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Nov. 14—If he doesn’t outright avoid them, Bronco Mendenhall often notes that comparisons aren’t accurate. “Nor fair,” New Mexico’s head coach said Monday.
When it comes to the quarterbacks taking the field Saturday, one might be unavoidable.
Consider: Washington State’s John Mateer is fifth nationally with 329.1 yards of total offense per game. The 6-foot-1, 219-pound strong-armed Texan has thrown for 2,332 yards, 22 touchdowns and six touchdowns, and added 630 yards and 11 scores on the ground. He has allegedly received a seven-figure offer to transfer with the season still ongoing. Watch him as of late and it makes sense.
“He’s an amazing player,” UNM edge rusher Gabe Lopez said Tuesday.
UNM’s Devon Dampier is literally a tick behind Mateer with 329.0 yards of total offense per game. The 5-11, 198-pound sophomore has passed for 2,418 yards, 11 touchdowns and a nagging 12 interceptions, turnovers he’s made up for with a team-high 872 rushing yards and 13 scores. Whether he’s received an offer to transfer is unknown.
If Dampier’s production doesn’t have a market price yet, UNM would probably consider it invaluable.
“This quarterback is a problem,” Washington State head coach Jake Dickert told The Spokesman-Review.
Both are first-year starters. Both can extend plays to occasionally comical extents. Neither were highly recruited out of high school, and now represent two of the most dynamic signal callers in all of college football.
With that in mind, UNM’s home finale against No. 19 Washington State might just be the best quarterback matchup of the week.
Entering Saturday, UNM has faced only one true dual-threat quarterback: Montana State’s Tommy Mellott, who put up three total touchdowns in the Lobos’ 35-31 season-opening loss. Mendenhall agreed that Mateer represents the second, albeit without some of the schematic…
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Author : Albuquerque Journal, N.M.
Publish date : 2024-11-15 04:01:00
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