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2009 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Stats

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Record: 11-3, .786 W-L% (12th of 120) ▪ Rank: 13th in Final AP Poll
Conference: ACC (Coastal Division) (Schedule and Results)
*W-L-T adjusted to 10-3 by NCAA.
Coach: Paul Johnson (11-3)

PS/G: 33.8 (15th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 24.8 (56th of 120)
SRS: 13.54 (10th of 120) ▪ SOS: 4.83 (14th of 120)

Bowl Game: Lost Orange Bowl 24-14 versus Iowa

ACC Champs

Team Stats

Most values are per game averages
Passing Rushing Total Offense First Downs Penalties Turnovers
Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Pass Rush Pen Tot No. Yds Fum Int Tot
Offense 14 5.6 12.0 46.4 126.7 0.8 56.6 295.4 5.2 3.4 68.6 422.1 6.2 4.1 15.2 1.2 20.5 6.0 47.1 0.9 0.4 1.3
Defense 14 17.5 28.4 61.6 208.6 1.6 30.9 151.6 4.9 1.2 59.4 360.3 6.1 9.2 7.1 0.9 17.2 4.9 39.8 1.0 0.9 1.9
Difference -11.9 -16.4 -15.2 -81.9 -0.8 +25.7 +143.8 +0.3 +2.2 +9.2 +61.8 +0.1 -5.1 +8.1 +0.3 +3.3 +1.1 +7.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6

Passing

Stats include bowl game
Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Joshua Nesbitt 75 162 46.3 1701 10.5 10.3 10 5 148.7
2 Jaybo Shaw 1 2 50.0 18 9.0 -13.5 0 1 25.6
3 Scott Blair 1 1 100.0 34 34.0 54.0 1 0 715.6
4 Tevin Washington 1 1 100.0 21 21.0 21.0 0 0 276.4

Rushing & Receiving

Stats include bowl game
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Joshua Nesbitt 279 1037 3.7 18 279 1037 3.7 18
2 Jonathan Dwyer 235 1395 5.9 14 5 37 7.4 0 240 1432 6.0 14
3 Anthony Allen 64 618 9.7 6 5 112 22.4 1 69 730 10.6 7
4 Roddy Jones 53 345 6.5 3 53 345 6.5 3
5 Marcus Wright 33 190 5.8 3 33 190 5.8 3
6 Embry Peeples 31 170 5.5 0 8 244 30.5 1 39 414 10.6 1
7 Preston Lyons 30 139 4.6 1 30 139 4.6 1
8 Jaybo Shaw 12 51 4.3 0 12 51 4.3 0
9 Richard Watson 9 37 4.1 1 9 37 4.1 1
10 Lucas Cox 9 31 3.4 0 9 31 3.4 0
11 Tevin Washington 6 40 6.7 0 6 40 6.7 0
12 Stephen Hill 5 84 16.8 1 6 137 22.8 1 11 221 20.1 2
13 Orwin Smith 5 26 5.2 0 2 26 13.0 0 7 52 7.4 0
14 Quentin Sims 2 19 9.5 0 2 19 9.5 0
15 Jonathan Malone 1 5 5.0 0 1 5 5.0 0
16 Demaryius Thomas 1 3 3.0 0 46 1154 25.1 8 47 1157 24.6 8
17 Anthony Barnes 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 3.0 0
18 Tyler Melton 5 46 9.2 0 5 46 9.2 0
19 Daniel McKayhan 1 18 18.0 0 1 18 18.0 0

Defense & Fumbles

Stats include bowl game
Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Rk Player Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
1 Brad Jefferson 45 50 95 8.0 0.0 2 2
2 Morgan Burnett 48 37 85 4.0 0.0 4 40 10.0 0 8 1
3 Sedric Griffin 42 31 73 4.0 0.5 3
4 Jerrard Tarrant 39 19 58 1.0 0.0 2 90 45.0 1 8 1 40 1 1
5 Derrick Morgan 39 16 55 18.5 12.5 1 2
6 Mario Butler 33 12 45 4.5 0.0 2 2 1.0 0 5
7 Julian Burnett 26 15 41 1.5 0.5
8 Steven Sylvester 23 17 40 4.0 3.0
9 Mario Edwards 26 10 36 0.5 0.0 2 1
10 Dominique Reese 15 13 28 2.0 0.5 1 0 0.0 0 2
11 Logan Walls 10 15 25 3.0 2.0 1
12 Anthony Egbuniwe 12 7 19 2.5 1.5 1 2
13 Cooper Taylor 7 9 16 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 1
14 Anthony Barnes 8 8 16 0.5 0.0 1
15 T.J. Barnes 7 9 16 1.5 0.0
16 Ben Anderson 12 3 15 5.0 2.0
17 Martin Frierson 5 7 12 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 0 1
18 Rashaad Reid 7 5 12 1.5 0.0 2
19 Jason Peters 5 6 11 1.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 2
20 Izaan Cross 5 5 10 2.5 0.0
21 Robert Hall 4 6 10 1.5 0.5
22 Jemea Thomas 5 5 10 0.0 0.0 1
23 Marcus Wright 6 4 10 0.0 0.0
24 Michael Peterson 6 3 9 0.0 0.0
25 Scott Blair 6 2 8 0.0 0.0 1
26 Correy Earls 4 4 8 0.0 0.0 1
27 B.J. Machen 7 1 8 0.0 0.0
28 Rod Sweeting 7 1 8 0.0 0.0
29 Quentin Sims 4 3 7 0.0 0.0
30 Osahon Tongo 2 4 6 1.0 1.0 1
31 Albert Rocker 3 3 6 0.0 0.0
32 Malcolm Munroe 2 3 5 0.0 0.0 1
33 Lockhart 2 3 5 0.0 0.0
34 Roddy Jones 3 1 4 0.0 0.0 1
35 Deron Jasper 3 1 4 0.0 0.0
36 Kevin Cone 2 1 3 0.0 0.0
37 Lucas Cox 1 1 2 0.0 0.0
38 Anthony Allen 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
39 Sean Bedford 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
40 Tyler Morgan 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
41 Jamal Paige 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
42 Steven Powers 0 1 1 0.0 0.0 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Stats include bowl game
Kick Ret Punt Ret
Rk Player Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
1 Orwin Smith 37 888 24.0 0
2 Embry Peeples 11 183 16.6 0
3 Daniel McKayhan 3 76 25.3 0
4 Anthony Allen 2 29 14.5 0
5 Albert Rocker 1 0 0.0 0
6 Jerrard Tarrant 21 281 13.4 2

Kicking & Punting

Stats include bowl game
Kicking Punting
Rk Player XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts Punts Yds Avg
1 Scott Blair 45 46 97.8 14 20 70.0 87
2 Chris Tanner 14 14 100.0 0 0 14
3 Chandler Anderson 37 1565 42.3

Scoring

Stats include bowl game
Touchdowns Kicking
Rk Player Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1 Joshua Nesbitt 18 18 108
2 Scott Blair 45 14 87
3 Jonathan Dwyer 14 14 84
4 Demaryius Thomas 8 8 48
5 Anthony Allen 6 1 7 42
6 Jerrard Tarrant 1 1 2 4 24
7 Marcus Wright 3 3 18
8 Roddy Jones 3 3 18
9 Chris Tanner 14 14
10 Stephen Hill 1 1 2 12
11 Embry Peeples 1 1 6
12 Preston Lyons 1 1 6
13 Richard Watson 1 1 6