Justin Tomlin: QB · Georgia Southern · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Justin Tomlin
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Georgia Southern. One game to point at: 279 passing yards and 32 rushing yards against Georgia State — Week 9, 2021.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
52.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 18.5% conversion-per-dropback — 58.3% 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
1 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (5.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 74 | 143 | 51.7% | 977 | 6.8 | 2 | 9 | 101.2 | 43 |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 11 | 25 | 44.0% | 161 | 6.4 | 0 | 3 | 74.1 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 26 | 46.2% | 162 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 98.5 | -- |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 97 | 194 | 50.0% | 1,300 | 6.7 | 2 | 12 | 97.3 | 43 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia Southern | 80 | 195 | 2.4 | 2 | 76 |
| 2020 | Georgia Southern | 38 | 197 | 5.2 | 1 | 55 |
| 2019 | Georgia Southern | 30 | 196 | 6.5 | 2 | 50 |
| 2018 | Georgia Southern | 1 | −1 | −1.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 149 | 587 | 3.9 | 5 | 76 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 10-45@ No. 20 Arkansas | 11/23 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 14.6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-28vs Louisiana | 11/24 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | 11.0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-33vs Arkansas State | 1/8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 14.6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Troy | 15/22 | 210 | 0 | 3 | 9.5 | 17.4 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 7 | L 14-41@ South Alabama | 5/13 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-21vs Georgia State | 18/27 | 279 | 1 | 2 | 10.3 | 37.6 | Season-high 279 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 8-28vs No. 21 Coastal Carolina | 6/13 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 6.4 | 7.1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-30@ Texas State | 7/13 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 4.3 | |
| Total | 74/143 | 977 | 2 | 9 | 6.8 | — |
Week 3 · 2021
L 10-45
at Arkansas
65 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 14.6 · 65 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
With A. Beck II — 48 yards per punt · 10 punts · 4 inside the 20 · A. Raynor — 4 points · 32 long · 100 percent on field goals
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 128 passing plays (72 completions) against the box score's 143 attempts (74 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
3.77191 of 204 QBsSack rate
7.7%162 of 204 QBsSacked on 7.7% of dropbacks (162 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (191 of 204).
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 51.7% completion on 143 attempts · 17 deep completions averaging 30.9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 136 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 108 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 101 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 157 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Whitley
Pass share
35.4%
267 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #109 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia Southern, 1,300 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 20 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chad Lunsford → Kevin Whitley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
