#16

Danny Etling

Former quarterback at LSU. 2017: 2,463 passing yards, 16 TD, 2 INT.

QB · LSU · #16

6′2″ · 215 lb · Terre Haute, IN

Watch-list name (model)New England — drafted 2018, Rd 7, Pick 1, #219 overall

Recruiting

4★

PRO recruit

No. 288 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at LSU. 2017: 2,463 passing yards, 16 TD, 2 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Purdue in 2013.
Drafted round 7 by the New England in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at LSU, 5,386 passing yards — drafted at #219 overall by New England.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Purdue4-star out of Terre Haute South Vigo

2018

Drafted by New Englandround 7, pick 219

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#288 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #219

New England · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Les Miles

LSU

2016–2017

Ed Orgeron

LSU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New EnglandEntering 9th NFL season

#219Rd 7 · Pick 1

New EnglandEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Purdue3-9HC: Darrell Hazell · Balanced

2016LSU8-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2017LSU9-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (93rd percentile). Strength: yards / att (92nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#6 / 179 · 93rd pct

Yards / att#12 / 179 · 92nd pct

9.0

Fumbles lost#1 / 163 · 92nd pct

Pass yards#58 / 179 · 68th pct

2463

Pass TDs#57 / 179 · 66th pct

Rush yards#76 / 179 · 58th pct

128

Completion %#79 / 179 · 56th pct

60.0%

Rush TDs#82 / 179 · 48th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	223	1.6	10.8	0.1
Road5g	136	0.6	7.7	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	185	1.1	9.2	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	196	1.4	10.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	LSU	165	275	60.0%	2,463	9.0	16	2	153.0	--	--	--
2016	LSU	160	269	59.5%	2,123	7.9	11	5	135.6	--	--	--
2014	Purdue	89	162	54.9%	800	4.9	6	5	102.5	--	--	--
Career		414	706	58.6%	5,386	7.6	33	12	134.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	LSU	72	128	1.8	2	--
2016	LSU	41	46	1.1	1	--
2014	Purdue	33	-5	-0.2	3	--
Career		146	169	1.2	6	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 27–23

vs Auburn

206 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.5 · -9 rush yds (6 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With D. Chark — 5 rec · 150 yds · Z. Von Rosenberg — 43 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week