Not here to bash a young man who everyone says is smart, hard working, and decent. But stats are heartless:
Chad President's NCAA passing efficiency rating for 2017: 105.9 (NFL equivalent 71.64).
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/calc-pe.pl?a=157&c=83&y=921&t=3&i=2
https://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/careerplayer
http://tulsahurricane.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5917&path=football
For comparison:
UCF's QB: 179.3
Central Arkansas: 177 (team stat, too lazy to calculate individual stats, we open against them)
Memphis: 161.2
Uconn: 153.6
Arkansas State: 149.6 (who we play in September)
USF: 142.1
SMU: 140
Houston: 139.4 (team stat)
Tulane: 139.1
Navy: 136.7 (team)
ECU: 129.1
Arkansas: 127.5
Temple: 127.2 (team)
Texas: 123.9 (team)
President: 105.9
Last years data obviously, I'm sure some of the QBs will turn over. Others will improve. Not everyone we play has a QB that qualified for an NCAA computation on the list (only 110 listed, needed certain number of passes/completions/tds to qualify for the list), so I used their team stat. I calculated President's stat using the above information.
https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/individual/8/p1
https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/113770
Now, he also had 429 rushing yards. That's nothing to scoff at. But coach Monte and Tulsa have both historically found success by throwing and racking up ridiculous offensive numbers. It would be hard to do that with a passing rating of 105.
Unless he has significantly improved his passing game or we change our offensive mindset, it is likely that the offensive we have in mind would struggle.
The calculation:
NCAA Formula
Points for: Formula: Calculation: Result:
Completion percentage 100 * completions / attempts 100 * 83 / 157
52.87
Yards per attempt 8.4 * yards / attempts 8.4 * 921 / 157
49.28
Touchdowns 330 * touchdowns / attempts 330 * 3 / 157
6.31
Interceptions -200 * interceptions / attempts -200 * 2 / 157
-2.55
Computed rating (total points): 105.90