schmitz, ranked No. 1 by PFF. Guard Nathan Boe is No. 2 but with limited snaps, while guard Chuck Filiaga is ranked No. 19.
Tight ends Brevyn Spann-Ford (second) and Nick Kallerup (eighth) rank highly with the PFF evaluators, too.
Against Michigan State, the Gophers had clock-draining scoring drives of 75, 77, 90 and 75 yards, and it's no surprise Minnesota leads the nation in time of possession at 40 minutes, 34.75 seconds, nearly 4 minutes ahead of No. 2 Air Force.
