Duggan is the Heisman: Prove me Wrong

[Deep Purple]

Point taken on Max not being named starter. But Max's performance has been a drastically improved with essentially the same cadre of teammates. What changed? Same can be said of every position group really. Thats the credit due to Sonny and staff.

Pretty tortured logic. Sonny was also head coach on the eve of game 1 when he chose Chad over Max. By his own admission, based on preseason performance, he had no idea whether Max would step up to the challenge or fold. Doesn't sound like Sonny and staff had much to do with that.

Max just happens to be one of those QBs that is mediocre in practice, but amps it up in game conditions. The only change this year is that he is now a well-seasoned, veteran QB. But that all happened before Sonny and staff got here.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Pretty tortured logic. Sonny was also head coach on the eve of game 1 when he chose Chad over Max. By his own admission, based on preseason performance, he had no idea whether Max would step up to the challenge or fold. Doesn't sound like Sonny and staff had much to do with that.

Max just happens to be one of those QBs that is mediocre in practice, but amps it up in game conditions. The only change this year is that he is now a well-seasoned, veteran QB. But that all happened before Sonny and staff got here.

The new offensive system and improved OL performance are a huge part of Max’s progression as a QB. Max simply maturing as a player and the game slowing down for him is also huge. It’s very similar to Boykin’s development as an upperclassman.

It’s extremely hard to be a good QB in a mediocre offensive system behind a porous OL.

 

[HG73]

Pretty tortured logic. Sonny was also head coach on the eve of game 1 when he chose Chad over Max. By his own admission, based on preseason performance, he had no idea whether Max would step up to the challenge or fold. Doesn't sound like Sonny and staff had much to do with that.

Max just happens to be one of those QBs that is mediocre in practice, but amps it up in game conditions. The only change this year is that he is now a well-seasoned, veteran QB. But that all happened before Sonny and staff got here.

I don't agree. Max was very mediocre his first THREE years here. This year he may win the Heisman trophy. Correlation: Sonny. Sonny always has a good QB. Sonny obviously has taught Max some things this year. Sonny made Max into what he is today.

And the receivers. Remember how bad our receivers were the first two years of Max's tenure? Even including Reagor our receivers could not catch. This year we have arguably the best receivers in the country.

Credit Sonny.

 

[HG73]

At the beginning of the year, Dykes chose Chad Morris as the starting QB. After Morris went down to injury, Max was Sonny's only realistic remaining choice -- and he had no idea how Max would perform.

I'm all for giving Sonny credit where credit is due, but the above is just a silly kneejerk statement with no real thought behind it.

Okay Deep, here's another silly knee jerk reaction: we're about a .500 team over the last 4 years. This year we had an undefeated regular season. What is different? SONNY AND HIS EXCELLENT STAFF. If GP was still here we'd have gone 5-7 again. Pretty silly, huh?

 

[The Frog to be Named Later]

Pretty tortured logic. Sonny was also head coach on the eve of game 1 when he chose Chad over Max. By his own admission, based on preseason performance, he had no idea whether Max would step up to the challenge or fold. Doesn't sound like Sonny and staff had much to do with that.

Max just happens to be one of those QBs that is mediocre in practice, but amps it up in game conditions. The only change this year is that he is now a well-seasoned, veteran QB. But that all happened before Sonny and staff got here.

The change from last year to rhis year is not just seasoning. ...and my logic is not tortured. Both things can be true.

 

[Hoosierfrog]

You’re wrong.

 

[PO Frog]

 

[HFrawg]

 

[Ron Swanson]

Totally agree The kid has guts and determination!!! Love his attitude and drive, just wish he was more accurate.

His numbers are really good, imagine what his numbers would be if he hit guys in the hands instead of the feet. I hope he wins the damn thing, but he's probably 4th place with a good story.

Now, win or lose the CFP or the Heisman, does he come back NEXT YEAR?!

Bump for FrogByBirth’s idiotic 4th place prediction

 

[Boomhauer]

 

[PurplFrawg]

At the beginning of the year, Dykes chose Chad Morris as the starting QB. After Morris went down to injury, Max was Sonny's only realistic remaining choice -- and he had no idea how Max would perform.

I'm all for giving Sonny credit where credit is due, but the above is just a silly kneejerk statement with no real thought behind it.

