James Blackman: QB · Arkansas State · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Blackman
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Odell Haggins, Willie Taggart, Mike Norvell and Butch Jones. A game that shows it: 287 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Old Dominion — Week 4, 2022.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
57.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 15.9% conversion-per-dropback — 67.7% 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
1 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (6.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 223 | 347 | 64.3% | 2,473 | 7.1 | 14 | 3 | 135.7 | 41 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 109 | 184 | 59.2% | 1,334 | 7.2 | 8 | 4 | 130.1 | 39 |
| 2020 | Florida State | 43 | 76 | 56.6% | 365 | 4.8 | 2 | 3 | 97.7 | 30 |
| 2019 | Florida State | 184 | 292 | 63.0% | 2,339 | 8.0 | 17 | 11 | 142.0 | 59 |
| 2018 | Florida State | 33 | 51 | 64.7% | 516 | 10.1 | 5 | 1 | 178.1 | -- |
| 2017 | Florida State | 173 | 297 | 58.2% | 2,230 | 7.5 | 19 | 11 | 135.0 | 43 |
| Career | 765 | 1,247 | 61.3% | 9,257 | 7.4 | 65 | 33 | 135.6 | 45 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 61 | −120 | −2.0 | 3 | 30 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 32 | −39 | −1.2 | 0 | 24 |
| 2020 | Florida State | 17 | −23 | −1.4 | 0 | 16 |
| 2019 | Florida State | 68 | 41 | 0.6 | 1 | 35 |
| 2018 | Florida State | 11 | −26 | −2.4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2017 | Florida State | 65 | −42 | −0.6 | 0 | 21 |
| Career | 254 | −209 | −0.8 | 4 | 35 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-3vs Grambling | 15/20 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 10.5 | 97.8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-45@ No. 3 Ohio State | 20/34 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 59.4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-44@ Memphis | 25/34 | 275 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 81.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 4 | L 26-29@ Old Dominion | 23/35 | 287 | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 26.3 | Season-high 287 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 45-28vs UL Monroe | 25/32 | 254 | 2 | 0 | 7.9 | 77.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 6 | L 20-42vs James Madison | 16/26 | 247 | 2 | 0 | 9.5 | 53.4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-20@ Southern Miss | 25/34 | 236 | 2 | 0 | 6.9 | 66.8 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-31vs South Alabama | 22/39 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 14.5 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-33vs Massachusetts | 10/18 | 142 | 2 | 1 | 7.9 | 16.3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-16@ Texas State | 22/40 | 237 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 33.8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-48vs Troy | 20/35 | 220 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 33.5 | |
| Total | 223/347 | 2473 | 14 | 3 | 7.1 | — |
Week 1 · 2022
W 58-3
vs Grambling
210 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.8 · 11 rush yds (2 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 55-point win at home against Grambling.
With J. Lang — 124 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 23 yds · C. Flemings — 7 rec · 122 yds · 1 TD
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 339 passing plays (217 completions) against the box score's 347 attempts (223 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.32103 of 206 QBsSack rate
8.2%162 of 206 QBsSacked on 8.2% of dropbacks (162 of 206) — and still 103 of 206 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 64.3% completion on 347 attempts · 28 deep completions averaging 29.4 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 208 | 1.3 | 7.8 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 245 | 1.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 242 | 1.6 | 8.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 194 | 0.8 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
51.6%
396 pass / 372 run
Plays / game
64.0
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
347 pass attempts and 61 carries in 11 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #88 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Florida State and Arkansas State, 9,257 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over six seasons.
The snaps went the other way.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
5 coachesPlayed for 5 head coaches at 2 schools: Jimbo Fisher, Willie Taggart, Odell Haggins, Mike Norvell and Butch Jones.
