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I’ve heard it at all three games so far this season.
"Man, his arm is terrible."
"His accuracy is just awful."
"We need to see if Foster Sawyer can come in and do something."
Those are real-life quotes I’ve heard from TCU fans regarding Kenny Hill through three weeks of the 2016 season.
Those fans seem to have forgotten that Hill won the starting job from Foster Sawyer a little over a month ago. Those fans seem to have not watched Kenny Hill all that closely, or they’re willingly overlooking the positives in search of the negatives.
Has Hill made some bad throws? Absolutely. He missed an open wide receiver on Saturday by so much that I’m fairly certain I was closer to where the ball landed.
His interception against Arkansas wasn’t a great decision either.
But fans seem to be stuck on those rather than recognizing that overall, Hill has been solid at quarterback through his first three games.
Solid to the tune of 1,035 passing yards at a 65.2% completion rate, four touchdowns, three interceptions, plus 166 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns.
That’s 1,201 total yards and ten total touchdowns to just three turnovers. How good has that been? Let’s compare him with some other QBs in the Big 12, and a few other dual-threat names across the country, and Boykin through three games in 2014 and 2015. They're sorted from most total yards to least.
| Name | Completions | Attempts | Completion % | Yards | Passing TDs | INTs | Rushes | Rush Yards | Rush TDs | Fumbles | Total Yards | Total TDs |
| Pat Mahomes (Texas Tech) | 94 | 132 | 71.2% | 1,493 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 1,631 | 18 |
| Lamar Jackson (Louisville) | 50 | 82 | 61.0% | 913 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 464 | 10 | 0 | 1,377 |
18 |
| Kenny Hill (TCU) | 88 | 135 | 65.2% | 1,035 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 166 | 6 | 0 | 1,201 |
10 |
| Trevone Boykin (TCU 2015) | 65 | 99 | 65.7% | 985 | 10 | 3 | 32 | 148 | 2 | 0 | 1,133 |
12 |
| Trevone Boykin (TCU 2014) | 79 | 123 | 64.2% | 858 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 1,041 |
11 |
| Chad Kelly (Ole Miss) | 67 | 107 | 62.6% | 953 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1,029 |
10 |
| Trevor Knight (Texas A&M) | 63 | 119 | 52.9% | 830 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 151 | 3 | 0 | 981 |
8 |
| Seth Russell (Baylor) | 62 | 105 | 59.0% | 761 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 842 |
10 |
| J.T. Barrett (Ohio State) | 49 | 73 | 67.1% | 650 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 159 | 3 | 1 | 819 |
13 |
| Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma) | 55 | 85 | 64.7% | 793 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 797 |
7 |
| Shane Beuchele (Texas) | 57 | 86 | 66.3% | 720 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 786 |
8 |
| Deshaun Watson (Clemson) | 58 | 102 | 56.9% | 692 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 776 |
7 |
| Greg Ward Jr. (Houston) | 47 | 76 | 61.8% | 647 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 721 |
5 |
Hill is 6th in the FBS in passing yards, behind Mahomes, Davis Webb (Cal), Luke Falk (Wash. St.), Drew Lock (Mizzou), and Phillip Nelson (ECU). He's also tied for 5th in the FBS in rushing touchdowns, and he's the second QB on the list behind new Heisman frontrunner Lamar Jackson.
TCU as a whole is fourth in the FBS in offense (behind Louisville, Tech, and Cal), racking up 1,715 yards thus far.
All this to say: I'm probably going to lose it the next time I hear someone complain about Kenny Hill.