Christopher Vizzina

#17 · QB · Sr. · Clemson6′4″ · 210 lb · Birmingham, AL · Briarwood Christian

Last gameW 36–24at Florida State · Oct 31

Nextat SyracuseSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

Did not play in Clemson’s last 6 games.

Tait Reynolds started the last one, W 36-24 at Florida State, Oct 31.

Clemson’s next game: at Syracuse, Sat Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. ET · ESPN2

Clemson is 5-3.

What’s being said

3 stories in the last 30 days, from 3 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Clemson QB Christopher Vizzina takes big step toward injury return

Yahoo Sports Oct 15

All 68 stories this season

A play of his this season

Q1, 11:01 · Clemson tiedChristopher Vizzina finds T.J. Moore for a 10-yard touchdownGeorgia Southern at Clemson, week 2Q1, 11:01 · Clemson 7, Georgia Southern 0Clemson opened the scoringClemson opened the scoringC.Vizzina pass complete short middle to T.Moore caught at GS00, for 10 yards to the GS00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this play

Three seasons in the Clemson quarterback room to date. A game that shows it: 83 passing yards and 4 rushing yards against LSU — Week 1, 2026.

102 passing yards · 1 passing TD · 4 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Clemson	14	23	60.9%	102	4.4	1	2	95.1	--
2025	Clemson	45	71	63.4%	406	5.7	4	1	127.2	44
2024	Clemson	19	34	55.9%	190	5.6	0	0	102.8	--
Career		78	128	60.9%	698	5.5	5	3	114.9	44

Season	Team
2026	Clemson	5	4	0.8	0	8
2025	Clemson	25	41	1.6	0	15
2024	Clemson	13	68	5.2	1	35
Career		43	113	2.6	1	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 10-51@ No. 11 LSU	Shaky	10/16	83	0	1	5.2	—	1	4	Season-high 83 yds
Wk 2	W 22-7vs Georgia Southern	Left in Q1	4/7	19	1	1	2.7	35.0	0	—
Total			14/23	102	1	2	4.4	—	1	4

Signature game

Week 2 · 2026

W 22-7

vs Georgia Southern

19 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 35.0

With J. Smith — 39.7 yards per punt · 7 punts · 5 inside the 20 · T. Reynolds — 178 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 11.3 · 38 rush yds (14 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · LSU · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA −7.04C.Vizzina pass intercepted by J.Ross at CLEM30 QB hurried by W.Weeks J.Ross return 30 yards for a touchdown
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.80Vizzina to Moore: a 10-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · LSU · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +2.59Vizzina to Preston: a 25-yard pass.
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −2.36C.Vizzina pass intercepted by J.Jones at GS18, End Of Play
Week 1 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.82Vizzina to Wesco Jr.: a 22-yard pass.
Week 1 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −1.02C.Vizzina rush middle for 4 yards loss (J.Ross)

