Here are the PER numbers for the best season of each of our QBs (with at least 100 attempts) going back to John Beck. I think it's pretty clear why Wilson is more like Beck and Hall than he is like Mangum and Heaps:
QB |
Best PER |
Year |
Grade |
Beck |
169.1 |
2006 |
Sr. |
Hall |
160.1 |
2009 |
Sr. |
Wilson |
158.1 |
2018 |
Fr. |
Nelson |
156.7 |
2011 |
Jr. |
Hill |
142.7 (on 131 attempts*) |
2014 |
Jr. |
Stewart |
138.8 |
2014 |
Sr. |
Lark |
136.2 |
2012 |
Sr. |
Mangum |
136.0 |
2015 |
Fr. |
Heaps |
117.4 |
2010 |
Fr. |
Critchlow |
109.7 |
2017 |
Fr. |
*Out of the two years Taysom played the full year, his best PER was 117.3 (as a So.)
If anyone is interested, here are the PERs for each QB from 2010 to 2018:
2010
Heaps: 117.4
Nelson: 118.7
2011
Heaps: 105.9
Nelson: 156.7
2012
Nelson: 119.1
Lark: 136.2
Hill: 121.2 (71 attempts)
2013
Hill: 117.3
2014
Hill: 142.7 (131 attempts)
Stewart: 138.8
2015
Hill: 131.8 (34 attempts)
Mangum: 136.0
2016
Hill: 115.8
Mangum: 152.0 (33 attempts)
2017
Mangum: 110.8
Hoge: 110.7 (39 attempts)
Critchlow: 109.7 (101 attempts)
Detmer: 43.2 (20 attempts)
2018
Mangum: 120.4
Wilson: 158.1