Where Notre Dame QB CJ Carr is ranked nationally in major passing statistics after Week 11
It has been quite the impressive redshirt freshman season for Notre Dame’s starting quarterback CJ Carr.
There have been a few plays where he’s looked like a first-year player, but aside from a couple hiccups, he’s been excellent. Carr has taken college football by storm, and he’s among the nations leaders in multiple passing categories.
Find out below where Carr ranks with his quarterback peers, and also where he ranks among freshman as well.
(Note: All statistics are according to NCAA.com.)
Completion percentage
National leader: Ohio State’s Julian Sayin with 80.9%
Carr’s ranking: No. 25 with 67.6%
Top freshman: No. 15 Texas State’s Brad Jackson with 69.2%
Passing touchdowns
National leader: Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza with 26 touchdowns
Carr’s ranking: Tied at No. 17 with 19 touchdowns
Top freshman: Tied at No. 9 North Texas’ Drew Mestemaker with 21 touchdowns
Passing efficiency
National leader: Sayin with 192.61 rating
Carr’s ranking: No. 3 with 176.8 rating
Top freshman: Carr
Yards-per-game
National leader: San Diego State’s Walker Eget with 326.78 yards-per-game
Carr’s ranking: No. 22 with 252.78 yards-per-game
Top freshman: No. 5 Mestemaker with 300.22 yards-per-game
Yards-per-attempt
National leader: Carr with 10.11 yards-per-attempt
Carr’s ranking: No. 1
Top freshman: Carr
Overall
What an impressive to start for Carr in his Notre Dame career. It’s hard to imagine that this isn’t the best case scenario, as he’s close to the top in multiple impressive passing categories. It’s made the Irish offense extremely potent, as Carr has shown he doesn’t need a dominant receiver to dominate. I don’t think it’s out of the question that he’s going to be a Freshman All-American, and most likely will take home some hardware as well.
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