Jeff Tedford was a college quarterback at Fresno State that went on to play six years in the Canadian Football League. He then began his coaching career as an Offensive Assistant with the Calgary Stampeders before returning to Fresno State as their Quarterbacks Coach. He quickly elevated to the program’s Offensive Coordinator, a role which he held for five years, and then moved on to the same role at Oregon. From there he became the Head Coach at California, where he enjoyed an eleven-year run before his release after the 2012-13 season.

During Tedford’s time at California, he coached a plethora of NFL talent on the offensive side of the ball; the headliners of that group include Aaron Rodgers, Marshawn Lynch, Shane Vereen, Jahvid Best, DeSean Jackson and Keenan Allen. As the new Offensive Coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he’ll now be tasked with orchestrating an actual NFL offense.

For a glimpse at how a Tedford-run offense may affect the offense from a fantasy football perspective, let’s first look at his his offensive tendencies at California compared to those of Tampa Bay’s recent offenses and the NFL averages:

Unlike many of the fresher offensive coordinators in the NFL who have been a blessing for fantasy football, Tedford has not called for a fast-paced offense. Over the past ten seasons at California, the 67.5 plays-per-game averaged by his offenses have an average rank of just 79th among all college football programs. For context, the three-year average for college teams is 73.4 plays-per-game compared to 64.1 in the NFL. Accounting for that drop-off would place Tedford’s projected plays-per-game at approximately 58.9. Tampa Bay has also found themselves under the NFL’s average total offensive plays over the past two seasons and with a new, defensive minded Head Coach in Lovie Smith, we can expect… To find out what we can expect from Doug Martin and the rest of Tampa Bay’s skill players under Tedford’s direction, head over to Footballyguys, where all offseason content is free.