Pretty sure Chad's eligibility is long past.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

Pretty tortured logic. Sonny was also head coach on the eve of game 1 when he chose Chad over Max. By his own admission, based on preseason performance, he had no idea whether Max would step up to the challenge or fold. Doesn't sound like Sonny and staff had much to do with that.

Max just happens to be one of those QBs that is mediocre in practice, but amps it up in game conditions. The only change this year is that he is now a well-seasoned, veteran QB. But that all happened before Sonny and staff got here.

Lol Max was pretty mediocre in games before SD got here and that’s a fact. If Sonny’s track record shows one thing it is that he can develop QBs.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

Point taken on Max not being named starter. But Max's performance has been a drastically improved with essentially the same cadre of teammates. What changed? Same can be said of every position group really. Thats the credit due to Sonny and staff.

It’s painfully obvious Max is a much ch better QB with SD and staff here

 

[TopFrog]

Lol Max was pretty mediocre in games before SD got here and that’s a fact. If Sonny’s track record shows one thing it is that he can develop QBs.

This is complete BS. He was far from mediocre. Not sure what you were watching. Max suffered from a decline in defense, coaching, scheme, refusal to change and overall team leadership. It wasn't Max who was mediocre.

CAREER HONORS
- 2021 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
- 2021 NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group
- 2021 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Cal
- 2021 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention List, vs. Cal
- 2020 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
- 2020 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Great 8 List, vs. Texas
- 2020 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2020 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- 2019 Honorable-Mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
- 2019 Davey O'Brien Award National Quarterback of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas Tech
- 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas

2021 | JUNIOR
Battled through injury to start all 10 games he played ... had a career-best 63.9 completion percentage ... closed the season ranked fifth on TCU's career passing yards list with 5,920 ... posted career-best totals of 346 yards passing, four touchdown passes and 391 yards of offense at Oklahoma ... completed 20-of-30 attempts with no interceptions ... became the first Horned Frog to throw for four touchdowns in a game since Kenny Hill, his position coach, had five scoring passes against Kansas in 2017 ... added 45 yards rushing on eight carries against the Sooners ... tied a then career high with three touchdown passes in consecutive games against Cal and SMU ... passed for 234 yards versus the Golden Bears while rushing for 71 yards on 19 carries, including a 9-yard fourth quarter touchdown in the 34-32 win ... after missing two games due to injury, he returned to action against Kansas and completed 10-of-16 passes for 166 yards while rushing for a season-best 74 yards on 14 carries, including a 1-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-goal play in the 31-28 victory ... also had a season long 42-yard carry in the game ... placed fourth on TCU with 352 yards rushing on the year ... closed the season with a pair of touchdown passes at Iowa State.

2020 | SOPHOMORE
Started nine of 10 games ... entered the season opener against Iowa State at the start of the second half and posted the fifth-best single-game completion percentage (84.2) in TCU history by connecting on 16-of-19 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns in two quarters ... the three scoring tosses tied a career high ... ran for 526 yards on the season to make him the first quarterback to lead TCU in rushing since Gil Bartosh in 1950 (710 yards) ... also topped the Horned Frogs with 10 rushing touchdowns, the most by a TCU quarterback since Kenny Hill had 10 in 2016 ... became the first TCU quarterback with multiple 100-yard rushing games in a season in the 20-year Gary Patterson head coaching era ... his three career 100-yard rushing performances tie the TCU quarterback record (Trevone Boykin, 2012-15) ... led TCU in rushing in three games ... rushed for a career-high and team-best 154 yards and three touchdowns versus Texas Tech ... the 154 yards were the fourth most in a game by a quarterback in TCU history ... had scoring runs of 81, 3 and 48 yards ... the 81-yard touchdown run against Texas Tech was the longest by a quarterback in TCU history and tied for 10th-longest overall ... became the first Horned Frog with three rushing touchdowns in a game since Darius Anderson in a 44-31 win at No. 6 Oklahoma State in 2017 ... his 369 yards of total offense (265 passing, 104 rushing) in a 29-22 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State marked the second-best game of his career ... ran for touchdowns of 1 and 42 yards against the Cowboys ... the three-longest completions of his career came in the final two games with 76- and 71-yard touchdown passes to Quentin Johnston and Derius Davis against Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State, respectively, as well as a 58-yard connection to Johnston versus OSU ... the 76-yard touchdown pass to Johnston was TCU’s longest since the 2017 Alamo Bowl, when Kenny Hill hit Jalen Reagor on a 93-yard strike ... tied a career high with three touchdown passes at Kansas with those scoring tosses being his only completions in the 59-23 victory ... also added a 58-yard touchdown run as part of three carries for 61 yards against the Jayhawks ... completed 20-of-30 passes for 231 yards while adding a team-best 79 yards rushing and two touchdowns on the ground in a 33-31 win at No. 9 Texas ... his 26-yard touchdown run with 4:01 to play provided the go-ahead score in the victory in Austin ... completed 10-of-13 passes (76.9 percent) for 160 yards against Louisiana Tech while also topping 70 percent (71.4) by connecting on 25-of-35 attempts for 276 yards and a touchdown versus Oklahoma.

