#16

Joe Licata

Quarterback for Buffalo. 2015: 2,969 passing yards, 16 TD, 15 INT.

QB · Buffalo · #16

6′2″ · Williamsville, NY

Buffalo 2015 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

PRO recruit

No. 1776 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2015 quarterback for Buffalo. 2015: 2,969 passing yards, 16 TD, 15 INT.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Buffalo, 5,616 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2011

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Williamsville South

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#1776 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2015

2 coaches

2014

Alex Wood

Buffalo

2015

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Alex Wood → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Buffalo5-6HC: Alex Wood · Run-leaning

2015Buffalo5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: interceptions (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Pass yards#34 / 167 · 80th pct

2969

Completion %#45 / 167 · 73rd pct

62.4%

Pass TDs#56 / 167 · 63rd pct

Yards / att#113 / 167 · 31st pct

6.6

Rush TDs#100 / 167 · 29th pct

Rush yards#146 / 167 · 13th pct

-60

Interceptions#161 / 167 · 3rd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	298	1.3	7.3	1.3
Road6g	197	1.3	6.1	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	229	1.3	6.5	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	266	1.3	6.9	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

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

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Buffalo	280	449	62.4%	2,969	6.6	16	15	123.0	--	--	--
2014	Buffalo	224	345	64.9%	2,647	7.7	29	11	150.7	--	--	--
Career		504	794	63.5%	5,616	7.1	45	26	135.0	--	--	--

Season	Team
2015	Buffalo	33	-60	-1.8	1	--
2014	Buffalo	34	-6	-0.2	2	--
Career		67	-66	-1.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2015

W 51–14

vs UAlbany

246 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.8 · 9 rush yds (2 car)

Dominant 37-point win at home against UAlbany.

With J. Martinez — 4 rec · 35 yds · 1 TD · J. Johnson — 69 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 51-14vs UAlbany	20/26	246	2	0	9.5	90.8
Wk 2	L 14-27@ Penn State	24/35	205	2	1	5.9	30.5
Wk 3	W 33-15@ Florida Atlantic	10/20	105	0	1	5.3	10.9
Wk 4	L 21-24vs Nevada	28/46	338	2	2	7.3	72.7
Wk 5	L 22-28vs Bowling Green	35/59	348	1	1	5.9	55.1
Wk 7	L 14-51@ Central Michigan	13/25	133	1	1	5.3	59.1
Wk 8	W 41-17vs Ohio	21/32	212	0	0	6.6	85.8
Wk 9	W 29-24@ Miami (OH)	22/29	289	2	1	10.0	77.9
Wk 10	W 18-17@ Kent State	25/39	190	2	1	4.9	45.4
Wk 11	L 30-41vs Northern Illinois	31/47	354	2	3	7.5	44.4	Season-high 354 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 12	L 21-42@ Akron	32/51	262	1	2	5.1	45.3
Wk 13	L 26-31vs Massachusetts	19/40	287	1	2	7.2	32.3
Total		280/449	2969	16	15	6.7	54.2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology