Bulldogs had similar balance for the 2017 season.

Under DeBoer’s tutelage, Bulldog quarterback Marcus McMaryion had one of the most productive seasons in Fresno State history in 2018 — and that is saying something. Fresno State has produced NFL quarterbacks including Trent Dilfer, Derek Carr and David Carr.

McMaryion completed 68.6 percent of his passes for 3,629 yards with 25 touchdowns and just five interceptions. His passing efficiency rating was 157, a few points higher than what Derek Carr posted in his record-setting 2013 season.

McMaryion put up similar efficiency numbers in 2017, once again only throwing five interceptions. A major key for McMaryion playing mistake free football was effective pass protection.

Fresno State allowed only 10 sacks in 14 games in 2017 and 12 sacks in 14 games in 2018. Bothtimes those numbers put the Bulldogs in the top ten nationally.

The Scheme

DeBoer worked under head coach Jeff Tedford at Fresno State. Tedford is perhaps best known for coaching Aaron Rodgers at California.

The best way to describe DeBoer’s offense at Fresno State might be to say it was multifaceted.

With the Bulldogs he used multiple schemes, incorporating pro-style wrinkles, shotgun-spread sets, run-pass option concepts, and two tight end formations. Basically, the offense is flexible and malleable to the situation. While there are some elements of the dink and dunk passing game that frustrated Hoosiers fans, the Bulldogs were able to produce more big plays out of the passing game than IU as measured by their “explosiveness.”

As mentioned above, the play-calling has been balanced, with Fresno State at virtually 50/50 on