Sean Mannion: QB · Oregon State · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Sean Mannion
Operates within the system without forcing anything. One game to point at: 419 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Washington State — Week 11, 2014.
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
60.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 15.9% conversion-per-dropback — 70.6% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
OregonLive Nov 2OregonLive Oct 26
Sports Illustrated Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oregon State | 282 | 453 | 62.3% | 3,164 | 7.0 | 15 | 8 | 128.3 | 45 |
| Career | 282 | 453 | 62.3% | 3,164 | 7.0 | 15 | 8 | 128.3 | 45 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Oregon State | 48 | −306 | −6.4 | 1 | 8 |
| Career | 48 | −306 | −6.4 | 1 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-14vs Portland State | 26/45 | 328 | 1 | 0 | 7.3 | 49.2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-30@ Hawai'i | 26/37 | 300 | 3 | 1 | 8.1 | 74.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 28-7vs San Diego State | 24/31 | 275 | 0 | 1 | 8.9 | 77.1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-35@ No. 18 USC | 15/32 | 123 | 0 | 2 | 3.8 | 5.0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 36-31@ Colorado | 27/37 | 278 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 | 80.1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-29vs No. 20 Utah | 21/37 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | 24.3 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-38@ Stanford | 14/30 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 9.3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-45vs California | 30/45 | 320 | 2 | 1 | 7.1 | 60.5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 32-39vs Washington State | 31/41 | 419 | 1 | 0 | 10.2 | 57.1 | Season-high 419 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 35-27vs No. 7 Arizona State | 19/33 | 251 | 2 | 1 | 7.6 | 40.4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-37@ Washington | 30/46 | 314 | 2 | 1 | 6.8 | 47.2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-47vs No. 3 Oregon | 19/39 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 43.9 | |
| Total | 282/453 | 3164 | 15 | 8 | 7.0 | — |
Week 1 · 2014
W 29-14
328 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 49.2
With K. Kostol — 43 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20 · S. Barrs-Woods — 125 rush yds (16 car) · 1 rec · 23 yds · 1 TD
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 452 passing plays (281 completions) against the box score's 453 attempts (282 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.8497 of 181 QBsSack rate
7.2%138 of 181 QBsSacked on 7.2% of dropbacks (138 of 181) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (97 of 181).
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 62.3% completion on 453 attempts · 42 deep completions averaging 31.1 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2014 baseline
No situation moves him more than 4 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
2014 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 290 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 227 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 261 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 266 | 1.4 | 6.8 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Riley
Pass share
56.3%
471 pass / 365 run
Plays / game
69.7
12 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2014
453 pass attempts and 48 carries in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Oregon State, 3,164 passing yards — drafted at #89 overall by the St. Louis Rams.
Coaching lineage · 2010–2014
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Riley.
Next stop · NFL
St. Louis RamsEntering 12th NFL season
St. Louis RamsEntering 12th NFL season
