Nate Yarnell is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2024, at Pittsburgh.
Yarnell operates within the system without forcing anything. Arrived at Texas State from Pittsburgh. The first one came in 2022: ACC Rookie Player of the Week. One game to point at: 350 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Clemson — Week 12, 2024.
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
55.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 42.9% conversion-per-dropback — 20.0% 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
1 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (5.0%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 98 | 167 | 58.7% | 1,056 | 6.3 | 10 | 5 | 125.6 | 28 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 41 | 62 | 66.1% | 595 | 9.6 | 4 | 1 | 164.8 | 62 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 14 | 71.4% | 195 | 13.9 | 1 | 0 | 212.0 | -- |
| Career | 149 | 243 | 61.3% | 1,846 | 7.6 | 15 | 6 | 140.6 | 39 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 35 | 25 | 0.7 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh | 19 | 13 | 0.7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh | 2 | −10 | −5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 56 | 28 | 0.5 | 1 | 11 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 55-24vs Kent State | 4/8 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 50.2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 73-17vs Youngstown State | 8/11 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 | 65.6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-13vs Syracuse | 5/7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 10.4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 25-48@ No. 20 SMU | 9/10 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 9.9 | 98.7 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-24vs Virginia | 4/12 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3.7 | 33.4 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-24vs No. 17 Clemson | 34/54 | 350 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 55.9 | Season-high 350 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 9-37@ Louisville | 11/23 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 22.9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-34@ Boston College | 23/42 | 296 | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 63.8 | 3 TD passes |
| Total | 98/167 | 1056 | 10 | 5 | 6.3 | — |
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
5.31151 of 205 QBsSack rate
8.7%173 of 205 QBsSacked on 8.7% of dropbacks (173 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (151 of 205).
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 58.7% completion on 167 attempts · 14 deep completions averaging 24.7 yds.
3 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 113 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Road3g | 164 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 67.5 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 154 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
54.5%
499 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #122 at the position.
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Pat Narduzzi and G.J. Kinne.
