By: By Patrick Pierson

The projected top quarterback in the 2019 NFL Draft, Oregon quarterbackannounced on December 26, that he would be returning for his senior season.Herbert will enter his senior season within striking distance of nearly all of Heisman Trophy winner and Oregon legend Marcus Mariota's records.Below is a statistical breakdown of Herbert's 2018 campaign, where the QB stands in the program's record books and other notes.» Became the fifth player in program history to throw for 3,000 yards in a single season.» Ranked second in the Pac-12 and tied for 13th nationally with 29 TD passes.» Led the Pac-12 in 50-yard completions (7) for the second consecutive season.» Finished tied for ninth in the FBS with 20 first-half passing TDs with just three interceptions.» One of seven Power 5 QBs to throw for five TDs and rush for another in a game.– Herbert's streak of 28 consecutive game with a touchdown pass ended the 2018 season as the longest in the nation and it will obviously stay that way entering the 2019 campaign as the longest. The 28-game streak is the second longest in program history behind Marcus Mariota's 41 consecutive contests with a TD pass from 2012-14.Oregon is 12-3 while averaging 44.8 points per game at Autzen Stadium with Herbert as the starting quarterback. The Ducks have score 30-plus points in 12 consecutive games at home with Herbert in the starting lineup. Looking further into the Oregon offense with Herbert at home, the Ducks have scored points in 51 of 60 quarters, including 49 with a TD, with Herbert in the lineup. Oregon will have seven home games in 2019 against Nevada (Sept. 7), Montana (Sept. 14), California (Oct. 5), Colorado (Oct. 11), Washington State (Oct. 26), Arizona (Nov. 16) and Oregon State (Nov. 30).Oregon will open Pac-12 play in 2019 at Stanford on Saturday, Sept. 21. In 11 career Pac-12 road games (10 starts), Herbert has 23 TDs through the air with just two interceptions. Herbert enters the 2019 conference slate with just one interception over his last 298 pass attempts in league road games, tossing 17 TDs during that span.Yards: 7,070 (5th) – Herbert became the fastest player in program history to reach 6,000 yards and ended his junior campaign with 7,070 yards for his career. He is just 1,274 yards away from second place and 3,727 yards from Mariota's record of 10,796.TDs: 63 (3rd) – Herbert's 63 TD passes are three shy of Darron Thomas (66) and 42 behind Mariota's program record 105 in three seasons. The 63 TD passes are currently the fifth-most among returning FBS QBs entering the 2019 season.Completions: 541 (6th) – Herbert completed a career-best 240 passes in 2018 and will need to almost match that number in 2019 to break Mariota's record of 779.Attempts: 865 (8th) – One of 34 players to throw for 3,000 yards in 2018, Herbert did so with the 11th-fewest number of attempts among the group at 404. He enters 303 pass attempts from breaking Mariota's record (1,167).