#16

Nic Shimonek

Quarterback for Texas Tech. 2017: 3,963 passing yards, 33 TD, 10 INT.

QB · Texas Tech · #16

6′3″ · 225 lb · Mildred, TX

Texas Tech 2017 alumnus

The story

2017 quarterback for Texas Tech. 2017: 3,963 passing yards, 33 TD, 10 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Texas Tech, 4,445 passing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Texas Tech

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

1 coach

2015–2017

Kliff Kingsbury

Texas Tech

Played his entire career under Kliff Kingsbury.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Kliff Kingsbury — 18-20 over that span.

2015Texas Tech7-6HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016Texas Tech5-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2017Texas Tech6-7HC: Kliff Kingsbury · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass tds (95th percentile). Strength: pass yards (94th percentile). Concern: rush yards (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#9 / 179 · 95th pct

Pass yards#11 / 179 · 94th pct

3963

Completion %#12 / 179 · 92nd pct

66.5%

Yards / att#44 / 179 · 75th pct

8.0

Fumbles lost#26 / 163 · 68th pct

Rush TDs#105 / 179 · 33rd pct

Interceptions#147 / 179 · 16th pct

Rush yards#163 / 179 · 9th pct

-66

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	334	2.3	8.0	0.7
Road7g	280	2.7	8.8	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	364	3.0	9.0	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	236	2.0	7.7	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joey McGuire

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Texas Tech	328	493	66.5%	3,963	8.0	33	10	152.1	--	--	--
2016	Texas Tech	38	58	65.5%	464	8.0	6	1	163.4	--	--	--
2015	Texas Tech	1	2	50.0%	18	9.0	0	0	125.6	--	--	--
Career		367	553	66.4%	4,445	8.0	39	11	153.2	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	Texas Tech	59	-66	-1.1	1	--
2016	Texas Tech	5	-31	-6.2	0	--
2015	Texas Tech	--	--	--	--	--
Career		64	-97	-1.5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2017

W 27–23

at Texas

96 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.4 · 10 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With D. Panazzolo — 44 AVG · 53 LONG · 9 NO · K. Coutee — 9 rec · 168 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week