Jamie Newman: QB · Georgia.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jamie Newman
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. On tape: 401 passing yards and 36 rushing yards against Utah State, Week 1, 2019.
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
53.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 39.1% conversion-per-dropback — 18.2% 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
17 of 22 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (77.3%). 8 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (30.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 220 | 361 | 60.9% | 2,868 | 7.9 | 26 | 11 | 145.3 | 63 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 84 | 140 | 60.0% | 1,083 | 7.7 | 9 | 3 | 141.9 | 55 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 16.8 | -- |
| Career | 306 | 505 | 60.6% | 3,959 | 7.8 | 35 | 15 | 143.4 | 61 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Wake Forest | 180 | 574 | 3.2 | 6 | 50 |
| 2018 | Wake Forest | 64 | 247 | 3.9 | 4 | 27 |
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Career | 245 | 826 | 3.4 | 10 | 50 |
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 | W 38-35vs Utah State | 34/47 | 401 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 | 66.4 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 41-21@ Rice | 21/27 | 312 | 3 | 0 | 11.6 | 92.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 24-18vs North Carolina | 14/26 | 214 | 1 | 1 | 8.2 | 68.1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-7vs Elon | 27/35 | 351 | 5 | 1 | 10.0 | 88.4 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | W 27-24@ Boston College | 21/33 | 243 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | 76.9 | |
| Wk 7 | L 59-62vs Louisville | 24/41 | 251 | 3 | 2 | 6.1 | 46.2 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 44-10vs NC State | 25/38 | 287 | 3 | 0 | 7.6 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Virginia Tech | 16/35 | 238 | 2 | 2 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-52@ No. 3 Clemson | 6/14 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 2.9 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 39-27vs Duke | 14/25 | 284 | 1 | 0 | 11.4 | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 30-39@ Syracuse | 6/13 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | — | |
 Bowl | L 21-27vs Michigan State | 12/27 | 175 | 3 | 1 | 6.5 | — | |
| Total | 220/361 | 2868 | 26 | 11 | 7.9 | — |
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 360 passing plays (219 completions) against the box score's 361 attempts (220 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.2665 of 205 QBsSack rate
5.7%95 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (95 of 205 QBs) and still 65 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 60.9% completion on 361 attempts · 38 deep completions averaging 35.0 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2019 baseline
+60
percentile points better on third down or later
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.
3 seasons under Dave Clawson — 23-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 298 | 2.7 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 181 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 278 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 184 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.7%
468 pass / 580 run
Plays / game
80.6
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
361 pass attempts and 180 carries in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Wake Forest, 3,959 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Dave Clawson and Kirby Smart.