2019 | FRESHMAN
Played in all 12 games while starting the final 10 contests ... set TCU true freshman records with 2,077 yards passing and 15 touchdown passes ... placed second on the Horned Frogs with 555 yards on the ground and six rushing scores ... made his first collegiate start against SMU, becoming just the second true freshman to start at quarterback under TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson ... was also the third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the Patterson era ... did not throw an interception with the first 143 pass attempts of his career, the second-longest streak in TCU history (154, Jeff Ballard, 2006) ... it was the third-longest streak since 2008 for a Power 5 true freshman quarterback to begin his career without an interception ... totaled a career-best 398 yards of offense in the 33-31 win at Texas Tech ... set career-highs with 323 yards passing and 25 completions with two touchdowns and no interceptions ... added 75 yards rushing, including a 20-yard touchdown for TCU's first points of the game ... had a career-high 115 yards rushing at Kansas State to make him the first TCU quarterback with a 100-yard game since Trevone Boykin ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns at K-State in 2015 ... had a 46-yard touchdown run to tie the game in the third quarter, stiff-arming a Wildcat en route to the end zone ... had three carries for 72 yards and a 5-yard completion for 77 yards of offense on the 75-yard scoring drive ... also ran for 72 yards against Texas and 86 versus Oklahoma State to become the first quarterback to lead TCU in rushing in three consecutive games since Boykin in 2015 ... completed 19-of-27 passes for a then career-high 273 yards passing and two touchdowns in the 37-27 win over the 15th-ranked Longhorns ... had an 11-yard touchdown run with 1:59 to play for the Horned Frogs' final points to seal the victory ... became the first TCU quarterback to throw for at least 250 yards and multiple scores and rush for at least 70 yards and a touchdown in the same game since Boykin in a 2015 win over West Virginia ... had four games in which he ran for a touchdown and passed for a score ... threw for a touchdown in nine of 12 games, including five contests with multiple scores ... passed for a career-high three touchdowns with no interceptions against SMU ... also threw for multiple scores against Kansas and Iowa State ... ran for 92 yards against Oklahoma, including a career-long 62-yard carry and an 11-yard scoring run ... his first career touchdown was a 1-yard run against UAPB for TCU's first touchdown of the season ... added a 37-yard scoring toss to Jalen Reagor in the UAPB game for his first career touchdown pass ... averaged 72.7 yards per game rushing in the final seven contests compared to 9.2 in his opening five games.

 

[Hoosierfrog]

This is complete BS. He was far from mediocre. Not sure what you were watching. Max suffered from a decline in defense, coaching, scheme, refusal to change and overall team leadership. It wasn't Max who was mediocre.

CAREER HONORS
- 2021 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
- 2021 NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group
- 2021 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Cal
- 2021 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention List, vs. Cal
- 2020 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
- 2020 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Great 8 List, vs. Texas
- 2020 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2020 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- 2019 Honorable-Mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
- 2019 Davey O'Brien Award National Quarterback of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas Tech
- 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas

2021 | JUNIOR
Battled through injury to start all 10 games he played ... had a career-best 63.9 completion percentage ... closed the season ranked fifth on TCU's career passing yards list with 5,920 ... posted career-best totals of 346 yards passing, four touchdown passes and 391 yards of offense at Oklahoma ... completed 20-of-30 attempts with no interceptions ... became the first Horned Frog to throw for four touchdowns in a game since Kenny Hill, his position coach, had five scoring passes against Kansas in 2017 ... added 45 yards rushing on eight carries against the Sooners ... tied a then career high with three touchdown passes in consecutive games against Cal and SMU ... passed for 234 yards versus the Golden Bears while rushing for 71 yards on 19 carries, including a 9-yard fourth quarter touchdown in the 34-32 win ... after missing two games due to injury, he returned to action against Kansas and completed 10-of-16 passes for 166 yards while rushing for a season-best 74 yards on 14 carries, including a 1-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-goal play in the 31-28 victory ... also had a season long 42-yard carry in the game ... placed fourth on TCU with 352 yards rushing on the year ... closed the season with a pair of touchdown passes at Iowa State.

