#14

Christian Hackenberg

Former quarterback at Penn State. 2015: 2,525 passing yards, 16 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Penn State · #14

6′4″ · Palmyra, VA

New York — drafted 2016, Rd 2, Pick 20, #51 overall

Recruiting

5★

PRO recruit

No. 13 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Penn State. 2015: 2,525 passing yards, 16 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Penn State in 2013.
Drafted round 2 by the New York in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Penn State, 5,502 passing yards — drafted at #51 overall by New York.

His career

2013

Signed with Penn State5-star out of Fork Union Military (HS)

2016

Drafted by New Yorkround 2, pick 51

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#13 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #51

New York · 2016

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 11th NFL season

#51Rd 2 · Pick 20

New YorkEntering 11th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under James Franklin, all balanced offenses — 14-12 over that span.

2014Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2015Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Pass yards#55 / 167 · 67th pct

2525

Interceptions#49 / 167 · 65th pct

Pass TDs#56 / 167 · 63rd pct

Rush TDs#70 / 167 · 50th pct

Yards / att#92 / 167 · 44th pct

7.0

Completion %#123 / 167 · 26th pct

53.5%

Rush yards#152 / 167 · 9th pct

-80

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	198	1.4	7.0	0.1
Road6g	190	1.0	7.6	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	168	1.0	7.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	236	1.6	7.2	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Penn State	192	359	53.5%	2,525	7.0	16	6	123.9	--	--	--
2014	Penn State	270	484	55.8%	2,977	6.2	12	15	109.4	--	--	--
Career		462	843	54.8%	5,502	6.5	28	21	115.6	--	--	--

Season	Team
2015	Penn State	66	-80	-1.2	2	--
2014	Penn State	93	-94	-1.0	0	--
Career		159	-174	-1.1	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2015

W 37–21

vs San Diego State

296 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.8 · -6 rush yds (3 car)

With C. Gulla — 42 AVG · 51 LONG · 7 NO · N. Scott — 32 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week