Daniel Kaelin

#12 · QB · Jr. · Nebraska6′3″ · 220 lb · Elkhorn, NE · Bellevue West

Last gameL 10–17vs Washington · Oct 31

Nextat IllinoisFri Nov 6 · 8 pm ET

Daniel Kaelin is a quarterback at Nebraska who has played in 1 of Nebraska's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 19.

Nebraska is 5-3.

Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Tony Elliott and Matt Rhule.

-1 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 4 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Nebraska	1	2	50.0%	−1	−0.5	0	0	45.8
2025	Virginia	30	52	57.7%	339	6.5	1	1	115.0
Career		31	54	57.4%	338	6.3	1	1	112.4

Season	Team
2026	Nebraska	1	4	4.0	4
2025	Virginia	12	72	6.0	54
Career		13	76	5.8	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 3	W 34-7vs North Dakota	1/2	-1	0	0	-0.5	--	Season-high -1 yds

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 34-7

vs North Dakota

4 rush yds (1 car) · -1 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT

Dominant 27-point win at home against North Dakota.

With A. Colandrea — 195 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.6 · 19 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · J. Rule — 119 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 35 yds

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	-1	T-367th of 370	50th of 50
Yards an attempt	-0.5	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	45.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	50.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	4	T-253rd of 370	30th of 50
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 2 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

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

Pass targets

Miles and King saw 2 of the 2 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets, caught	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Larry Miles		1	1	-1	-3.0	2.0
Danny King		1	0	0	5.0	—

Play by play: 2 passes, 1 caught, -1 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

2025Virginia11-3HC: Tony Elliott · Balanced

2026Nebraska5-3HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 33. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

33Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

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

Box-score rates

Completion %#158 / 159 · 1st pct

50.0%

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

-0.5

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 1 game: -1.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, -0.5 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Pass share

48.1%

276 pass / 298 run

Plays / game

71.8

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Nebraska’s quarterbacks

Daniel Kaelin	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 2, -1 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · -0.5 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 4 yds, 0 TD
Anthony Colandrea	Threw in all 8 games · 161 of 263, 1,824 yds, 15 TD, 7 INT · 6.9 yards an attempt on 263 attempts · ran for 354 yds, 4 TD
TJ Lateef	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 8 of 11, 82 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 7.5 yards an attempt on 11 attempts · ran for 22 yds, 0 TD

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

2 pass attempts and 1 carry in 1 game

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

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Daniel Kaelin

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Nebraska’s quarterbacks

Awards

2 pass attempts and 1 carry in 1 game

Three seasons, two schools

Moves

2024

2025 5 games

2026