Former quarterback at Stanford. 2020: 1,510 passing yards, 7 TD, 3 INT.
6′4″ · 212 lb · Duluth, GA
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 15 nationally · Signed with Stanford
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former quarterback at Stanford. 2020: 1,510 passing yards, 7 TD, 3 INT.
Davis Mills
This is his third year in the same quarterback room at Stanford. One game to point at: 428 pass yds, 12 rush yds against UCLA — Week 16, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Stanford, 3,453 passing yards — drafted at #67 overall by Houston.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under David Shaw.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
HoustonEntering 6th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under David Shaw — 17-14 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (89th percentile). Strength: completion % (80th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
7.3250 of 171 QBsSack rate
4.9%58 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (58 of 171 QBs) and still 50 of 171 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 189 attempts · 21 deep completions averaging 31.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 333 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 294 | 1.5 | 8.5 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+5g | 302 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020
W 31–26
at Washington
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 11 | L 32-35vs Colorado | 30/55 | 333 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-23@ California | 24/32 | 205 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-26@ Washington | 20/30 | 252 | 1 | 0 | 8.4 | — | |
| Wk 15 | W 27-24@ Oregon State | 21/29 | 292 | 1 | 0 | 10.1 | — | |
| Wk 16 | W 48-47@ UCLA | 32/47 | 428 | 3 | 3 | 9.1 | — | Season-high 428 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Total | 127/193 | 1510 | 7 | 3 | 8.0 | — |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Davis Mills finished 107th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.