COLLEGE FOOTBALL STATISTICS
2003
Southeastern Conference ALL PURPOSE RUNNING Rank Player Gm Net Rec PR Kor Yards Yds/gm 1. Derek Abney, Kentucky 12 148 616 285 772 1821 151.75 2. Nick Turner, Mississippi St. 12 696 93 310 565 1664 138.67 3. Shaud Williams, Alabama 13 1367 161 133 63 1724 132.62 4. Carnell Williams, Auburn 12 1239 20 52 249 1560 130.00 5. Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas 11 1179 27 0 0 1206 109.64 6. Kwane Doster, Vanderbilt 11 386 82 0 571 1039 94.45 7. Skyler Green, LSU 13 68 496 436 188 1188 91.38 8. Devery Henderson, LSU 13 37 837 0 286 1160 89.23 9. Chris Collins, Mississippi 12 29 874 0 103 1006 83.83 10. Demetris Summers, South Carolina 11 638 146 111 25 920 83.64 FIELD GOALS Rank Player Gm Fga Fgm Avg FgPgm 1. Billy Bennett, Georgia 14 38 31 .816 2.21 2. Jonathan Nichols, Mississippi 13 29 25 .862 1.92 3. Matt Leach, Florida 13 27 21 .778 1.62 4. James Wilhoit, Tennessee 13 24 17 .708 1.31 5. Brian Bostick, Alabama 13 24 16 .667 1.23 6. Chris Balseiro, Arkansas 11 15 11 .733 1.00 7. Daniel Weaver, South Carolina 11 13 8 .615 .73 8. Brent Smith, Mississippi St. 12 10 8 .800 .67 9. Ryan Gaudet, LSU 11 12 7 .583 .64 10. John Vaughn, Auburn 10 10 6 .600 .60 INTERCEPTIONS Rank Player Gm Int Yds TD IntPgm 1. Keiwan Ratliff, Florida 13 9 182 2 .69 2. Corey Webster, LSU 14 7 60 0 .50 3. Sean Jones, Georgia 12 5 42 0 .42 4. Travis Johnson, Mississippi 11 4 62 2 .36 5. Muhammad Abdullah, Kentucky 12 4 6 0 .33 5. Von Hutchins, Mississippi 12 4 5 0 .33 7. Charles Jones, Alabama 13 4 63 1 .31 7. Charlie Peprah, Alabama 13 4 93 1 .31 7. Jack Hunt, LSU 13 4 94 2 .31 10. Ahmad Carroll, Arkansas 11 3 0 0 .27 KICKOFF RETURN Rank Player Gm KRet Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Derek Abney, Kentucky 12 32 772 0 24.13 2.67 2. Nick Turner, Mississippi St. 12 24 565 0 23.54 2.00 3. Fred Reid, Mississippi St. 12 25 577 1 23.08 2.08 4. Kwane Doster, Vanderbilt 11 26 571 0 21.96 2.36 5. Andre Caldwell, Florida 12 22 454 0 20.64 1.83 6. Corey Larkins, Tennessee 13 19 387 0 20.37 1.46 7. Cedric Washington, Arkansas 13 25 497 0 19.88 1.92 8. Matthew Thomas, South Carolina 11 22 422 0 19.18 2.00 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Player Gm Att Cmp CPct Int PYds YdsAtt TD Rating 1. Matt Mauck, LSU 14 358 229 63.97 14 2825 7.89 28 148.24 2. Eli Manning, Mississippi 13 441 275 62.36 10 3600 8.16 29 148.10 3. Matt Jones, Arkansas 13 230 132 57.39 7 1917 8.33 18 147.14 4. Casey Clausen, Tennessee 13 412 233 56.55 9 2968 7.20 27 134.32 5. Chris Leak, Florida 13 320 190 59.38 11 2435 7.61 16 132.92 6. Jason Campbell, Auburn 13 293 181 61.77 8 2267 7.74 10 132.57 7. David Greene, Georgia 14 438 264 60.27 11 3307 7.55 13 128.47 8. Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt 12 327 187 57.19 13 2347 7.18 18 127.69 9. Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky 12 336 191 56.85 8 2221 6.61 16 123.32 10. Brodie Croyle, Alabama 12 341 182 53.37 13 2303 6.75 16 117.96 PUNTING Rank Player Gm Punt Yds Avg PuntGm 1. Dustin Colquitt, Tennessee 13 68 3081 45.31 5.23 2. Eric Wilbur, Florida 13 66 2954 44.76 5.08 3. Cody Ridgeway, Mississippi 13 58 2561 44.16 4.46 4. Kody Bliss, Auburn 13 64 2748 42.94 4.92 5. Donnie Jones, LSU 13 65 2757 42.42 5.00 6. Anthony Thornton, Kentucky 11 65 2715 41.77 5.91 7. Jared Cook, Mississippi St. 9 41 1701 41.49 4.56 8. Bo Freelend, Alabama 13 73 2976 40.77 5.62 9. Josh Brown, South Carolina 11 46 1863 40.50 4.18 10. Jacob Skinner, Arkansas 13 52 2074 39.88 4.00 PUNT RETURN Rank Player Gm Ret Yds TD Avg RetGm 1. Skyler Green, LSU 14 25 462 2 18.48 1.79 2. Mark Jones, Tennessee 13 20 303 1 15.15 1.54 3. Marvin Jackson, Arkansas 13 26 329 1 12.65 2.00 4. Nick Turner, Mississippi St. 12 28 310 0 11.07 2.33 5. Keiwan Ratliff, Florida 13 31 343 0 11.06 2.38 6. Derek Abney, Kentucky 12 29 285 1 9.83 2.42 7. Damien Gary, Georgia 14 30 281 0 9.37 2.14 8. Tre Smith, Auburn 13 36 327 0 9.08 2.77 9. Mike Espy, Mississippi 13 43 369 0 8.58 3.31 10. Ronald Hatcher, Vanderbilt 12 36 298 0 8.28 3.00 RECEPTIONS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCatch YdsGm 1. Chris Collins, Mississippi 13 77 949 7 5.92 12.32 73.00 2. Michael Clayton, LSU 14 78 1079 10 5.57 13.83 77.07 3. Justin Jenkins, Mississippi St. 12 62 880 9 5.17 14.19 73.33 4. Derek Abney, Kentucky 12 51 616 5 4.25 12.08 51.33 5. George Wilson, Arkansas 12 50 900 6 4.17 18.00 75.00 6. Devery Henderson, LSU 14 53 861 11 3.79 16.25 61.50 7. Reggie Brown, Georgia 13 49 662 3 3.77 13.51 50.92 8. Skyler Green, LSU 14 48 519 5 3.43 10.81 37.07 9. Erik Davis, Vanderbilt 12 41 638 8 3.42 15.56 53.17 10. Fred Gibson, Georgia 11 36 553 3 3.27 15.36 50.27 RECEIVING YARDS PER GAME Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Michael Clayton, LSU 14 78 1079 10 5.57 13.83 77.07 2. George Wilson, Arkansas 12 50 900 6 4.17 18.00 75.00 3. Justin Jenkins, Mississippi St. 12 62 880 9 5.17 14.19 73.33 4. Chris Collins, Mississippi 13 77 949 7 5.92 12.32 73.00 5. Devery Henderson, LSU 14 53 861 11 3.79 16.25 61.50 6. Erik Davis, Vanderbilt 12 41 638 8 3.42 15.56 53.17 6. Ben Troupe, Florida 12 39 638 5 3.25 16.36 53.17 8. Derek Abney, Kentucky 12 51 616 5 4.25 12.08 51.33 9. Reggie Brown, Georgia 13 49 662 3 3.77 13.51 50.92 10. Fred Gibson, Georgia 11 36 553 3 3.27 15.36 50.27 TOTAL RECEIVING YARDS Rank Player Gm Rec Yds TD RecGm YdsCat Yds/gm 1. Michael Clayton, LSU 14 78 1079 10 5.57 13.83 77.07 2. Chris Collins, Mississippi 13 77 949 