Peyton Ramsey: QB · Northwestern · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Peyton Ramsey
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Tom Allen and Pat Fitzgerald. First career honor, 2020: All-Big Ten. On tape: 224 passing yards and 44 rushing yards against Ohio State, Week 16, 2020.
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
48.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 34.1% conversion-per-dropback — 26.3% 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
6 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (28.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 171 | 281 | 60.9% | 1,742 | 6.2 | 12 | 8 | 121.3 | 43 |
| 2019 | Indiana | 204 | 300 | 68.0% | 2,454 | 8.2 | 13 | 5 | 147.7 | 60 |
| 2018 | Indiana | 294 | 446 | 65.9% | 2,870 | 6.4 | 19 | 13 | 128.2 | 50 |
| 2017 | Indiana | 134 | 205 | 65.4% | 1,252 | 6.1 | 10 | 5 | 127.9 | 51 |
| Career | 803 | 1,232 | 65.2% | 8,318 | 6.8 | 54 | 31 | 131.3 | 51 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Northwestern | 83 | 263 | 3.2 | 3 | 34 |
| 2019 | Indiana | 97 | 252 | 2.6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2018 | Indiana | 111 | 354 | 3.2 | 5 | 35 |
| 2017 | Indiana | 92 | 226 | 2.5 | 2 | 26 |
| Career | 383 | 1,095 | 2.9 | 17 | 35 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 43-3vs Maryland | 23/30 | 212 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-20@ Iowa | 11/18 | 130 | 0 | 1 | 7.2 | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-13vs Nebraska | 16/27 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 27-20@ Purdue | 23/36 | 212 | 3 | 1 | 5.9 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 17-7vs No. 10 Wisconsin | 23/44 | 203 | 2 | 0 | 4.6 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-29@ Michigan State | 20/42 | 219 | 0 | 2 | 5.2 | — | |
| Wk 15 | W 28-10vs Illinois | 7/12 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 16 | L 10-22vs No. 3 Ohio State | 24/37 | 224 | 0 | 2 | 6.1 | — | Season-high 224 yds |
| Total | 147/246 | 1451 | 9 | 8 | 5.9 | — |
Week 12 · 2020
W 17-7
vs Wisconsin
203 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT
With D. Adams — 37.9 yards per punt · 10 punts · 2 inside the 20 · K. McGowan — 7 rec · 80 yds
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
5.38123 of 171 QBsSack rate
4.1%33 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (33 of 171), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (123 of 171).
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 60.9% completion on 281 attempts · 18 deep completions averaging 24.3 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 166 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 187 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 1.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+8g | 181 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
42.4%
283 pass / 384 run
Plays / game
83.4
8 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Indiana and Northwestern, 8,318 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN
All-Big Ten mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tom Allen and Pat Fitzgerald.
