Dennis Grosel: QB · Boston College · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dennis Grosel
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at Boston College. First career honor, 2020: ACC Quarterback Player of the Week. One game to point at: 311 passing yards against Clemson — Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
56.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.0% conversion-per-dropback — 52.9% 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
2 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (7.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Atlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 22
247Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boston College | 111 | 192 | 57.8% | 1,216 | 6.3 | 6 | 7 | 114.0 | 40 |
| 2020 | Boston College | 37 | 54 | 68.5% | 568 | 10.5 | 6 | 3 | 182.4 | 57 |
| 2019 | Boston College | 75 | 155 | 48.4% | 983 | 6.3 | 9 | 3 | 116.9 | 44 |
| Career | 223 | 401 | 55.6% | 2,767 | 6.9 | 21 | 13 | 124.4 | 43 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Boston College | 44 | 69 | 1.6 | 2 | 19 |
| 2020 | Boston College | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 44 |
| 2019 | Boston College | 57 | 209 | 3.7 | 2 | 24 |
| Career | 108 | 300 | 2.8 | 4 | 44 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Colgate | 5/6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 89.5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-28@ Massachusetts | 11/14 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 14.2 | 84.3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-3@ Temple | 7/15 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 3.9 | 66.1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-34vs Missouri | 18/29 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 6.0 | 83.1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-19@ No. 25 Clemson | 23/40 | 311 | 0 | 2 | 7.8 | 63.3 | Season-high 311 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 7-33vs No. 22 NC State | 21/39 | 194 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 43.0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 17/32 | 141 | 1 | 2 | 4.4 | 10.5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-21@ Syracuse | 9/17 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 24.3 | |
| Total | 111/192 | 1216 | 6 | 7 | 6.3 | — |
Week 4 · 2021
W 41-34
vs Missouri
175 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.1 · 35 rush yds (9 car)
Edged out Missouri at home in a shootout.
With P. Garwo III — 175 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD · G. Carlson — 41.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 52 long
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 185 passing plays (108 completions) against the box score's 192 attempts (111 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.79168 of 204 QBsSack rate
5.9%103 of 204 QBsSacked on 5.9% of dropbacks (103 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (168 of 204).
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 57.8% completion on 192 attempts · 12 deep completions averaging 33.2 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 138 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 161 | 0.6 | 7.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 164 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 117 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Hafley
Pass share
39.5%
304 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
64.2
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Boston College, 2,767 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 22 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jeff Hafley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
