Jarrett Stidham: QB · Auburn · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jarrett Stidham
Pushes it downfield on every look. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Art Briles and Gus Malzahn. The first one came in 2017: All-SEC. One game to point at: 373 passing yards and 6 rushing yards against Purdue — Bowl, 2018.
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
51.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.9% conversion-per-dropback — 36.4% 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
4 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (13.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-16vs No. 6 Washington | 26/36 | 274 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | — | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 63-9vs Alabama State | 6/11 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 10.3 | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-22vs No. 12 LSU | 16/28 | 198 | 1 | 2 | 7.1 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-3vs Arkansas | 15/22 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-13vs Southern Miss | 19/33 | 245 | 2 | 0 | 7.4 | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-23@ Mississippi State | 19/38 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-30vs Tennessee | 28/45 | 322 | 2 | 2 | 7.2 | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-16@ Ole Miss | 13/22 | 215 | 1 | 0 | 9.8 | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-24vs No. 25 Texas A&M | 18/29 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 8.2 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-27@ No. 5 Georgia | 24/36 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 53-0vs Liberty | 12/18 | 178 | 2 | 0 | 9.9 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-52@ No. 1 Alabama | 13/30 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | — | |
 Bowl | W 63-14vs Purdue | 15/21 | 373 | 5 | 0 | 17.8 | — | |
| Total | 224/369 | 2795 | 18 | 5 | 7.6 | — |
Bowl · 2018
W 63-14
vs Purdue · neutral site
373 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT
Dominant 49-point win at a neutral site against Purdue.
With D. Slayton — 3 rec · 160 yds · 3 TD · J. Whitlow — 1 rec · 66 yds · 1 TD · 10 rush yds (7 car) · 2 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 364 passing plays (219 completions) against the box score's 369 attempts (224 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.0767 of 207 QBsSack rate
5.9%90 of 207 QBsRarely sacked (90 of 207 QBs) and still 67 of 207 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 60.7% completion on 369 attempts · 37 deep completions averaging 35.9 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2018 baseline
No situation moves him more than 13 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
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 204 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 180 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 234 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 184 | 1.2 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
43.9%
382 pass / 489 run
Plays / game
67.0
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
369 pass attempts and 71 carries in 13 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Baylor and Auburn, 7,218 passing yards — drafted at #133 overall by the New England Patriots.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2018
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Art Briles and Gus Malzahn.
Next stop · NFL
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
New England PatriotsEntering 8th NFL season
