Spencer Petras: QB · Utah State · #7.
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Spencer Petras
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Mountain West. On tape: 461 passing yards and 10 rushing yards against UNLV, Week 7, 2024.
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
71.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.3% conversion-per-dropback — 60.9% 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 36-14vs Robert Morris | 10/15 | 145 | 1 | 2 | 9.7 | 12.7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 29-45@ Temple | 26/44 | 293 | 2 | 1 | 6.7 | 29.1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-62@ No. 21 Boise State | 27/41 | 372 | 3 | 0 | 9.1 | 74.8 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | L 34-50vs UNLV | 41/59 | 461 | 3 | 3 | 7.8 | 43.9 | Season-high 461 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | L 45-50vs New Mexico | 32/47 | 360 | 2 | 1 | 7.7 | 43.4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-25@ Wyoming | 25/39 | 194 | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 44.6 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-49@ No. 20 Washington State | 28/45 | 208 | 2 | 1 | 4.6 | 57.9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 55-10vs Hawai'i | 20/30 | 255 | 2 | 2 | 8.5 | 44.3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 41-20vs San Diego State | 5/7 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | |
| Total | 214/327 | 2315 | 17 | 11 | 7.1 | — |
Week 6 · 2024
L 30-62
at Boise State
372 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.8
With J. Royals — 9 rec · 211 yds · 2 TD · S. Kotsanlee — 46 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 250 | 1.6 | 7.5 | 1.8 |
| Road4g | 267 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 318 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 1.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 209 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nate Dreiling
Pass share
51.1%
458 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
74.7
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #110 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Iowa and Utah State, 7,514 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over six seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Kirk Ferentz and Nate Dreiling.
