Virginia 51, Akron 0: Game Grades

Quarterbacks (B-)


Marques Hagans

Entering the season there was some concern about how Marques Hagans would adapt to the new role of starting quarterback. In the first two games Hagans acquitted himself well and led his team to victories.

While Saturday was not Hagans’ best game of the three, he had a solid day and with a little help from his defense led his team to 44 points in three quarters.

On the afternoon, Hagans completed 16 of 25 passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns. Two of his incompletions were dropped passes and one was an interception, thrown behind receiver Deyon Williams . While the ball bounced off Williams’ shoulder pads, the culpability for the deflection must go to the quarterback. The majority of the remaining incompletions were simply bad passes. Two open wide receivers were overthrown in cases where both had scoring potential.

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