Carson Strong: QB · Nevada · #12.
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Carson Strong
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Played for two head coaches at Nevada: Jay Norvell and Vai Taua. Named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year two seasons running, most recently in 2021. One game to point at: 476 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Fresno State — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
70.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 37.9% conversion-per-dropback — 42.1% 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 22-17@ California | 22/39 | 312 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 64.3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-10vs Idaho State | 34/43 | 381 | 4 | 0 | 8.9 | 64.5 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | L 17-38@ Kansas State | 27/40 | 262 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | 53.8 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-31@ Boise State | 25/38 | 263 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | 76.8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-28vs New Mexico State | 25/32 | 377 | 6 | 1 | 11.8 | 43.6 | 6 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 34-17vs Hawai'i | 34/54 | 395 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 | 74.6 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 8 | L 32-34@ Fresno State | 49/61 | 476 | 4 | 1 | 7.8 | 75.9 | Season-high 476 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 51-20vs UNLV | 37/49 | 417 | 4 | 1 | 8.5 | 80.6 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 27-24vs San José State | 36/54 | 314 | 1 | 2 | 5.8 | 25.9 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-23@ San Diego State | 34/48 | 350 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | 72.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | L 39-41vs Air Force | 27/44 | 351 | 4 | 1 | 8.0 | 50.9 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | W 52-10@ Colorado State | 17/22 | 288 | 4 | 0 | 13.1 | 92.8 | 4 TD passes |
| Total | 367/524 | 4186 | 36 | 8 | 8.0 | — |
Week 8 · 2021
L 32-34
at Fresno State
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 511 passing plays (359 completions) against the box score's 524 attempts (367 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.9244 of 204 QBsSack rate
5.8%95 of 204 QBsRarely sacked (95 of 204 QBs) and still 44 of 204 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 70.0% completion on 524 attempts · 58 deep completions averaging 31.1 yds.
4 seasons under Jay Norvell — 30-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 372 | 3.5 | 8.4 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 325 | 2.5 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 332 | 2.7 | 8.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 366 | 3.3 | 8.4 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Vai Taua
Pass share
63.7%
571 pass / 326 run
Plays / game
74.8
12 games
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #26 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Nevada, 9,356 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2021)
4 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jay Norvell.
