Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/25Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (8.0%).
Layne Hatcher
Layne Hatcher: QB · Ball State · #3.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Layne Hatcher
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 316 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Western Michigan — Week 5, 2023.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Ball State in the news
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ball State | 65 | 98 | 66.3% | 583 | 5.9 | 4 | 0 | 129.8 | 27 |
| 2022 | Texas State | 273 | 440 | 62.0% | 2,654 | 6.0 | 19 | 10 | 122.4 | 20 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 201 | 341 | 58.9% | 2,423 | 7.1 | 19 | 13 | 129.4 | 36 |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 117 | 195 | 60.0% | 2,058 | 10.6 | 19 | 2 | 178.8 | 72 |
| 2019 | Arkansas State | 204 | 310 | 65.8% | 2,954 | 9.5 | 27 | 10 | 168.1 | 67 |
| Career | 860 | 1,384 | 62.1% | 10,672 | 7.7 | 88 | 35 | 142.8 | 44 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ball State | 20 | −53 | −2.6 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | Texas State | 50 | −151 | −3.0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 50 | −54 | −1.1 | 1 | 40 |
| 2020 | Arkansas State | 43 | 15 | 0.3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2019 | Arkansas State | 79 | 46 | 0.6 | 1 | 22 |
| Career | 242 | −197 | −0.8 | 4 | 40 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-44@ Kentucky | 6/8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 55.4 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-45@ No. 1 Georgia | 10/16 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 81.5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7vs Indiana State | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ Western Michigan | 26/37 | 316 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 | 52.7 | Season-high 316 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 10-24@ Eastern Michigan | 20/33 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 25.3 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-3vs Kent State | 3/3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 95.4 | |
| Total | 65/98 | 583 | 4 | 0 | 5.9 | — |
Signature game
Week 5 · 2023
L 24-42
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 5 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.47Layne Hatcher pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 57 yds for a TD (Jackson Courville KICK)
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 4th and 7 · Q4 · EPA −3.79Layne Hatcher pass complete to Marquez Cooper for no gain to the EMU 7
- Week 5 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Layne Hatcher pass complete to Qian Magwood for 32 yds for a TD (Jackson Courville KICK)
- Week 2 · Georgia · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Layne Hatcher pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 28 yds to the BALL 48 for a
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Layne Hatcher pass complete to Qian Magwood for 15 yds Qian Magwood fumbled, recovered by EMU David Carter Jr.
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 2nd and 15 · Q4 · EPA +2.67Layne Hatcher pass complete to Marquez Cooper for 17 yds to the BALL 45 for a
4 more plays
- Week 6 · Eastern Michigan · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Layne Hatcher pass complete to Tanner Koziol for 13 yds for a TD (Jackson Courville KICK)
- Week 1 · Kentucky · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54Layne Hatcher run for 2 yds for a TD (Jackson Courville KICK)
- Week 5 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.45Layne Hatcher sacked by Donald Willis for a loss of 7 yards to the BALL 40
- Week 5 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +2.45Layne Hatcher pass complete to Malcolm Gillie for 11 yds to the BALL 43 for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
95 of 98 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 95 passing plays (62 completions) against the box score's 98 attempts (65 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.30147 of 212 QBsSack rate
10.1%193 of 212 QBsSacked on 10.1% of dropbacks (193 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (147 of 212).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds66%of completions
41 comp4.5 yds avg1 TD
Middle
10–19 yds24%of completions
15 comp12.3 yds avg1 TD
Deep
20+ yds10%of completions
6 comp32.0 yds avg2 TD
Overall 66.3% completion on 98 attempts · 66% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Teams and coaches
2019Arkansas State8-5HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced
2020Arkansas State4-7HC: Blake Anderson · Balanced, fast tempo
2021Arkansas State2-10HC: Butch Jones · Pass-heavy
2022Texas State4-8HC: Jake Spavital · Balanced
2023Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 8.5 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 142 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 113 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 17.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
39.4%
304 pass / 468 run
Plays / game
64.3
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
98 pass attempts and 20 carries in 6 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Six seasons, four schools
- 2023 Ball State NeuYear 6 · 6 games
- Dec 2022 Entered the transfer portalTexas State to Ball State
- 2022 Texas State SpavitalYear 5 · 12 games
- Dec 2021 Entered the transfer portalArkansas State to Texas State
- 2021 Arkansas State JonesYear 4 · 11 games
- 2020 Arkansas State AndersonYear 3 · 11 games
- 2019 Arkansas State AndersonYear 2 · 10 games
- 2018 Alabama SabanYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school Pulaski AcademyLittle Rock, AR · Class of 2018Three-star, No. 2,176 in the 2018 class. Signed with Alabama.
Moves
- Transferred from Arkansas State to Texas State, Dec 1, 2021.
- Transferred from Texas State to Ball State, Dec 5, 2022.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Arkansas State, Texas State and Ball State, 10,672 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Played for three programs.
2018
- Signed with AlabamaThree-star, out of Pulaski Academy
2022 12 games
- Transferred to Texas Statefrom Arkansas State
2023 6 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Transferred to Ball Statefrom Texas State
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
5 coaches2018
Alabama
Played for 5 head coaches at 4 schools: Nick Saban, Blake Anderson, Butch Jones, Jake Spavital and Mike Neu.