7 5.92 12.32 73.00 3. George Wilson, Arkansas 12 50 900 6 4.17 18.00 75.00 4. Justin Jenkins, Mississippi St. 12 62 880 9 5.17 14.19 73.33 5. Devery Henderson, LSU 14 53 861 11 3.79 16.25 61.50 6. Reggie Brown, Georgia 13 49 662 3 3.77 13.51 50.92 7. Erik Davis, Vanderbilt 12 41 638 8 3.42 15.56 53.17 7. Ben Troupe, Florida 12 39 638 5 3.25 16.36 53.17 9. James Banks, Tennessee 13 42 621 6 3.23 14.79 47.77 9. Jeris McIntyre, Auburn 13 41 621 3 3.15 15.15 47.77 RUSHING Rank Player Gm Rush Yds TD Avg Yds/gm 1. Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas 12 227 1320 10 5 110.00 2. Shaud Williams, Alabama 13 280 1367 14 4 105.15 3. Carnell Williams, Auburn 13 241 1307 17 5 100.54 4. Justin Vincent, LSU 14 154 1001 10 6 71.50 5. Tremaine Turner, Mississippi 13 173 809 4 4 62.23 6. Cedric Houston, Tennessee 12 149 744 2 4 62.00 7. Demetris Summers, South Carolina 11 124 638 3 5 58.00 7. Nick Turner, Mississippi St. 12 123 696 7 5 58.00 9. Matt Jones, Arkansas 13 96 707 8 7 54.38 10. Daccus Turman, South Carolina 12 132 646 7 4 53.83 SCORING Rank Player Gm TD Okm Oka FGM FGA Pts PtsGm 1. Jonathan Nichols, Mississippi 13 0 49 49 25 29 124 9.54 2. Billy Bennett, Georgia 14 0 38 39 31 38 131 9.36 3. Matt Leach, Florida 13 0 41 41 21 27 104 8.00 4. Carnell Williams, Auburn 13 17 0 0 0 0 102 7.85 5. Shaud Williams, Alabama 13 16 0 0 0 0 96 7.38 6. James Wilhoit, Tennessee 13 0 41 41 17 24 92 7.08 7. Chris Balseiro, Arkansas 11 0 40 41 11 15 73 6.64 8. Brian Bostick, Alabama 13 0 33 37 16 24 81 6.23 9. Ryan Gaudet, LSU 11 0 36 38 7 12 57 5.18 10. Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas 12 10 0 0 0 0 60 5.00 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Player Gm Rush Net Pyd Pl TotYd YdsPl YdsGm 1. Eli Manning, Mississippi 13 48 -28 3600 489 3572 7.30 274.77 2. Casey Clausen, Tennessee 13 64 -45 2968 476 2923 6.14 224.85 3. David Greene, Georgia 14 69 -180 3307 507 3127 6.17 223.36 4. Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt 12 115 299 2347 442 2646 5.99 220.50 5. Matt Mauck, LSU 14 79 97 2825 437 2922 6.69 208.71 6. Matt Jones, Arkansas 13 96 707 1917 326 2624 8.05 201.85 7. Dondrial Pinkins, South Carolina 12 95 254 2127 417 2381 5.71 198.42 8. Brodie Croyle, Alabama 12 71 7 2303 412 2310 5.61 192.50 9. Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky 12 89 75 2221 425 2296 5.40 191.33 10. Chris Leak, Florida 13 68 -53 2435 388 2382 6.14 183.23 PASS EFFICIENCY DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TDPct Rating 1. LSU 14 477 213 44.65 21 2590 5.43 12 2.52 89.81 2. Tennessee 13 414 230 55.56 15 2419 5.84 10 2.42 105.41 3. Georgia 14 412 224 54.37 17 2443 5.93 12 2.91 105.57 4. Florida 13 414 228 55.07 20 2716 6.56 12 2.90 110.11 