Sam B. Richardson

Quarterback for Iowa State. 2015: 1,443 passing yards, 8 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Iowa State

Iowa State 2015 alumnus

The story

2015 quarterback for Iowa State. 2015: 1,443 passing yards, 8 TD, 8 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Iowa State, 4,112 passing yards — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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CFB

College

Iowa State

2014–2015

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2015 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Paul Rhoads — 5-19 over that span.

2014Iowa State2-10HC: Paul Rhoads · Pass-leaning

2015Iowa State3-9HC: Paul Rhoads · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rush yards (23rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Completion %#68 / 167 · 59th pct

60.1%

Yards / att#99 / 167 · 40th pct

6.8

Interceptions#91 / 167 · 40th pct

Pass yards#105 / 167 · 37th pct

1443

Pass TDs#114 / 167 · 30th pct

Rush TDs#100 / 167 · 29th pct

Rush yards#129 / 167 · 23rd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	250	1.5	7.4	0.8
Road4g	111	0.5	5.5	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	235	1.3	7.1	1.0
Weeks 8+2g	17.5	0.0	4.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2015	Iowa State	128	213	60.1%	1,443	6.8	8	8	121.9	--	--	--
2014	Iowa State	254	451	56.3%	2,669	5.9	18	9	115.2	--	--	--
Career		382	664	57.5%	4,112	6.2	26	17	117.4	--	--	--

Season	Team
2015	Iowa State	47	12	0.3	1	--
2014	Iowa State	125	421	3.4	3	--
Career		172	433	2.5	4	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 31-7vs Northern Iowa	21/29	233	2	0	8.0	33.5
Wk 2	L 17-31vs Iowa	19/35	247	2	1	7.1	51.2
Wk 3	L 23-30@ Toledo	25/42	269	1	0	6.4	63.1	Season-high 269 yds
Wk 5	W 38-13vs Kansas	27/36	269	2	2	7.5	67.6
Wk 6	L 31-66@ Texas Tech	10/21	139	1	3	6.6	26.5	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 7	L 21-45vs TCU	22/36	251	0	0	7.0	62.1
Wk 8	L 27-45@ Baylor	3/11	12	0	2	1.1	0.5
Wk 13	L 6-30@ West Virginia	1/3	23	0	0	7.7	4.8
Total		128/213	1443	8	8	6.4	38.7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology