James Morgan: QB · Florida International · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Morgan
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Jinks and Butch Davis. On tape: 394 passing yards and 7 rushing yards against Louisiana Tech, Week 4, 2019.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
46.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 35.6% conversion-per-dropback — 20.0% 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 22 inside-the-5 carries (4.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Florida International | 207 | 357 | 58.0% | 2,560 | 7.2 | 14 | 5 | 128.4 | 49 |
| 2018 | Florida International | 213 | 326 | 65.3% | 2,727 | 8.4 | 26 | 7 | 157.6 | 64 |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 96 | 212 | 45.3% | 1,260 | 5.9 | 9 | 7 | 102.6 | 23 |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 183 | 326 | 56.1% | 2,082 | 6.4 | 16 | 15 | 116.8 | 34 |
| Career | 699 | 1,221 | 57.2% | 8,629 | 7.1 | 65 | 34 | 128.6 | 45 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Florida International | 31 | −34 | −1.1 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | Florida International | 29 | −40 | −1.4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 26 | −37 | −1.4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 45 | −72 | −1.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Career | 131 | −183 | −1.4 | 3 | 15 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-42@ Tulane | 19/34 | 208 | 1 | 1 | 6.1 | 33.2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-20vs Western Kentucky | 3/11 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 9.2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-43@ Louisiana Tech | 29/41 | 394 | 2 | 1 | 9.6 | 88.8 | Season-high 394 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 44-0vs Massachusetts | 19/31 | 263 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 | 85.4 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 7 | W 48-23vs Charlotte | 13/16 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 94.6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 32-17vs UTEP | 9/17 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 8.8 | 78.6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-50@ Middle Tennessee | 16/32 | 208 | 2 | 0 | 6.5 | 78.0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-17vs Old Dominion | 20/33 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-37@ Florida Atlantic | 20/37 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-24vs Miami | 16/30 | 160 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 27-30@ Marshall | 21/37 | 236 | 1 | 1 | 6.4 | — | |
 Bowl | L 26-34vs Arkansas State | 22/38 | 312 | 1 | 2 | 8.2 | — | |
| Total | 207/357 | 2560 | 14 | 5 | 7.2 | — |
Week 4 · 2019
L 31-43
394 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 88.8
With A. Maloney — 5 rec · 113 yds · T. Heatherly — 50.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 57 long
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.9680 of 205 QBsSack rate
3.0%20 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (20 of 205 QBs) and still 80 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 58.0% completion on 357 attempts · 36 deep completions averaging 30.9 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2019 baseline
No situation moves him more than 31 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.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 168 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 248 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 227 | 1.3 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 200 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
44.9%
388 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
357 pass attempts and 31 carries in 12 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Bowling Green and Florida International, 8,629 passing yards — drafted at #125 overall by the New York Jets.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Dino Babers, Mike Jinks and Butch Davis.
Next stop · NFL
New York JetsEntering 7th NFL season
New York JetsEntering 7th NFL season
