Sophomore quarterback for Nebraska. 2025: 339 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.
6′3″ · 220 lb · Elkhorn, NE · Bellevue West / Virginia
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
1 TD · 1 INT · 6.5 per attempt
Best game: 145 pass yds, 49 rush yds, vs Wake Forest
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 quarterback for Nebraska. 2025: 339 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.
Daniel Kaelin
Daniel Kaelin arrived at Nebraska from Virginia. The receipt on tape: 164 pass yds, 2 rush yds against William & Mary, Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Nebraska
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (97th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.04106 of 206 QBsSack rate
0.0%1 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (1 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (106 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Behind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 57.7% completion on 52 attempts · 68% of attempts thrown 0–9 air yds.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 67.8 | 0.2 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 64.7 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 72.5 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 30 | 52 | 57.7% | 339 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 115.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 52 | 57.7% | 339 | 6.5 | 1 | 1 | 115.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 12 | 72 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Coastal Carolina | 3/9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 5.1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 55-16vs William & Mary | 8/14 | 164 | 0 | 1 | 11.7 | 13.1 | Season-high 164 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 48-20vs Stanford | 1/1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 100.0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 9-16vs Wake Forest | 18/28 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 43.7 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Virginia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 30/52 | 339 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 40.5 |