Kawaun Jakes (WKU QB)

[youngslim21]

In addition to my franchise I play with my UW Huskies, I'm trying out the "rebuilding a one-star program" thing. Never thought about doing it until I joined on here, but it sure adds a different dimension to playing the game.

I play on Heisman with Western Kentucky and am currently sitting at 0-3 after nearly knocking off Indiana (I lost 31-21 but the game was much closer). The beginning part of the schedule is brutal, playing at Nebraska, at Kentucky, home vs. Indiana and then at USF, but I think I can beat USF if I can play like I did against Indiana.

Anyway, I started the season with a sophmore QB, Kawaun Jakes, who proceeded to suck it up and forced me to insert a JC transfer junior, Matt Pelesasa (sp?). He went down early in the Indiana game for 2 weeks and Jakes came in and made the most of his opportunity, throwing for 196 yds and rushing for 63 with a TD. Downside is that I threw 3 picks with him and had a 18-yard loss on a sack (I screwed up trying to throw the ball away), but he has me super optimistic about playing with these guys. Dude has an upper-80s speed rating and has me thinking of changing the offense scheme after this year (I'm trying to keep things realistic as most teams wouldn't totally change the offense mid-season). I'm considering going to a spread or an Air Raid scheme to get him in the shotgun more to utilize his running abilities...his accuracy is only 71, which caused two of the INT's on terrible overthrows, but I'm hoping I can get him to progress in that area.

Just wondering if anyone has had the same results with this guy? If I can turn him into a more accurate passer, this guy could be a star and he's only a sophmore!

(Sorry a little long-winded, lol)

[Jim Jones]

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he's a terrible passer. I'm currently in week 7 of a WKU dynasty and I can't stand the guy..yes he's a great runner, but he's just such a bad passer and it's hard to see him improving all that much over the course of a dynasty, especially since my stats with him so far this year are pretty god awful.

WKU is just a tough team to use...in addition to the low ratings, on offense the QB can't throw and the RB is so small that you cant use him too much before he gets hurt/tired.

[youngslim21]

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So are you using Pelesasa then? I became frustrated with Jakes after starting him the first two weeks but am encouraged after his latest performance. I guess we'll see tonight when i play USF.

[bignick_13]

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I'm doing/done a WKU dynasty and in that first year I just had to run the crap out of both Jakes and Rainey. The problem with Rainey is that he gets hurt all of the time and Jakes can't throw to save his life. But they have great speed and that always means a lot.

[coachk75]

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I too started with WKU. Now true he is not that great of a passer,but I run with the Wake Forest playbook (imagine the old Nebraska offense merged with the current Florida offense) and would pass about 15-20 times a game unless I was gettin beat late....anyway, I won the SBC title and finished 8-5, got a job offer from UCLA....couldn't turn that opportunity down especially when I saw UCLA finished 2-10.....time to bring them back to being an elite team

[acts238shaun]

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With a rb and a qb like that I'm using the one of the flexbone playbooks. I say one of because navy ga tech and army's playbooks are all seemingly exactly the same.

[Bucknut17]

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im in a 1 star od and took wku figuring they would be a very tough build.... and I was right, I went 4-8 and lost 80-10 against Nebraska in the opener losing Jakes for 8 weeks (which turned into 12 weeks) but due to our sliders and the fact wku's line sucks I threw the hell out of the ball with Pelasasa ended up finishing the year 6th in passing yards and top 10 in td passes. He is a much better passer and when Jakes did finally return i went to the 2 qb system but heading into year 2 im really not sure what i wanna do but Im seriously considering going to the flexbone or maybe Air Force, a mixture of spread and option so i can use Pelasasa in the gun and Jakes in the flex. I also finished the year with the 120th rated recruiting class....

[jskatt21]

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In my first year of my WKU dynasty, Pelesasa threw for 2474 yds, 16 tds, and 6 int. Raineyran for 1405 yds, 22 tds, and 2 fumbles. Those 2 fumbles cost WKU their first bowl win. Only used Jakes for garbage time in the bowl game but was impressed with his speed.

Second season starts and Pelesasa throws an INT, than next possession Rainey fumbles, next possession Pelesasa fumbles, and then a bit later Rainey fumbles again. Start second half of first game with Jakes as the QB and Keshawn Simpson as my HB. Lost the game but got real comfortable with Jakes and some of his throwing limitations. HB situation is tough. Rainey is an All-American but caught fumbelitis, so in key situations Simpson runs. Bigger and holds on to the ball for me.

