Senior quarterback for Utah State. 2025: 323 passing yards, 4 TD, 0 INT.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Chandler, AZ
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
4 TD · 0 INT · 8.3 per attempt
Best game: 92 pass yds, 2 TD, -1 rush yds, at Vanderbilt
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Utah State. 2025: 323 passing yards, 4 TD, 0 INT.
Jacob Conover
Jacob Conover has played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The receipt on tape: 92 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Vanderbilt, Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The snaps went the other way.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Blake Anderson, Nate Dreiling, and Bronco Mendenhall. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: yards / att (84th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 55.7 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 78.0 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 58.5 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 89.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 24 | 39 | 61.5% | 323 | 8.3 | 4 | 0 | 165.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 96.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 11 | 38 | 28.9% | 130 | 3.4 | 0 | 3 | 41.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | BYU | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | BYU | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 87.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 42 | 92 | 45.7% | 520 | 5.7 | 4 | 3 | 101.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Utah State | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 10 | -5 | -0.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | BYU | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | BYU | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 22 | 24 | 1.1 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 48–7
vs McNeese
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 48-7vs McNeese | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-55@ Vanderbilt | 11/14 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 | 81.4 | Season-high 92 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 26-44@ Hawai'i | 4/10 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 48.9 | |
| Wk 11 | W 51-14vs Nevada | 4/8 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 32.5 | |
| Bowl | L 21-34vs Washington State | 5/6 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 98.9 | |
| Total | 24/39 | 323 | 4 | 0 | 7.4 | 52.5 |
2026 Outlook
Utah State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Utah State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Utah State · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #123 · 2026 recruiting class #97