Dorian Thompson-Robinson: QB · UCLA · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Fifth year in the UCLA quarterback room. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Pac-12 again in 2021. A game that shows it: 315 passing yards and 53 rushing yards against Washington — Week 5, 2022.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
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. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
9 of the team's 39 inside-the-5 carries (23.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
USA Today Oct 29
On3 Oct 24
Yahoo Sports Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| 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 No. 15 Washington | 24/33 | 315 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | 92.4 | Season-high 315 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 42-32vs No. 11 Utah | 18/23 | 299 | 4 | 1 | 13.0 | 94.9 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | L 30-45@ No. 10 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 No. 7 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 | 8.3 | — |
Week 5 · 2022
W 40-32
vs Washington
315 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.4 · 53 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Washington at home in a shootout.
With Z. Charbonnet — 124 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · 3 rec · 56 yds · N. Barr-Mira — 49 yards per punt · 1 punts · 1 inside the 20
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 378 passing plays (265 completions) against the box score's 381 attempts (265 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.9040 of 206 QBsSack rate
4.0%49 of 206 QBsRarely 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 69.6% completion on 381 attempts · 48 deep completions averaging 31.3 yds.
5 seasons under Chip Kelly — 27-29 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 254 | 2.2 | 8.6 | 0.6 |
| 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
Head Coach
Chip Kelly
Pass share
45.5%
419 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2022.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #20 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UCLA, 10,556 passing yards — drafted at #140 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Pac-12 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chip Kelly.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland BrownsEntering 4th NFL season
Cleveland BrownsEntering 4th NFL season
