Jeremy Gallon record watch: back on

Submitted by snarling wolverine on

With 10 catches for 115 yards, Gallon's season totals are now 65 catches for 1,062 yards and 7 TDs.  He's our first 1,000-yard receiver in six years.

Gallon's season yardage total already ranks him 8th in school history, and he is very close to several other players on the list.  #2 is Mario Manningham in 2007, at 1,174 yards, just 112 more, so Gallon's a pretty safe bet to catch him.

The big question is whether he can catch Braylon Edwards, who gained 1,330 yards in 2003.  He needs 248 yards to tie him.  At his current pace (106 yards per game), he will do it in the bowl, although it's not out of the question that he could against Ohio - if we can protect Devin long enough to get him the ball.

It's worth noting that Jeremy's yards per catch (16.3) is actually quite a bit higher than Braylon's that year (13.7) - he just hasn't been targeted quite as much.  

(EDIT: one thing we should note is that Braylon set the record in a 12-game season, whereas Jeremy will get to play in 13 games, so that is an advantage to him.)

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gwkrlghl

November 16th, 2013 at 9:41 PM ^

A very quietly record setting year. I know he had mega-games against ND and Indiana, but aside from that its been a fairly quiet year for him - thought getting almost half of your season's receiving yards in two games means you can still afford to have a reasonably quiet year

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LSAClassOf2000

November 16th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^

Just to underline how valuable Jeremy Gallon is out there, he accounts for about 2 out of every 5 of Michigan's total receiving yards this year. Even more interesting, he is one of only three Michigan receivers with more than 200 yards - Funchess and Chesson are the others.  Gallon  really has been the difference when we go to the air - statistically, that would be difficult to deny, I would think. 

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wolverinebutt

November 16th, 2013 at 9:58 PM ^

I know this is a Gallon thread, but what happened to Fritz today not playing??    Gallon is a talent - I was shocked when he had two drops today.  We will not see that again... 

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TheSacko221

November 17th, 2013 at 3:30 AM ^

It's an I don't want my star recruits transferring thing, so Hoke is giving them the shot he should have weeks ago.

Green has always run hard and when a hole was there was good for 4-5 yards. Problem is Hoke never gave him legit chances.

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randyfloyd

November 16th, 2013 at 10:00 PM ^

But our next two opponents have a much better defense, than our previous two. The only thing he has going for him, is Gardner always looks his way. I hope Borges learned something today, ONLY 3 STEP DROPS, but I have lost hope that Borges has any clue in calling a game...

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TruBluMich

November 17th, 2013 at 12:09 AM ^

# Name Num. Yds Yds/Num. TD Lng Season
1 Braylon Edwards 97 1330 13.7 15 69 2004
2 Mario Manningham 72 1174 16.3 12 97 2007
3 Marquise Walker 86 1143 13.3 11 47 2001
4 Braylon Edwards 85 1138 13.4 14 64 2003
5 David Terrell 67 1130 16.9 14 57 2000
6 Amani Toomer 54 1096 20.3 6 65 1994
7 Jack Clancy 76 1077 14.2 4   1966
8 Jeremy Gallon 65 1062 16.3 7 70 2013
9 David Terrell 71 1038 14.6 7 57 1999
10 Tai Streets 67 1035 15.4 11 76 1998
  Braylon Edwards 67 1035 15.4 10 49 2002
12 Desmond Howard 63 1025 16.3 11 63 1990
13 Jason Avant 82 1007 12.3 8 54 2005
14 Desmond Howard 62 985 15.9 19 65 1991
15 Anthony Carter 50 952 19.0 8 71 1981
16 Roy Roundtree 72 935 13.0 7 75 2010
17 Mercury Hayes 48 923 19.2 4 58 1995
18 Adrian Arrington 67 882 13.2 8 39 2007
19 Anthony Carter 43 844 19.6 8 62 1982
20 Jeremy Gallon 49 829 16.9 4 71 2012
21 Anthony Carter 51 818 16.0 14 44 1980
22 Marcus Knight 39 794 20.4 6 81 1999
23 Jason Avant 47 772 16.4 2 71 2003
24 Jack Clancy 52 762 14.7 5   1965
25 Amani Toomer 44 758 17.2 7 75 1995
26 Derrick Alexander 50 740 14.8 11 57 1992
27 Tai Streets 44 730 16.6 2 69 1996
28 Jim Smith 26 714 27.5 6 64 1976
29 Greg McMurtry 41 711 17.3 7 49 1989
30 Mario Manningham 38 703 18.5 9 69 2006
31 Junior Hemingway 34 699 20.6 4 77 2011
  Marquise Walker 49 699 14.3 4 75 2000
33 Devin Funchess 42 684 16.3 5 59 2013
34 Paul Jokisch 37 681 18.4 2 41 1985
35 Jim Mandich 51 676 13.3 3 32 1969
36 Steve Breaston 58 670 11.6 2 62 2006
37 Darryl Stonum 49 633 12.9 4 66 2010
38 Derrick Alexander 35 621 17.7 4 90 1993
  Ken Higgins 33 621 18.8 1 51 1986
40 Doug Marsh 33 612 18.5 3 71 1979
41 Marcus Knight 42 603 14.4 1 51 1998
42 Junior Hemingway 32 593 18.5 4 70 2010
43 Mercury Hayes 36 589 16.4 1 43 1994
44 Eric Kattus 38 582 15.3 8 40 1985
45 Roy Roundtree 31 580 18.7 3 75 2012
46 Bennie Joppru 53 579 10.9 5 43 2002
47 Jim Berline 48 576 12.0 3   1967
48 Jim Mandich 42 565 13.5 3 12 1968
  Amani Toomer 29 565 19.5 4 56 1993
50 Jim Smith 24 553 23.0 4 83 1975

