Ross Comis: QB · Massachusetts · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ross Comis
Pushes it downfield on every look. Arrived as a two-star recruit; four seasons of production at Massachusetts since. On tape: 540 passing yards and 26 rushing yards against Liberty, Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
66.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 26.9% conversion-per-dropback — 50.0% 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
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 124 | 197 | 62.9% | 1,824 | 9.3 | 14 | 3 | 161.1 | 59 |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 49 | 87 | 56.3% | 646 | 7.4 | 4 | 1 | 131.6 | 52 |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 28 | 63 | 44.4% | 370 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 95.8 | 35 |
| 2015 | Massachusetts | 15 | 21 | 71.4% | 171 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 171.3 | -- |
| Career | 216 | 368 | 58.7% | 3,011 | 8.2 | 21 | 5 | 143.5 | 51 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 86 | 255 | 3.0 | 6 | 27 |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 47 | 157 | 3.3 | 3 | 25 |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 28 | −22 | −0.8 | 1 | 11 |
| 2015 | Massachusetts | 6 | −2 | −0.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Career | 167 | 388 | 2.3 | 10 | 27 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-15vs Duquesne | 6/9 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 11.6 | 99.7 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-55@ Boston College | 9/13 | 145 | 1 | 0 | 11.2 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-34@ Georgia Southern | 1/3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-63@ Florida International | 5/12 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | — | |
| Wk 5 | L 42-58@ Ohio | 3/5 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 42-58vs South Florida | 12/23 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina | 5/9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-17@ UConn | 8/15 | 197 | 2 | 1 | 13.1 | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-59vs Liberty | 29/44 | 540 | 4 | 1 | 12.3 | — | Season-high 540 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 16-35vs BYU | 23/33 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-66@ No. 5 Georgia | 23/31 | 278 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | — | |
| Total | 124/197 | 1824 | 14 | 3 | 9.3 | — |
Week 10 · 2018
W 62-59
vs Liberty
540 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · 26 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Liberty at home in a shootout.
With A. Isabella — 9 rec · 303 yds · 2 TD · M. Young — 148 rush yds (23 car) · 2 TD · 3 rec · 21 yds
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 194 passing plays (121 completions) against the box score's 197 attempts (124 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.3222 of 207 QBsSack rate
11.3%197 of 207 QBsSacked on 11.3% of dropbacks (197 of 207) — and still 22 of 207 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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 62.9% completion on 197 attempts · 25 deep completions averaging 40.1 yds.
4 seasons under Mark Whipple — 13-35 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 213 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 127 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 93.7 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 252 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
50.7%
413 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
67.9
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
197 pass attempts and 86 carries in 11 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Massachusetts, 3,011 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Whipple.
