Trent Sherfield

By nearly any metric, Vanderbilt’s passing offense was one of the worst in the nation last season as the Commodores completed 51.1 percent of their passes for 2,062 yards, 11 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions. Sherfield was the lone bright spot however as he effectively lapped his teammates in any receiving category. He hauled in 51 of 80 targets (57.3%) for 659 yards and three touchdowns while the second highest outputs on the team in those categories were 26 receptions (Steven Scheu) and 339 yards (Caleb Scott). Though that catch rate is a brutal 57.3%, part of it can be explained away by the fact that Vanderbilt’s quarterback situation was so poor that it had to bench Johnny McCrary (54% completion percentage, 6:12 TD:INT) for true freshman Kyle Shurmur (42.7%, 5:3 TD:INT). Despite shoddy quarterback play and an unimposing supporting cast, Sherfield should be able to at least repeat his production from a year ago, if not surpass it, should Shurmur show any signs of improvement under center.