Chris Laviano

#5 · QB · Rutgers6′3″ · Glen Head, NY

Chris Laviano: QB · Rutgers · #5.

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Chris Laviano

QB · Rutgers · #5

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches at Rutgers: Kyle Flood and Chris Ash. On tape: 190 passing yards and 5 rushing yards against Iowa, Week 4, 2016.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Rutgers in the news

Rutgers QB out for gameThe Detroit News Oct 29
Kaj Sanders, Zahmir Dawud out for season247Sports Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Rutgers	70	145	48.3%	748	5.2	5	2	100.2	21
2015	Rutgers	187	307	60.9%	2,247	7.3	16	12	131.8	56
2014	Rutgers	11	28	39.3%	107	3.8	0	1	64.2	--
Career		268	480	55.8%	3,102	6.5	21	15	118.3	44

Season	Team
2016	Rutgers	45	52	1.2	18
2015	Rutgers	65	−38	−0.6	14
2014	Rutgers	7	69	9.9	46
Career		117	83	0.7	46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 13-48@ No. 14 Washington	24/40	168	0	1	4.2	15.5
Wk 2	W 52-14vs Howard	11/22	137	3	1	6.2	48.2	3 TD passes
Wk 3	W 37-28vs New Mexico	11/27	152	1	0	5.6	20.2
Wk 4	L 7-14vs Iowa	13/24	190	1	0	7.9	28.5	Season-high 190 yds
Wk 5	L 0-58@ No. 2 Ohio State	3/12	33	0	0	2.8	23.5
Wk 6	L 0-78vs No. 4 Michigan	1/8	6	0	0	0.8	0.9
Wk 7	L 7-24vs Illinois	7/12	62	0	0	5.2	7.7
Wk 8	L 32-34@ Minnesota	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		70/145	748	5	2	5.2	—

Signature game

Week 2 · 2016

W 52-14

vs Howard

137 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 48.2 · 24 rush yds (7 car)

Dominant 38-point win at home against Howard.

With J. Grant — 105 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 24 yds · M. Cintron — 42.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 53 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · New Mexico · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Chris Laviano pass complete to Jawuan Harris for 75 yds for a TD, (David Bonagura KICK)
Week 4 · Iowa · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.45Chris Laviano pass complete to Janarion Grant for 76 yds to the Iowa 3 for a
Week 7 · Illinois · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA −4.37Chris Laviano run for 2 yds to the Illin 8 Chris Laviano fumbled, forced by Jamal Milan, recovered by Illin Stanley Green
Week 4 · Iowa · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA −4.08Chris Laviano run for 2 yds to the Iowa 1
Week 7 · Illinois · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA −3.24Chris Laviano run for a loss of 2 yards to the Illin 27
Week 2 · Howard · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA −3.09Chris Laviano sacked by Elijah Anglin for a loss of 14 yards to the Howrd 41

4 more plays

Week 1 · Washington · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.99Chris Laviano pass intercepted Brandon Beaver return for 46 yds to the Rutgr 4
Week 3 · New Mexico · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Chris Laviano pass complete to Robert Martin for 12 yds to the NMex 39 for a
Week 2 · Howard · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Chris Laviano pass complete to Jawuan Harris for 29 yds for a TD, (David Bonagura KICK)
Week 2 · Howard · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Chris Laviano pass complete to Carlton Agudosi for 7 yds for a TD, (David Bonagura KICK)

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

70/145 (48.3%) · 5 TD · 2 INT

144 of 145 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 144 passing plays (69 completions) against the box score's 145 attempts (70 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.26168 of 193 QBs

Sack rate

7.6%148 of 193 QBs

Sacked on 7.6% of dropbacks (148 of 193) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (168 of 193).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

61%of completions

42 comp4.4 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

28%of completions

19 comp13.3 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

12%of completions

8 comp37.4 yds avg3 TD

Overall 48.3% completion on 145 attempts · 8 deep completions averaging 37.4 yds.

Teams and coaches

2014Rutgers8-5HC: Kyle Flood · Run-leaning

2015Rutgers4-8HC: Kyle Flood · Run-leaning

2016Rutgers2-10HC: Chris Ash · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2016 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (92nd percentile). Strength: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: success rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#13 / 172 · 92nd pct

1.4%

Sack rate#135 / 172 · 22nd pct

7.7%

EPA / dropback#155 / 172 · 10th pct

-0.00

Success rate#167 / 172 · 3rd pct

30.1%

Explosive rate#167 / 172 · 3rd pct

5.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#4 / 167 · 94th pct

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Rush yards#109 / 167 · 35th pct

Pass yards#148 / 167 · 12th pct

748

Pass TDs#145 / 167 · 11th pct

Rush TDs#133 / 167 · 10th pct

Completion %#159 / 167 · 5th pct

48.3%

Yards / att#163 / 167 · 3rd pct

5.2

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

44th → 10th percentile

Success rate

40th → 3rd percentile

Explosive rate

35th → 3rd percentile

Sack rate

28th → 22nd percentile

Interception rate

20th → 92nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2016. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2016 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 134 dropbacks

21Zeitgeist Passer Rating127th of 131 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 100.2 129th of 131 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

34.3%1st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +2.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.163rd pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

7.0%37th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -1.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (22 of 156 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	109	1.0	5.1	0.2
Road3g	67.0	0.0	3.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	107	0.7	4.7	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Chris Ash

Pass share

40.6%

329 pass / 481 run

Plays / game

67.5

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

145 pass attempts and 45 carries in 8 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Chris Laviano

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Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

145 pass attempts and 45 carries in 8 games

Four seasons at Rutgers