Kurt Benkert: QB · Virginia · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kurt Benkert
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Ruffin McNeill and Bronco Mendenhall. One game to point at: 455 passing yards and 10 rushing yards against UConn — Week 3, 2017.
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
56.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 23.0% conversion-per-dropback — 56.2% 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
2 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (10.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Daily Progress Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Virginia | 298 | 509 | 58.5% | 3,207 | 6.3 | 25 | 9 | 124.1 | 38 |
| 2016 | Virginia | 228 | 406 | 56.2% | 2,552 | 6.3 | 21 | 11 | 120.6 | 24 |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 8 | 10 | 80.0% | 58 | 5.8 | 0 | 1 | 108.7 | -- |
| Career | 534 | 925 | 57.7% | 5,817 | 6.3 | 46 | 21 | 122.4 | 32 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Virginia | 65 | −63 | −1.0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2016 | Virginia | 60 | −94 | −1.6 | 0 | 13 |
| 2014 | East Carolina | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 2 | 9 |
| Career | 130 | −134 | −1.0 | 2 | 15 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-10vs William & Mary | 27/39 | 262 | 3 | 0 | 6.7 | 73.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 17-34vs Indiana | 39/66 | 259 | 1 | 0 | 3.9 | 48.2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-18vs UConn | 30/40 | 455 | 3 | 1 | 11.4 | 88.5 | Season-high 455 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 42-23@ Boise State | 19/29 | 273 | 3 | 0 | 9.4 | 87.8 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 28-21vs Duke | 24/43 | 182 | 3 | 2 | 4.2 | 35.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 20-14@ North Carolina | 19/31 | 249 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 40.2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-41vs Boston College | 17/33 | 126 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 12.0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-31@ Pittsburgh | 22/42 | 212 | 2 | 1 | 5.0 | 39.3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-36vs Georgia Tech | 21/43 | 260 | 3 | 1 | 6.0 | 26.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 21-38@ Louisville | 19/36 | 214 | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 18.9 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-44@ No. 2 Miami | 28/37 | 384 | 4 | 1 | 10.4 | 60.3 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | L 0-10vs No. 24 Virginia Tech | 17/34 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 28.8 | |
 Bowl | L 7-49@ Navy | 16/36 | 145 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 10.7 | |
| Total | 298/509 | 3207 | 25 | 9 | 6.3 | — |
Week 12 · 2017
L 28-44
at Miami
384 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 60.3
With J. Reed — 2 rec · 81 yds · 1 TD · 27 rush yds (5 car) · L. Coleman — 37 yards per punt · 4 punts · 45 long
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
5.83124 of 205 QBsSack rate
5.7%95 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (95 of 205), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (124 of 205).
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 58.5% completion on 509 attempts · 41 deep completions averaging 33.1 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2017 baseline
No situation moves him more than 49 percentile points from his baseline.
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
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 247 | 1.9 | 5.9 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 246 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 261 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 230 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
57.8%
518 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
509 pass attempts and 65 carries in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at East Carolina and Virginia, 5,817 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Ruffin McNeill and Bronco Mendenhall.
