Tanner Mangum

#12 · QB · Sr. · BYU6′3″ · 215 lb · Eagle, ID

Tanner Mangum: QB · BYU · #12.

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Tanner Mangum

QB · BYU · Sr · #12

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at BYU. One game to point at: 270 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Utah State — Week 6, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

BYU in the news

BYU athletic director leaving in Jan ‘27Oct 31
Big 12 addresses UCF fan chants at BYUFox News Oct 29
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKUTV Oct 29
BYU releases depth chart for Arizona State gameSports Ksl Oct 27

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	BYU	114	186	61.3%	1,104	5.9	5	4	115.7	44
2017	BYU	147	257	57.2%	1,540	6.0	8	9	110.8	27
2016	BYU	22	33	66.7%	241	7.3	3	1	152.0	--
2015	BYU	267	446	59.9%	3,377	7.6	23	10	136.0	73
Career		550	922	59.7%	6,262	6.8	39	24	125.5	54

Season	Team
2018	BYU	13	−44	−3.4	0	3
2017	BYU	34	−2	−0.1	0	13
2016	BYU	9	22	2.4	1	35
2015	BYU	63	−96	−1.5	2	11
Career		119	−120	−1.0	3	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 28-23@ Arizona	18/28	209	1	0	7.5	—
Wk 2	L 18-21vs California	22/41	196	1	2	4.8	—
Wk 3	W 24-21@ No. 6 Wisconsin	12/22	89	0	0	4.0	—
Wk 4	W 30-3vs McNeese	15/25	118	1	0	4.7	—
Wk 5	L 7-35@ No. 11 Washington	18/21	160	0	0	7.6	—
Wk 6	L 20-45vs Utah State	27/45	270	2	1	6.0	—	Season-high 270 yds
Wk 12	W 45-10vs New Mexico State	1/3	21	0	1	7.0	—
Bowl	W 49-18vs Western Michigan	1/1	41	0	0	41.0	—
Total		114/186	1104	5	4	5.9	—

Signature game

Week 6 · 2018

L 20-45

vs Utah State

270 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT

With R. Almond — 42 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · A. Hifo — 3 rec · 29 yds · 3 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Utah State · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA −9.15Tanner Mangum pass intercepted for a TD Tipa Galeai return for 56 yds for a TD, (Dominik Eberle KICK)
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 1st and 1 · Q4 · EPA −6.06Tanner Mangum pass intercepted, touchback. TEAM return for no gain
Week 5 · Washington · 3rd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +4.24Tanner Mangum pass complete to Matt Bushman for 39 yds to the Wash 34 for a
Week 6 · Utah State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.99Tanner Mangum pass complete to Talon Shumway for 46 yds to the UthSt 29 for a
Week 2 · California · 4th and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.99Tanner Mangum pass complete to Moroni Laulu-Pututau for 24 yds to the Cal 37 for a
Week 6 · Utah State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA −3.35Tanner Mangum sacked by Jontrell Rocquemore for a loss of 15 yards to the UthSt 49 Tanner Mangum fumbled, recovered by UthSt Jontrell Rocquemore , return for 0 yards

4 more plays

Week 1 · Arizona · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.18Tanner Mangum pass complete to Dylan Collie for 22 yds to the Ariz 24 for a
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.94Tanner Mangum pass complete to Talon Shumway for 21 yds to the BYU 46 for a
Week 4 · McNeese · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Tanner Mangum pass complete to Talon Shumway for 7 yds for a TD (Skyler Southam KICK)
Week 6 · Utah State · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Tanner Mangum pass complete to Dylan Collie for 9 yds for a TD, (Skyler Southam PAT MISSED)

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

114/186 (61.3%) · 5 TD · 4 INT

181 of 186 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 181 passing plays (111 completions) against the box score's 186 attempts (114 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.16155 of 207 QBs

Sack rate

3.1%24 of 207 QBs

Rarely sacked (24 of 207), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (155 of 207).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

60%of completions

67 comp4.4 yds avg3 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

29%of completions

32 comp13.2 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

11%of completions

12 comp28.6 yds avg

Overall 61.3% completion on 186 attempts · 12 deep completions averaging 28.6 yds.

Teams and coaches

2015BYU9-4HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2016BYU9-4HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2017BYU4-9HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sack rate (91st percentile). Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#17 / 179 · 91st pct

3.2%

Interception rate#72 / 179 · 60th pct

2.2%

Success rate#135 / 179 · 24th pct

36.8%

EPA / dropback#153 / 179 · 15th pct

0.06

Explosive rate#163 / 179 · 9th pct

6.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#35 / 169 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#25 / 159 · 70th pct

Completion %#68 / 169 · 60th pct

61.3%

Pass yards#126 / 169 · 26th pct

1104

Pass TDs#140 / 169 · 15th pct

Rush yards#148 / 169 · 13th pct

-44

Yards / att#152 / 169 · 10th pct

5.9

Rush TDs#138 / 169 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

28th → 15th percentile

Success rate

28th → 24th percentile

Explosive rate

9th → 9th percentile

Sack rate

67th → 91st percentile

Interception rate

26th → 60th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2018 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 165 dropbacks

44Zeitgeist Passer Rating90th of 140 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 115.7 120th of 140 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 30 places higher than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on only 3.0% of dropbacks; and the schedule adjustment credits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

42.6%31st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.4% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.3921st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

3.4%90th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.3% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (21 of 186 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	151	1.0	5.6	1.0
Road3g	153	0.3	6.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	155	0.7	10.8	0.4
Weeks 8+1g	21.0	0.0	7.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Pass share

44.2%

373 pass / 471 run

Plays / game

64.9

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

186 pass attempts, 13 carries and 1 catch in 8 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tanner Mangum

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Style of play

Fans

BYU in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

186 pass attempts, 13 carries and 1 catch in 8 games

Four seasons at BYU