Midseason Record Watch, Offense

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University football returned to the practice fields on Tuesday, during the first of two bye weeks in 2022. The Owls have reached the midway point of the 2022 season; therefore, it is a good time to assess where players are among FAU all-time leaders.

Career
N’Kosi Perry
No. 5 – Passing TDs (35). Listed No. 4 is Jaques Johnson with 38
No. 3 – Completion Pct. (59.1). No. 2 is Jason Driskel (61.1)
No. 2 – Passing Efficiency (141.6). No. 1 is Chris Robison (142.3)
No. 3 – 7.8 Yards per pass. No. 2 is Chris Robison (8.0)
T-No. 4 – 13.2 Yards per completion with Rusty Smith
No. 1 – Total offense per game (256.4)

LaJohntay Wester
T-No. 4 – TD Pass Receptions 13. No. 3 is Lester Jean (15)
No. 4 – Receptions per game (4.48). Anthony Crissinger-Hill is No. 3 (4.57)
No. 5 – Punt Return Yards (293). No. 4 Lucky Whitehead (312)
No. 4 – Punt Returns (35). No. 3 Travis Jones (40)
No. 5 – Yards per punt return (8.37). No. 4 Brittney Tellis (10.27)

Je’Quan Burton
No. 3 – Yards per catch (17.11). No. 2 is Roosevelt Bynes (19.7)

Teja Young
T-No. 1 – Interceptions returned for a TD (3). Tied with Willie Hughley

Armani-Eli Adams
No. 5 – Fumble return yards (43). No. 4 Rashad Smith (45)

Single Season
LaJohntay Wester
T-No. 4 – TD receptions (8). Three at No. 1 with nine

QUOTABLE

Offensive Coordinator Brent Dearmon
On improving upon mistakes
“You don’t put it on one particular person. I always put it on myself…The games that we have lost, we’re shooting ourselves in the foot too much. We can play better football where we don’t make those big mistakes.”

On improving during the bye week
“Today, we’re going to spend a lot of our time working on fundamentals, a lot of handy work where coaches can perfect their craft with their players. We’re going to show a little bit of different things offensively and defensively where we can tighten the screws up on some things and make things a little simpler for our players. A lot of times, mistakes happen when players aren’t playing as fast as they need to be. It usually means they’re overthinking. We have to figure out those situations that we’re putting them in that they’re overthinking and eliminate those things.”

On consistency in the run game
“You have to live with it. Last week in the third quarter, you’re down three scores, we really had to get away from the run game. In the first half, I thought we ran the ball pretty well. Getting over 100 yards rushing in a half is pretty good in college football, but we just had to get away from it. We can’t dig ourselves in such a hole.”

Redshirt Senior OL Nick Weber
On the state of the offense at the bye week
“On paper, it looks like we’re in a bad place, but we have a lot of positives to build on. Last week, we just didn’t make the plays that needed to be made. Those are all things we can fix internally which is great and I’m really excited about this bye week to get better.”

On the offensive line performance
“For the most part, we’ve been really good. I think last game [UNT] wasn’t our best outing, but that’s just one game. We have another six games left in the season.”

On resetting during the bye
“You look at the first half of the season and where you did well and where you did bad, and you have that bye week to focus on your team and what you need to get better at.”

On the urgency to improve
“There’s a sense of urgency because we can all fix our problems. When you watch the games, a lot of it is just internal mistakes. There’s a sense of urgency that we can fix those, get better and have a lot of good results in the second half of the season.”

Graduate Transfer QB N’Kosi Perry
On how to get the offense back on track
“At this point, we have to get back to our fundamentals. We’ve been having some miscommunication, some drops. It seems like we’re not on the same page, so we have to get back to the fundamentals of things, back to where we started at and go from there.”

On the bye week
“I think the bye week is going to help us out tremendously to help us figure out what we do well and what we don’t do well.”

On his communication with receivers
“I try to help them turn the page as soon as we can. It’s tough when you know everyone’s counting on you and you feel like you let the team down, but you have to show those guys that you still believe in them and that you’re still going to throw the ball.”

On what he needs to improve on
“I have to be better for this whole entire organization. Those pick sixes, I can’t have those. I have to put us in the best situation, as simple as that.”

On the sense of urgency
“We definitely need to win. We have to get a win back. That’s our main goal: go 1-0 each day. It’s not going to happen overnight. We have the bye week, that’s a little extra time to help us get this win.”

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FAU Coaches Radio Show
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FAU Television Inside the Owls Burrow
This week’s show will include a sit down with Hagerty Family Head Football Coach Willie Taggart. Show host and producer Frank Forte will review the Owls’ game at North Texas and get a rundown of what to expect of the bye week. “Pads Off” will spotlight safety Armani-Eli Adams. Defensive tackle Jake Holaday is featured in “Football in Paradise” with the story of his medical scare this past summer. Finally, Associate Head Coach/Outside Linebackers Coach Raymond Woodie wears the mic for practice.

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