Austin Kendall: QB · Louisiana Tech.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Austin Kendall
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. A game that shows it: 351 passing yards and 20 rushing yards against SMU — Week 3, 2021.
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
66.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 26.7% conversion-per-dropback — 55.6% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 148 | 243 | 60.9% | 1,884 | 7.8 | 13 | 9 | 136.3 | 62 |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 11 | 23 | 47.8% | 164 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 136.4 | -- |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 187 | 304 | 61.5% | 1,989 | 6.5 | 12 | 10 | 122.9 | 31 |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | 12 | 17 | 70.6% | 122 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 150.3 | -- |
| 2016 | Oklahoma | 16 | 22 | 72.7% | 143 | 6.5 | 2 | 0 | 157.3 | -- |
| Career | 374 | 609 | 61.4% | 4,302 | 7.1 | 30 | 19 | 130.8 | 45 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 59 | 157 | 2.7 | 3 | 59 |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 2 | −2 | −1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 45 | 91 | 2.0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2018 | Oklahoma | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2016 | Oklahoma | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 17 |
| Career | 119 | 275 | 2.3 | 4 | 59 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-35@ Mississippi State | 20/36 | 269 | 2 | 1 | 7.5 | 81.1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42vs SE Louisiana | 19/27 | 217 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 49.1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 37-39vs SMU | 24/39 | 351 | 4 | 1 | 9.0 | 65.8 | Season-high 351 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34@ No. 23 NC State | 26/43 | 341 | 3 | 2 | 7.9 | 79.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | L 3-19@ UTEP | 14/28 | 174 | 0 | 3 | 6.2 | 15.8 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | L 16-45vs No. 24 UTSA | 23/34 | 279 | 2 | 1 | 8.2 | 34.4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ Old Dominion | 22/36 | 253 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 28.6 | |
| Total | 148/243 | 1884 | 13 | 9 | 7.8 | — |
Week 3 · 2021
L 37-39
vs SMU
351 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 65.8 · 20 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
With C. Barajas — 38.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · T. Harris — 5 rec · 102 yds · 2 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 234 passing plays (150 completions) against the box score's 243 attempts (148 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.54103 of 204 QBsSack rate
6.2%116 of 204 QBsSacked on 6.2% of dropbacks (116 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (103 of 204).
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 60.9% completion on 243 attempts · 27 deep completions averaging 32.6 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 282 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 259 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 270 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 1.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 266 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
52.0%
411 pass / 379 run
Plays / game
65.8
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
More passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana Tech, 4,302 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 23 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Bob Stoops, Lincoln Riley, Neal Brown and Skip Holtz.
