#13

Favian Upshaw

Quarterback for Georgia Southern. 2016: 614 passing yards, 4 TD, 2 INT.

QB · Georgia Southern · #13

6′1″ · Titusville, FL

Georgia Southern 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 quarterback for Georgia Southern. 2016: 614 passing yards, 4 TD, 2 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Georgia Southern, 1,126 passing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Georgia Southern

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Willie Fritz

Georgia Southern

2016

Tyson Summers

Georgia Southern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Fritz → Tyson Summers. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Georgia Southern9-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2015Georgia Southern9-4HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Georgia Southern5-7HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: pass yards (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#4 / 167 · 94th pct

Rush yards#40 / 167 · 76th pct

341

Yards / att#81 / 167 · 50th pct

7.3

Rush TDs#77 / 167 · 46th pct

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Completion %#126 / 167 · 25th pct

54.8%

Pass TDs#154 / 167 · 7th pct

Pass yards#162 / 167 · 3rd pct

614

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	75.7	0.7	7.7	0.3
Road5g	77.4	0.4	7.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	79.2	0.7	8.6	0.3
Weeks 8+2g	69.5	0.0	5.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Georgia Southern	46	84	54.8%	614	7.3	4	2	127.1	--	--	--
2015	Georgia Southern	19	48	39.6%	227	4.7	0	5	58.5	--	--	--
2014	Georgia Southern	19	27	70.4%	285	10.6	2	1	176.1	--	--	--
Career		84	159	52.8%	1,126	7.1	6	8	114.7	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Georgia Southern	69	341	4.9	2	--
2015	Georgia Southern	80	583	7.3	6	--
2014	Georgia Southern	40	385	9.6	2	--
Career		189	1,309	6.9	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2016

W 28–24

vs Troy

48 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 13.6 · -8 rush yds (5 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With K. Ellison — 127 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.6 · 115 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · M. Flynn — 42 AVG · 49 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 54-0vs Savannah State	7/10	115	2	1	11.5	99.0
Wk 2	W 24-9@ South Alabama	6/9	127	0	0	14.1	79.7	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 3	W 23-21vs UL Monroe	4/14	64	0	0	4.6	48.6
Wk 4	L 31-49@ Western Michigan	4/6	103	2	1	17.2	82.9
Wk 6	L 26-27@ Arkansas State	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	0.2
Wk 7	L 24-35@ Georgia Tech	8/16	66	0	0	4.1	39.5
Wk 12	L 24-30@ Georgia State	11/21	91	0	0	4.3	53.5
Wk 14	W 28-24vs Troy	6/7	48	0	0	6.9	13.6
Total		46/84	614	4	2	7.8	52.1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Favian Upshaw

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

DNA match

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