Phil Jurkovec

#5 · QB · Sr. · Pittsburgh6′5″ · 235 lb · Pittsburgh, PA · Pine-Richland

Phil Jurkovec: QB · Pittsburgh · #5.

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Phil Jurkovec

QB · Pittsburgh · Sr · #5

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The first one came in 2021: ACC Quarterback Player of the Week. On tape: 235 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Virginia Tech, Week 5, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Pittsburgh in the news

Cornell coach Ed Dawson diesPittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	Pittsburgh	57	112	50.9%	818	7.3	6	3	124.6	27
2022	Boston College	147	247	59.5%	1,711	6.9	11	8	125.9	34
2021	Boston College	52	96	54.2%	914	9.5	7	4	149.9	50
2020	Boston College	205	336	61.0%	2,558	7.6	17	5	138.7	62
2019	Notre Dame	12	15	80.0%	222	14.8	2	0	248.3	--
2018	Notre Dame	1	3	33.3%	−9	−3.0	0	0	8.1	--
Career		474	809	58.6%	6,214	7.7	43	20	135.7	47

Season	Team
2023	Pittsburgh	39	60	1.5	1	23
2022	Boston College	68	−34	−0.5	1	33
2021	Boston College	50	322	6.4	5	41
2020	Boston College	77	150	1.9	3	28
2019	Notre Dame	22	130	5.9	0	27
2018	Notre Dame	3	−1	−0.3	0	7
Career		259	627	2.4	10	41

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 45-7vs Wofford	17/23	214	1	0	9.3	73.6
Wk 2	L 21-27vs Cincinnati	10/32	179	3	0	5.6	42.3	3 TD passes
Wk 3	L 6-17@ West Virginia	8/20	81	0	3	4.1	10.3	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 4	L 24-41vs No. 17 North Carolina	11/15	109	0	0	7.3	69.6
Wk 5	L 21-38@ Virginia Tech	11/22	235	2	0	10.7	27.3	Season-high 235 yds
Wk 10	L 7-24vs No. 4 Florida State	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		57/112	818	6	3	7.3	—

Signature game

Week 1 · 2023

W 45-7

vs Wofford

214 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.6 · 41 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 38-point win at home against Wofford.

With C. Junko — 46 yards per punt · 2 punts · 47 long · B. Sauls — 8 points · 26 long · 100 percent on field goals

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Bub Means for 75 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 5 · Virginia Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.86Jurkovec to Flemister: a 61-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.94Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Gavin Bartholomew for 60 yds to the CIN 26 for a
Week 3 · West Virginia · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Bub Means for 20 yds to the WVU 35 for a
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 4th and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Konata Mumpfield for 9 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 2 · Cincinnati · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Gavin Bartholomew for 16 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · West Virginia · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA −3.21Phil Jurkovec run for no gain to the WVU 27
Week 1 · Wofford · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −3.10Phil Jurkovec sacked by David Powers for a loss of 12 yards to the WOF 47
Week 1 · Wofford · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.01Phil Jurkovec run for 23 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 1 · Wofford · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.94Phil Jurkovec pass complete to Rodney Hammond Jr. for 46 yds to the WOF 14 Pittsburgh Penalty, Offensive Holding (Bub Means) to the PITT 45

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

57/112 (50.9%) · 6 TD · 3 INT

109 of 112 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 109 passing plays (54 completions) against the box score's 112 attempts (57 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.56138 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

9.7%188 of 212 QBs

Sacked on 9.7% of dropbacks (188 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (138 of 212).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

43%of completions

23 comp3.8 yds avg3 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

31%of completions

17 comp13.4 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

26%of completions

14 comp31.9 yds avg1 TD

Overall 50.9% completion on 112 attempts · 14 deep completions averaging 31.9 yds.

Teams and coaches

2018Notre Dame12-1HC: Brian Kelly · Run-leaning

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2020Boston College6-5HC: Jeff Hafley · Balanced

2021Boston College6-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-heavy

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Pittsburgh3-9HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 32 (#111 of 140). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

32Below cohort / limited sample #111 of 140 · 2022, at Boston College?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score, at Boston College: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: interceptions (85th percentile). Concern: interception rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#37 / 177 · 79th pct

12.8%

Sack rate#155 / 177 · 13th pct

9.9%

EPA / dropback#164 / 177 · 8th pct

0.09

Success rate#171 / 177 · 4th pct

31.4%

Interception rate#173 / 177 · 3rd pct

2.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#18 / 179 · 85th pct

Yards / att#83 / 179 · 53rd pct

7.3

Fumbles lost#76 / 167 · 40th pct

Rush yards#113 / 179 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#124 / 179 · 23rd pct

Pass TDs#134 / 179 · 22nd pct

Pass yards#149 / 179 · 17th pct

818

Completion %#169 / 179 · 6th pct

50.9%

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

39th → 8th percentile

Success rate

8th → 4th percentile

Explosive rate

20th → 79th percentile

Sack rate

17th → 13th percentile

Interception rate

36th → 3rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2023 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 107 dropbacks

27Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

35.8%1st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.3311th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

10.0%6th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.6% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (14 of 121 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	126	1.0	7.4	0.0
Road2g	158	1.0	7.4	1.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	164	1.2	7.4	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Pass share

50.7%

358 pass / 348 run

Plays / game

58.8

12 games

Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

112 pass attempts and 39 carries in 6 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Phil Jurkovec

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Style of play

Fans

Pittsburgh in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

112 pass attempts and 39 carries in 6 games

Six seasons, three schools

Moves

2018 3 games

2023 6 games