Maxwell Smith: QB · San Diego State · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Maxwell Smith
Operates within the system without forcing anything. A game that shows it: 184 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Hawai'i — Week 6, 2015.
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
50.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 17.8% conversion-per-dropback — 60.0% 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
3 of the team's 42 inside-the-5 carries (7.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | San Diego State | 110 | 200 | 55.0% | 1,529 | 7.6 | 13 | 2 | 138.7 | 55 |
| Career | 110 | 200 | 55.0% | 1,529 | 7.6 | 13 | 2 | 138.7 | 55 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | San Diego State | 32 | −44 | −1.4 | 2 | 27 |
| Career | 32 | −44 | −1.4 | 2 | 27 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-3vs San Diego | 9/21 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 21.1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ California | 10/19 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 7.2 | 34.1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 27-34vs South Alabama | 12/26 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 31.2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-37@ Penn State | 10/30 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 | 9.0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-7vs Fresno State | 5/12 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 8.7 | 33.0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-14@ Hawai'i | 11/15 | 184 | 1 | 0 | 12.3 | 88.5 | Season-high 184 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 30-7@ San José State | 10/14 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 10.3 | 82.8 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-14vs Utah State | 6/10 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 | 91.0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-17@ Colorado State | 11/14 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 12.9 | 97.2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-3vs Wyoming | 12/19 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 7.3 | 82.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 52-14@ UNLV | 11/17 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 | 75.0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-14vs Nevada | 3/3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 98.6 | |
| Total | 110/200 | 1529 | 13 | 2 | 7.6 | — |
Week 8 · 2015
W 48-14
vs Utah State
93 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.0
Dominant 34-point win at home against Utah State.
With D. Pumphrey — 181 rush yds (23 car) · 2 TD · T. Blain — 35.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 46 long
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 197 passing plays (109 completions) against the box score's 200 attempts (110 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.3938 of 198 QBsSack rate
7.8%156 of 198 QBsSacked on 7.8% of dropbacks (156 of 198) — and still 38 of 198 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 55.0% completion on 200 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 32.2 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 107 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 149 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 138 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 112 | 1.2 | 10.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rocky Long
Pass share
27.5%
251 pass / 662 run
Plays / game
65.2
14 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2015
200 pass attempts, 32 carries and 1 catch in 12 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
One season at San Diego State, 1,529 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Joker Phillips, Mark Stoops and Rocky Long.
