#11

Joshua Dobbs

Former quarterback at Tennessee. 2016: 2,946 passing yards, 27 TD, 12 INT.

QB · Tennessee · #11

6′3″ · Alpharetta, GA

Watch-list name (model)Pittsburgh — drafted 2017, Rd 4, Pick 29, #135 overall

Recruiting

4★

PRO recruit

No. 161 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Tennessee. 2016: 2,946 passing yards, 27 TD, 12 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2013.
Drafted round 4 by the Pittsburgh in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tennessee, 6,443 passing yards — drafted at #135 overall by Pittsburgh.

His career

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

2013

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Alpharetta

2017

Drafted by Pittsburghround 4, pick 135

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#161 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #135

Pittsburgh · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Butch Jones

Tennessee

Played his entire career under Butch Jones.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PittsburghEntering 10th NFL season

#135Rd 4 · Pick 29

PittsburghEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Butch Jones — 25-14 over that span.

2014Tennessee7-6HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2015Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (96th percentile). Strength: rush yards (94th percentile). Concern: interceptions (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#6 / 167 · 96th pct

Rush yards#11 / 167 · 94th pct

831

Pass TDs#22 / 167 · 87th pct

Completion %#33 / 167 · 81st pct

63.0%

Yards / att#34 / 167 · 79th pct

8.3

Pass yards#38 / 167 · 78th pct

2946

Fumbles lost#132 / 163 · 14th pct

Interceptions#146 / 167 · 11th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home9g	202	2.2	8.6	0.8
Road4g	282	1.8	8.4	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	227	1.9	7.2	1.1
Weeks 8+5g	226	2.4	10.7	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Tennessee	225	357	63.0%	2,946	8.3	27	12	150.6	--	--	--
2015	Tennessee	205	344	59.6%	2,291	6.7	15	5	127.0	--	--	--
2014	Tennessee	112	177	63.3%	1,206	6.8	9	6	130.5	--	--	--
Career		542	878	61.7%	6,443	7.3	51	23	137.3	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Tennessee	150	831	5.5	12	--
2015	Tennessee	146	671	4.6	11	--
2014	Tennessee	104	469	4.5	8	--
Career		400	1,971	4.9	31	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2016

W 38–28

vs Florida

319 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 57.2 · 80 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD

Edged out Florida at home in a shootout.

With T. Daniel — 43 AVG · 53 LONG · 5 NO · J. Jennings — 3 rec · 111 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week