Max Bortenschlager: QB · Florida International · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Max Bortenschlager
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 466 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Charlotte — Week 6, 2021.
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
41.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 19.4% conversion-per-dropback — 41.7% 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
1 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (6.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 178 | 342 | 52.0% | 2,935 | 8.6 | 19 | 12 | 135.5 | 29 |
| 2020 | Florida International | 21 | 45 | 46.7% | 217 | 4.8 | 1 | 1 | 90.1 | 35 |
| 2018 | Maryland | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Maryland | 121 | 233 | 51.9% | 1,313 | 5.6 | 10 | 5 | 109.1 | 33 |
| 2016 | Maryland | 16 | 33 | 48.5% | 209 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 | 111.7 | -- |
| Career | 336 | 653 | 51.5% | 4,674 | 7.2 | 31 | 18 | 121.7 | 31 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 50 | −250 | −5.0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2020 | Florida International | 10 | −30 | −3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | Maryland | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Maryland | 72 | 13 | 0.2 | 2 | 18 |
| 2016 | Maryland | 12 | −27 | −2.2 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 144 | −294 | −2.0 | 3 | 18 |
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 48-10vs Long Island University | 14/17 | 266 | 2 | 1 | 15.6 | 95.1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-23vs Texas State | 17/34 | 259 | 2 | 0 | 7.6 | 36.4 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 3 | L 21-54@ Texas Tech | 12/27 | 185 | 2 | 1 | 6.9 | 18.3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ Central Michigan | 20/38 | 395 | 2 | 1 | 10.4 | 57.9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-58@ Florida Atlantic | 12/28 | 263 | 2 | 1 | 9.4 | 62.7 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-45vs Charlotte | 19/30 | 466 | 4 | 1 | 15.5 | 23.1 | Season-high 466 yds |
| Wk 8 | L 19-34vs Western Kentucky | 15/32 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 8.7 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-38@ Marshall | 14/28 | 128 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 | 14.6 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-47vs Old Dominion | 18/32 | 315 | 2 | 1 | 9.8 | 23.8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 9/20 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 3.4 | 1.7 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-49vs North Texas | 15/32 | 167 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 6.0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-37@ Southern Miss | 13/24 | 231 | 1 | 2 | 9.6 | 24.7 | |
| Total | 178/342 | 2935 | 19 | 12 | 8.6 | — |
Week 8 · 2021
L 19-34
192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 8.7
With T. Heatherly — 13 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · R. St. Felix — 5 rec · 104 yds · 1 TD
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 278 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 212 | 1.2 | 7.4 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 306 | 2.3 | 10.9 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 184 | 0.8 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Davis
Pass share
51.0%
378 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
342 pass attempts and 50 carries in 12 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Maryland and Florida International, 4,674 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: D.J. Durkin, Matt Canada, Mike Locksley and Butch Davis.
