Matt Corral: QB · Ole Miss · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Matt Corral
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Ole Miss. All-SEC in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 381 passing yards and 55 rushing yards against Louisville — Week 1, 2021.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
56.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 15.9% conversion-per-dropback — 69.6% 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
8 of the team's 31 inside-the-5 carries (25.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-24vs Louisville | 22/32 | 381 | 1 | 0 | 11.9 | 84.9 | Season-high 381 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 54-17vs Austin Peay | 21/33 | 281 | 5 | 0 | 8.5 | 56.7 | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 61-21vs Tulane | 23/31 | 335 | 3 | 0 | 10.8 | 97.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 21-42@ No. 1 Alabama | 21/29 | 213 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | 70.0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-51vs No. 13 Arkansas | 14/21 | 287 | 2 | 0 | 13.7 | 97.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 7 | W 31-26@ Tennessee | 21/38 | 231 | 2 | 1 | 6.1 | 82.7 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17vs LSU | 19/24 | 186 | 1 | 0 | 7.8 | 80.4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-31@ No. 18 Auburn | 21/37 | 289 | 0 | 1 | 7.8 | 63.2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-14vs Liberty | 20/27 | 324 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 72.3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-19vs No. 11 Texas A&M | 24/37 | 247 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 57.6 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-17vs Vanderbilt | 28/37 | 331 | 2 | 1 | 8.9 | 53.6 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21@ Mississippi State | 26/34 | 234 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 | 89.1 | |
| Total | 260/380 | 3339 | 20 | 4 | 8.8 | — |
Week 6 · 2021
W 52-51
vs Arkansas
287 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · 94 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Arkansas at home in a shootout.
With B. Sanders — 2 rec · 127 yds · 1 TD · M. Brown — 44 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 380 passing plays (256 completions) against the box score's 386 attempts (262 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.3429 of 204 QBsSack rate
5.2%74 of 204 QBsRarely sacked (74 of 204 QBs) and still 29 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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 67.9% completion on 386 attempts · 47 deep completions averaging 31.3 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 284 | 2.1 | 9.8 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 242 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 288 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 268 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
42.3%
429 pass / 584 run
Plays / game
84.4
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
The All-Conference honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 126 FBS quarterbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2021 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #10 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Ole Miss, 8,302 passing yards — drafted at #94 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2021)
Weekly recognition
3 weekly honors (2020)
SEC Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 5th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 5th NFL season
