Nate Stanley

Former quarterback at Iowa. 2019: 2,951 passing yards, 16 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Iowa · Sr. · #4

6′4″ · 243 lb · Menomonie, WI

Minnesota — drafted 2020, Rd 7, Pick 30, #244 overall

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 531 nationally · Signed with Iowa

Statement game320 yds · 6 TDat Indiana (FBS) · W 42-16

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Iowa. 2019: 2,951 passing yards, 16 TD, 7 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2016.
Drafted round 7 by the Minnesota in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Iowa, 8,275 passing yards — drafted at #244 overall by Minnesota.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Iowa3-star out of Menomonie

2020

Drafted by Minnesotaround 7, pick 244

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#531 national

CFB

College

Iowa

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #244

Minnesota · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Kirk Ferentz

Iowa

Played his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

MinnesotaEntering 7th NFL season

#244Rd 7 · Pick 30

MinnesotaEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 35-17 over that span.

2016Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2017Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (25th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#38 / 177 · 79th pct

2951

Fumbles lost#23 / 166 · 74th pct

Pass TDs#68 / 177 · 61st pct

Yards / att#94 / 177 · 46th pct

7.4

Completion %#103 / 177 · 42nd pct

59.4%

Interceptions#101 / 177 · 39th pct

Rush TDs#102 / 177 · 32nd pct

Rush yards#134 / 177 · 25th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	250	1.6	8.3	0.4
Road5g	189	0.6	6.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	246	1.6	7.8	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	204	0.8	7.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Iowa	237	399	59.4%	2,951	7.4	16	7	131.2	--	--	--
2018	Iowa	234	396	59.1%	2,825	7.1	26	10	135.6	--	--	--
2017	Iowa	196	351	55.8%	2,437	6.9	26	6	135.2	--	--	--
2016	Iowa	5	9	55.6%	62	6.9	0	0	113.4	--	--	--
Career		672	1,155	58.2%	8,275	7.2	68	23	133.8	--	--	--

Season	Team
2019	Iowa	76	7	0.1	1	--
2018	Iowa	36	4	0.1	1	--
2017	Iowa	49	-115	-2.3	0	--
2016	Iowa	--	--	--	--	--
Career		161	-104	-0.6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2019

W 23–19

vs Minnesota

173 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 1 rush yds (8 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With M. Sleep-Dalton — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 46 LONG · T. Tracy Jr. — 11 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week