[Backwoods]

I dont think the way you are looking at it is correct. This was the first year Matt played offense, and he only started playing about halfway through the year. So to compare his offensive stats from a spread team that ran the ball about 10 plays a game is far away from JJ's where the entire offense is based on him. On defense there are no plays to get you involved in the play, you have to track the ball down and make a tackle.
If im not mistaken, JJ played LB also, so the only correct comparison would be Matts 203 tackles to JJ's 36.

Thats not a knock on JJ at all, we all know hes a great athlete and a great kid. Im just saying you cant compare the two kids by Matts offensive production. He was basically a mid season 3rd down back.

It depends on what award we are talking about here. If it's Defensive player of the year then Matt's got my vote but,the original post that I responded too claimed "the best all around player to come out of the mountains in a long time" and I think I have proven that statement to be wrong. The kid is a heck of a defensive player, maybe the best I've seen in a while but,to say he is the best all around player is just not so.