Kedon Slovis: QB · BYU · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kedon Slovis
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The five seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, Pat Narduzzi and Kalani Sitake. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Pac-12. On tape: 357 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Kansas, Week 4, 2023.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
52.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 13.9% conversion-per-dropback — 72.2% 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
4 of the team's 15 inside-the-5 carries (26.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BYU | 153 | 266 | 57.5% | 1,716 | 6.5 | 12 | 6 | 122.1 | 36 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 184 | 315 | 58.4% | 2,391 | 7.6 | 10 | 9 | 126.9 | 56 |
| 2021 | USC | 193 | 297 | 65.0% | 2,153 | 7.2 | 11 | 8 | 132.7 | 56 |
| 2020 | USC | 177 | 262 | 67.6% | 1,921 | 7.3 | 17 | 7 | 145.2 | 58 |
| 2019 | USC | 282 | 392 | 71.9% | 3,502 | 8.9 | 30 | 9 | 167.6 | 79 |
| Career | 989 | 1,532 | 64.6% | 11,683 | 7.6 | 80 | 39 | 140.8 | 60 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | BYU | 29 | −41 | −1.4 | 3 | 21 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 25 | −68 | −2.7 | 0 | 14 |
| 2021 | USC | 26 | −36 | −1.4 | 0 | 11 |
| 2020 | USC | 23 | −57 | −2.5 | 0 | 24 |
| 2019 | USC | 45 | −57 | −1.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 148 | −259 | −1.8 | 3 | 24 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-0vs Sam Houston | 20/33 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 32.9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-16vs Southern Utah | 22/32 | 348 | 4 | 1 | 10.9 | 81.7 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 38-31@ Arkansas | 13/25 | 167 | 2 | 0 | 6.7 | 70.6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-38@ Kansas | 30/51 | 357 | 2 | 2 | 7.0 | 59.2 | Season-high 357 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 35-27vs Cincinnati | 13/24 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 9.3 | 79.6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 11-44@ TCU | 15/34 | 152 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 9.1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-14vs Texas Tech | 15/27 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 4.7 | 62.9 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-35@ No. 7 Texas | 25/40 | 197 | 0 | 2 | 4.9 | 27.9 | |
| Total | 153/266 | 1716 | 12 | 6 | 6.5 | — |
Week 2 · 2023
W 41-16
348 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 81.7
Dominant 25-point win at home against Southern Utah.
With R. Rehkow — 47 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · P. Kingston — 1 rec · 19 yds · -1 rush yds (1 car)
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 211 | 2.0 | 7.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 218 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 232 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 162 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
52.7%
395 pass / 355 run
Plays / game
62.5
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at USC, Pittsburgh and BYU, 11,683 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
Played for three programs.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Pac-12 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, Pat Narduzzi and Kalani Sitake.
