Garrett Shrader: QB · Syracuse · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Garrett Shrader
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. ACC Quarterback Player of the Week in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 286 passing yards and 31 rushing yards against Western Michigan — Week 2, 2023.
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
57.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 26.7% conversion-per-dropback — 46.7% 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
12 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (85.7%). 4 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (19.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Syracuse | 134 | 214 | 62.6% | 1,691 | 7.9 | 13 | 6 | 143.4 | 44 |
| 2022 | Syracuse | 205 | 317 | 64.7% | 2,636 | 8.3 | 17 | 7 | 147.8 | 56 |
| 2021 | Syracuse | 123 | 234 | 52.6% | 1,445 | 6.2 | 9 | 4 | 113.7 | 27 |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 88 | 153 | 57.5% | 1,170 | 7.6 | 8 | 5 | 132.5 | 44 |
| Career | 550 | 918 | 59.9% | 6,942 | 7.6 | 47 | 22 | 135.5 | 44 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Syracuse | 114 | 460 | 4.0 | 8 | 39 |
| 2022 | Syracuse | 149 | 454 | 3.0 | 9 | 25 |
| 2021 | Syracuse | 173 | 781 | 4.5 | 14 | 55 |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Mississippi State | 113 | 587 | 5.2 | 6 | 49 |
| Career | 549 | 2,282 | 4.2 | 37 | 55 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 65-0vs Colgate | 18/24 | 257 | 4 | 1 | 10.7 | 69.8 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 48-7vs Western Michigan | 19/30 | 286 | 1 | 0 | 9.5 | 89.3 | Season-high 286 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 35-20@ Purdue | 14/28 | 184 | 0 | 1 | 6.6 | 83.5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-16vs Army | 21/26 | 245 | 1 | 1 | 9.4 | 76.9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-31vs Clemson | 15/29 | 181 | 2 | 1 | 6.2 | 39.2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-40@ No. 14 North Carolina | 15/21 | 124 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 37.9 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-41@ No. 4 Florida State | 9/21 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 19.1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-38@ Virginia Tech | 12/18 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 11.7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-13vs Pittsburgh | 1/2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 | 91.4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-31@ Georgia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-31vs Wake Forest | 10/15 | 173 | 3 | 1 | 11.5 | 96.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Total | 134/214 | 1691 | 13 | 6 | 7.9 | — |
Week 3 · 2023
W 35-20
at Purdue
195 rush yds (25 car) · 4 TD · 184 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.5
With L. Allen — 80 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · 6 rec · 62 yds · J. Stonehouse — 34.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 43 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 215 passing plays (132 completions) against the box score's 214 attempts (134 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.5195 of 212 QBsSack rate
9.7%189 of 212 QBsSacked on 9.7% of dropbacks (189 of 212) — and still 95 of 212 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 62.6% completion on 214 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 33.7 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2023 baseline
No situation moves him more than 23 percentile points from his baseline.
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 228 | 2.2 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 109 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 197 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 78.8 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nunzio Campanile
Pass share
37.7%
315 pass / 520 run
Plays / game
64.2
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2023
214 pass attempts, 114 carries and 3 catches in 11 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #58 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Mississippi State and Syracuse, 6,942 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Joe Moorhead, Mike Leach and Dino Babers.
