Jason Bean: QB · Kansas · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jason Bean
Runs when the pocket breaks down. Played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2020: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 449 passing yards and 21 rushing yards against UNLV — Bowl, 2023.
Play style
Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
68.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 48.0% conversion-per-dropback — 29.4% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas | 124 | 199 | 62.3% | 2,130 | 10.7 | 18 | 7 | 175.0 | 83 |
| 2022 | Kansas | 87 | 136 | 64.0% | 1,280 | 9.4 | 14 | 4 | 171.1 | 73 |
| 2021 | Kansas | 102 | 181 | 56.4% | 1,252 | 6.9 | 6 | 6 | 118.8 | 38 |
| 2020 | North Texas | 79 | 145 | 54.5% | 1,131 | 7.8 | 14 | 5 | 145.0 | 45 |
| 2019 | North Texas | 22 | 35 | 62.9% | 176 | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 116.2 | -- |
| 2018 | North Texas | -- | 2 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | −100.0 | -- |
| Career | 414 | 698 | 59.3% | 5,969 | 8.6 | 55 | 26 | 149.7 | 61 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kansas | 47 | 282 | 6.0 | 3 | 50 |
| 2022 | Kansas | 38 | 222 | 5.8 | 4 | 73 |
| 2021 | Kansas | 92 | 402 | 4.4 | 2 | 46 |
| 2020 | North Texas | 56 | 346 | 6.2 | 5 | 66 |
| 2019 | North Texas | 14 | 80 | 5.7 | 0 | 20 |
| 2018 | North Texas | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Career | 251 | 1,346 | 5.4 | 14 | 73 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-17vs Missouri State | 22/28 | 276 | 2 | 0 | 9.9 | 82.5 | 6 TD passes · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24@ Nevada | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-40@ No. 3 Texas | 9/21 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 6.5 | 17.2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 51-22vs UCF | 8/12 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 83.4 | |
| Wk 7 | L 32-39@ Oklahoma State | 23/34 | 410 | 5 | 2 | 12.1 | 75.6 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 38-33vs No. 6 Oklahoma | 15/32 | 218 | 0 | 2 | 6.8 | 75.8 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-21@ Iowa State | 14/23 | 287 | 1 | 0 | 12.5 | 92.1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-16vs Texas Tech | 1/4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 11.1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-16@ Cincinnati | 13/17 | 250 | 2 | 0 | 14.7 | 99.5 | Clean 2-TD game |
 Bowl | W 49-36vs UNLV | 19/28 | 449 | 6 | 3 | 16.0 | 90.1 | |
| Total | 124/199 | 2130 | 18 | 7 | 10.7 | — |
Week 7 · 2023
L 32-39
410 yds · 5 TD · 2 INT · QBR 75.6
With T. Wilson — 4 rec · 86 yds · 1 TD · Q. Skinner — 2 rec · 91 yds · 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 194 passing plays (123 completions) against the box score's 199 attempts (124 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
10.507 of 212 QBsSack rate
2.9%30 of 212 QBsRarely sacked (30 of 212 QBs) and still 7 of 212 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 62.3% completion on 199 attempts · 36 deep completions averaging 36.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 150 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 217 | 1.8 | 11.4 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 227 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 192 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
39.0%
311 pass / 487 run
Plays / game
61.4
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
199 pass attempts and 47 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at North Texas and Kansas, 5,969 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Seth Littrell and Lance Leipold.
