Nathan Peterman

Former quarterback at Pittsburgh. 2016: 2,855 passing yards, 27 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Pittsburgh · #4

6′2″ · Fruit Cove, FL

Watch-list name (model)Buffalo — drafted 2017, Rd 5, Pick 28, #171 overall

Recruiting

4★

PRO recruit

No. 369 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Pittsburgh. 2016: 2,855 passing yards, 27 TD, 7 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Tennessee in 2012.
Drafted round 5 by the Buffalo in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Pittsburgh, 5,191 passing yards — drafted at #171 overall by Buffalo.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Tennessee4-star out of Bartram Trail

2017

Drafted by Buffaloround 5, pick 171

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#369 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #171

Buffalo · 2017

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Paul Chryst

Pittsburgh

2015–2016

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BuffaloEntering 10th NFL season

#171Rd 5 · Pick 28

BuffaloEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Tennessee7-6HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2015Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2016Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (94th percentile). Strength: pass tds (87th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (14th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#9 / 167 · 94th pct

9.3

Pass TDs#22 / 167 · 87th pct

Pass yards#41 / 167 · 76th pct

2855

Rush yards#53 / 167 · 69th pct

286

Completion %#64 / 167 · 62nd pct

60.5%

Rush TDs#68 / 167 · 57th pct

Interceptions#69 / 167 · 52nd pct

Fumbles lost#132 / 163 · 14th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	213	2.3	10.4	0.6
Road6g	227	1.8	8.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	188	1.5	8.8	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	270	3.0	11.1	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Pittsburgh	185	306	60.5%	2,855	9.3	27	7	163.4	--	--	--
2015	Pittsburgh	193	314	61.5%	2,287	7.3	20	8	138.6	--	--	--
2014	Tennessee	10	20	50.0%	49	2.5	0	0	70.6	--	--	--
Career		388	640	60.6%	5,191	8.1	47	15	148.3	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Pittsburgh	72	286	4.0	3	--
2015	Pittsburgh	86	233	2.7	1	--
2014	Tennessee	9	13	1.4	1	--
Career		167	532	3.2	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 43–42

at Clemson

308 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.2 · 18 rush yds (6 car)

Edged out Clemson on the road in a shootout.

With R. Winslow — 43 AVG · 52 LONG · 5 NO · J. Conner — 132 rush yds (20 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week