Nick Starkel: QB · San José State · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Nick Starkel
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for four head coaches at three programs in five seasons: Kevin Sumlin, Jimbo Fisher, Chad Morris and Brent Brennan. The first one came in 2020: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 394 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Southern Utah — Week 1, 2021.
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
45.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 24.3% conversion-per-dropback — 40.0% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San José State | 128 | 248 | 51.6% | 1,645 | 6.6 | 9 | 7 | 113.7 | 38 |
| 2020 | San José State | 163 | 254 | 64.2% | 2,174 | 8.6 | 17 | 7 | 152.6 | 78 |
| 2019 | Arkansas | 96 | 179 | 53.6% | 1,152 | 6.4 | 7 | 10 | 109.4 | 53 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | 15 | 22 | 68.2% | 169 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 147.7 | -- |
| 2017 | Texas A&M | 123 | 205 | 60.0% | 1,793 | 8.7 | 14 | 6 | 150.2 | 84 |
| Career | 525 | 908 | 57.8% | 6,933 | 7.6 | 48 | 30 | 132.8 | 63 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San José State | 15 | −71 | −4.7 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | San José State | 13 | −40 | −3.1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2019 | Arkansas | 6 | −16 | −2.7 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | Texas A&M | 1 | −6 | −6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Texas A&M | 12 | −42 | −3.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Career | 47 | −175 | −3.7 | 2 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-14vs Southern Utah | 16/27 | 394 | 4 | 1 | 14.6 | 94.7 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 1 | L 7-30@ No. 15 USC | 24/46 | 308 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 18.0 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 17-13@ Hawai'i | 23/50 | 235 | 2 | 1 | 4.7 | 33.9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-23@ Western Michigan | 6/14 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-27@ Nevada | 21/40 | 255 | 3 | 1 | 6.4 | 71.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 17-48vs Utah State | 19/29 | 138 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 33.3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-40vs Fresno State | 19/42 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 32.8 | |
| Total | 128/248 | 1645 | 9 | 7 | 6.6 | — |
Week 1 · 2021
W 45-14
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 246 passing plays (128 completions) against the box score's 248 attempts (128 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.76134 of 204 QBsSack rate
4.6%53 of 204 QBsRarely sacked (53 of 204), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (134 of 204).
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 51.6% completion on 248 attempts · 27 deep completions averaging 33.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 264 | 1.3 | 8.5 | 0.7 |
| Road4g | 213 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 248 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 218 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Pass share
54.0%
401 pass / 342 run
Plays / game
61.9
12 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Texas A&M, Arkansas and San José State, 6,933 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM
All-Mountain West 2nd team (2020)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2016–2021
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Kevin Sumlin, Jimbo Fisher, Chad Morris and Brent Brennan.