So far Jakes has a 154.5 Qb rtg, 64.8% completion, 9 tds and 5 ints, and 1131 yds in 6 games, and I am not abusing his running with only 3 tds, and 292 yds.

[youngslim21]

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In my first year of my WKU dynasty, Pelesasa threw for 2474 yds, 16 tds, and 6 int. Raineyran for 1405 yds, 22 tds, and 2 fumbles. Those 2 fumbles cost WKU their first bowl win. Only used Jakes for garbage time in the bowl game but was impressed with his speed.

Second season starts and Pelesasa throws an INT, than next possession Rainey fumbles, next possession Pelesasa fumbles, and then a bit later Rainey fumbles again. Start second half of first game with Jakes as the QB and Keshawn Simpson as my HB. Lost the game but got real comfortable with Jakes and some of his throwing limitations. HB situation is tough. Rainey is an All-American but caught fumbelitis, so in key situations Simpson runs. Bigger and holds on to the ball for me.

So far Jakes has a 154.5 Qb rtg, 64.8% completion, 9 tds and 5 ints, and 1131 yds in 6 games, and I am not abusing his running with only 3 tds, and 292 yds.

Nice to see someone else enjoying playing with WKU. It's gonna take a lot of patience but I'm hoping I can build them up.

My game against South Florida hasn't gone so well. I'm down 41-7 at the HALF! Jeeeez...three lost fumbles (two by Jakes, one by Rainey) and an INT have screwed me! Not to mention I cannot stop USF to save my life. This is gonna be ugly but I'm stickin' with it...lol.

[andicesharks]

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Ive never directly played WK but I have added them as a user coach each dynasty I do to attempt to build them hands off.

This may help or may not help at all but this is what I have seen, all games simulated:

Sending them to 40-35 running with their own playbook makes them very bad.

Giving them an option playbook does not change much.

Giving them an Air Raid playbook and increasing passing to the max has worked best.

[Piderman]

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Currently in my fifth year with my WKU dynasty. As of now we are in the first year in our SEC invitation and a 3 star program. Jakes is a good player if he has the right tools around him. The O-line and receivers you start with are terrible but if he was with a more established school he would be amazing. I love his ability to scramble.

[gator3guy]

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Rainey's a beast in real life. He's pretty underrated in the game however. I would try Mississippi St.'s playbook with Jakes at QB and try to run a spread offensive game.

[youngslim21]

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I'm going to attempt a Multiple Offense I think. The Wishbone and Flexbone could work with Jakes running the show, but I don't want to run that only. I like to run multiple sets while running the ball and put Jakes in the shotgun on passing downs to utilize his mobility. I'm not a big fan of the spread offense and with WKU's o-line, I wouldn't ever be able to run the ball.

South Florida smacked me 55-14 and I'm now sitting at 0-4. I'm looking at all Sun Belt teams from here out, so hopefully I can get on a roll. Rainey just went down for 11 weeks with a torn shoulder, however, and Keshawn Simpson is gonna get the nod in his absence. He's a bigger back and better between the tackles.

[steelers1]

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Ha. 71 accuracy is great compared to my starting QB at Tulane a few years into dynasty.

I had my heart set on a big armed pro style QB, and basically had to choose between a few new recruits with 70ish accuracy and 70ish power or one with 85 power and 60 accuracy. I went with the 60-ish guy and he's been my starter for 3 years.

It gets annoying when he misses 3 straight passes by 10 yards or so, but you quickly learn what he can and can't do (Outs and deep corner routes are just asking for trouble). I was really hoping that he would progress in that area, but he really hasn't much. Still around 65 accuracy. My guy is a pure pocket passer and he's actually been decent, so I would imagine a fast guy with bad accuracy could play pretty well. Still, you're in for some pretty bad games.

[jskatt21]

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I'm going to attempt a Multiple Offense I think. The Wishbone and Flexbone could work with Jakes running the show, but I don't want to run that only. I like to run multiple sets while running the ball and put Jakes in the shotgun on passing downs to utilize his mobility. I'm not a big fan of the spread offense and with WKU's o-line, I wouldn't ever be able to run the ball.

South Florida smacked me 55-14 and I'm now sitting at 0-4. I'm looking at all Sun Belt teams from here out, so hopefully I can get on a roll. Rainey just went down for 11 weeks with a torn shoulder, however, and Keshawn Simpson is gonna get the nod in his absence. He's a bigger back and better between the tackles.

What difficulty are you playing on?