Sophomore quarterback for North Texas. 2021: 559 passing yards, 6 TD, 3 INT.
6′2″ · 179 lb · Pearland, TX
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 1448 nationally · Signed with Louisiana Tech
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 quarterback for North Texas. 2021: 559 passing yards, 6 TD, 3 INT.
J.D. Head
Operates within the system without forcing anything. This is his second year in the same quarterback room at North Texas. The receipt: 270 pass yds, 20 rush yds against Rice — Week 13, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Louisiana Tech, 637 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Skip Holtz — 8-14 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (93rd percentile). Strength: interceptions (86th percentile). Concern: pass yards (3rd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 70.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 163 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 70.0 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 163 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 47 | 88 | 53.4% | 559 | 6.4 | 6 | 3 | 122.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 14 | 64.3% | 78 | 5.6 | 0 | 1 | 96.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 56 | 102 | 54.9% | 637 | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 118.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Louisiana Tech | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Louisiana Tech | 2 | -14 | -7.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 20 | 3 | 0.1 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 24-17vs North Texas | 5/10 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 50.7 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-23@ Old Dominion | 3/7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 16.6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 38-52@ UAB | 20/35 | 196 | 2 | 0 | 5.6 | 41.8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-35@ Rice | 19/36 | 270 | 3 | 3 | 7.5 | 43.2 | Season-high 270 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Total | 47/88 | 559 | 6 | 3 | 5.8 | 38.1 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Chevan Cordeiro’s 2021 season.
Matches Chevan on
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Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Jordon Brookshire’s path through San Diego State.
Matches Jordon on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Luke Weaver's freshman season at Hawai'i (2025).
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Player DNA