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Tennessee Football: Where Is Joshua Dobbs’s Final Place Among Vols Quarterbacks?

By Caleb Calhoun

Nov 19, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) directs the band after the game against the Missouri Tigers at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won 63 to 37. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 19, 2016; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) directs the band after the game against the Missouri Tigers at Neyland Stadium. Tennessee won 63 to 37. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 19, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) throws a touchdown pass to Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Preston Williams (7) (not pictured) during the first quarter against the Western Carolina Catamounts at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 19, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs (11) throws a touchdown pass to Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Preston Williams (7) (not pictured) during the first quarter against the Western Carolina Catamounts at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports /

Factor No. 2: Individual Stats

Now this is where the fun happens. You obviously have to count individual stats when measuring a quarterback’s greatness, and that puts Joshua Dobbs in a very special category in Knoxville.

Joshua Dobbs is No. 5 all-time in career passing yards and passing touchdowns with 7,138 and 53 respectively. He is tied for No. 5 for most passing touchdowns in a single season with Jonathan Crompton with 27 in 2016.

And he’s No. 9 for most passing yards in a season with 2,946 in 2016.

If we’re using those passing numbers alone and adjusting it for the eras, Dobbs would be fifth all-time behind Peyton Manning (of course), Casey Clausen, Erik Ainge, and Tyler Bray.

But passing stats aren’t the only factor when determining college quarterbacks.

Dobbs’s rushing numbers add a whole new dimension.

For his career, Dobbs is No. 3 all-time in Tennessee football rushing touchdowns with 32. He is in the Top 10 for most rushing touchdowns in a season with 12 in 2016, tying many other people but the only quarterback to be in there.

When you add up his totals, he had the second-most yards ever for a quarterback in a single-season Tennessee football history in 2016 behind just Manning.

He also has the second-most touchdowns with 39, behind Manning’s 40 in 1997.

These stats move him up to No. 2 all-time, just edging out Clausen, who had more total yards but also played more games.

Then you have to make things relative. For instance, when Dewey Warren entered the scene in the 1960s, he shattered every Tennessee football record at the time. Meanwhile, Condredge Holloway was doing the same thing as a dual-threat in the early 1970s. And Bobby Scott did the same following Warren.

However, only Warren made a splash by actually leading the SEC in passing in 1966. Holloway nor Scott ever did that.

Meanwhile Dobbs led the SEC or was in the Top 5 in every statistical category this year, emphasizing his dual-threat abilities.

So from the stats game, Dobbs is the second-best quarterback in Tennessee football history.

Considering that he had six games in his career with five total touchdowns and three more with four, he’s earned this spot.

What about exterior factors? That’s our final point.

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