Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
9/103rd/4th & short
6/29Inside-5 share
9 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (90.0%). 6 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (20.7%).
Ben Wooldridge
Ben Wooldridge: QB · Louisiana · #10.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ben Wooldridge
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. That makes two seasons with an honor, the latest Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year in 2024. A game that shows it: 373 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Coastal Carolina — Week 8, 2024.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana | 192 | 291 | 66.0% | 2,453 | 8.4 | 17 | 6 | 151.9 | 77 |
| 2023 | Louisiana | 39 | 69 | 56.5% | 508 | 7.4 | 5 | 1 | 139.4 | 44 |
| 2022 | Louisiana | 137 | 243 | 56.4% | 1,627 | 6.7 | 15 | 5 | 128.9 | 31 |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 8 | 16 | 50.0% | 117 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 111.4 | -- |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 4 | 6 | 66.7% | 30 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 163.7 | -- |
| Career | 380 | 625 | 60.8% | 4,735 | 7.6 | 38 | 12 | 140.7 | 54 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana | 65 | 174 | 2.7 | 5 | 18 |
| 2023 | Louisiana | 17 | 77 | 4.5 | 2 | 24 |
| 2022 | Louisiana | 48 | 189 | 3.9 | 2 | 17 |
| 2020 | Fresno State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2019 | Fresno State | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Career | 134 | 466 | 3.5 | 9 | 24 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-10vs Grambling | 25/33 | 308 | 3 | 1 | 9.3 | 83.4 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Kennesaw State | 15/19 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 9.9 | 77.1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-41vs Tulane | 19/34 | 238 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 65.1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-38@ Wake Forest | 20/29 | 257 | 3 | 0 | 8.9 | 87.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 23-13@ Southern Miss | 22/30 | 222 | 1 | 0 | 7.4 | 66.2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-24vs App State | 14/23 | 198 | 2 | 1 | 8.6 | 66.5 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-24@ Coastal Carolina | 27/36 | 373 | 3 | 0 | 10.4 | 85.7 | Season-high 373 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 23-17@ Texas State | 18/28 | 252 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 79.0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-19vs Arkansas State | 17/26 | 264 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 42.6 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-24vs South Alabama | 8/13 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 44.6 | |
 Bowl | L 3-34vs TCU | 7/20 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3.1 | 5.4 | |
| Total | 192/291 | 2453 | 17 | 6 | 8.4 | — |
Signature game
Week 8 · 2024
W 34-24
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 4 · Tulane · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA −7.26Ben Wooldridge pass intercepted Jack Tchienchou return for 38 yds for a TD (Ethan Head KICK)
- Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 13 · Q4 · EPA +6.78Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Terrance Carter for 59 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
- Week 7 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.01Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Terrance Carter for 74 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
- Week 5 · Wake Forest · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.76Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 48 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
- Week 1 · Grambling · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA −4.13Ben Wooldridge sacked by Blake Davis for a loss of 5 yards to the GRAM 8
- Week 1 · Grambling · 2nd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.86Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Tavion Smith for 56 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
4 more plays
- Week 1 · Grambling · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.62Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Harvey Broussard for 50 yds to the GRAM 32 for a
- Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.60Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 26 yds to the CCU 26 for a
- Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 33 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
- Week 6 · Southern Miss · 4th and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.37Ben Wooldridge pass complete to Terrance Carter for 21 yds to the USM 21 for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
287 of 291 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 287 passing plays (184 completions) against the box score's 291 attempts (192 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.0726 of 205 QBsSack rate
3.6%45 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (45 of 205 QBs) and still 26 of 205 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 yds49%of completions
91 comp5.3 yds avg5 TD
Middle
10–19 yds30%of completions
56 comp13.5 yds avg3 TD
Deep
20+ yds20%of completions
37 comp31.9 yds avg8 TD
Overall 66.0% completion on 291 attempts · 37 deep completions averaging 31.9 yds.
Situational
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline
No situation moves him more than 30 percentile points from his baseline.
BaselineThis situation
Down 1
-30 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/109 (2.8%) · league sack rate 4.9%
Down 2
+22 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 1/94 (1.1%) · league sack rate 4.9%
Down 3+
+17 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/69 (7.2%) · league sack rate 8.1%
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Teams and coaches
2019Fresno State4-8HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced
2020Fresno State3-3HC: Kalen DeBoer · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced
2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 220 | 1.6 | 8.4 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 259 | 1.8 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 210 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 245 | 1.2 | 9.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
46.8%
410 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
62.6
14 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
All-Conference 1st team
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
53 · #53 of 137 QBs · 2024
Two-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.
Six seasons, two schools
- 2024 Louisiana DesormeauxYear 6 · 11 gamesAll-conference
- 2023 Louisiana DesormeauxYear 5 · 3 games
- 2022 Louisiana DesormeauxYear 4 · 10 games
- 2021 Louisiana NapierYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- Dec 2020 Entered the transfer portalFresno State to Louisiana
- 2020 Fresno State DeBoerYear 2 · 2 games
- 2019 Fresno State TedfordYear 1 · 3 games
- High school FoothillPleasanton, CA · Class of 2018Two-star, No. 2,455 in the 2018 class. Signed with Fresno State.
Moves
- Transferred from Fresno State to Louisiana, Dec 16, 2020.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Fresno State and Louisiana, 4,735 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
2018
- Signed with Fresno StateTwo-star, out of Foothill
2021
- Transferred to Louisianafrom Fresno State
2024 11 games
- All-Sun Beltfirst
- Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Yearwinner
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coaches2019
Fresno State
Played for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Tedford, Kalen DeBoer, Billy Napier and Michael Desormeaux.