Quarterback for Pittsburgh. 2017: 997 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
6′5″ · 230 lb · Sammamish, WA
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 11 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 quarterback for Pittsburgh. 2017: 997 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
Max Browne
Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 410 pass yds, 4 pass TD against Rice — Week 5, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 1,647 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: completion % (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (93rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (8th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 203 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 129 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 166 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 96 | 135 | 71.1% | 997 | 7.4 | 5 | 2 | 142.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | USC | 58 | 93 | 62.4% | 507 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 111.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | USC | 8 | 12 | 66.7% | 113 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 145.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | USC | 3 | 7 | 42.9% | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 78.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 165 | 247 | 66.8% | 1,647 | 6.7 | 7 | 4 | 128.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 19 | -74 | -3.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | USC | 9 | -23 | -2.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | USC | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | USC | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 32 | -84 | -2.6 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs Youngstown State | 17/24 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 5.8 | 75.5 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-33@ Penn State | 19/32 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 8.8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-59vs Oklahoma State | 7/10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-35@ Georgia Tech | 10/15 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 19.2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-10vs Rice | 28/32 | 410 | 4 | 0 | 12.8 | 98.7 | Season-high 410 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Syracuse | 15/22 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 36.4 | |
| Total | 96/135 | 997 | 5 | 2 | 7.0 | 41.3 |