Jerod Evans: QB · Virginia Tech · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jerod Evans
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. On tape: 406 passing yards and 33 rushing yards against Pittsburgh, Week 9, 2016.
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
58.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 34.0% conversion-per-dropback — 36.0% 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
14 of 20 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.0%). 12 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (52.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 268 | 422 | 63.5% | 3,552 | 8.4 | 29 | 8 | 153.1 | 63 |
| Career | 268 | 422 | 63.5% | 3,552 | 8.4 | 29 | 8 | 153.1 | 63 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Virginia Tech | 204 | 846 | 4.1 | 12 | 55 |
| Career | 204 | 846 | 4.1 | 12 | 55 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-13vs Liberty | 20/32 | 221 | 4 | 0 | 6.9 | 90.7 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 24-45vs No. 17 Tennessee | 20/28 | 214 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 59.8 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-0vs Boston College | 16/23 | 253 | 5 | 1 | 11.0 | 88.4 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 54-17vs East Carolina | 13/20 | 282 | 3 | 0 | 14.1 | 93.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 34-3@ No. 17 North Carolina | 7/17 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 4.4 | 43.3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-31@ Syracuse | 20/33 | 307 | 2 | 1 | 9.3 | 62.0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-16vs Miami | 21/33 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 7.8 | 71.2 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 9 | W 39-36@ Pittsburgh | 24/40 | 406 | 2 | 0 | 10.1 | 85.0 | Season-high 406 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21@ Duke | 15/27 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 76.1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-30vs Georgia Tech | 32/45 | 316 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 41.9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-31@ Notre Dame | 22/29 | 267 | 2 | 1 | 9.2 | 73.8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-10vs Virginia | 16/27 | 253 | 2 | 0 | 9.4 | 77.9 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 14 | L 35-42vs No. 3 Clemson | 21/35 | 264 | 1 | 2 | 7.5 | 45.1 | |
 Bowl | W 35-24vs Arkansas | 21/33 | 243 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | 47.7 | |
| Total | 268/422 | 3552 | 29 | 8 | 8.4 | — |
Week 8 · 2016
W 37-16
vs Miami
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 414 passing plays (260 completions) against the box score's 422 attempts (268 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.9726 of 193 QBsSack rate
7.0%132 of 193 QBsSacked on 7.0% of dropbacks (132 of 193) — and still 26 of 193 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 63.5% completion on 422 attempts · 53 deep completions averaging 30.8 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2016 baseline
No situation moves him more than 41 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
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 264 | 2.8 | 9.4 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 249 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 228 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 280 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
42.2%
446 pass / 610 run
Plays / game
75.4
14 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2016.
How it ended
One season at Virginia Tech, 3,552 passing yards — the college career is complete.
