John Rhys Plumlee: QB · UCF · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
John Rhys Plumlee
Runs when the pocket breaks down. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin and Gus Malzahn. The first one came in 2022: AAC Offensive Player of the Week. On tape: 299 passing yards and 74 rushing yards against Oklahoma State, Week 11, 2023.
Play style
Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
56.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 32.0% conversion-per-dropback — 38.5% 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
3 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (9.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-6vs Kent State | 22/30 | 281 | 3 | 2 | 9.4 | 87.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ Boise State | 16/24 | 272 | 0 | 2 | 11.3 | 53.9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-51@ Kansas | 3/7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 13.5 | |
| Wk 8 | L 29-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 16/30 | 248 | 2 | 0 | 8.3 | 66.6 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-41vs West Virginia | 25/36 | 274 | 3 | 3 | 7.6 | 68.8 | 3 TD passes · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 10 | W 28-26@ Cincinnati | 13/23 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 74.2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-3vs No. 15 Oklahoma State | 11/18 | 299 | 3 | 0 | 16.6 | 96.4 | Season-high 299 yds |
| Wk 12 | L 23-24@ Texas Tech | 16/32 | 248 | 1 | 1 | 7.8 | 73.8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-13vs Houston | 23/27 | 253 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 | 91.0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-30vs Georgia Tech | 16/29 | 198 | 2 | 0 | 6.8 | 45.5 | |
| Total | 161/256 | 2271 | 15 | 8 | 8.9 | — |
Week 11 · 2023
W 45-3
299 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.4 · 74 rush yds (14 car)
Dominant 42-point win at home against Oklahoma State.
With R. Harvey — 206 rush yds (24 car) · 3 TD · M. McCarthy — 44.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
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 231 passing plays (155 completions) against the box score's 256 attempts (161 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.0143 of 212 QBsSack rate
4.1%58 of 212 QBsRarely sacked (58 of 212 QBs) and still 43 of 212 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 62.9% completion on 256 attempts · 33 deep completions averaging 36.6 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 277 | 2.5 | 10.8 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 193 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 196 | 1.2 | 8.1 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 248 | 1.7 | 9.5 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gus Malzahn
Pass share
41.0%
365 pass / 526 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
256 pass attempts and 106 carries in 10 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #33 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Ole Miss and UCF, 5,824 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Matt Luke, Lane Kiffin and Gus Malzahn.
