Dan Lefevour, Quarterback and Coverboy...

If you look to your left (my right) you will see the face of USA Today's College Football Preview 2009 (thanks to CMUChippewa from Chippaws Insider for finding the image). Lefevour for the second time get's some recognition as one of the top college Quarterbacks in the general press.

This does not remove the stink that occurred two years ago when, ignoring the fact he had better numbers than Tebow, the press disrespected LeFevour by failing to consider him in any measure for the Heisman. Hopefully he can ride the early publicity and capture the 'buzz' needed to get into the Heisman landscape. Winning from the mid majors is a herculean task but it would do much for his draft stock and even the CMU program as a whole if he gets even a few votes.

To get an idea of just how good the Illinois native is one needs to step back and try to find something he does not do well. He is mobile enough to not only escape pressure but also to run, in three years and around five hundred carries he has never put the ball on the ground. When healthy he is an adaquate primary running game and he does this without sacrificing the pass.

He has an outstanding arm and makes great decisions in the pocket, a career mark of 100 touchdowns is not unreasonable if he stays healthy (currently he is over seventy touchdowns with less than thirty interceptions). He is also on pace for ten thousand yards and more than eleven hundred completions.

His numbers might have seemed down in 2008 but he was battling injury and missed outright two games.. Despite that he still put up numbers almost any team in the MAC would have traded their quarterback for.

He has won numerous awards, in addition to having two MAC championships, and players of the week honors under his belt:

• 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year
• 2006 All-MAC first team selection
• 2006 Honorable mention Freshman All-American by Sporting News
• 2006 Academic All-MAC honoree
• 2006 MVP of the Motor City Bowl
• 2007 MVP of the MAC Championship Game
• 2007 All-MAC first team selection
• 2007 Manning Award Watch (one of 35 players)
  

Passing:

YEAR	TEAM	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	INT	RAT
2006	CMU	247	388	63.7	3031	7.8	26	88	10	146.24
2007	CMU	355	543	65.4	3652	6.7	27	76	13	133.50
2008	CMU	251	376	66.8	2784	7.4	21	93	6	144.19

Rushing:

YEAR	TEAM	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	FD	FUM	LOST
2006	CMU	132	521	3.9	41	7	0	0	0
2007	CMU	188	1122	6.0	43	19	0	0	0
2008	CMU	168	592	3.5	27	6	0	0	0

LeFevour is listed with other quarterback Max Hall (Brigham Young), Tim Tebow (Florida), Todd Reesing (Kansas), Daryll Clark (Penn State) and Cole McCoy (Texas). The USA Today's College Football Preview will remain on newsstands through July 27. The magazine also can be ordered by calling 1-800-872-5149 or by visiting www.usatodayservice.com/specialeditions.