Taylor Cornelius: QB · Oklahoma State · #14.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Taylor Cornelius
Pushes it downfield on every look. Four seasons in the Oklahoma State quarterback room to date. One game to point at: 501 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Oklahoma — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
48.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.8% conversion-per-dropback — 33.3% 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
7 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (19.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The New York Times Nov 1
Sports Illustrated Oct 29
Oklahoma State University Athletics Oct 22
The Oklahoman Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 286 | 483 | 59.2% | 3,950 | 8.2 | 32 | 13 | 144.4 | 55 |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 10 | 60.0% | 148 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 184.3 | -- |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | 64 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 137.5 | -- |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 5 | 40.0% | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 53.4 | -- |
| Career | 301 | 507 | 59.4% | 4,170 | 8.2 | 32 | 13 | 144.2 | 55 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 122 | 401 | 3.3 | 10 | 48 |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 1 | 40 |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 | 15 |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 | 12 |
| Career | 139 | 509 | 3.7 | 12 | 48 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-17vs Missouri State | 24/34 | 295 | 5 | 1 | 8.7 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 55-13vs South Alabama | 25/40 | 428 | 1 | 2 | 10.7 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-21vs No. 17 Boise State | 15/26 | 243 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-41vs Texas Tech | 18/38 | 258 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-28@ Kansas | 15/20 | 312 | 4 | 1 | 15.6 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 42-48vs Iowa State | 19/33 | 289 | 4 | 1 | 8.8 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | L 12-31@ Kansas State | 17/35 | 184 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-35vs No. 6 Texas | 23/34 | 321 | 3 | 0 | 9.4 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 31-35@ Baylor | 23/40 | 264 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 47-48@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 34/53 | 501 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | — | Season-high 501 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 45-41vs No. 7 West Virginia | 30/46 | 338 | 5 | 2 | 7.3 | — | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ TCU | 17/40 | 181 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | — | |
 Bowl | W 38-33vs No. 24 Missouri | 26/44 | 336 | 4 | 2 | 7.6 | — | |
| Total | 286/483 | 3950 | 32 | 13 | 8.2 | — |
Week 12 · 2018
W 45-41
338 yds · 5 TD · 2 INT · 106 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD
Edged out West Virginia at home in a shootout.
With C. Hubbard — 134 rush yds (26 car) · 5 rec · 24 yds · 1 TD · M. Hockett — 36.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20
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 477 passing plays (280 completions) against the box score's 483 attempts (286 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.3757 of 207 QBsSack rate
6.2%100 of 207 QBsRarely sacked (100 of 207 QBs) and still 57 of 207 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 59.2% completion on 483 attempts · 59 deep completions averaging 30.7 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2018 baseline
+71
percentile points better on third down or later
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.
4 seasons under Mike Gundy — 37-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 310 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 288 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 293 | 2.5 | 9.1 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 321 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Gundy
Pass share
49.1%
492 pass / 511 run
Plays / game
77.2
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
483 pass attempts, 122 carries and 3 catches in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma State, 4,170 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Gundy.
