Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh was as soon as an NFL quarterback recognized for his athleticism and talent to make use of his legs when a play broke down.
A comparability posted by Bleacher Report went viral displaying how good of a scrambler Harbaugh was. Harbaugh’s profession speeding yards per carry is larger than that of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, who’s thought of to be a prolific speeding quarterback.
Harbaugh performed for 15 seasons and had a profession yards per carry of 5.0. Hurts is getting into his fifth season and his profession YPC is 4.8.
What makes Harbaugh’s 5.0 all of the extra spectacular is that he performed throughout an period the place most quarterbacks did not scramble and designed quarterback runs and read-option offenses have been nearly non-existent.
Harbaugh additionally has different attention-grabbing speeding statistics. Between 1990 and 1999, Harbaugh ranked No. 2 in speeding yards by a quarterback (2,362), forward of Randall Cunningham and behind solely Steve Younger.
Then there is a stat and enjoyable incontrovertible fact that all the time appears to resurface on-line about Harbaugh’s speeding prowess.
Harbaugh had extra profession speeding yards than the good Bo Jackson, whose profession was lower quick attributable to accidents. Harbaugh had 2,787 profession speeding yards with 18 touchdowns, whereas Jackson had 2,782 yards speeding and 16 touchdowns.
It is no shock {that a} scrambling quarterback like Harbaugh has favored cellular quarterbacks throughout his teaching profession. Andrew Luck, Colin Kaepernick and J.J. McCarthy all have been cellular quarterbacks in Harbaugh’s offenses.
“The worth of a operating quarterback, someone who can choose up 4 or 5 first downs a recreation, is big,” Harbaugh once said.
And now Harbaugh has one more fierce competitor prepared to choose up first downs together with his legs in Justin Herbert. Herbert’s profession yards per carry is at present at 4.1. He can actually be taught a factor or two from the way in which Harbaugh as soon as ran across the gridiron within the NFL.
