Evan Orth: QB · South Alabama · #14.
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Evan Orth
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Played for two head coaches at South Alabama: Joey Jones and Steve Campbell. A game that shows it: 360 passing yards and 9 rushing yards against Memphis — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
54.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 19.2% conversion-per-dropback — 61.5% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Alabama | 145 | 222 | 65.3% | 1,795 | 8.1 | 11 | 6 | 144.2 | 70 |
| 2017 | South Alabama | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 145 | 223 | 65.0% | 1,795 | 8.0 | 11 | 6 | 143.5 | 70 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | South Alabama | 56 | 173 | 3.1 | 1 | 59 |
| 2017 | South Alabama | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | 41 |
| Career | 57 | 214 | 3.8 | 1 | 59 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 26-30vs Louisiana Tech | 4/6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-55@ Oklahoma State | 14/25 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 4.8 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-31vs Texas State | 24/33 | 266 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 4 | L 35-52@ Memphis | 24/32 | 360 | 3 | 0 | 11.3 | — | Season-high 360 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 7-52@ App State | 20/33 | 225 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-48@ Georgia Southern | 19/30 | 197 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | 28.6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-7vs Alabama State | 12/15 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 10.3 | 73.9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-38vs Troy | 18/29 | 275 | 2 | 3 | 9.5 | — | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Arkansas State | 7/15 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-28vs Coastal Carolina | 3/4 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 22.8 | — | |
| Total | 145/222 | 1795 | 11 | 6 | 8.1 | — |
Week 4 · 2018
L 35-52
at Memphis
360 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
With C. Waitman — 45 yards per punt · 5 punts · 53 long · J. Way — 10 rec · 185 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 166 | 1.2 | 11.6 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 193 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 195 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 143 | 1.3 | 12.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Campbell
Pass share
39.3%
323 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
68.4
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
222 pass attempts and 56 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Alabama, 1,795 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Joey Jones → Steve Campbell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
