Kurt Benkert

Quarterback for Virginia. 2017: 3,207 passing yards, 25 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Virginia · #6

6′4″ · 215 lb · Cape Coral, FL

Virginia 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1072 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 quarterback for Virginia. 2017: 3,207 passing yards, 25 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Virginia, 5,817 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2013

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Island Coast

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1072 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014

Mike London

Virginia

2016–2017

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Mike London → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014East Carolina8-5HC: Ruffin McNeill · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Virginia2-10HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2017Virginia6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (87th percentile). Strength: pass tds (84th percentile). Concern: rush yards (10th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#24 / 179 · 87th pct

3207

Pass TDs#27 / 179 · 84th pct

Completion %#91 / 179 · 49th pct

58.5%

Interceptions#130 / 179 · 23rd pct

Yards / att#142 / 179 · 20th pct

6.3

Fumbles lost#119 / 163 · 19th pct

Rush TDs#136 / 179 · 12th pct

Rush yards#162 / 179 · 10th pct

-63

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Virginia	298	509	58.5%	3,207	6.3	25	9	124.1	--	--	--
2016	Virginia	228	406	56.2%	2,552	6.3	21	11	120.6	--	--	--
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	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	Virginia	65	-63	-1.0	0	--
2016	Virginia	60	-94	-1.6	0	--
2014	East Carolina	5	23	4.6	2	--
Career		130	-134	-1.0	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2017

W 42–23

at Boise State

273 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.8 · 6 rush yds (3 car)

With L. Coleman — 39 AVG · 60 LONG · 5 NO · A. Levrone — 5 rec · 141 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week