JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS

QUARTERBACK BLAKE BORTLES
QB BLAKE BORTLES GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
Selected with the third overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft, rookie QB Blake Bortles made his debut in the second half of Week 3 vs. Indianapolis
and completed 14 of 24 passes for 223 yards, two TDs and two INTs. Bortles made his first start in Week 4 and completed 29 of 37 passes for 254
yards. Bortles’ 78.4 completion percentage at San Diego was the highest in NFL history for a rookie quarterback in his first career start with a
minimum 30 attempts. Bortles finished the season with 2,908 yards, the most by a rookie in Jaguars history. Below is a look at Bortles’ game-bygame
statistics from his rookie season in 2014:
BORTLES 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
PASSING
RUSHING
DATE OPP P/S ATT CMP YDS PCT TD INT LG SK RTG NO YDS AVG LG TD
09/07 at PHI DNP
09/14 at WAS DNP
09/21 vs. IND 1/0 24 14 223 58.3 2 2 63t 1 82.5 2 30 15.0 20 0
09/28 at SD 1/1 37 29 254 78.4 1 2 44 3 81.6 5 24 4.8 8 0
10/05 vs. PIT 1/1 36 22 191 61.1 0 2 20 1 52.0 4 14 3.5 11 0
10/12 at TEN 1/1 46 32 336 69.6 1 1 59 6 88.7 5 38 7.6 11 0
10/19 vs. CLE 1/1 31 17 159 54.8 1 3 31t 2 40.3 5 37 7.4 18 0
10/26 vs. MIA 1/1 34 18 221 52.9 1 2 48t 4 58.6 6 48 8.0 32 0
11/02 at CIN 1/1 33 22 247 66.7 2 1 40t 2 96.4 4 10 2.5 5 0
11/09 vs. DAL 1/1 37 22 290 59.4 0 1 53 4 73.0 3 3 1.0 1 0
BYE WEEK
11/23 at IND 1/1 27 15 146 55.5 0 1 37 4 55.5 5 24 4.8 20 0
11/30 vs. NYG 1/1 35 21 194 60.0 1 0 30t 7 84.7 5 68 13.6 29 0
12/07 vs. HOU 1/1 39 20 205 51.3 1 1 35 4 64.6 3 10 3.3 7 0
12/14 at BAL 1/1 37 21 210 56.7 0 1 30 8 61.8 1 2 2.0 0 0
12/18 vs. TEN 1/1 26 13 115 50.0 1 0 34 4 75.0 5 50 10.0 19 0
12/28 at HOU 1/1 33 14 117 42.4 0 0 24 5 52.2 3 61 20.3 34 0
TOTALS 14/13 475 280 2,908 58.9 11 17 63t 55 69.5 56 419 7.5 34 0
BORTLES IN THE JAGUARS RECORD BOOK
In 2014, QB Blake Bortles set the Jaguars rookie record for completions
(280) and passing yards (2,908). Bortles’ 11 TD passes
were the third-most in Jaguars history by a rookie. Below is a
look at where Bortles ranks among Jaguars rookies in a few major
passing categories:
MOST YARDS PASSING, JAGUARS ROOKIE -- Season
PASSING
YARDS PLAYER (YEAR) COMP/ATT
2,908 Blake Bortles (2014) 280/475
2,819 Byron Leftwich (2003) 239/418
2,214 Blaine Gabbert (2011) 210/413
387 Jonathan Quinn (1998) 34/64
231 David Garrard (2002) 23/46
MOST COMPLETIONS, JAGUARS ROOKIE -- Season
COMP PLAYER (YEAR) ATTEMPTS
280 Blake Bortles (2014) 475
239 Byron Leftwich (2003) 418
210 Blaine Gabbert (2011) 413
IN COMPARISON TO HIS ROOKIE PEERS
Jaguars first-round selection (third overall) Blake Bortles was
one of seven rookie QBs to make their NFL debut in 2014 (MIN-
Bridgewater, OAK-Carr, N.E.-Garoppolo, CLE-Manziel, TEN-
Mettenberger, ARI-Thomas). Below is where Bortles ranked among
the rookie QBs in major passing categories in 2014 (min. 150 pass
attempts):
MOST PASSING YARDS PER GAME AVERAGE BY A ROOKIE -- 2014
RK. PLAYER TEAM PASS YDS/GAME
1. Teddy Bridgewater MIN 224.5
2. Blake Bortles JAX 207.7
3. Derek Carr OAK 204.4
4. Zach Mettenberger TEN 201.7
MOST PASS COMPLETIONS BY A ROOKIE -- 2014
RK. PLAYER TEAM STARTS COMPLETIONS
1. Derek Carr OAK 16 348
2. Blake Bortles JAX 13 280
3. Teddy Bridgewater MIN 12 259
4. Zach Mettenberger TEN 6 107
MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES, JAGUARS ROOKIE -- Season
TD
PASSES PLAYER (YEAR)
14 Byron Leftwich (2003)
12 Blaine Gabbert (2011)
11 Blake Bortles (2014)
2 Jonathan Quinn (1998)
1 David Garrard (2002)
HIGHEST COMPLETION PERCENTAGE BY A ROOKIE -- 2014
(minimum 150 attempts)
RK. PLAYER TEAM COMP ATT COMP. PCT.
1. Teddy Bridgewater MIN 259 402 64.4
2. Zach Mettenberger TEN 107 179 59.8
3. Blake Bortles JAX 280 475 58.9
4. Derek Carr OAK 348 599 58.1
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