#15

Max Duggan

Former quarterback at TCU. 2022: 3,698 passing yards, 32 TD, 8 INT.

QB · TCU · Sr. · #15

6′2″ · 210 lb · Council Bluffs, IA

CFB Index 85 · #8 of 140 QBsHigh confidencePOTY finalist (model)Los Angeles — drafted 2023, Rd 7, Pick 22, #239 overall

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 211 nationally · Signed with TCU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at TCU. 2022: 3,698 passing yards, 32 TD, 8 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to TCU in 2019.
Drafted round 7 by the Los Angeles in 2023.
Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at TCU, 9,587 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #239 overall by Los Angeles.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

201912 games

Signed with TCU4-star out of Lewis Central

202215 games

All-Big 12first
Davey O'Brienwinner
Unitas Golden Armwinner
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Yearwinner

2023

Drafted by Los Angelesround 7, pick 239

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#211 national

CFB

College

TCU

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #239

Los Angeles · 2023

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

6 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Big 12 1st team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019–2021

Gary Patterson

TCU

2022

Sonny Dykes

TCU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Patterson → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

#239Rd 7 · Pick 22

Los AngelesEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020TCU6-4HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

85All-Conference level #8 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (88th percentile). Strength: pass tds (94th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#21 / 169 · 88th pct

13.7%

EPA / dropback#36 / 169 · 79th pct

0.36

Interception rate#64 / 169 · 62nd pct

1.8%

Sack rate#92 / 169 · 46th pct

6.5%

Success rate#97 / 169 · 43rd pct

44.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#10 / 177 · 94th pct

Pass yards#12 / 177 · 94th pct

3698

Rush TDs#12 / 177 · 92nd pct

Yards / att#16 / 177 · 90th pct

8.8

Rush yards#30 / 177 · 83rd pct

423

Fumbles lost#27 / 169 · 68th pct

Completion %#61 / 177 · 66th pct

63.7%

Interceptions#114 / 177 · 31st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

92nd → 79th percentile

Success rate

57th → 43rd percentile

Explosive rate

92nd → 88th percentile

Sack rate

20th → 46th percentile

Interception rate

64th → 62nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

257/406 (63.3%) · 32 TD · 8 INT

406 of 419 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

8.4322 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

6.5%118 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (118 of 206) — and still 22 of 206 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 yds

49%of completions

125 comp3.7 yds avg3 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

30%of completions

78 comp13.5 yds avg7 TD

Deep

20+ yds

21%of completions

54 comp34.7 yds avg12 TD

Overall 63.3% completion on 406 attempts · 54 deep completions averaging 34.7 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	274	2.7	9.3	0.1
Road8g	223	1.6	8.6	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	246	2.2	9.1	0.6
Weeks 8+7g	247	2.0	8.7	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

POTY finalist (model)

Our Heisman model has him in the top five; no finalist honor is on the books yet.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #8 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #8 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	TCU	267	419	63.7%	3,698	8.8	32	8	159.2	63	--	--
2021	TCU	145	227	63.9%	2,048	9.0	16	6	157.6	65	--	--
2020	TCU	145	239	60.7%	1,764	7.4	9	4	131.7	43	--	--
2019	TCU	181	338	53.6%	2,077	6.1	15	9	114.5	--	--	--
Career		738	1,223	60.3%	9,587	7.8	72	27	141.2	58	--	--

Season	Team
2022	TCU	137	423	3.1	9	--
2021	TCU	105	352	3.4	3	--
2020	TCU	114	547	4.8	10	--
2019	TCU	130	555	4.3	6	--
Career		486	1,877	3.9	28	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2022

W 51–45

at Michigan

225 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 57 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Michigan on the road in a shootout.

With J. Sandy — 44 AVG · 51 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Johnston — 6 rec · 163 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Michigan · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +7.04Quentin Johnston 76 Yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell Kick)
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +7.01Max Duggan pass complete to Taye Barber for 73 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell PAT MISSED)
Week 9 · West Virginia · 2&14 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Taye Barber 71 Yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell Kick)
Week 8 · Kansas State · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.59Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 65 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 4 · SMU · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.39Max Duggan pass complete to Derius Davis for 80 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +5.43Max Duggan run for 67 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 5 · Oklahoma · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.95Max Duggan pass complete to Gunnar Henderson for 62 yds for a TD, (Griffin Kell KICK)
Week 12 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.25Max Duggan pass complete to Taye Barber for 77 yds to the Bayl 13 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Kansas State · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +4.24Quentin Johnston 55 Yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell Kick)
Week 9 · West Virginia · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA +4.24Quentin Johnston 55 Yd pass from Max Duggan (Griffin Kell Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 38-13@ Colorado	2/3	27	0	0	9.0	99.9
Wk 2	W 59-17vs Tarleton State	23/29	390	5	0	13.4	92.3	Season-high 390 yds
Wk 4	W 42-34@ SMU	22/29	278	3	0	9.6	64.4	3 TD passes
Wk 5	W 55-24vs Oklahoma	23/33	302	3	0	9.2	96.1	3 TD passes
Wk 6	W 38-31@ Kansas	23/33	308	3	1	9.3	83.8	3 TD passes
Wk 7	W 43-40vs Oklahoma State	23/40	286	2	0	7.2	81.8	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 8	W 38-28vs Kansas State	17/26	280	3	0	10.8	71.2	3 TD passes
Wk 9	W 41-31@ West Virginia	16/28	341	3	1	12.2	73.9	3 TD passes
Wk 10	W 34-24vs Texas Tech	12/23	195	2	0	8.5	49.7
Wk 11	W 17-10@ Texas	19/29	124	1	0	4.3	32.6
Wk 12	W 29-28@ Baylor	24/35	327	1	1	9.3	89.0
Wk 13	W 62-14vs Iowa State	17/24	212	3	0	8.8	93.2	3 TD passes
Wk 14	L 28-31vs Kansas State	18/36	251	1	1	7.0	—
Bowl	W 51-45@ Michigan	14/29	225	2	2	7.8	—
Bowl	L 7-65@ Georgia	14/22	152	0	2	6.9	—
Total		267/419	3698	32	8	8.9	77.3

How he plays

Play style

Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

53.4%Completion %

24.6%Conversion/dropback

51.6%Land short of sticks

3INTs

53.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 24.6% conversion-per-dropback — 51.6% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design