Nate Cox: QB · Nevada · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nate Cox
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches in three seasons at Nevada. A game that shows it: 302 passing yards and 13 rushing yards against Incarnate Word — Week 2, 2022.
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
51.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 24.3% conversion-per-dropback — 50.0% 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 25 inside-the-5 carries (12.0%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-12@ New Mexico State | 7/11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 49.4 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Texas State | 5/7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 86.8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 41-55vs Incarnate Word | 22/43 | 302 | 2 | 0 | 7.0 | 30.6 | Season-high 302 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 0-27@ Iowa | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-48@ Air Force | 12/20 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 53.6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-17vs Colorado State | 20/42 | 244 | 0 | 1 | 5.8 | 13.5 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-31@ Hawai'i | 22/37 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 47.9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-23vs San Diego State | 2/8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 9.3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-41vs Boise State | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-41vs Fresno State | 16/38 | 243 | 2 | 2 | 6.4 | 17.7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-27@ UNLV | 27/44 | 278 | 1 | 2 | 6.3 | 18.3 | |
| Total | 133/251 | 1466 | 5 | 5 | 5.8 | — |
Week 2 · 2022
L 41-55
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 140 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 125 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 133 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 133 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Wilson
Pass share
48.6%
397 pass / 420 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
251 pass attempts and 71 carries in 11 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #121 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Nevada, 1,755 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jay Norvell → Ken Wilson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
