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The hype around Trevor Lawrence when he entered the league was almost unprecedented. Since high school, he has been billed as the best quarterback prospect since Andrew Luck, and was viewed as the no-doubt, slam-dunk first overall pick for the 2021 NFL Draft.His rookie year was a bit of a disappointment. He finished the season with a 59.6 completion percentage, led the league with 17 interceptions and threw only 12 touchdown pa ses with 3,641 pa sing yards in his first season in the league. And in a time where quarterbacks like Joe Burrow and Justin Herbert provided instant gratification to their teams, speculation immediately emerged as to whether Lawrence really was the Prince Who Was Promised.Still, many were willing to chalk up his rookie struggles to a bizarre season that was marred by drama involving and a team that was still bad enough to finish with the worst record in Mark McGwire Jersey the NFL and land the first overall pick in the 2022 draft.Those who preached patience with Lawrence are certainly looking vindicated now. Lawrence has shined in the 2022 campaign, particularly down the stretch of the year as he has brought the Jaguars into the playoff picture and given Jacksonville a chance to win the AFC South. Along the way, he has picked up wins over top-tier defenses like the Ravens and Cowboys. He'll get another shot at taking down a talented defense on "Thursday Night Football" when he faces the Jets.WEEK 16 PICKS: | How has he pulled off such a drastic turnaround? Here's a look at some key numbers to his impre sive sophomore season: 2022 stats:330 of 500 (66% completion percentage), 3,520 pa sing yards, 24 pa sing touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 49 carries, 239 rushing yards, 4 rushing touchdownsIt doesn't take an advanced quarterback analyst to see the difference between Lawrence as a rookie and Lawrence as a second-year player. His completion percentage is up nearly 7 percent. He already has twice as many pa sing touchdowns despite 29 fewer completions. And of course, he has just seven interceptions where he had 17 a season ago.For those looking for some more advanced stats, this year, he ranks ninth in and ninth in . Last year, he was 32nd in (-345) and 28th in EPA per play (-0.045). The numbers suggest he has gone from one of the worst quarterbacks in the league to a top 10 signal-caller.MORE: His stats are even more impre sive during his past six games, however. Since a disappointing 21-17 lo s to the Broncos in Week 8, Lawrence has completed 70.4 percent of his pa ses for Matt Joyce Jersey 1,680 pa sing yards with 14 pa sing touchdowns and only one interceptions. He's also rushed 22 times for 140 yards and another touchdown, though he has lost three fumbles.There are a number of reasons for Lawrence's drastic improvement this season, and obviously some are a bit more intangible. There's no stat to show the difference between having a season with a non-distraction at coach like Doug Pederson vs. one constantly in the headlines for all the wrong reasons like Urban Meyer.But this is a piece about his stats. So let's look at the numbers.Pa sing under pre sureThere weren't many pa sing situations in which Lawrence was effective in 2021, but he was particularly awful under pre sure. , he had a pa sing grade of 40.0 when pre sured, and threw seven of his 17 picks in those situations. He was pre sured on 32.9 percent of dropbacks.This year, he's been pre sured on only 28.4 percent of his dropbacks. He's Catfish Hunter Jersey still struggled in those situations (34.6 PFF grade, four interceptions), but what's more telling is what he's done when he's had a clean pocket with which to work. He has carved up defenses on the 71.6 percent of dropbacks when protected, posting a grade of 91.5 with a 20:3 touchdown-to-interception ratio.The offensive line was solid in 2021, , but there has been some improvement around the line. Jawaan Taylor and Cam Robinson have continued to provide standout protection from the outside, while Brandon Scherff has brought consistency to what was a revolving right guard position in 2021 and Tyler Shatley has made a noticeable improvement since shifting from center to left guard (61.3 grade in 2021, 69.7 in 2022).MORE: But Lawrence has also helped himself out by getting rid of the ball quicker. Last year, Lawrence ranked 19th among qualifying quarterbacks with 2.84 seconds to throw. This year, he's getting the ball out much faster, rifling it out at 2.49 seconds, which is with Joe Burrow and trailing only Tom Brady. He's getting the ball out in under 2.5 seconds on 57.2 percent of dropbacks compared to just 42.4 percent a season ago.Why is that important? Last year, when he got the ball out in under 2.5 seconds, he had Kendall Graveman Jersey a pa sing grade of 72.4 and had turnover-worthy plays only 1.7 percent of the time. If he took longer, that grade dropped to 48.2 and the turnover-worthy plays spiked to 5 percent. This year, his pa sing grade getting rid of the ball under 2.5 seconds is 79.5 and the turnover-worthy play rate is just 1.5 percent. Over 2.5 seconds, it's a grade of 64.2 and turnover-worthy play rate of 5.6 percent.Trevor Lawrence averaged a career-low 2.39 seconds time to throw in the Jaguars 38-10 victory over the Chargers.Lawrence was efficient on quick pa ses (le s than 2.5 seconds), completing 19 of 23 attempts for 162 yards TD (+9.4 pa sing EPA). | Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) Lawrence not only has better protection, but he's doing his best to give defenders le s time to get to him and impact the play. The result? He's able to limit the risky throws and get the ball out quicker to his playmakers.Short pa sing gameFans love the deep ball. It's one of the most exciting plays in the NFL, and Lawrence has a good one. His arm talent was Joe Morgan Jersey one of his biggest strengths coming out of Clemson, and he was effective with deep balls in his rookie season, with a PFF grade of 73.6. While he has improved with the deep ball (85.6 pa sing grade in 2022), that's not the biggest area of improvement.That would be his short pa sing game. Last year, of all the four depths (behind line of scrimmage, short, medium, deep), his lowest PFF grade came on short pa ses (zero to nine yards) as he had a grade of 60.3. He was the among qualifying with that stat. While he completed 71.7 percent of his short pa ses, he also threw five interceptions with 2.8 percent of his plays being considered turnover-worthy, and only had two interceptions.He has drastically improved his short pa sing in 2022. This year, his . He's upped his completion percentage to 76.4 percent, and has a 13:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio on short pa ses. His turnover-worthy play rate? That would be a minuscule 0.9 percent, which ranks eighth.MORE: Part of his succe s in this area can once again be attributed to his throwing time. Last year, he took an average of 2.39 seconds to throw short pa ses, which was the 14th-slowest among qualifying quarterbacks. This year, it