Position Preview | Quarterbacks

RETURNING LEADERS
Brad Kaaya	Malik Rosier

QUARTERBACKS BY THE NUMBERS

42 – Brad Kaaya has thrown 42 career touchdown passes at Miami and sits ninth all-time in program history.

270.2 – Kaaya’s average of 270.2 passing yards per game ranked second in the ACC and 25^th in the nation in 2015.

3,000 – Kaaya is one of three quarterbacks in program history to surpass 3,000 yards passing in back-to-back seasons

THINGS TO KNOW

• Brad Kaaya enters the 2016 campaign on the preseason watch lists for the Davey O’Brien Award and the Maxwell Award. He is also on the watch list for the Allstate Good Works Team and the Wuerffel Trophy.
• Entering his junior season, quarterback Brad Kaaya currently has 6,436 career passing yards and stands fifth on the all-time career-passing list at Miami. Kaaya needs 3,130 passing yards to surpass Ken Dorsey’s all-time program record. Kaaya has averaged 3,218 yards passing per year.
• Kaaya has thrown just seven interceptions in his last 591 attempts. He has thrown for more than 200 yards in 19 of his 25 career games at Miami and has seven career 300-yard performances. 
• Miami signal caller Brad Kaaya ranked in the top 50 in eight national statistical categories in 2015.  He also was one of just three players nationally to throw for 3,000-or-more yards, 10-or-more touchdowns and have five-or-fewer interceptions.
• Making his first start at QB in place of an injured Brad Kaaya, redshirt freshman Malik Rosier tossed for 272 yards and two touchdowns in the 30-27 win over Duke on Oct. 31. He finished the game 20-for-29 with one interception, setting career highs in nearly every category. 
• Rosier’s 272 passing yards were the most by a Hurricane quarterback making the first start of his UM career away from home in 17 years.

TWEETABLES

Brad Kaaya is just the sixth Miami starting quarterback since 1947 to throw five-or-fewer interceptions for an entire season.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING 

“He’s probably the best pure passer in the ACC. He threw a fade us against us that [the cornerback] has great coverage but he threw it to that outside shoulder and it was the perfect fade throw against a pretty good corner. He’s got great accuracy and a feel for the game. His knowledge is strong so he can read a coverage, and really you’ve got to mix up coverages on him more than most people. Some quarterbacks can make throws. Some can’t. Some have the intelligence to know what’s going on and still can’t make the throw. He’s a guy who can make the throw and I’m sure he’s going to keep getting better.” – Anonymous ACC head coach on Miami QB Brad Kaaya 

“We have a great group of guys that have done a good job of coming to work every day and trying to get better every day, and that’s really our main goal. The one thing we tell our guys is that they need to be consistent. If they’re consistent and they consistently do what we ask them on a play-to-play basis, have that mental checklist and go through it every down, then they are going to be successful. They’re going to be in the right spots, make the right reads and get us in the right plays. As long as they’re doing that and throwing the ball accurate and making sure that ball is on point, we will be alright. Being consistent, that’s really the biggest thing we are focusing on.” – Miami QB coach Jon Richt