2020 | SOPHOMORE
Started nine of 10 games ... entered the season opener against Iowa State at the start of the second half and posted the fifth-best single-game completion percentage (84.2) in TCU history by connecting on 16-of-19 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns in two quarters ... the three scoring tosses tied a career high ... ran for 526 yards on the season to make him the first quarterback to lead TCU in rushing since Gil Bartosh in 1950 (710 yards) ... also topped the Horned Frogs with 10 rushing touchdowns, the most by a TCU quarterback since Kenny Hill had 10 in 2016 ... became the first TCU quarterback with multiple 100-yard rushing games in a season in the 20-year Gary Patterson head coaching era ... his three career 100-yard rushing performances tie the TCU quarterback record (Trevone Boykin, 2012-15) ... led TCU in rushing in three games ... rushed for a career-high and team-best 154 yards and three touchdowns versus Texas Tech ... the 154 yards were the fourth most in a game by a quarterback in TCU history ... had scoring runs of 81, 3 and 48 yards ... the 81-yard touchdown run against Texas Tech was the longest by a quarterback in TCU history and tied for 10th-longest overall ... became the first Horned Frog with three rushing touchdowns in a game since Darius Anderson in a 44-31 win at No. 6 Oklahoma State in 2017 ... his 369 yards of total offense (265 passing, 104 rushing) in a 29-22 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State marked the second-best game of his career ... ran for touchdowns of 1 and 42 yards against the Cowboys ... the three-longest completions of his career came in the final two games with 76- and 71-yard touchdown passes to Quentin Johnston and Derius Davis against Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State, respectively, as well as a 58-yard connection to Johnston versus OSU ... the 76-yard touchdown pass to Johnston was TCU’s longest since the 2017 Alamo Bowl, when Kenny Hill hit Jalen Reagor on a 93-yard strike ... tied a career high with three touchdown passes at Kansas with those scoring tosses being his only completions in the 59-23 victory ... also added a 58-yard touchdown run as part of three carries for 61 yards against the Jayhawks ... completed 20-of-30 passes for 231 yards while adding a team-best 79 yards rushing and two touchdowns on the ground in a 33-31 win at No. 9 Texas ... his 26-yard touchdown run with 4:01 to play provided the go-ahead score in the victory in Austin ... completed 10-of-13 passes (76.9 percent) for 160 yards against Louisiana Tech while also topping 70 percent (71.4) by connecting on 25-of-35 attempts for 276 yards and a touchdown versus Oklahoma.

2019 | FRESHMAN
Played in all 12 games while starting the final 10 contests ... set TCU true freshman records with 2,077 yards passing and 15 touchdown passes ... placed second on the Horned Frogs with 555 yards on the ground and six rushing scores ... made his first collegiate start against SMU, becoming just the second true freshman to start at quarterback under TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson ... was also the third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the Patterson era ... did not throw an interception with the first 143 pass attempts of his career, the second-longest streak in TCU history (154, Jeff Ballard, 2006) ... it was the third-longest streak since 2008 for a Power 5 true freshman quarterback to begin his career without an interception ... totaled a career-best 398 yards of offense in the 33-31 win at Texas Tech ... set career-highs with 323 yards passing and 25 completions with two touchdowns and no interceptions ... added 75 yards rushing, including a 20-yard touchdown for TCU's first points of the game ... had a career-high 115 yards rushing at Kansas State to make him the first TCU quarterback with a 100-yard game since Trevone Boykin ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns at K-State in 2015 ... had a 46-yard touchdown run to tie the game in the third quarter, stiff-arming a Wildcat en route to the end zone ... had three carries for 72 yards and a 5-yard completion for 77 yards of offense on the 75-yard scoring drive ... also ran for 72 yards against Texas and 86 versus Oklahoma State to become the first quarterback to lead TCU in rushing in three consecutive games since Boykin in 2015 ... completed 19-of-27 passes for a then career-high 273 yards passing and two touchdowns in the 37-27 win over the 15th-ranked Longhorns ... had an 11-yard touchdown run with 1:59 to play for the Horned Frogs' final points to seal the victory ... became the first TCU quarterback to throw for at least 250 yards and multiple scores and rush for at least 70 yards and a touchdown in the same game since Boykin in a 2015 win over West Virginia ... had four games in which he ran for a touchdown and passed for a score ... threw for a touchdown in nine of 12 games, including five contests with multiple scores ... passed for a career-high three touchdowns with no interceptions against SMU ... also threw for multiple scores against Kansas and Iowa State ... ran for 92 yards against Oklahoma, including a career-long 62-yard carry and an 11-yard scoring run ... his first career touchdown was a 1-yard run against UAPB for TCU's first touchdown of the season ... added a 37-yard scoring toss to Jalen Reagor in the UAPB game for his first career touchdown pass ... averaged 72.7 yards per game rushing in the final seven contests compared to 9.2 in his opening five games.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