 

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Mocha Cub

November 17th, 2013 at 8:03 AM ^

When I look at this list, I have a hard time seeing Gallon on it. Out of all the greats we've had at WR and wearing the #1, a holdover from the RichRod era holding the single season receiving record is just strange to me. I would never put him in a category of the greats like AC, Howard, Edwards, Manningham, Alexander, Toomer, Streets, McMurtry, Avant, Terrell, etc, etc, etc. Only reason he's close is because IU's defense leaks like a sieve.

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snarling wolverine

November 17th, 2013 at 9:33 AM ^

I think you're selling him a little short (no pun intended).  No, he wouldn't be in position to possibly set the record without the IU game, but all of our WRs had some big days against inferior opponents.  Take away the IU game and Gallon would still be averaging 77 receiving yards per game, which is a pace for 1,001 yards in a season - and he is playing in an offense that can rarely protect its QB adequately.   In any event, Gallon also ranks #4 in school history in career receiving yards, behind only Braylon, AC and Toomer.

I will note that Braylon set the single-season record in a 12-game season and Gallon will get 13 games, counting the bowl, so there is a bit of an apples/oranges comparison here.

 

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Mocha Cub

November 17th, 2013 at 9:48 AM ^

He would have been a 3rd option at WR on a LOT of Michigan teams. People are so quick to only look at stats and not the actual on-the-field product. He's a good receiver, by no means great. He's had great stats because at this point in time it appears we have nothing else. Think about this for a second, on a team with Edwards, Avant and Breaston, he wouldn't have seen the field. Gallon is a slot receiver, not someone who should be playing out wide.

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snarling wolverine

November 17th, 2013 at 10:07 AM ^

We have nothing else?  What about Funchess?  Anyhow, if we have nothing else, then he should be bracketed all game long, so that would that make what he's done even more impressive.

Just playing outside receiver isn't a guarantee of a 1,000-yard season.  He's our first one in six years.  He has that production because he consistently gets open and (yesterday being a slight exception) has great hands.  We don't even target him all that much for a guy with his numbers.  65 catches is not a ton for a 1,000-yard guy.  Braylon had 97 in 2004.

Gallon has produced against good defenses.  He had eight catches for 184 yards against ND; has anyone else done that against them?  Last January he had nine catches for 145 yards and 2 TDs against a good South Carolina defense.  Yesterday he dropped two balls but still had 10 catches for 115 against a pretty good secondary (NW leads the nation in interceptions).  

I'm not arguing that he is our best receiver ever (he's not), but he is very good, and there's no reason to downplay his accomplishments.  If he played in an offense that could actually protect the passer on a regular basis, he might already have the record.

 

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jmblue

November 17th, 2013 at 12:19 PM ^

If you put up 1,000 receiving yards in 10 games, you're a really good player.  It really doesn't matter what the circumstances were.  That's really hard to do.  I would argue if anything that Gallon has been let down by our very erratic passing game.  Gardner is up and down and even when he's on, his OL often doesn't give him a chance on long-developing pass plays, when receivers usually get most of their yards.  

Give this team a more typical Michigan OL and more consistency from Gardner and what would Gallon's numbers be like?

 

 

 

 

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