Sam Ehlinger’s passing tendencies through two weeks

After two weeks of games for the Texas Longhorns, we examine how Sam Ehlinger has looked throwing the ball. What are his tendencies?

Throwing to his left

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The categories for depth of passing are as follows:

  • Behind Line of scrimmage
  • Short 0-9 yards
  • Intermediate 10-19 yards
  • Deep 20+ yards beyond the line of scrimmage
Depth Comp Att Comp% Yards TD INT NFL Rating
Behind LOS 5 5 100 12 0 0 79.2
Short 3 3 100 22 0 0 97.2
Intermediate 1 2 50 10 0 0 64.6
Deep 1 7 14.3 31 1 0 85.1
Totals 10 17 58.8 75 1 0 89.1

Ehlinger has thrown to the left more times than he has attempted to throw to his right. Some quarterbacks have a natural tendency to throw better to the left than having to adjust and throw to the right. While the numbers are limited it shows that he is good in the short and intermediate levels of throwing. Which is something that has been in his scouting report.

The captain of the team needs work on his deep ball. Throwing to his left, he has completed just one pass. It came against Texas Tech when Ehlinger found Joshua Moore and was able to fit the ball into a tight window, just before the safety could get into position to make a play on the ball. It resulted in a touchdown.