Syracuse transfer Rickie Collins has a tough act to follow in Kennesaw. We were always going to judge the Owls’ new starting quarterback against Amari Odom’s end result: First-team All CUSA, a 4th-and-14 conversion against Jacksonville State, and smoking cigars as a champion on the Gamecocks’ home turf.
We don’t talk as much about the three back-breaking interceptions Odom threw the first time the two teams played. Or what happened in the bowl game. Or really anything else from last season outside the highlight reel.
Endless “trade” references only add fuel to the fire comparing the two quarterbacks. One quarter into the season, can we put together a progress report for Collins?
We’ll never get a fair view across seasons, but we can try our best by looking at the numbers through each player’s first three games with the Owls. Odom took the reins one drive into the Indiana game, played a majority of snaps against Merrimack, and got a wire-to-wire start vs. a G6 opponent in our own weight class (Arkansas State, coincidently). That roughly lines up with Collins’ half against West Georgia, complete game against Georgia State, and a buy game against Tennessee.
The tale of the tape through three weeks of action:
