Justin Worley: QB · Tennessee · #14.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Justin Worley
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. One game to point at: 273 passing yards and 14 rushing yards against Utah State — Week 1, 2014.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
58.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 32.6% conversion-per-dropback — 30.0% 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
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tennessee | 157 | 252 | 62.3% | 1,579 | 6.3 | 12 | 8 | 124.3 | 34 |
| Career | 157 | 252 | 62.3% | 1,579 | 6.3 | 12 | 8 | 124.3 | 34 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Tennessee | 45 | −105 | −2.3 | 3 | 14 |
| Career | 45 | −105 | −2.3 | 3 | 14 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-7vs Utah State | 27/38 | 273 | 3 | 0 | 7.2 | 62.8 | Season-high 273 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 34-19vs Arkansas State | 22/38 | 247 | 2 | 1 | 6.5 | 68.8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34@ No. 4 Oklahoma | 21/44 | 201 | 1 | 2 | 4.6 | 9.6 | |
| Wk 5 | L 32-35@ No. 12 Georgia | 23/35 | 264 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 | 73.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 9-10vs Florida | 26/39 | 205 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | 15.3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-10vs Chattanooga | 19/24 | 198 | 3 | 0 | 8.3 | 90.8 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | L 3-34@ No. 3 Ole Miss | 19/34 | 191 | 0 | 3 | 5.6 | 13.2 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Total | 157/252 | 1579 | 12 | 8 | 6.3 | — |
Week 5 · 2014
L 32-35
at Georgia
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 245 passing plays (151 completions) against the box score's 252 attempts (157 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.52148 of 181 QBsSack rate
10.3%170 of 181 QBsSacked on 10.3% of dropbacks (170 of 181) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (148 of 181).
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 62.3% completion on 252 attempts · 21 deep completions averaging 27.3 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2014 baseline
+90
percentile points better on third down or later
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 231 | 2.0 | 6.8 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 219 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 231 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 191 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 3.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
46.5%
452 pass / 520 run
Plays / game
74.8
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2014
More passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Tennessee, 1,579 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Dooley → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