This is complete BS. He was far from mediocre. Not sure what you were watching. Max suffered from a decline in defense, coaching, scheme, refusal to change and overall team leadership. It wasn't Max who was mediocre.

CAREER HONORS
- 2021 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
- 2021 NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee Student-Athlete Connection Group
- 2021 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Cal
- 2021 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention List, vs. Cal
- 2020 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12
- 2020 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Great 8 List, vs. Texas
- 2020 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2020 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019-20 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- 2019 Honorable-Mention Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year
- 2019 Davey O'Brien Award National Quarterback of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Manning Award Star of the Week, vs. Texas
- 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas Tech
- 2019 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award, Honorable Mention Player of the Week, vs. Texas

2021 | JUNIOR
Battled through injury to start all 10 games he played ... had a career-best 63.9 completion percentage ... closed the season ranked fifth on TCU's career passing yards list with 5,920 ... posted career-best totals of 346 yards passing, four touchdown passes and 391 yards of offense at Oklahoma ... completed 20-of-30 attempts with no interceptions ... became the first Horned Frog to throw for four touchdowns in a game since Kenny Hill, his position coach, had five scoring passes against Kansas in 2017 ... added 45 yards rushing on eight carries against the Sooners ... tied a then career high with three touchdown passes in consecutive games against Cal and SMU ... passed for 234 yards versus the Golden Bears while rushing for 71 yards on 19 carries, including a 9-yard fourth quarter touchdown in the 34-32 win ... after missing two games due to injury, he returned to action against Kansas and completed 10-of-16 passes for 166 yards while rushing for a season-best 74 yards on 14 carries, including a 1-yard touchdown on a 4th-and-goal play in the 31-28 victory ... also had a season long 42-yard carry in the game ... placed fourth on TCU with 352 yards rushing on the year ... closed the season with a pair of touchdown passes at Iowa State.

