Colts' Andrew Luck is on pace for a career year

Entering the season, there were many question marks surrounding Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and how he might perform after missing an entire season following shoulder surgery.

Those questions have since been silenced.

Through the first eight games of the season, Luck is on pace to set career bests in several passing categories in a new offensive system: completion percentage, pass attempts, completed passes, touchdown passes and touchdown percentage. There also is a strong chance he finishes with the highest passer rating of his career.

Here’s what his stats would be if he replicates the first eight games; all would be career highs:

450 completed passes

684 pass attempts

65.8 percent completion rate

46 touchdown passes

6.7 percent touchdown rate

While Luck does have eight interceptions on the year, he hasn’t thrown one since he had three in Week 6 against the New York Jets.

Luck is also on pace to throw for 4,374 yards, which would be tied for the second-most of his career. Should he reach 46 passing touchdowns, that would tie him with Drew Brees (2011) for the fifth-most touchdowns in a season by a quarterback.

Seeing what Luck can finally do with pass protection and a ground game is beautiful. He’s elevating the play of everyone around him without having to shoulder the load all by himself, which is what he’d had to do his entire career.

The quick passing game, led by new head coach and play-caller Frank Reich, is also helping Luck get the ball out much quicker in 2018 than he had in previous seasons.

It remains to be seen how Luck will finish the season, but he should be firmly in the discussion for Comeback Player of the Year.

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