Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3/25Inside-5 share
3 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (12.0%).
AJ Padgett
AJ Padgett is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2023, at Rice.
Padgett operates within the system without forcing anything. Second year in the same quarterback room at Rice. On tape: 255 passing yards and 22 rushing yards against Florida Atlantic, Week 13, 2023.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 5 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 29-42@ South Florida | 7/10 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 49.6 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-34@ UTSA | 17/28 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 20.2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-7@ Charlotte | 13/21 | 140 | 1 | 2 | 6.7 | 41.1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Florida Atlantic | 24/37 | 255 | 3 | 1 | 6.9 | 64.1 | Season-high 255 yds |
 Bowl | L 21-45vs Texas State | 10/21 | 85 | 1 | 3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | |
| Total | 71/117 | 721 | 8 | 6 | 6.2 | — |
Signature game
Week 11 · 2023
L 14-34
at UTSA
182 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 20.2
With C. Hunt — 39.8 yards per punt · 8 punts · 1 inside the 20 · L. McCaffrey — 6 rec · 68 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Texas State · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA −8.06AJ Padgett pass intercepted Brian Holloway return for 48 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
- Week 1 · Texas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −7.85AJ Padgett pass intercepted Brian Holloway return for 36 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
- Week 13 · Florida Atlantic · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA −4.07AJ Padgett pass intercepted Daedae Hill return for no gain to the FAU 1
- Week 12 · Charlotte · 4th and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.81AJ Padgett pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 20 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
- Week 1 · Texas State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.28AJ Padgett pass complete to Elijah Mojarro for 19 yds to the TXST 43 for a Texas State Penalty, Personal Foul (15 Yards) to the TXST 28 for a
- Week 11 · UTSA · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.07AJ Padgett pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 27 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
4 more plays
- Week 4 · South Florida · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.93AJ Padgett run for 11 yds to the USF 35 for a
- Week 13 · Florida Atlantic · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.71AJ Padgett pass complete to Luke McCaffrey for 19 yds to the FAU 46 for a
- Week 11 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.65AJ Padgett pass complete to Landon Ransom-Goelz for 22 yds for a TD (Tim Horn KICK)
- Week 1 · Texas State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.62AJ Padgett pass intercepted Shawn Holton return for 5 yds to the TXST 29 Texas State Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (15 Yards) to the TXST 14
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
115 of 117 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 115 passing plays (69 completions) against the box score's 117 attempts (71 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.19186 of 212 QBsSack rate
8.6%177 of 212 QBsSacked on 8.6% of dropbacks (177 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (186 of 212).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds51%of completions
35 comp5.1 yds avg2 TD
Middle
10–19 yds35%of completions
24 comp13.0 yds avg1 TD
Deep
20+ yds14%of completions
10 comp22.9 yds avg4 TD
Overall 60.7% completion on 117 attempts · 10 deep completions averaging 22.9 yds.
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Mike Bloomgren — 11-15 over that span.
2022Rice5-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning
2023Rice6-7HC: Mike Bloomgren · Balanced, slow tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 255 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 127 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 72.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 192 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Bloomgren
Pass share
53.5%
430 pass / 373 run
Plays / game
61.8
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
117 pass attempts and 32 carries in 5 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Rice
- 2025 Rice AbellYear 4 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2024 Rice BloomgrenYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2023 Rice BloomgrenYear 2 · 5 games
- 2022 Rice BloomgrenYear 1 · 3 games
- High school Frisco ReedyFrisco, TX · Class of 2022Three-star, No. 1,855 in the 2022 class. Signed with Rice.Also from Frisco Reedy: Max Anderson (Kentucky), KK Smith (Michigan State), Joshua Goines (New Mexico State) and 1 more.
2022 3 games
- Signed with RiceThree-star, out of Frisco Reedy
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Bloomgren, Pete Alamar, and Scott Abell. Multi-era developmental context.