Chart: Gophers QBs better with age?
August 9, 2015 at 4:30AM
![Quarterback Mitch Leidner prepared to throw the ball for practice drills during the second practice of the season for Gophers football at Gibson-Nagurski field, in Minneapolis, Minn. on Saturday August 8, 2015. ] RACHEL WOOLF · rachel.woolf@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/F5GZTLXO3UW6ERZ6RGEQRVMINY.jpg?&w=712)
Former Gophers quarterback Bryan Cupito delivered a sharp increase in his completion percentage from his first to second year as a full-time college starter. Adam Weber's completion percentage went up and down during his Gophers career. Here's a look at the team's quarterbacks this century and how they've fared year-to-year in completion percentage.
Name (years with 50+ attempts)Fr.So.Jr.Sr.
Mitch Leidner (above; 2013-14) 55.151.5——
Philip Nelson (2012-13)49.350.5——
MarQueis Gray (2011-12)——50.757.6
Adam Weber (2007-10)57.562.252.055.7
Bryan Cupito (2004-06)—47.159.359.6
Asad Abdul-Khaliq (2000-03)54.357.252.463.2
Travis Cole (2000-01)——58.750.4
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