J.T. Barrett: QB · Ohio State · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
J.T. Barrett
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Fourth year in the same quarterback room at Ohio State. Another came in 2017: All-Big Ten. On tape: 328 passing yards and 95 rushing yards against Penn State, Week 9, 2017.
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
62.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 20.6% conversion-per-dropback — 61.1% 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
19 of 26 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (73.1%). 11 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (37.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Los Angeles Times Nov 1
Eleven Warriors Oct 29Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio State | 240 | 371 | 64.7% | 3,053 | 8.2 | 35 | 9 | 160.1 | 70 |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 233 | 379 | 61.5% | 2,555 | 6.7 | 24 | 7 | 135.3 | 45 |
| 2015 | Ohio State | 93 | 147 | 63.3% | 992 | 6.7 | 11 | 4 | 139.2 | 54 |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 203 | 314 | 64.6% | 2,834 | 9.0 | 34 | 10 | 169.8 | 81 |
| Career | 769 | 1,211 | 63.5% | 9,434 | 7.8 | 104 | 30 | 152.3 | 63 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ohio State | 165 | 798 | 4.8 | 12 | 37 |
| 2016 | Ohio State | 205 | 845 | 4.1 | 9 | 41 |
| 2015 | Ohio State | 115 | 682 | 5.9 | 11 | 40 |
| 2014 | Ohio State | 171 | 938 | 5.5 | 11 | 86 |
| Career | 656 | 3,263 | 5.0 | 43 | 86 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-21@ Indiana | 20/35 | 304 | 3 | 0 | 8.7 | 76.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 16-31vs No. 5 Oklahoma | 19/35 | 183 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 | 21.1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-7vs Army | 25/33 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 8.2 | 88.3 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 4 | W 54-21vs UNLV | 12/17 | 209 | 5 | 0 | 12.3 | 98.8 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | W 56-0@ Rutgers | 15/23 | 286 | 3 | 0 | 12.4 | 93.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 62-14vs Maryland | 20/31 | 261 | 3 | 0 | 8.4 | 93.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 56-14@ Nebraska | 27/33 | 325 | 5 | 0 | 9.8 | 98.3 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 39-38vs No. 2 Penn State | 33/39 | 328 | 4 | 0 | 8.4 | 79.3 | Season-high 328 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 24-55@ Iowa | 18/34 | 208 | 3 | 4 | 6.1 | 33.2 | 3 TD passes · 4 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 11 | W 48-3vs No. 13 Michigan State | 14/21 | 183 | 2 | 2 | 8.7 | 94.0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-14vs Illinois | 11/19 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 7.4 | 91.5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-20@ Michigan | 3/8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3.8 | 70.9 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-21vs No. 3 Wisconsin | 12/26 | 211 | 2 | 2 | 8.1 | 32.0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-7vs No. 8 USC | 11/17 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 74.4 | |
| Total | 240/371 | 3053 | 35 | 9 | 8.2 | — |
Week 9 · 2017
W 39-38
vs Penn State
328 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.3 · 95 rush yds (17 car)
Edged out Penn State at home in a shootout.
With K. Hill — 12 rec · 102 yds · D. Chrisman — 43.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 50 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 354 passing plays (227 completions) against the box score's 371 attempts (240 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.3523 of 205 QBsSack rate
4.9%69 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (69 of 205 QBs) and still 23 of 205 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 64.7% completion on 371 attempts · 31 deep completions averaging 32.4 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2017 baseline
No situation moves him more than 28 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.
4 seasons under Urban Meyer — 49-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 225 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 231 | 3.0 | 8.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 244 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 184 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Urban Meyer
Pass share
43.3%
439 pass / 575 run
Plays / game
72.4
14 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ohio State, 9,434 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2014) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Urban Meyer.