2020 | SOPHOMORE
Started nine of 10 games ... entered the season opener against Iowa State at the start of the second half and posted the fifth-best single-game completion percentage (84.2) in TCU history by connecting on 16-of-19 passes for 241 yards and three touchdowns in two quarters ... the three scoring tosses tied a career high ... ran for 526 yards on the season to make him the first quarterback to lead TCU in rushing since Gil Bartosh in 1950 (710 yards) ... also topped the Horned Frogs with 10 rushing touchdowns, the most by a TCU quarterback since Kenny Hill had 10 in 2016 ... became the first TCU quarterback with multiple 100-yard rushing games in a season in the 20-year Gary Patterson head coaching era ... his three career 100-yard rushing performances tie the TCU quarterback record (Trevone Boykin, 2012-15) ... led TCU in rushing in three games ... rushed for a career-high and team-best 154 yards and three touchdowns versus Texas Tech ... the 154 yards were the fourth most in a game by a quarterback in TCU history ... had scoring runs of 81, 3 and 48 yards ... the 81-yard touchdown run against Texas Tech was the longest by a quarterback in TCU history and tied for 10th-longest overall ... became the first Horned Frog with three rushing touchdowns in a game since Darius Anderson in a 44-31 win at No. 6 Oklahoma State in 2017 ... his 369 yards of total offense (265 passing, 104 rushing) in a 29-22 win over No. 15 Oklahoma State marked the second-best game of his career ... ran for touchdowns of 1 and 42 yards against the Cowboys ... the three-longest completions of his career came in the final two games with 76- and 71-yard touchdown passes to Quentin Johnston and Derius Davis against Louisiana Tech and Oklahoma State, respectively, as well as a 58-yard connection to Johnston versus OSU ... the 76-yard touchdown pass to Johnston was TCU’s longest since the 2017 Alamo Bowl, when Kenny Hill hit Jalen Reagor on a 93-yard strike ... tied a career high with three touchdown passes at Kansas with those scoring tosses being his only completions in the 59-23 victory ... also added a 58-yard touchdown run as part of three carries for 61 yards against the Jayhawks ... completed 20-of-30 passes for 231 yards while adding a team-best 79 yards rushing and two touchdowns on the ground in a 33-31 win at No. 9 Texas ... his 26-yard touchdown run with 4:01 to play provided the go-ahead score in the victory in Austin ... completed 10-of-13 passes (76.9 percent) for 160 yards against Louisiana Tech while also topping 70 percent (71.4) by connecting on 25-of-35 attempts for 276 yards and a touchdown versus Oklahoma.

2019 | FRESHMAN
Played in all 12 games while starting the final 10 contests ... set TCU true freshman records with 2,077 yards passing and 15 touchdown passes ... placed second on the Horned Frogs with 555 yards on the ground and six rushing scores ... made his first collegiate start against SMU, becoming just the second true freshman to start at quarterback under TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson ... was also the third non-Texan to start at quarterback in the Patterson era ... did not throw an interception with the first 143 pass attempts of his career, the second-longest streak in TCU history (154, Jeff Ballard, 2006) ... it was the third-longest streak since 2008 for a Power 5 true freshman quarterback to begin his career without an interception ... totaled a career-best 398 yards of offense in the 33-31 win at Texas Tech ... set career-highs with 323 yards passing and 25 completions with two touchdowns and no interceptions ... added 75 yards rushing, including a 20-yard touchdown for TCU's first points of the game ... had a career-high 115 yards rushing at Kansas State to make him the first TCU quarterback with a 100-yard game since Trevone Boykin ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns at K-State in 2015 ... had a 46-yard touchdown run to tie the game in the third quarter, stiff-arming a Wildcat en route to the end zone ... had three carries for 72 yards and a 5-yard completion for 77 yards of offense on the 75-yard scoring drive ... also ran for 72 yards against Texas and 86 versus Oklahoma State to become the first quarterback to lead TCU in rushing in three consecutive games since Boykin in 2015 ... completed 19-of-27 passes for a then career-high 273 yards passing and two touchdowns in the 37-27 win over the 15th-ranked Longhorns ... had an 11-yard touchdown run with 1:59 to play for the Horned Frogs' final points to seal the victory ... became the first TCU quarterback to throw for at least 250 yards and multiple scores and rush for at least 70 yards and a touchdown in the same game since Boykin in a 2015 win over West Virginia ... had four games in which he ran for a touchdown and passed for a score ... threw for a touchdown in nine of 12 games, including five contests with multiple scores ... passed for a career-high three touchdowns with no interceptions against SMU ... also threw for multiple scores against Kansas and Iowa State ... ran for 92 yards against Oklahoma, including a career-long 62-yard carry and an 11-yard scoring run ... his first career touchdown was a 1-yard run against UAPB for TCU's first touchdown of the season ... added a 37-yard scoring toss to Jalen Reagor in the UAPB game for his first career touchdown pass ... averaged 72.7 yards per game rushing in the final seven contests compared to 9.2 in his opening five games.

You’re really listing academic honors? You just copied and pasted from the media guide I assume. I’ve never seen a less useful vomit of words. The team was mediocre the last three years and so was Max’s play. You realize mediocre is C+ B- territory, right?

It’s not a huge slam to say Duggan’s play went from so-so to very good. It’s a fact. It’s a credit to him and the coaching staff that he elevated his play this year. Good grief

Edit: I will say that knowing what we know now about Max’s playing through a very painful foot injury in 2021 probably mitigates against too harsh a judgement on that year but as I’ve said, to say the play was mediocre is not all that harsh.