#12

Cardale Jones

Former quarterback at Ohio State. 2015: 1,460 passing yards, 8 TD, 5 INT.

QB · Ohio State · #12

6′5″ · Cleveland, OH

Watch-list name (model)Buffalo — drafted 2016, Rd 4, Pick 41, #139 overall

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 405 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Ohio State. 2015: 1,460 passing yards, 8 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio State in 2011.
Drafted round 4 by the Buffalo in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ohio State, 2,320 passing yards — drafted at #139 overall by Buffalo.

His career

2011

Signed with Ohio State3-star out of Glenville

2012

Signed with Ohio State3-star out of Fork Union Military Academy

2016

Drafted by Buffaloround 4, pick 139

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#405 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #139

Buffalo · 2016

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 11th NFL season

#139Rd 4 · Pick 41

BuffaloEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Urban Meyer, all run-heavy offenses — 26-2 over that span.

2014Ohio State14-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2015Ohio State12-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (82nd percentile). Concern: pass tds (30th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / att#30 / 167 · 82nd pct

8.3

Interceptions#35 / 167 · 75th pct

Completion %#43 / 167 · 74th pct

62.5%

Rush yards#65 / 167 · 61st pct

193

Rush TDs#70 / 167 · 50th pct

Pass yards#104 / 167 · 38th pct

1460

Pass TDs#114 / 167 · 30th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	166	0.8	7.2	0.5
Road4g	116	0.8	7.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	177	1.0	7.7	0.7
Weeks 8+3g	72.7	0.3	6.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Ohio State	110	176	62.5%	1,460	8.3	8	5	141.5	--	--	--
2014	Ohio State	56	92	60.9%	860	9.3	7	2	160.2	--	--	--
Career		166	268	61.9%	2,320	8.7	15	7	147.9	--	--	--

Season	Team
2015	Ohio State	64	193	3.0	2	--
2014	Ohio State	72	296	4.1	1	--
Career		136	489	3.6	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week