Clayton Tune: QB · Houston · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Clayton Tune
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. The five seasons at Houston span two head coaches: Major Applewhite and Dana Holgorsen. All-AAC in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 527 passing yards and 111 rushing yards against SMU — Week 10, 2022.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
69.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 33.3% conversion-per-dropback — 50.0% 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
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 30 inside-the-5 carries (13.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Houston Chronicle Nov 2Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-35@ UTSA | 22/32 | 206 | 3 | 0 | 6.4 | 82.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 30-33@ Texas Tech | 20/39 | 266 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 | 44.4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-48vs Kansas | 22/31 | 272 | 1 | 1 | 8.8 | 44.7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Rice | 19/26 | 249 | 2 | 1 | 9.6 | 54.0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27vs Tulane | 22/33 | 208 | 2 | 0 | 6.3 | 63.5 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-32@ Memphis | 36/57 | 366 | 3 | 1 | 6.4 | 69.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | W 38-20@ Navy | 21/30 | 261 | 5 | 0 | 8.7 | 89.4 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 42-27vs South Florida | 31/37 | 380 | 4 | 0 | 10.3 | 89.3 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 63-77@ SMU | 36/53 | 527 | 7 | 3 | 9.9 | 89.3 | Season-high 527 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 11 | W 43-36vs Temple | 29/40 | 289 | 3 | 1 | 7.2 | 82.4 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 42-3@ East Carolina | 32/44 | 435 | 4 | 1 | 9.9 | 93.9 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | L 30-37vs Tulsa | 26/47 | 386 | 2 | 1 | 8.2 | 48.3 | |
 Bowl | W 23-16vs Louisiana | 18/28 | 229 | 3 | 0 | 8.2 | — | |
| Total | 334/497 | 4074 | 40 | 10 | 8.2 | — |
Week 10 · 2022
L 63-77
at SMU
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 478 passing plays (326 completions) against the box score's 497 attempts (334 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.2028 of 206 QBsSack rate
4.6%64 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (64 of 206 QBs) and still 28 of 206 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 67.2% completion on 497 attempts · 52 deep completions averaging 31.3 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 297 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 344 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 257 | 2.1 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 380 | 4.2 | 9.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Holgorsen
Pass share
56.1%
500 pass / 392 run
Plays / game
68.6
13 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #5 of 140 FBS quarterbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #5 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Houston, 11,996 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #139 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
A stat line in 45 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2022)
Weekly recognition
4 weekly honors (2022)
5 career weekly honors across 2 seasons — a 4+ season has tracked to All-Conference ~83% of the time
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Major Applewhite → Dana Holgorsen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 4th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 4th NFL season
