Former quarterback at Jacksonville State. 2024: 123 passing yards, 0 INT.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Muscle Shoals, AL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DUAL recruit
No. 297 nationally · Signed with Nebraska
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former quarterback at Jacksonville State. 2024: 123 passing yards, 0 INT.
Logan Smothers
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph and Rich Rodriguez. His first career honor landed in 2023: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 62 pass yds, 32 rush yds against Western Kentucky — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Jacksonville State, 1,271 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 12.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 31.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 15.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 20.7 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
43.2%
79 pass / 104 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 11 | 19 | 57.9% | 123 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 112.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 66 | 117 | 56.4% | 735 | 6.3 | 6 | 4 | 119.3 | 32 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Nebraska | 10 | 19 | 52.6% | 96 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 95.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Nebraska | 23 | 33 | 69.7% | 317 | 9.6 | 0 | 1 | 144.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 110 | 188 | 58.5% | 1,271 | 6.8 | 6 | 5 | 120.5 | 32 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 22 | 175 | 8.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | 85 | 322 | 3.8 | 7 | -- |
| 2022 | Nebraska | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Nebraska | 37 | 133 | 3.6 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 156 | 658 | 4.2 | 12 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-55vs Coastal Carolina | 7/13 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 6.2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-7vs Southern Miss | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 63-24@ Kennesaw State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 54-13vs New Mexico State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-20vs Middle Tennessee | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-19@ Western Kentucky | 4/6 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 87.1 | Season-high 62 yds |
| Wk 15 | W 52-12vs Western Kentucky | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 11/19 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 46.6 |
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 35 inside-the-5 carries (2.9%).
Player DNA
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Austin Smith’s 2022 season.
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Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to AJ Swann’s path through App State.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jiya Wright's junior season at UL Monroe (2023).
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Player DNA