Senior quarterback for San Diego State. 2022: 263 passing yards, 2 TD, 3 INT.
6′1″ · 205 lb · La Jolla, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DUAL recruit
No. 299 nationally · Signed with Oregon
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for San Diego State. 2022: 263 passing yards, 2 TD, 3 INT.
Braxton Burmeister
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Five head coaches in five seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 108 pass yds, 80 rush yds against Idaho State — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at San Diego State, 3,283 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (85th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
1.93203 of 206 QBsSack rate
5.3%85 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (85 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (203 of 206).
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 51.4% completion on 74 attempts · 66% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 56.0 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 13.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 52.6 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sean Lewis
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | San Diego State | 36 | 72 | 50.0% | 263 | 3.7 | 2 | 3 | 81.5 | 16 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 142 | 255 | 55.7% | 1,960 | 7.7 | 14 | 4 | 135.2 | 31 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 48 | 84 | 57.1% | 687 | 8.2 | 2 | 1 | 131.3 | 50 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 43 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 86.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Oregon | 44 | 77 | 57.1% | 330 | 4.3 | 2 | 6 | 86.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 275 | 498 | 55.2% | 3,283 | 6.6 | 20 | 14 | 118.2 | 32 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | San Diego State | 38 | 180 | 4.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 117 | 521 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 47 | 193 | 4.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Oregon | 64 | 102 | 1.6 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 273 | 1,025 | 3.8 | 8 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022
W 38–7
vs Idaho State
108 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 27.8 · 80 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 31-point win at home against Idaho State.
With J. Browning — 26 rush yds (1 car) · J. Byrd — 58 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-38vs Arizona | 5/10 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 17.1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-7vs Idaho State | 15/26 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 27.8 | Season-high 108 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35@ Utah | 1/4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.6 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-14vs Toledo | 13/24 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 28.6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-35@ Boise State | 2/8 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 4.1 | 13.6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-7@ Nevada | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-10vs UNLV | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 36/72 | 263 | 2 | 3 | 3.5 | 19.1 |
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Dequan Finn’s 2021 season.
Matches Dequan on
Differs from Dequan on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hunter Simmons’s path through Wisconsin.
Matches Hunter on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Dequan Finn's junior season at Toledo (2021).
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Differs from Dequan on
Player DNA