4 more plays

Week 1 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −0.80C.Vizzina sacked for loss of 1 yard (D.Carpenter)
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA −0.68Vizzina to Wesco Jr.: a 0-yard pass.
Week 1 · LSU · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +0.59Vizzina to Wesco Jr.: a 7-yard pass.
Week 1 · LSU · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.51Vizzina to Bentancur: a 3-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	ACC
Passing yards	102	T-233rd of 370	29th of 48
Yards an attempt	4.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	1	T-202nd of 370	T-28th of 48
Passer rating	95.1	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	60.9	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	4	T-253rd of 370	T-30th of 48
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 23 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All ACC quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Kevin Jennings	2,433	21	5	251	9.7
2	Darian Mensah	2,425	25	1	233	10.4
3	Davis Warren	2,203	14	3	308	7.2
4	Giovanni Lopez	2,176	18	1	228	9.5
5	Ethan Grunkemeyer	2,140	17	2	262	8.2
6	Lincoln Kienholz	2,094	12	3	208	10.1
7	Ashton Daniels	1,968	14	11	214	9.2
8	CJ Bailey	1,955	13	4	244	8.0
9	Billy Edwards	1,871	15	5	235	8.0
10	Alberto Mendoza	1,795	10	6	240	7.5
11	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	1,751	11	6	264	6.6
12	Walker Eget	1,641	9	3	215	7.6
13	Beau Pribula	1,587	14	3	212	7.5
14	Mason McKenzie	1,450	8	7	201	7.2
15	Mason Heintschel	1,304	14	1	148	8.8
16	Tait Reynolds	1,287	3	3	211	6.1
17	Steven Angeli	1,186	7	5	171	6.9
18	Holden Geriner	886	4	2	132	6.7
19	Jackson Brousseau	701	3	0	120	5.8
20	Malachi Nelson	532	3	2	70	7.6
21	Amari Odom	391	6	2	47	8.3
22	Corey Dailey	316	3	3	35	9.0
23	Eli Holstein	282	3	0	34	8.3
24	Luke Nickel	204	3	1	20	10.2
25	Dan Mahan	175	3	1	22	8.0
26	Grady Adamson	135	1	0	27	5.0
27	Bryce Baker	127	1	0	14	9.1
28	Ty Hawkins	117	2	0	14	8.4
29	Christopher Vizzina	102	1	2	23	4.4
30	Steele Pizzella	85	0	0	9	9.4
31	Trent Pearman	80	0	2	13	6.2
32	Danny Lauter	74	1	0	11	6.7
33	Femi Babalola	49	0	0	5	9.8
34	Mike Mitchell Jr.	46	0	0	10	4.6
35	Cole Geer	45	1	0	7	6.4
36	Terry Walker III	44	0	0	4	11.0
37	Will Wilson	35	2	0	12	2.9
38	Dereon Coleman	30	0	0	6	5.0
39	Briggs Cherry	24	0	0	2	12.0
40	Miles O'Neill	22	0	0	6	3.7
41	Kevin Sperry	21	0	0	5	4.2
42	Davin Wydner	19	1	0	4	4.8
43	Charlie Fiser	8	0	0	2	4.0
44	Cole Leinart	5	0	0	1	5.0
45	Brock Bradley	0	0	0	1	0.0
46	Charlie Mirer	0	0	1	1	0.0
47	Grayson Wilson	-1	0	0	5	-0.2
48	Ryan Zimmerman	-1	0	0	1	-1.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Pass targets

Wesco and Moore saw 13 of the 23 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Bryant Wesco Jr.	7	3	29	8.4	2.7
T.J. Moore	6	4	31	10.5	4.0
Tyler Brown	2	2	9	0.5	4.0
Christian Bentancur	2	1	-3	1.0	1.0
Juju Preston	1	1	25	-5.0	30.0
3 others	3	3	11	1.0	2.7
No receiver charted	2	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 23 passes, 14 caught, 102 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 22-13 over that span.

2024Clemson10-4HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2025Clemson7-6HC: Dabo Swinney · Balanced

2026Clemson5-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 28. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

28Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Completion %#108 / 159 · 33rd pct

60.9%

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

4.4

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

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 51.0 YDS/g, 0.5 TD/g, 4.0 YPA, 1.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

45.3%

248 pass / 299 run

Plays / game

68.4

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Clemson’s quarterbacks

Christopher Vizzina	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 14 of 23, 102 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · 4.4 yards an attempt on 23 attempts · ran for 4 yds, 0 TD
Tait Reynolds	Threw in all 8 games · 137 of 211, 1,287 yds, 3 TD, 3 INT · 6.1 yards an attempt on 211 attempts · ran for 249 yds, 2 TD
Trent Pearman	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 8 of 13, 80 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · 6.2 yards an attempt on 13 attempts · ran for 6 yds, 0 TD
Brock Bradley	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 0.0 yards an attempt on 1 attempt

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Christopher Vizzina. Gray: Tait Reynolds, Trent Pearman, Brock Bradley. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ LSUGeorgia SouthernNorth Carolina@ CaliforniaMiamiCharleston SouthernVirginia Tech@ Florida State

Awards

Player standing · 2026

23 pass attempts and 5 carries in 2 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Christopher Vizzina

What’s being said

A play of his this season

In the news in the last 30 days

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

In the news across his career

What fans said

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Clemson’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

23 pass attempts and 5 carries in 2 games

Four seasons at Clemson

2023