5. Arkansas 13 399 213 53.38 17 2431 6.09 17 4.26 110.12 6. Auburn 13 362 193 53.31 11 2457 6.79 15 4.14 117.91 7. Kentucky 12 330 186 56.36 11 2347 7.11 14 4.24 123.48 8. Vanderbilt 12 328 184 56.10 10 2393 7.30 14 4.27 125.37 9. Alabama 13 432 250 57.87 12 2961 6.85 23 5.32 127.49 10. Mississippi 13 454 255 56.17 15 3589 7.91 26 5.73 134.90 11. South Carolina 12 341 211 61.88 9 2431 7.13 23 6.74 138.76 12. Mississippi St. 12 373 232 62.20 6 3399 9.11 31 8.31 162.95 KICKOFF RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds TD Avg 1. Mississippi 13 36 853 0 23.69 2. Mississippi St. 12 50 1159 1 23.18 3. Kentucky 12 46 1052 0 22.87 4. Alabama 13 34 766 1 22.53 5. LSU 14 23 514 0 22.35 6. Florida 13 32 687 0 21.47 7. Tennessee 13 27 558 0 20.67 8. Auburn 13 36 697 0 19.36 9. Arkansas 13 37 714 0 19.30 10. Vanderbilt 12 43 815 0 18.95 11. South Carolina 12 41 775 0 18.90 12. Georgia 14 29 529 1 18.24 NET PUNTING Rank Team Punt Avg Ret RYds NetAvg TotYd 1. Mississippi 60 42 23 233 39.02 2574 2. LSU 66 41 31 184 38.98 2757 3. Tennessee 71 44 40 420 38.87 3180 4. Auburn 68 42 28 256 38.57 2879 5. South Carolina 68 39 26 109 38.03 2695 6. Arkansas 54 39 21 137 36.74 2121 7. Florida 69 43 34 500 36.39 3011 8. Georgia 66 38 31 230 35.47 2571 9. Alabama 75 39 40 376 34.67 2976 10. Mississippi St. 74 41 48 561 33.74 3058 11. Kentucky 70 39 35 450 33.47 2793 12. Vanderbilt 69 39 38 416 33.43 2723 PASSING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp Int PPct Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm YdsCmp 1. Mississippi 13 449 282 10 62.81 3718 8.28 31 286.00 13.18 2. Florida 13 406 244 14 60.10 3190 7.86 20 245.38 13.07 3. Georgia 14 461 274 12 59.44 3435 7.45 14 245.36 12.54 4. Tennessee 13 422 238 9 56.40 3034 7.19 28 233.38 12.75 5. LSU 14 401 255 15 63.59 3257 8.12 30 232.64 12.77 6. Vanderbilt 12 347 196 15 56.48 2485 7.16 20 207.08 12.68 7. Kentucky 12 381 206 10 54.07 2426 6.37 18 202.17 11.78 8. Mississippi St. 12 395 207 25 52.41 2424 6.14 15 202.00 11.71 9. South Carolina 12 356 177 12 49.72 2324 6.53 12 193.67 13.13 10. Auburn 13 323 202 9 62.54 2499 7.74 10 192.23 12.37 11. Alabama 13 386 201 15 52.07 2491 6.45 17 191.62 12.39 12. Arkansas 13 304 167 9 54.93 2462 8.10 20 189.38 14.74 PASS DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct YdsCmp Int Yds YdAtt TD YdsGm 1. Georgia 14 412 224 54.37 10.91 17 2443 5.93 12 174.50 2. LSU 14 477 213 44.65 12.16 21 2590 5.43 12 185.00 3. Tennessee 13 414 230 55.56 10.52 15 2419 5.84 10 186.08 4. Arkansas 13 399 213 53.38 11.41 17 2431 6.09 17 187.00 5. Auburn 13 362 193 53.31 12.73 11 2457 6.79 15 189.00 6. Kentucky 12 330 186 56.36 12.62 11 2347 7.11 14 195.58 7. Vanderbilt 12 328 184 56.10 13.01 10 2393 7.30 14 