Quarterback for Virginia Tech. 2016: 81 passing yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
6′4″ · Christiansburg, VA
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 721 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 quarterback for Virginia Tech. 2016: 81 passing yards, 1 TD, 0 INT.
Brenden Motley
Brenden Motley has been at Virginia Tech through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 37 pass yds, 32 rush yds against Virginia — Week 13, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Virginia Tech, 1,253 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Frank Beamer → Justin Fuente. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 20.2 | 0.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 18.5 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 20 | 45.0% | 81 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 95.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Virginia Tech | 92 | 164 | 56.1% | 1,155 | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 128.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Virginia Tech | 1 | 3 | 33.3% | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 80.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 102 | 187 | 54.5% | 1,253 | 6.7 | 12 | 7 | 124.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 20 | 124 | 6.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2015 | Virginia Tech | 88 | 224 | 2.5 | 3 | -- |
| 2014 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 122 | 420 | 3.4 | 5 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-13vs Liberty | 5/9 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3.4 | 21.9 | |
| Wk 2 | L 24-45@ Tennessee | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-0vs Boston College | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.9 | |
| Wk 4 | W 54-17vs East Carolina | 2/2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 55.4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-36@ Pittsburgh | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26.2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-10vs Virginia | 2/3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 12.3 | 77.9 | Season-high 37 yds |
| Total | 9/20 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 56.3 |
Final Heisman position · 2016
Brenden Motley finished 233rd in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.