Dorian Thompson-Robinson

Former quarterback at UCLA. 2022: 3,153 passing yards, 27 TD, 10 INT.

QB · UCLA · Sr. · #1

6′1″ · 205 lb · Las Vegas, NV

CFB Index 74 · #20 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceWatch-list name (model)Cleveland — drafted 2023, Rd 5, Pick 6, #140 overall

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 36 nationally · Signed with UCLA

Statement game507 yds · 5 TDat Washington State (FBS) · W 67-63

Top 1% passing yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at UCLA. 2022: 3,153 passing yards, 27 TD, 10 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2018.
Drafted round 5 by the Cleveland in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UCLA, 10,556 passing yards — drafted at #140 overall by Cleveland.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20187 games

Signed with UCLA4-star out of Bishop Gorman

20205 games

All-Pac-12Second Team

202111 games

The role got bigger.

All-Pac-12Second Team

2023

Drafted by Clevelandround 5, pick 140

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#36 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #140

Cleveland · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM

All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Chip Kelly

UCLA

Played his entire career under Chip Kelly.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ClevelandEntering 4th NFL season

#140Rd 5 · Pick 6

ClevelandEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Chip Kelly — 27-29 over that span.

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2019UCLA4-8HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UCLA3-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2021UCLA8-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-heavy

2022UCLA9-4HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

74Quality starter #20 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (90th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (84th percentile). Concern: interceptions (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#18 / 169 · 90th pct

52.6%

Explosive rate#28 / 169 · 84th pct

13.0%

EPA / dropback#34 / 169 · 80th pct

0.37

Sack rate#38 / 169 · 78th pct

4.0%

Interception rate#104 / 169 · 39th pct

2.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#3 / 177 · 98th pct

Rush yards#9 / 177 · 95th pct

647

Completion %#9 / 177 · 95th pct

69.6%

Pass TDs#18 / 177 · 89th pct

Pass yards#29 / 177 · 84th pct

3153

Yards / att#41 / 177 · 77th pct

8.3

Fumbles lost#127 / 169 · 18th pct

Interceptions#144 / 177 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

89th → 80th percentile

Success rate

87th → 90th percentile

Explosive rate

62nd → 84th percentile

Sack rate

69th → 78th percentile

Interception rate

57th → 39th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

265/378 (70.1%) · 27 TD · 10 INT

378 of 381 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

7.9040 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.0%49 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (49 of 206 QBs) and still 40 of 206 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 yds

56%of completions

148 comp4.8 yds avg9 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

26%of completions

69 comp13.4 yds avg5 TD

Deep

20+ yds

18%of completions

48 comp31.3 yds avg10 TD

Overall 70.1% completion on 378 attempts · 48 deep completions averaging 31.3 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home9g	255	2.2	8.9	0.9
Road4g	214	1.8	7.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	254	2.4	9.9	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	229	1.7	7.1	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Watch-list name (model)

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #20 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #20 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UCLA	265	381	69.6%	3,153	8.3	27	10	157.2	72	--	--
2021	UCLA	176	283	62.2%	2,409	8.5	21	6	153.9	74	--	--
2020	UCLA	90	138	65.2%	1,120	8.1	12	4	156.3	63	--	--
2019	UCLA	216	362	59.7%	2,701	7.5	21	12	134.9	--	--	--
2018	UCLA	95	159	59.7%	1,173	7.4	6	4	129.1	--	--	--
Career		842	1,323	63.6%	10,556	8.0	87	36	146.9	71	--	--

Season	Team
2022	UCLA	117	647	5.5	12	--
2021	UCLA	130	609	4.7	9	--
2020	UCLA	55	306	5.6	3	--
2019	UCLA	118	198	1.7	4	--
2018	UCLA	45	78	1.7	0	--
Career		465	1,838	4.0	28	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022

W 42–32

vs Utah

299 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.9 · 8 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With Z. Charbonnet — 198 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · K. Allen — 6 rec · 41 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Utah · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA -9.99Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass intercepted for a TD Clark Phillips III return for 80 yds for a TD, (Jordan Noyes KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 2&19 · Q4 · EPA +7.05Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Logan Loya for 70 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 1 · Bowling Green · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +6.47Dorian Thompson-Robinson run for 68 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.46Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass intercepted Tylar Wiltz return for no gain to the Pitt 6
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +4.32Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Titus Mokiao-Atimalala for 49 yds to the Pitt 4 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · USC · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.28Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Kazmeir Allen for 55 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 1 · Pittsburgh · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA -4.06Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass intercepted Javon McIntyre return for 1 yd to the Pitt 13
Week 1 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Keegan Jones for 52 yds for a TD, (Nicholas Barr-Mira KICK)
Week 6 · Utah · 3&20 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Titus Mokiao-Atimalala for 21 yds to the Utah 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · South Alabama · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.97Dorian Thompson-Robinson pass complete to Jake Bobo for 34 yds to the SAlab 34 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Bowling Green	32/43	298	2	1	6.9	76.6	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 45-7vs Alabama State	9/11	101	1	0	9.2	86.2
Wk 3	W 32-31vs South Alabama	20/30	263	3	0	8.8	83.4	3 TD passes
Wk 4	W 45-17@ Colorado	19/23	234	2	0	10.2	94.9
Wk 5	W 40-32vs Washington	24/33	315	3	0	9.5	92.4	Season-high 315 yds
Wk 6	W 42-32vs Utah	18/23	299	4	1	13.0	94.9	4 TD passes
Wk 8	L 30-45@ Oregon	27/39	262	2	1	6.7	65.9
Wk 9	W 38-13vs Stanford	18/29	199	0	0	6.9	85.7
Wk 10	W 50-36@ Arizona State	13/20	169	2	1	8.5	98.3
Wk 11	L 28-34vs Arizona	26/39	245	1	0	6.3	37.3
Wk 12	L 45-48vs USC	23/38	309	4	3	8.1	64.9	4 TD passes · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 13	W 35-28@ California	21/30	189	1	0	6.3	77.9
Bowl	L 35-37vs Pittsburgh	15/23	270	2	3	11.7	—
Total		265/381	3153	27	10	8.6	79.9

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

59.5%Completion %

40.9%Conversion/dropback

28.0%Land short of sticks

0INTs

59.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 40.9% conversion-per-dropback — 28.0% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design