Jeff Driskel: QB · Louisiana Tech · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jeff Driskel
Pushes it downfield on every look. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Will Muschamp and Skip Holtz. On tape: 458 passing yards and 16 rushing yards against Arkansas State, Bowl, 2015.
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
57.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 33.9% conversion-per-dropback — 38.2% 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
6 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (22.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Louisiana Tech | 281 | 450 | 62.4% | 4,033 | 9.0 | 27 | 8 | 154.0 | 73 |
| 2014 | Florida | 114 | 212 | 53.8% | 1,140 | 5.4 | 9 | 10 | 103.5 | 27 |
| Career | 395 | 662 | 59.7% | 5,173 | 7.8 | 36 | 18 | 137.8 | 59 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Louisiana Tech | 92 | 323 | 3.5 | 5 | 37 |
| 2014 | Florida | 69 | 180 | 2.6 | 4 | 18 |
| Career | 161 | 503 | 3.1 | 9 | 37 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-15vs Southern | 12/15 | 274 | 4 | 0 | 18.3 | 98.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 38-41@ Western Kentucky | 28/48 | 357 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | 67.2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 33-39@ Kansas State | 30/51 | 314 | 1 | 0 | 6.2 | 50.4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-17vs Florida International | 18/32 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 54.7 | |
| Wk 5 | W 43-14vs Louisiana | 20/33 | 290 | 2 | 0 | 8.8 | 93.8 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 6 | W 34-31@ UTSA | 28/44 | 351 | 1 | 2 | 8.0 | 54.1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-45@ Mississippi State | 25/41 | 303 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | 67.9 | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-16vs Middle Tennessee | 20/30 | 301 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 | 91.4 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 9 | W 42-17@ Rice | 17/26 | 320 | 4 | 0 | 12.3 | 96.3 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 56-13vs North Texas | 17/26 | 296 | 0 | 1 | 11.4 | 87.5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-15@ UTEP | 13/22 | 188 | 2 | 0 | 8.5 | 69.6 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-58vs Southern Miss | 27/44 | 355 | 3 | 3 | 8.1 | 42.3 | 3 TD passes · 3 INTs — rough day |
 Bowl | W 47-28vs Arkansas State | 26/38 | 458 | 3 | 0 | 12.1 | 83.5 | |
| Total | 281/450 | 4033 | 27 | 8 | 9.0 | — |
Week 1 · 2015
W 62-15
vs Southern
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 438 passing plays (270 completions) against the box score's 450 attempts (281 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.8112 of 198 QBsSack rate
3.8%48 of 198 QBsRarely sacked (48 of 198 QBs) and still 12 of 198 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 62.4% completion on 450 attempts · 52 deep completions averaging 31.6 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2015 baseline
No situation moves him more than 32 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
2015 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 290 | 2.0 | 10.6 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 306 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 322 | 2.0 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 292 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Skip Holtz
Pass share
52.9%
479 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
69.6
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2015
450 pass attempts and 92 carries in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at Florida and Louisiana Tech, 5,173 passing yards — drafted at #207 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Will Muschamp and Skip Holtz.
Next stop · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 11th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 11th NFL season
