#12

Austin Appleby

Quarterback for Florida. 2016: 1,447 passing yards, 10 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Florida · #12

6′5″ · North Canton, OH

Florida 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 705 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Florida. 2016: 1,447 passing yards, 10 TD, 7 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Florida, 4,156 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Purdue3-star out of Hoover

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#705 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Will Muschamp

Florida

2015–2016

Jim McElwain

Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Jim McElwain. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Purdue3-9HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced

2015Purdue2-10HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced, fast tempo

2016Florida9-4HC: Jim McElwain · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush tds (10th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#60 / 167 · 64th pct

60.8%

Interceptions#69 / 167 · 52nd pct

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Pass TDs#96 / 167 · 40th pct

Yards / att#99 / 167 · 39th pct

6.9

Pass yards#108 / 167 · 36th pct

1447

Rush yards#143 / 167 · 14th pct

-45

Rush TDs#133 / 167 · 10th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	123	1.0	6.0	1.0
Road5g	191	1.2	6.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	138	1.0	5.8	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	189	1.2	7.3	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jon Sumrall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Florida	127	209	60.8%	1,447	6.9	10	7	128.0	--	--	--
2015	Purdue	119	207	57.5%	1,260	6.1	8	8	113.6	--	--	--
2014	Purdue	144	272	52.9%	1,449	5.3	10	11	101.7	--	--	--
Career		390	688	56.7%	4,156	6.0	28	26	113.3	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Florida	41	-45	-1.1	0	--
2015	Purdue	56	92	1.6	4	--
2014	Purdue	61	198	3.2	5	--
Career		158	245	1.6	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2016

W 16–10

at LSU

144 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 3.2 · -20 rush yds (6 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With J. Townsend — 52 AVG · 59 LONG · 5 NO · T. Cleveland — 3 rec · 124 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week