Spencer Petras

Former quarterback at Utah State. 2024: 2,315 passing yards, 17 TD, 11 INT.

QB · Utah State · Sr. · #7

6′5″ · 230 lb · San Rafael, CA

CFB Index 31 · #110 of 137 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceUtah State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 421 nationally · Signed with Iowa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Utah State. 2024: 2,315 passing yards, 17 TD, 11 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2018.
Transferred from Iowa to Utah State in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Utah State, 7,514 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 259 yds at Maryland.Maryland · W 51-142021

2018

Signed with Iowa3-star out of Marin Catholic

20249 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#421 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2024

5 coaches

2018

Matt Wells

Utah State

2019

Gary Andersen

Utah State

era →

2020

Frank Maile

Utah State

era →

2021–2022

Blake Anderson

Utah State

era →

2024

Nate Dreiling

Utah State

era →

Played under 5 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen, Frank Maile, Blake Anderson, and Nate Dreiling. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2019Iowa10-3HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

2020Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2021Iowa10-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Utah State4-8HC: Nate Dreiling · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #110 of 137?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (86th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#24 / 169 · 86th pct

46.9%

Sack rate#46 / 169 · 73rd pct

4.2%

EPA / dropback#58 / 169 · 66th pct

0.27

Interception rate#89 / 169 · 48th pct

2.2%

Explosive rate#138 / 169 · 18th pct

7.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#38 / 165 · 77th pct

65.4%

Fumbles lost#21 / 159 · 73rd pct

Pass TDs#59 / 165 · 62nd pct

Pass yards#79 / 165 · 52nd pct

2315

Yards / att#97 / 165 · 39th pct

7.1

Rush TDs#105 / 165 · 27th pct

Rush yards#124 / 165 · 25th pct

Interceptions#132 / 165 · 16th pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Bronco Mendenhall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

31 · #110 of 137 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #110 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Utah State	214	327	65.4%	2,315	7.1	17	11	135.3	44	--	--
2022	Iowa	157	281	55.9%	1,725	6.1	5	5	109.8	28	--	--
2021	Iowa	165	288	57.3%	1,880	6.5	10	9	117.3	32	--	--
2020	Iowa	140	245	57.1%	1,569	6.4	9	5	119.0	43	--	--
2019	Iowa	6	10	60.0%	25	2.5	0	0	81.0	--	--	--
2018	Iowa	--	1	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		682	1,152	59.2%	7,514	6.5	41	30	120.5	36	--	--

Season	Team
2024	Utah State	36	35	1.0	1	--
2022	Iowa	57	-182	-3.2	3	--
2021	Iowa	48	-109	-2.3	5	--
2020	Iowa	32	-4	-0.1	2	--
2019	Iowa	1	1	1.0	1	--
2018	Iowa	--	--	--	--	--
Career		174	-259	-1.5	12	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 36–14

vs Robert Morris

145 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 12.7 · 5 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 22-point win at home against Robert Morris.

With B. Barnes — 198 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 69.9 · 88 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Kotsanlee — 45 AVG · 67 LONG · 4 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Boise State · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.78Spencer Petras pass complete to Jalen Royals for 75 yds for a TD (Tanner Cragun KICK)
Week 6 · Boise State · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA +6.58Spencer Petras pass complete to Jalen Royals for 59 yds for a TD (Tanner Cragun KICK)
Week 1 · Robert Morris · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +5.85Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 57 yds for a TD (Elliott Nimrod KICK)
Week 11 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.32Spencer Petras pass intercepted Kapena Gushiken return for 6 yds to the WSU 13
Week 7 · UNLV · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.06Spencer Petras pass intercepted Jackson Woodard return for a loss of 2 yards to the UNLV 18
Week 1 · Robert Morris · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA -3.86Spencer Petras pass intercepted Tyris Harvey return for 31 yds to the RMU 41
Week 7 · UNLV · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA -3.68Spencer Petras pass intercepted Jackson Woodard return for 23 yds to the USU 37
Week 4 · Temple · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.66Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 30 yds to the TEM 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Boise State · 4&6 · Q2 · EPA -3.50Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 1 yd to the BOIS 14
Week 11 · Washington State · 4&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.48Spencer Petras pass complete to Kyrese White for 12 yds for a TD (Tanner Cragun KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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@ 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	7.0	39.5

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

Spencer Petras

2018

20249 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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