Joe Burrow

Former quarterback at LSU. 2019: 5,671 passing yards, 60 TD, 6 INT.

QB · LSU · Sr. · #9

6′4″ · 216 lb · The Plains, OH

POTY finalist (model)Cincinnati — drafted 2020, No. 1 overall

The story

Former quarterback at LSU. 2019: 5,671 passing yards, 60 TD, 6 INT.

Drafted round 1 by the Cincinnati in 2020.

His career, year by year

Career, closed

Gone at No. 1 overall.

How it ended

Four seasons at LSU, 8,851 passing yards — drafted at No. 1 overall by Cincinnati.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Drafted by Cincinnatiround 1, pick 1

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #1

Cincinnati · 2020

Featured in The Canon

The 100 Best Players of the CFP Era

Program memory

LSU

The 2019 perfect season (2019)

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Ed Orgeron

LSU

Played his entire career under Ed Orgeron.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CincinnatiEntering 7th NFL season

#1Rd 1 · Pick 1

CincinnatiEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Ohio State11-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

2018LSU10-3HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-leaning

2019LSU15-0HC: Ed Orgeron · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (100th percentile). Strength: pass tds (100th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#1 / 177 · 100th pct

5671

Pass TDs#1 / 177 · 100th pct

Completion %#1 / 177 · 100th pct

76.3%

Yards / att#6 / 177 · 97th pct

10.8

Rush yards#38 / 177 · 79th pct

369

Rush TDs#37 / 177 · 77th pct

Fumbles lost#23 / 166 · 74th pct

Interceptions#83 / 177 · 49th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home10g	359	3.8	10.9	0.3
Road5g	416	4.4	11.1	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	389	4.6	11.6	0.4
Weeks 8+7g	365	3.3	10.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

POTY finalist (model)

Our Heisman model has him in the top five; no finalist honor is on the books yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	LSU	402	527	76.3%	5,671	10.8	60	6	202.0	--	--	--
2018	LSU	219	379	57.8%	2,893	7.6	16	5	133.2	--	--	--
2017	Ohio State	7	11	63.6%	61	5.5	0	0	110.2	--	--	--
2016	Ohio State	22	28	78.6%	226	8.1	2	0	169.9	--	--	--
Career		650	945	68.8%	8,851	9.4	78	11	172.4	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	LSU	115	369	3.2	5	--
2018	LSU	128	399	3.1	7	--
2017	Ohio State	3	-5	-1.7	0	--
2016	Ohio State	12	58	4.8	1	--
Career		258	821	3.2	13	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2019

W 46–41

at Alabama

393 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 64 rush yds (14 car)

Edged out Alabama on the road in a shootout.

With C. Edwards-Helaire — 103 rush yds (20 car) · 3 TD · Z. Von Rosenberg — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week