199.42 8. South Carolina 12 341 211 61.88 11.52 9 2431 7.13 23 202.58 9. Florida 13 414 228 55.07 11.91 20 2716 6.56 12 208.92 10. Alabama 13 432 250 57.87 11.84 12 2961 6.85 23 227.77 11. Mississippi 13 454 255 56.17 14.07 15 3589 7.91 26 276.08 12. Mississippi St. 12 373 232 62.20 14.65 6 3399 9.11 31 283.25 PASSING EFFICIENCY Rank Team Gm Att Cmp PPct Int Yds YdAtt TD TPct Rating 1. Mississippi 13 449 282 62.81 10 3718 8.28 31 6.90 150.69 2. LSU 14 401 255 63.59 15 3257 8.12 30 7.48 149.03 3. Arkansas 13 304 167 54.93 9 2462 8.10 20 6.58 138.72 4. Florida 13 406 244 60.10 14 3190 7.86 20 4.93 135.46 5. Tennessee 13 422 238 56.40 9 3034 7.19 28 6.64 134.42 6. Auburn 13 323 202 62.54 9 2499 7.74 10 3.10 132.13 7. Vanderbilt 12 347 196 56.48 15 2485 7.16 20 5.76 127.03 8. Georgia 14 461 274 59.44 12 3435 7.45 14 3.04 126.81 9. Kentucky 12 381 206 54.07 10 2426 6.37 18 4.72 117.93 10. Alabama 13 386 201 52.07 15 2491 6.45 17 4.40 113.07 11. South Carolina 12 356 177 49.72 12 2324 6.53 12 3.37 108.92 12. Mississippi St. 12 395 207 52.41 25 2424 6.14 15 3.80 103.82 PUNT RETURNS Rank Team Gm Ret Yds Tds Avg 1. LSU 14 46 667 2 14.50 2. South Carolina 12 16 230 1 14.38 3. Arkansas 13 34 441 2 12.97 4. Tennessee 13 43 531 1 12.35 5. Florida 13 40 449 0 11.23 6. Mississippi St. 12 30 329 0 10.97 7. Kentucky 12 32 325 2 10.16 8. Georgia 14 32 321 1 10.03 9. Auburn 13 46 460 1 10.00 10. Alabama 13 33 288 2 8.73 11. Mississippi 13 49 409 0 8.35 12. Vanderbilt 12 36 298 0 8.28 RUSHING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg Tds YdsGm 1. Arkansas 13 626 3145 5.02 34 241.92 2. LSU 14 593 2600 4.38 24 185.71 3. Auburn 13 541 2392 4.42 32 184.00 4. South Carolina 12 463 1937 4.18 21 161.42 5. Alabama 13 515 2066 4.01 17 158.92 6. Mississippi 13 491 1913 3.90 18 147.15 7. Florida 13 454 1898 4.18 21 146.00 8. Vanderbilt 12 477 1740 3.65 10 145.00 9. Tennessee 13 463 1800 3.89 16 138.46 10. Georgia 14 562 1889 3.36 22 134.93 11. Kentucky 12 434 1501 3.46 24 125.08 12. Mississippi St. 12 371 1424 3.84 13 118.67 RUSHING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Rush Net Avg TD YdsGm 1. LSU 14 400 938 2.35 5 67.00 2. Auburn 13 440 1204 2.74 8 92.62 3. Georgia 14 468 1433 3.06 8 102.36 4. Mississippi 13 417 1332 3.19 11 102.46 5. Alabama 13 465 1722 3.70 14 132.46 6. Tennessee 13 490 1798 3.67 16 138.31 7. Arkansas 13 505 2041 4.04 14 157.00 8. Florida 13 525 2061 3.93 16 158.54 9. South Carolina 12 458 1987 4.34 17 165.58 10. Vanderbilt 12 506 2169 4.29 26 180.75 11. Kentucky 12 536 2240 4.18 23 186.67 12. Mississippi St. 12 525 2283 4.35 30 190.25 SCORING DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Pts PtGm TD Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. LSU 14 154 