Shane Morris: QB · Central Michigan · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Shane Morris
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The three seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Brady Hoke, Jim Harbaugh and John Bonamego. On tape: 467 passing yards and 32 rushing yards against Kansas, Week 2, 2017.
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
52.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 24.2% 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
4 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (18.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Central Michigan | 249 | 446 | 55.8% | 3,237 | 7.3 | 27 | 17 | 129.1 | 44 |
| 2016 | Michigan | 4 | 5 | 80.0% | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 155.6 | -- |
| 2014 | Michigan | 14 | 40 | 35.0% | 128 | 3.2 | 0 | 3 | 46.9 | -- |
| Career | 267 | 491 | 54.4% | 3,410 | 6.9 | 27 | 20 | 122.7 | 44 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Central Michigan | 88 | 93 | 1.1 | 3 | 35 |
| 2016 | Michigan | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 14 |
| 2014 | Michigan | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | 27 |
| Career | 100 | 140 | 1.4 | 3 | 35 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-27vs Rhode Island | 25/49 | 226 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 | 49.0 | 4 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 2 | W 45-27@ Kansas | 28/37 | 467 | 5 | 0 | 12.6 | 93.8 | Season-high 467 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-41@ Syracuse | 23/46 | 277 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 26.0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-31vs Miami (OH) | 15/33 | 195 | 1 | 2 | 5.9 | 31.9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 8-28@ Boston College | 21/42 | 171 | 0 | 3 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 6 | W 26-23@ Ohio | 25/35 | 249 | 2 | 1 | 7.1 | 48.3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-30vs Toledo | 17/37 | 182 | 1 | 2 | 4.9 | 8.1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-9@ Ball State | 16/21 | 199 | 4 | 0 | 9.5 | 85.4 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28@ Western Michigan | 12/30 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 66.1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-30vs Eastern Michigan | 11/18 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 8.6 | 63.6 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 42-23@ Kent State | 14/22 | 297 | 2 | 1 | 13.5 | 82.5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Northern Illinois | 19/37 | 247 | 3 | 1 | 6.7 | 31.4 | 3 TD passes |
 Bowl | L 14-37vs Wyoming | 23/39 | 329 | 1 | 4 | 8.4 | 16.7 | |
| Total | 249/446 | 3237 | 27 | 17 | 7.3 | — |
Week 10 · 2017
W 35-28
243 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.1 · 27 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD
Edged out Western Michigan on the road in a shootout.
With J. Sheldon — 44.2 yards per punt · 9 punts · 60 long · J. Ward — 130 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 81 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 444 passing plays (247 completions) against the box score's 446 attempts (249 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.1798 of 205 QBsSack rate
4.7%63 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (63 of 205 QBs) and still 98 of 205 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 55.8% completion on 446 attempts · 47 deep completions averaging 34.5 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2017 baseline
No situation moves him more than 33 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
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 201 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 1.2 |
| Road7g | 272 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 262 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 1.9 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 228 | 2.8 | 9.3 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Bonamego
Pass share
51.2%
470 pass / 448 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
446 pass attempts and 88 carries in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Michigan and Central Michigan, 3,410 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 21 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Brady Hoke, Jim Harbaugh and John Bonamego.
