A.J. Erdely: QB · UAB · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
A.J. Erdely
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2017: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 274 passing yards and 29 rushing yards against Rice — Week 7, 2018.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
51.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.8% conversion-per-dropback — 42.9% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (9.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UAB | 112 | 199 | 56.3% | 1,530 | 7.7 | 7 | 7 | 125.4 | 53 |
| 2017 | UAB | 205 | 338 | 60.7% | 2,331 | 6.9 | 16 | 4 | 131.8 | 34 |
| 2014 | Middle Tennessee | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 317 | 538 | 58.9% | 3,861 | 7.2 | 23 | 11 | 129.2 | 41 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UAB | 84 | 257 | 3.1 | 5 | 38 |
| 2017 | UAB | 122 | 320 | 2.6 | 13 | 41 |
| 2014 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 1 | 11 |
| Career | 213 | 606 | 2.8 | 19 | 41 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Savannah State | 22/28 | 228 | 2 | 1 | 8.1 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-47@ Coastal Carolina | 12/26 | 149 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Tulane | 12/27 | 180 | 1 | 2 | 6.7 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7vs Charlotte | 13/16 | 214 | 1 | 0 | 13.4 | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7@ Louisiana Tech | 8/24 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-0@ Rice | 11/17 | 274 | 2 | 0 | 16.1 | — | Season-high 274 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 29-21vs North Texas | 14/22 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 19-0@ UTEP | 10/18 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 4.4 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-41@ Texas A&M | 1/1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -9.0 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-27@ Middle Tennessee | 9/20 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | — | |
| Total | 112/199 | 1530 | 7 | 7 | 7.7 | — |
Week 7 · 2018
W 42-0
at Rice
274 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 29 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 42-point win on the road against Rice.
With X. Ubosi — 4 rec · 196 yds · 2 TD · K. Greenwell — 34.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 45 long
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 196 passing plays (111 completions) against the box score's 199 attempts (112 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.82126 of 207 QBsSack rate
7.4%141 of 207 QBsSacked on 7.4% of dropbacks (141 of 207) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (126 of 207).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 56.3% completion on 199 attempts · 24 deep completions averaging 33.9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 194 | 0.7 | 9.6 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 120 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 197 | 1.2 | 9.3 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 87.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Clark
Pass share
35.3%
319 pass / 585 run
Plays / game
64.6
14 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
199 pass attempts and 84 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Middle Tennessee and UAB, 3,861 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 28 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2011–2018
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Rick Stockstill and Bill Clark.