11.00 19 16 0 0 0 8 0 2. Georgia 14 203 14.50 23 19 0 0 0 14 2 3. Auburn 13 212 16.31 25 22 1 0 0 12 1 4. Tennessee 13 239 18.38 28 24 1 0 0 15 0 5. Florida 13 271 20.85 33 30 1 0 0 13 1 6. Mississippi 13 285 21.92 38 31 1 0 0 8 0 7. Arkansas 13 305 23.46 35 31 2 0 0 20 0 8. Alabama 13 333 25.62 38 33 3 1 0 20 2 9. South Carolina 12 314 26.17 43 39 0 0 0 5 1 10. Kentucky 12 321 26.75 39 32 4 0 0 15 1 11. Vanderbilt 12 358 29.83 43 41 1 0 0 19 0 12. Mississippi St. 12 471 39.25 63 63 0 0 0 10 0 SCORING OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Yds TD Pts Avg Kxp Oxp Dkxp Doxp FG Sf 1. Mississippi 13 5631 52 442 34.00 49 1 0 0 25 2 2. LSU 14 5857 63 475 33.93 57 1 0 0 12 1 3. Arkansas 13 5607 56 436 33.54 50 4 0 0 14 0 4. Florida 13 5088 47 390 30.00 41 2 0 0 21 0 5. Tennessee 13 4834 45 365 28.08 42 1 0 0 17 0 6. Kentucky 12 3927 44 328 27.33 40 2 0 0 6 1 7. Georgia 14 5324 40 371 26.50 38 0 0 0 31 0 8. Auburn 13 4891 44 342 26.31 43 1 0 0 11 0 9. Alabama 13 4557 41 331 25.46 33 1 0 0 16 1 10. South Carolina 12 4261 35 268 22.33 30 1 0 0 8 1 11. Vanderbilt 12 4225 31 235 19.58 29 0 0 0 6 1 12. Mississippi St. 12 3848 29 225 18.75 21 3 0 0 8 0 TOTAL DEFENSE Rank Team Gm Avg Plays Yds TD YdsGm 1. LSU 14 4.02 877 3528 19 252.00 2. Georgia 14 4.40 880 3876 23 276.86 3. Auburn 13 4.56 802 3661 25 281.62 4. Tennessee 13 4.66 904 4217 28 324.38 5. Arkansas 13 4.95 904 4472 35 344.00 6. Alabama 13 5.22 897 4683 38 360.23 7. Florida 13 5.09 939 4777 33 367.46 8. South Carolina 12 5.53 799 4418 43 368.17 9. Mississippi 13 5.65 871 4921 38 378.54 10. Vanderbilt 12 5.47 834 4562 43 380.17 11. Kentucky 12 5.30 866 4587 39 382.25 12. Mississippi St. 12 6.33 898 5682 63 473.50 TOTAL OFFENSE Rank Team Gm Pl Yds Avg TD YdsGm 1. Mississippi 13 940 5631 5.99 52 433.15 2. Arkansas 13 930 5607 6.03 56 431.31 3. LSU 14 994 5857 5.89 63 418.36 4. Florida 13 860 5088 5.92 47 391.38 5. Georgia 14 102 5324 5.20 40 380.29 6. Auburn 13 864 4891 5.66 44 376.23 7. Tennessee 13 885 4834 5.46 45 371.85 8. South Carolina 12 819 4261 5.20 35 355.08 9. Vanderbilt 12 824 4225 5.13 31 352.08 10. Alabama 13 901 4557 5.06 41 350.54 11. Kentucky 12 815 3927 4.82 44 327.25 12. Mississippi St. 12 766 3848 5.02 29 320.67 TURNOVER MARGIN Rank Team Gm FGa IGa Gtot FLo ILo Ltot Mrgn 1. Arkansas 13 16 17 33 13 9 22 .85 2. Georgia 14 12 17 29 6 12 18 .79 3. South Carolina 12 15 9 24 5 12 17 .58 4. Florida 13 11 20 31 10 14 24 .54 5. Mississippi 13 10 15 25 9 10 19 .46 6. LSU 14 12 21 33 13 15 28 .36 7. Tennessee 13 7 15 22 10 9 19 .23 8. Alabama 13 11 12 23 7 15 22 .08 8. Auburn 13 10 11 21 11 9 20 .08 10. Kentucky 12 6 11 17 8 10 18 -.08 11. Vanderbilt 12 8 10 18 13 15 28 -.83 12. Mississippi St. 12 13 6 19 15 25 40 -1.75