Anthony Brown: QB · Oregon · #13.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Anthony Brown
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 307 passing yards and 38 rushing yards against Colorado — Week 9, 2021.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
71.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 30.6% conversion-per-dropback — 53.1% 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
8 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (25.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oregon | 250 | 390 | 64.1% | 2,989 | 7.7 | 18 | 7 | 140.1 | 50 |
| 2020 | Oregon | 15 | 23 | 65.2% | 164 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 153.8 | -- |
| 2019 | Boston College | 81 | 137 | 59.1% | 1,250 | 9.1 | 9 | 2 | 154.5 | 68 |
| 2018 | Boston College | 158 | 285 | 55.4% | 2,121 | 7.4 | 20 | 9 | 134.8 | 49 |
| 2017 | Boston College | 134 | 258 | 51.9% | 1,367 | 5.3 | 11 | 9 | 103.5 | 39 |
| Career | 638 | 1,093 | 58.4% | 7,891 | 7.2 | 60 | 27 | 132.2 | 49 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oregon | 151 | 658 | 4.4 | 9 | 43 |
| 2020 | Oregon | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 2 | 16 |
| 2019 | Boston College | 33 | 128 | 3.9 | 2 | 28 |
| 2018 | Boston College | 54 | 88 | 1.6 | 1 | 43 |
| 2017 | Boston College | 42 | 210 | 5.0 | 1 | 30 |
| Career | 287 | 1,124 | 3.9 | 15 | 43 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24vs Fresno State | 15/24 | 172 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 | 72.2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-28@ No. 3 Ohio State | 17/35 | 236 | 2 | 0 | 6.7 | 77.5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-7vs Stony Brook | 13/17 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 60.4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-19vs Arizona | 10/21 | 206 | 3 | 0 | 9.8 | 69.4 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31@ Stanford | 14/26 | 186 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | 27.2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs California | 20/28 | 244 | 1 | 0 | 8.7 | 65.2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-31@ UCLA | 29/39 | 296 | 0 | 2 | 7.6 | 88.6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-29vs Colorado | 25/31 | 307 | 3 | 0 | 9.9 | 91.8 | Season-high 307 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 26-16@ Washington | 10/20 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 4.9 | 44.5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24vs Washington State | 17/22 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 85.4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-38@ No. 24 Utah | 17/35 | 231 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 | 48.8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-29vs Oregon State | 23/28 | 275 | 2 | 0 | 9.8 | 90.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 14 | L 10-38vs No. 14 Utah | 13/24 | 147 | 0 | 2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | |
| Total | 223/350 | 2683 | 15 | 6 | 7.7 | — |
Week 2 · 2021
W 35-28
at Ohio State
236 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.5 · 65 rush yds (10 car)
Edged out Ohio State on the road in a shootout.
With T. Snee — 39 yards per punt · 7 punts · 2 inside the 20 · C. Verdell — 161 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · 3 rec · 34 yds · 1 TD
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 384 passing plays (243 completions) against the box score's 390 attempts (250 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.0981 of 204 QBsSack rate
5.3%79 of 204 QBsRarely sacked (79 of 204 QBs) and still 81 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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 64.1% completion on 390 attempts · 35 deep completions averaging 30.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 213 | 1.6 | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 209 | 0.8 | 6.6 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 199 | 1.2 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 213 | 1.1 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bryan McClendon
Pass share
43.6%
408 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
72.0
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2021.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Boston College and Oregon, 7,891 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Steve Addazio and Mario Cristobal.
