Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
10,000 yards part of ride of Stockstill
10/10/2018 5:00:00 PM | Football
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Take a look in the Middle Tennessee football record books, and you'll see a consistent name atop all its passing records.
Brent Stockstill, a redshirt senior Murfreesboro native who's become arguably the greatest Blue Raider football player ever in his time wearing the blue and white, already owns most of MT's career marks and has accumulated awards aplenty over the past four years.
One accomplishment he reached in the Blue Raiders' most recent win over Marshall may be his most impressive on the field, though.
With a 25-yard completion to graduate receiver Gatlin Casey in the first quarter, Stockstill eclipsed 10,000 passing yards for his career, the first MT player ever to reach that total and just 11th in the 23-year history of Conference USA.
His 317 yards against the Thundering Herd give him 10,250 for his career, putting the southpaw in the top 100 in the NCAA since 1958 and on pace for more than 12,200, which would raise him into the top 30 nationally and top five in C-USA when all's said and done.
To put that into perspective, since 1958, between 104 and 145 teams have competed in NCAA Division I football every season, including 130 this year. That means hundreds of quarterbacks take the field every year, and thousands have since 1958.
"I'm proud of him," MT head coach and Brent's dad Rick Stockstill said. "He's worked extremely hard in his career here, and obviously he's had good players around him.
"To be one of those few people who've thrown for more than 10,000 yards is pretty special. He's worked very hard, and he's extremely worthy of that recognition."
Forever humble, Brent Stockstill doesn't like to talk about his individual records on the field. He's only concerned about winning football games, and, luckily for him, his team has gotten two in a row to move into sole possession of first place in the C-USA East Division standings.
The Blue Raiders' 3-2 overall record and 2-0 start in the league has made the first half of Stockstill's senior year memorable.
"It's gotten off to a good start," he said. "It was kind of slow for a little bit, but getting into conference play and having those two big wins back-to-back, I couldn't ask for much more."
The wins over defending conference champion Florida Atlantic and Marshall, the two teams picked ahead of MT in the East by media members in the preseason, have come in part because of Stockstill and the offense getting going at the right times.
He's done just about everything his team has asked of him, throwing for 576 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for another 87 yards and a TD combined in the last two contests.
Some of Stockstill's runs have also been memorable, if not worrisome for his teammates.
The hard-nosed, often borderline dangerous rushing style of the 6-foot, 215-pound signal caller is just another example of his leadership. He tries to get every yard he can for his team every time he can.
"He's one of the best decision callers I've ever been around," redshirt senior left tackle Carlos Johnson said. "He always puts us in the right position to win and is always going to fight for his team no matter what.
"He's a great leader, and I always try to watch what he does as a leader and working out and stuff. I just try to copy his model of what he's done here."
Stockstill has rushed a team-high tying 27 times in the last two games, giving the offense an added element that opposing teams have to prepare for.
With the ground game eclipsing 100 yards two games in a row to go with 259 then 317 passing yards, Stockstill thinks the Blue Raider offense has started to come into its own.
"I think we're in a good spot," he said. "We have a lot of new faces, and sometimes it takes a minute to fine tune and figure out who you are. I like where we're at.
"We just have to keep making plays. I have to do my job and get the right people the football and we have to win our one-on-one matchups."
If MT can keep things rolling on the offensive side, it's likely that Stockstill will keep setting records.
That's all he's done over the past four years, and there's no reason to believe the Blue Raiders' leader will stop now.
"All I have to say about that is he's the goat, and that's what goats do. They break records," junior wide receiver Ty Lee said.
Josh Vardaman is the staff writer for goblueraiders.com. Follow him on Twitter @J_Vardaman and also follow @MTAthletics for more on the Blue Raiders.
Brent Stockstill, a redshirt senior Murfreesboro native who's become arguably the greatest Blue Raider football player ever in his time wearing the blue and white, already owns most of MT's career marks and has accumulated awards aplenty over the past four years.
One accomplishment he reached in the Blue Raiders' most recent win over Marshall may be his most impressive on the field, though.
With a 25-yard completion to graduate receiver Gatlin Casey in the first quarter, Stockstill eclipsed 10,000 passing yards for his career, the first MT player ever to reach that total and just 11th in the 23-year history of Conference USA.
His 317 yards against the Thundering Herd give him 10,250 for his career, putting the southpaw in the top 100 in the NCAA since 1958 and on pace for more than 12,200, which would raise him into the top 30 nationally and top five in C-USA when all's said and done.
To put that into perspective, since 1958, between 104 and 145 teams have competed in NCAA Division I football every season, including 130 this year. That means hundreds of quarterbacks take the field every year, and thousands have since 1958.
"I'm proud of him," MT head coach and Brent's dad Rick Stockstill said. "He's worked extremely hard in his career here, and obviously he's had good players around him.
"To be one of those few people who've thrown for more than 10,000 yards is pretty special. He's worked very hard, and he's extremely worthy of that recognition."
Forever humble, Brent Stockstill doesn't like to talk about his individual records on the field. He's only concerned about winning football games, and, luckily for him, his team has gotten two in a row to move into sole possession of first place in the C-USA East Division standings.
The Blue Raiders' 3-2 overall record and 2-0 start in the league has made the first half of Stockstill's senior year memorable.
"It's gotten off to a good start," he said. "It was kind of slow for a little bit, but getting into conference play and having those two big wins back-to-back, I couldn't ask for much more."
The wins over defending conference champion Florida Atlantic and Marshall, the two teams picked ahead of MT in the East by media members in the preseason, have come in part because of Stockstill and the offense getting going at the right times.
He's done just about everything his team has asked of him, throwing for 576 yards and three touchdowns and rushing for another 87 yards and a TD combined in the last two contests.
Some of Stockstill's runs have also been memorable, if not worrisome for his teammates.
The hard-nosed, often borderline dangerous rushing style of the 6-foot, 215-pound signal caller is just another example of his leadership. He tries to get every yard he can for his team every time he can.
"He's one of the best decision callers I've ever been around," redshirt senior left tackle Carlos Johnson said. "He always puts us in the right position to win and is always going to fight for his team no matter what.
"He's a great leader, and I always try to watch what he does as a leader and working out and stuff. I just try to copy his model of what he's done here."
Stockstill has rushed a team-high tying 27 times in the last two games, giving the offense an added element that opposing teams have to prepare for.
With the ground game eclipsing 100 yards two games in a row to go with 259 then 317 passing yards, Stockstill thinks the Blue Raider offense has started to come into its own.
"I think we're in a good spot," he said. "We have a lot of new faces, and sometimes it takes a minute to fine tune and figure out who you are. I like where we're at.
"We just have to keep making plays. I have to do my job and get the right people the football and we have to win our one-on-one matchups."
If MT can keep things rolling on the offensive side, it's likely that Stockstill will keep setting records.
That's all he's done over the past four years, and there's no reason to believe the Blue Raiders' leader will stop now.
"All I have to say about that is he's the goat, and that's what goats do. They break records," junior wide receiver Ty Lee said.
Josh Vardaman is the staff writer for goblueraiders.com. Follow him on Twitter @J_Vardaman and also follow @MTAthletics for more on the Blue Raiders.
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