2020 ACC Quarterback Leaderboard
The leaderboard ranks the quarterbacks in the ACC, based on how well they played statistically compared to the average against their opponents. A few qualifiers:
- We only count games in which the quarterback attempted at least 10 passes.
- We only include quarterbacks that attempted at least 50 passes this year.
- We exclude the quarterback in question’s stats from the average he is being compared to.
For a glossary of stats click here.
| Rank | Name | Team | YPA | Comp % | A/TD | A/Int | YPC | QBS | QBS vs AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Howell | North Carolina | 10.2 | 66.8 | 11.6 | 46.4 | 1.2 | 76.54 | 16.83 |
| 2 | DJ Uiagalelei | Clemson | 8.4 | 68.0 | 19.4 | Inf | 1.4 | 72.45 | 16.10 |
| 3 | Trevor Lawrence | Clemson | 9.2 | 68.6 | 15.5 | 65.0 | 3.0 | 74.56 | 15.29 |
| 4 | D’Eriq King | Miami | 8.2 | 64.1 | 14.3 | 65.8 | 4.1 | 70.72 | 12.99 |
| 5 | Hendon Hooker | Virginia Tech | 8.9 | 65.1 | 16.6 | 29.8 | 5.4 | 68.19 | 10.12 |
| 6 | Ian Book | Notre Dame | 8.0 | 64.6 | 23.5 | 117.7 | 4.2 | 68.36 | 9.69 |
| 7 | Malik Cunningham | Louisville | 8.9 | 64.1 | 15.2 | 25.3 | 4.6 | 65.91 | 5.72 |
| 8 | Devin Leary | NC State | 8.1 | 60.0 | 13.8 | 55.0 | 0.4 | 64.14 | 3.93 |
| 9 | Phil Jurkovec | Boston College | 7.6 | 61.0 | 19.8 | 67.2 | 1.9 | 62.27 | 2.23 |
| 10 | Sam Hartman | Wake Forest | 7.9 | 57.7 | 24.4 | 220.0 | -0.3 | 61.03 | 2.05 |
| 11 | Braxton Burmeister | Virginia Tech | 8.2 | 57.1 | 42.0 | 84.0 | 4.0 | 61.15 | 1.42 |
| 12 | Dennis Grosel | Boston College | 11.3 | 69.6 | 11.5 | 15.3 | -5.4 | 62.43 | -3.66 |
| 13 | Brennan Armstrong | Virginia | 7.1 | 57.6 | 16.9 | 26.2 | 4.44 | 55.58 | -4.90 |
| 14 | Kenny Pickett | Pittsburgh | 7.4 | 61.2 | 26.7 | 36.8 | 1.5 | 55.65 | -4.95 |
| 15 | Chuba Purdy | Florida State | 5.0 | 61.4 | 22.0 | 44.0 | 2.9 | 50.98 | -5.15 |
| 16 | Bailey Hockman | NC State | 7.9 | 64.5 | 21.6 | 23.5 | -0.2 | 53.85 | -6.59 |
| 17 | Jordan Travis | Florida State | 7.5 | 53.2 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 5.8 | 51.87 | -7.44 |
| 18 | Jeff Sims | Georgia Tech | 7.3 | 54.9 | 19.8 | 19.8 | 4.1 | 49.56 | -11.24 |
| 19 | Tommy DeVito | Syracuse | 6.2 | 50.0 | 24.0 | 48.0 | 0.5 | 47.15 | -13.95 |
| 20 | Lindell Stone | Virginia | 4.5 | 56.3 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 3.3 | 42.56 | -17.90 |
| 21 | Rex Culpepper | Syracuse | 5.4 | 50.9 | 20.9 | 23.9 | -2.2 | 36.89 | -20.52 |
| 22 | Chase Brice | Duke | 6.2 | 54.8 | 35.2 | 23.5 | 0.98 | 41.45 | -21.92 |
| 23 | James Blackman | Florida State | 4.6 | 56.5 | 34.5 | 34.5 | -0.1 | 39.92 | -25.43 |
| 24 | Joey Yellen | Pittsburgh | 5.2 | 43.8 | 73.0 | 24.3 | -8.5 | 21.27 | -41.48 |
