Jason Driskel: QB · Florida Atlantic · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jason Driskel
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. The three seasons at Florida Atlantic span two head coaches: Charlie Partridge and Lane Kiffin. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 357 passing yards and 68 rushing yards against North Texas — Week 8, 2017.
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
55.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 30.6% conversion-per-dropback — 42.1% 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
5 of the team's 43 inside-the-5 carries (11.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roost Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 185 | 278 | 66.5% | 2,247 | 8.1 | 15 | 4 | 149.4 | 65 |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 200 | 327 | 61.2% | 2,420 | 7.4 | 9 | 11 | 125.7 | 43 |
| 2015 | Florida Atlantic | 77 | 151 | 51.0% | 965 | 6.4 | 3 | 4 | 105.9 | 53 |
| Career | 462 | 756 | 61.1% | 5,632 | 7.4 | 27 | 19 | 130.4 | 53 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 84 | 427 | 5.1 | 8 | 39 |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 80 | 242 | 3.0 | 4 | 29 |
| 2015 | Florida Atlantic | 28 | 22 | 0.8 | 1 | 20 |
| Career | 192 | 691 | 3.6 | 13 | 39 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 45-0vs Bethune-Cookman | 4/6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Buffalo | 17/29 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 5.2 | 23.6 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-20vs Middle Tennessee | 22/29 | 187 | 1 | 0 | 6.4 | 83.9 | |
| Wk 6 | W 58-28@ Old Dominion | 13/22 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 4.4 | 86.4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 69-31vs North Texas | 24/35 | 357 | 2 | 0 | 10.2 | 96.8 | Season-high 357 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 42-28@ Western Kentucky | 10/24 | 93 | 1 | 1 | 3.9 | 16.9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-25vs Marshall | 11/17 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 55.0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-23@ Louisiana Tech | 14/17 | 221 | 2 | 0 | 13.0 | 99.5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-24vs Florida International | 18/25 | 239 | 4 | 1 | 9.6 | 83.0 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | W 31-12@ Charlotte | 18/22 | 245 | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 87.7 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-17vs North Texas | 15/27 | 269 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 67.3 | |
 Bowl | W 50-3vs Akron | 19/25 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 10.8 | 94.6 | |
| Total | 185/278 | 2247 | 15 | 4 | 8.1 | — |
Week 8 · 2017
W 69-31
vs North Texas
357 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.8 · 68 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 38-point win at home against North Texas.
With D. Singletary — 123 rush yds (17 car) · 3 TD · 1 rec · 45 yds · K. Whyte Jr. — 86 rush yds (2 car) · 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
Adjusted ANY/A
8.2525 of 205 QBsSack rate
2.1%11 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (11 of 205 QBs) and still 25 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 66.5% completion on 278 attempts · 31 deep completions averaging 36.3 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2017 baseline
No situation moves him more than 38 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
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 206 | 1.4 | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 161 | 1.0 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 144 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 218 | 1.7 | 9.1 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
35.4%
361 pass / 658 run
Plays / game
72.8
14 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Florida Atlantic, 5,632 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
