Ryan Finley: QB · NC State · #15.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ryan Finley
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Bryan Harsin and Dave Doeren. A game that shows it: 473 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Syracuse — Week 9, 2018.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
60.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 38.3% conversion-per-dropback — 33.3% 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
3 of the team's 38 inside-the-5 carries (7.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NC State | 300 | 447 | 67.1% | 3,612 | 8.1 | 21 | 10 | 146.0 | 85 |
| 2017 | NC State | 311 | 478 | 65.1% | 3,514 | 7.4 | 17 | 6 | 136.0 | 79 |
| 2016 | NC State | 243 | 402 | 60.4% | 3,055 | 7.6 | 18 | 8 | 135.1 | 63 |
| 2015 | Boise State | 46 | 70 | 65.7% | 485 | 6.9 | 1 | 4 | 117.2 | 49 |
| 2014 | Boise State | 12 | 27 | 44.4% | 161 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 111.6 | -- |
| Career | 912 | 1,424 | 64.0% | 10,827 | 7.6 | 59 | 29 | 137.5 | 74 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | NC State | 40 | 20 | 0.5 | 1 | 9 |
| 2017 | NC State | 69 | 194 | 2.8 | 3 | 46 |
| 2016 | NC State | 74 | 94 | 1.3 | 1 | 17 |
| 2015 | Boise State | 22 | 42 | 1.9 | 0 | 15 |
| 2014 | Boise State | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 38 |
| Career | 212 | 381 | 1.8 | 5 | 46 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-13vs James Madison | 29/43 | 309 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 2 | W 41-7vs Georgia State | 31/38 | 370 | 2 | 1 | 9.7 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 37-20@ Marshall | 23/40 | 377 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-21vs Virginia | 22/32 | 257 | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 28-23vs Boston College | 25/34 | 308 | 2 | 2 | 9.1 | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-41@ No. 3 Clemson | 21/34 | 156 | 0 | 2 | 4.6 | — | |
| Wk 9 | L 41-51@ Syracuse | 26/44 | 473 | 3 | 1 | 10.8 | — | Season-high 473 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 47-28vs Florida State | 21/27 | 240 | 3 | 0 | 8.9 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 23-27vs Wake Forest | 35/51 | 374 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-28@ North Carolina | 16/28 | 200 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 58-3vs East Carolina | 32/44 | 409 | 3 | 1 | 9.3 | — | 3 TD passes |
 Bowl | L 13-52vs No. 21 Texas A&M | 19/32 | 139 | 1 | 2 | 4.3 | — | |
| Total | 300/447 | 3612 | 21 | 10 | 8.1 | — |
Week 9 · 2018
L 41-51
at Syracuse
473 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
With K. Harmon — 11 rec · 247 yds · 2 TD · A. Cole III — 41.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 55 long
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 443 passing plays (298 completions) against the box score's 447 attempts (300 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.7740 of 207 QBsSack rate
2.2%9 of 207 QBsRarely sacked (9 of 207 QBs) and still 40 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 67.1% completion on 447 attempts · 56 deep completions averaging 29.4 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2018 baseline
No situation moves him more than 30 percentile points from his baseline.
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 324 | 2.3 | 8.5 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 302 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 293 | 1.8 | 8.0 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 309 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Pass share
50.9%
453 pass / 437 run
Plays / game
68.5
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
447 pass attempts and 40 carries in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Boise State and NC State, 10,827 passing yards — drafted at #104 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2018
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Chris Petersen, Bryan Harsin and Dave Doeren.
Next stop · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 8th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 8th NFL season
