FB Recruiting Transfer QB Athan Kaliakmanis visiting RU
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Would this even be an upgrade? Haven't really seen him play. Can he run?
At worst, it's quality depth for the QB room. Athan did alright at Minn and knows Kirk's offense. It would be good to have another QB with experience on the team.
He's not coming to Rutgers for depth, if he commits he's QB1 next year easily.
But he's... maybe marginally a better passer than Gavin but doesn't run like Gavin at all. Would he really be a more effective QB?
Even their QBRs are identical, Athan 80th and Gavin 81st.
He actually can run. And throws a much better ball. Watch these highlights. Kirk's offense does not ask the QB to run a lot. They asked Gavin to run because he can't pass.
Sign me up. He’s able to hit a wide open target 7 yards away.
He is significantly better than gavin.
You guys wanna see a crazy stat to get you excited? As a freshman under kirk at minny, he got thrown into the fire with his first ever start @ Penn State in a stripe out. He struggled and went 9-22 after 1 week of starter reps.
However, after that in his final 5 starts of the year (nebraska, NW, Iowa, wisconsin and syracuse) his stat line was as follows
1) 46/68 for a 68% completion percentage
2) Averaged 10.10 yards per attempt. The best in the country for yards per attempt amongst p5 teams in 2022 for example was 9.7 by Tennessee and that 9.7 included a handful of games against out of conference doormats whereas Athan's we're all vs p5 competition
And this kid can't pass either. 53% completion percentage
Athan Kaliakmanis 2023 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN
The 2023 NCAAF season stats per game for Athan Kaliakmanis of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
18/42 against Purdue this past season. 94 rushing yards on the year. Nothing to brag about.
QBR is not a good way to evaluate QBs for starters. Regardless watch the tape, he's easily better than Gavin.
He didn't really play well this year at all though. He doesn't seem significantly better than Gavin looking at his stats. 🤷
Athan also had the second highest drop rate of any FBS quarterback last season. 13.9% of his passes were drops.And this kid can't pass either. 53% completion percentage
Athan Kaliakmanis 2023 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN
The 2023 NCAAF season stats per game for Athan Kaliakmanis of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.www.espn.com
18/42 against Purdue this past season. 94 rushing yards on the year. Nothing to brag about.
I saw the tape where he threw a pick 6 on the second play of the game against Michigan.
And this kid can't pass either. 53% completion percentage
Athan Kaliakmanis 2023 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN
The 2023 NCAAF season stats per game for Athan Kaliakmanis of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
18/42 against Purdue this past season. 94 rushing yards on the year. Nothing to brag about.
Check his 2022 stats when he was with Kirk. Better yet, watch him play.
It's very obvious. Gavin better get ready to grab a clipboard if we get this kid.
You guys wanna see a crazy stat to get you excited? As a freshman under kirk at minny, he got thrown into the fire with his first ever start @ Penn State in a stripe out. He struggled and went 9-22 after 1 week of starter reps.And this kid can't pass either. 53% completion percentage
Athan Kaliakmanis 2023 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN
The 2023 NCAAF season stats per game for Athan Kaliakmanis of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
18/42 against Purdue this past season. 94 rushing yards on the year. Nothing to brag about.
However, after that in his final 5 starts of the year (nebraska, NW, Iowa, wisconsin and syracuse) his stat line was as follows
1) 46/68 for a 68% completion percentage
2) Averaged 10.10 yards per attempt. The best in the country for yards per attempt amongst p5 teams in 2022 for example was 9.7 by Tennessee and that 9.7 included a handful of games against out of conference doormats whereas Athan's we're all vs p5 competition
We have TEs? It would be worth bringing him in just to hear announcers mangle his name.
His completion percentage in 2022 is almost the same.
I have no problem with the kid coming in for an open competition. But nothing tells me he's an upgrade, and I watched a few Minn games this season.
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Is he going to be better than Gavin at handing the ball off to Monangai?
(Im gonna keep posting this fyi)
As a freshman under kirk at minny, he got thrown into the fire with his first ever start @ Penn State in a stripe out. He struggled and went 9-22 after 1 week of starter reps.
However, after that in his final 5 starts of the year (nebraska, NW, Iowa, wisconsin and syracuse) his stat line was as follows
1) 46/68 for a 68% completion percentage
2) Averaged 10.10 yards per attempt. The best in the country for yards per attempt amongst p5 teams in 2022 for example was 9.7 by Tennessee and that 9.7 included a handful of games against out of conference doormats whereas Athan's we're all vs p5 competition
Wtf are you smoking? His stats are very comparable to Gavin.
"He's tradin' in his Wimsatt for a Kaliak ack, ack, ack, ack, ack."
Gavin was literally dead last in all of FBS for completion and adjusted completion percentage by a pretty significant margin, literally anyone is an upgrade.
Maybe they tell Dino to add some weight and play more of a TE role. He's 6’2” 200 as listed and didn’t stat for Minnesota.
On the average, yes. There is some cause for hope, however, in that his performance was up/down, but was trending towards improvement.And this kid can't pass either. 53% completion percentage
Athan Kaliakmanis 2023 Stats per Game - NCAAF - ESPN
The 2023 NCAAF season stats per game for Athan Kaliakmanis of the Minnesota Golden Gophers on ESPN. Includes full stats, per opponent, for regular and postseason.
18/42 against Purdue this past season. 94 rushing yards on the year. Nothing to brag about.
Let's go game by game, but by %completion, and do average not by # of total passes by game.
Athan:
8/31 Neb 54.5
8/9 EMU 66.7
9/16 UNC 37.9
9/23 NW 73.7
9/30 UL 85.7
10/7 UM 33.3
10/21 Iowa 40.0
10/28 MSU 63.6
11/4 Ill 50.0
11/11 Pur 42.9
11/18 OSU 57.9
11/25 WIS 57.1
4 games 40% or lower
5 games 50% or lower
7 games above 50%
4 games above 60%
AVG First 6 Games-58.6%
AVG Last 6 games 44.7%
Gavin:
9/3 NW 58.6
9/9 TEM 47.6
9/16 VT 43.8
9/23 UM 52.4
9/30 WAG 63.2
10/7 WIS 45.7
10/14 MSU 46.4
10/21 IU 41.7
11/4 OSU 40.0
11/11 Iowa 38.9
11/18 PSU 62.5
11/25 MD 38.2
3 games 40% or lower
8 games 50% or or lower
4 games over 50%
2 games over 60%
AVG First six 51.8%
AVG Last six 44.6%
Common Opponents (NW, UM, WIS,Iowa, OSU, MSU):
Gavin- 47%
Athan- 54.2.%
Slight edge to Athan.
Troubling that each QB did worse in second half of season.
He seems pretty mobile actually. Hopefully Kirk can actual run a legit option with this kid.
He throws a catchable ball on tape, I'll give him that. Quick release.
The stats are still a concern though, completion % especially.
Are you and Kyk or KK or whatever he calls himself related?
Okay but Greg is content to run run run and Gavin is certainly an above average/very good running qb. Hopefully the decrease in running ability isn’t more significant than the increase in throwing/accuracy ability.
Will of course gladly sacrifice some of Gavin’s running ability for greater accuracy, but a solid running qb is a valuable weapon.
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