Daily Blog • January 12, 2011

Here are some of the top individual performances from this past bowl season. Tomorrow I will break down the top team performances.

 

Rushing Leaders (Top 10)
Player, School Att Yds YPC Long TD
Ronnie Hillman, San Diego St 28 228 8.1 37 3
Marcus Coker, Iowa 33 219 6.6 62 2
Da'Rel Scott, Maryland 13 200 15.4 91 2
Delone Carter, Syracuse 27 198 7.3 60 2
Adonis Thomas, Toledo 24 193 8 87 2
Mikel LeShoure, Illinois 29 184 6.3 24 3
Chris Polk, Washington 34 177 5.2 24 1
Shaun Draughn, North Carolina 23 160 7 58 1
Doug Martin, Boise St 17 147 8.6 84 1
Chris Thompson, Florida St 25 147 5.9 27 1

First thing that jumped out at me was the fact that the among the Top 10 rushers, their respective teams went 9-1 in their bowl games with Adonis Thomas from Toledo being the only player to see his team lose their bowl (albeit on a last play FG too).

Ronnie Hillman, San Diego St is just a frosh but had an unbelievable game for the Aztecs in their 35-14 win over Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl. As remarkable as Hillman's performance was Marcus Coker from Iowa who was filling in for Adam Robinson had a huge performance and keyed Iowa's win over Missouri in the Insight Bowl. Da'Rel Scott who had a great career at Maryland finished it off in style with 200 yds on just 13 carries and had a 91-yd run in Maryland's demolition of East Carolina in the Military Bowl.

Passing Leaders (Top 10)
Player, School Comp Att % Yds Ypa TD INT
Blaine Gabbert, Missouri 41 57 71.9 434 7.6 1 2
Landry Jones, Oklahoma 34 49 69.4 429 8.8 3 1
Bryant Moniz, Hawaii 24 47 51.1 411 8.7 3 4
Corey Robinson, Troy 32 42 76.2 387 9.2 4 0
Taylor Potts, Texas Tech 43 56 76.8 369 6.6 4 1
Darron Thomas, Oregon 27 40 67.5 363 9.1 2 2
GJ Kinne, Tulsa 17 31 54.8 343 11.1 3 0
Kellen Moore, Boise St 28 38 73.7 339 8.9 2 1
Tyler Bray, Tennessee 27 45 60 312 6.9 4 3
Robert Griffin, Baylor 30 41 73.2 306 9.9 1 0

The top passers did not have the same success win wise as the top rushers as their teams went a respective 5-5. They were led by Blaine Gabbert, Missouri who threw for 434 yds but he will probably remember his performance more for the costly interceptions he threw late in the game that sealed the Tigers fate. Landry Jones capped off a great Soph season with an impressive Fiesta Bowl performance with 429 yds and a 3-1 ratio that keyed the Sooners rout of UConn. Bryant Moniz led the nation in passing yds this year but had a disappointing bowl game despite the yardage as he threw 4 int's in the loss to Tulsa.

Receiving Leaders (Top 10
Player, School Rec Yds Avg Long TD
Greg Salas, Hawaii 13 214 16.5 55 2
Coby Fleener, Stanford 6 173 28.8 58 3
Marcus Sales, Syracuse 5 172 34.4 52 3
Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma 13 170 13.1 39 1
Vincent Brown, San Diego St 8 165 20.6 53 1
Cameron Kenny, Oklahoma 7 154 22 59 1
Kris Adams, UTEP 3 153 51 67 3
TJ Moe, Missouri 15 152 10.1 21 0
Darius Johnson, SMU 9 152 16.9 37 1
Austin Pettis, Boise St 12 147 12.3 46 1

Greg Salas, Hawaii finished off an outstanding season with 214 yds despite the loss to Tulsa. Salas finished the year with an incredible 119 rec for 1,881 yds. Coby Fleener helped the Cardinal to their best season in 70 years with a great Orange Bowl performance with 3 TD's and 173 yds on just 6 receptions. Finally Marcus Sales from Syracuse capped his junior season off in style with 172 yds on just 5 receptions and 3 TD's in the exciting win over Kansas St in the Pinstripe Bowl.