SMALL TOWN GEMS
St. Thomas coach Glenn Caruso has found success in recruiting small town quarterbacks. Here's a look at the Tommies' past two starting signal-callers, Dakota Tracy (Geneva, Minn.) and Matt O'Connell (Clear Lake, Wis.):
SeasonQuarterbackRecord as starterPassing statsRushing stats
2009Dakota Tracy4-0920 yards, 11 TD295 yards, 3 TD
2010Dakota Tracy11-11,711 yards, 17 TD425 yards, 5 TD
2011Dakota Tracy13-12,274 yards, 20 TD499 yards, 9 TD
2012Matt O'Connell12-02,253 yards, 20 TD719 yards, 3 TD
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