ACC Quarterback Review: Coastal Division

Josh Jackson Virginia Tech
Josh Jackson is arguably the ACC Coastal Division’s top returning quarterback. (Photo by Ivan Morozov)

Today we’ll continue our look at ACC quarterbacks by focusing in on the signal callers in the Coastal Division.  As the numbers will show, if football games were decided by quarterback play alone, then the Hokies would be the Coastal Division favorite heading into the 2018 season.

We’ll start with Duke, and then proceed in alphabetical order. Note: all stats are from sports-reference.com.

Duke

After watching Daniel Jones play in 2016, I, and many others, were convinced that he was going to have a breakout season as a redshirt sophomore in 2017.  However, he didn’t make as much progress as people envisioned.  Here are his season numbers…

Passing: 257-of-453 (56.7%) for 2,691 yards, 14 touchdowns, 11 interceptions
Rushing: 161 carries, 518 yards, 3.2 ypc, 7 TDs

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