John O'Korn

Quarterback for Michigan. 2017: 973 passing yards, 2 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Michigan · #8

6′4″ · 211 lb · Huntingdon, PA

Michigan 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 quarterback for Michigan. 2017: 973 passing yards, 2 TD, 6 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan, 2,097 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 270 yds at Purdue.Purdue · W 28-102017

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Brady Hoke

Michigan

2016–2017

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Houston8-5HC: Tony Levine · Balanced

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: pass tds (2nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#26 / 163 · 68th pct

Interceptions#73 / 179 · 53rd pct

Pass yards#137 / 179 · 24th pct

973

Completion %#145 / 179 · 19th pct

53.5%

Yards / att#148 / 179 · 16th pct

6.2

Rush TDs#136 / 179 · 12th pct

Rush yards#160 / 179 · 11th pct

-54

Pass TDs#174 / 179 · 2nd pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	135	0.3	4.7	1.7
Road6g	94.5	0.2	12.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	116	0.2	14.6	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	98.2	0.2	4.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Michigan	84	157	53.5%	973	6.2	2	6	102.1	--	--	--
2016	Michigan	20	34	58.8%	173	5.1	2	0	121.0	--	--	--
2014	Houston	90	173	52.0%	951	5.5	6	8	100.4	--	--	--
Career		194	364	53.3%	2,097	5.8	10	14	103.1	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	Michigan	44	-54	-1.2	0	--
2016	Michigan	12	31	2.6	0	--
2014	Houston	32	17	0.5	1	--
Career		88	-6	-0.1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2017

W 27–20

at Indiana

58 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 25.6 · 8 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With B. Robbins — 40 AVG · 49 LONG · 9 NO · K. Higdon — 200 rush yds (25 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 33-17@ Florida	1/1	37	0	0	37.0	26.4
Wk 4	W 28-10@ Purdue	18/26	270	1	1	10.4	84.9	Season-high 270 yds
Wk 6	L 10-14vs Michigan State	16/35	198	0	3	5.7	19.9	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 7	W 27-20@ Indiana	10/20	58	0	0	2.9	25.6
Wk 8	L 13-42@ Penn State	16/28	166	0	0	5.9	33.1
Wk 9	W 35-14vs Rutgers	3/6	13	0	1	2.2	1.0
Wk 12	L 10-24@ Wisconsin	2/8	19	0	0	2.4	1.9
Wk 13	L 20-31vs Ohio State	17/32	195	1	1	6.1	15.1
Bowl	L 19-26@ South Carolina	1/1	17	0	0	17.0	99.0
Total		84/157	973	2	6	10.0	34.1

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