N’Kosi Perry quick decisions critical for Miami football team

One of the criticisms of quarterback N’Kosi Perry during his redshirt freshman season for the Miami football team in 2018 was that he held on to the ball too long in the pocket. Perry got rid of the ball quicker than any QB nationally with 20 passing attempts this week.

According to Inside the U, redshirt freshman quarterback N’Kosi Perry’s maturation for the Miami football team continued as he led the nation getting rid of the ball quickest among signal-callers with at least 20 attempts in FBS this weekend. Perry threw the ball in an average of 2.06 seconds in the Hurricanes win over Virginia.

David Lake of Inside the U reported that Pro Football Focus tracked Perry being 14-19 on passing attempts in which he threw the ball in 2.5 seconds or less. Perry had often been slow making reads and holding on to the ball too long in 2018. That was not the case in the 17-9 victory for the Miami football team over Virginia.

The quick throws by Perry against the Cavaliers were critical playing behind an offensive line that has failed to protect the QB in 2019. It has been well documented that Miami leads the nation with 28 total sacks allowed and 4.67 sacks allowed per game in 2019. Perry has improved his understanding of the offense a lot since 2018.

The change in offensive coordinator and system for the Miami football game proves Perry’s maturity. It has not been his growth in the offense with Dan Enos running a different system offensively than former Miami head coach Mark Richt and his offensive coordinator Thomas Brown operated.

Lake reported that Perry took 2.45 seconds on average to throw the football in 2018. Perry surprisingly ranked eighth in that category last season for QBs with at least 150 dropbacks. Perry completed just 50.8 percent of his passing attempts in 2018. On passing attempts when threw the ball in 2.5 seconds that number increased.