Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11/133rd/4th & short
6/31Inside-5 share
11 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (84.6%). 6 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (19.4%).
John Busha
John Busha: QB · Air Force · #3.
John Busha
Two seasons in the Air Force quarterback room to date. A game that shows it: 175 passing yards and 31 rushing yards against Colorado State — Week 8, 2024.
Style of play
Style of play
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Air Force in the news
- Air Force names new QB
Colorado Springs Gazette Oct 26 - Serviceman dies in rappelling accident
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-6vs Merrimack | 6/14 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 30.2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-17vs San José State | 7/20 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2.7 | 3.7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-31@ Baylor | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-31@ Wyoming | 6/13 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 6.2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-34vs Navy | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-21vs Colorado State | 10/25 | 175 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 | 34.7 | Season-high 175 yds |
| Total | 29/79 | 415 | 1 | 5 | 5.3 | — |
Signature game
Week 8 · 2024
L 13-21
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Colorado State · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +4.05John Busha pass complete to Bruin Fleischmann for 38 yds to the CSU 33 for a
- Week 5 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −3.25John Busha sacked by Tyce Westland and Sabastian Harsh for a loss of 12 yards to the AFA 44
- Week 1 · Merrimack · 4th and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.15John Busha pass complete to Quin Smith for 12 yds to the MRMK 26 for a
- Week 5 · Wyoming · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +2.93John Busha pass complete to Cade Harris for 33 yds to the WYO 16 for a
- Week 8 · Colorado State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.90John Busha pass complete to Tylor Latham for 33 yds for a TD (Matthew Dapore KICK)
- Week 8 · Colorado State · 4th and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.79John Busha run for 12 yds to the AFA 43 for a
4 more plays
- Week 2 · San José State · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA −2.66John Busha pass intercepted Robert Rahimi return for no gain to the SJSU 25
- Week 8 · Colorado State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.45John Busha pass complete to Quin Smith for 39 yds to the CSU 25 for a
- Week 3 · Baylor · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.32John Busha run for 10 yds to the BAY 35 for a
- Week 8 · Colorado State · 3rd and 14 · Q3 · EPA −2.23John Busha pass intercepted, touchback. Dylan Phelps return for no gain
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
78 of 79 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 78 passing plays (28 completions) against the box score's 79 attempts (29 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
2.11204 of 205 QBsSack rate
6.0%109 of 205 QBsSacked on 6.0% of dropbacks (109 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (204 of 205).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds50%of completions
14 comp6.2 yds avg
Middle
10–19 yds14%of completions
4 comp12.2 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds36%of completions
10 comp27.5 yds avg1 TD
Overall 36.7% completion on 79 attempts · 10 deep completions averaging 27.5 yds.
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 14-11 over that span.
2023Air Force9-4HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2024Air Force5-7HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 75.0 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 1.2 |
| Road2g | 57.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 48.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 175 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
17.2%
138 pass / 664 run
Plays / game
66.8
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
79 pass attempts and 78 carries in 6 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Two seasons at Air Force
- 2024 Air Force CalhounYear 2 · 6 games
- 2023 Air Force CalhounYear 1 · 3 games
How it ended
Two seasons at Air Force, 567 passing yards — the college career is complete.