#16

J.T. Barrett

Quarterback for Ohio State. 2017: 3,053 passing yards, 35 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Ohio State · #16

6′2″ · 220 lb · Wichita Falls, TX

POTY finalist (model)Ohio State 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 136 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

Statement game349 yds · 6 TDvs Bowling Green (FBS) · W 77-10

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 quarterback for Ohio State. 2017: 3,053 passing yards, 35 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Ohio State, 9,434 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Rider

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#136 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Urban Meyer

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Urban Meyer.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Urban Meyer — 49-6 over that span.

2014Ohio State14-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2015Ohio State12-1HC: Urban Meyer · Run-heavy

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass tds (96th percentile). Strength: rush tds (95th percentile). Concern: interceptions (23rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#7 / 179 · 96th pct

Rush TDs#9 / 179 · 95th pct

Rush yards#10 / 179 · 95th pct

798

Completion %#27 / 179 · 85th pct

64.7%

Pass yards#32 / 179 · 82nd pct

3053

Yards / att#34 / 179 · 80th pct

8.2

Fumbles lost#26 / 163 · 68th pct

Interceptions#130 / 179 · 23rd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	211	2.2	8.2	0.4
Road6g	227	2.8	8.2	1.0

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

POTY finalist (model)

Our Heisman model has him in the top five; no finalist honor is on the books yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Ohio State	240	371	64.7%	3,053	8.2	35	9	160.1	--	--	--
2016	Ohio State	233	379	61.5%	2,555	6.7	24	7	135.3	--	--	--
2015	Ohio State	93	147	63.3%	992	6.7	11	4	139.2	--	--	--
2014	Ohio State	203	314	64.6%	2,834	9.0	34	10	169.8	--	--	--
Career		769	1,211	63.5%	9,434	7.8	104	30	152.3	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	Ohio State	165	798	4.8	12	--
2016	Ohio State	205	845	4.1	9	--
2015	Ohio State	115	682	5.9	11	--
2014	Ohio State	171	938	5.5	11	--
Career		656	3,263	5.0	43	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2017

W 27–21

at Wisconsin

211 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 32.0 · 60 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 on the road.

With D. Chrisman — 46 AVG · 55 LONG · 5 NO · J. Dobbins — 174 rush yds (17 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week