Tommy Armstrong

Quarterback for Nebraska. 2016: 2,180 passing yards, 14 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Nebraska · #4

6′1″ · Cibolo, TX

Nebraska 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 290 nationally · Signed with Nebraska

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 quarterback for Nebraska. 2016: 2,180 passing yards, 14 TD, 8 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Nebraska, 7,905 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2012

Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Steele

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#290 national

CFB

College

Nebraska

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Bo Pelini

Nebraska

2015–2016

Mike Riley

Nebraska

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Nebraska9-4HC: Bo Pelini · Run-heavy

2015Nebraska6-7HC: Mike Riley · Balanced

2016Nebraska9-4HC: Mike Riley · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (86th percentile). Strength: rush tds (86th percentile). Concern: completion % (11th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#23 / 167 · 86th pct

512

Rush TDs#21 / 167 · 86th pct

Fumbles lost#24 / 163 · 72nd pct

Pass yards#74 / 167 · 56th pct

2180

Pass TDs#75 / 167 · 55th pct

Yards / att#74 / 167 · 54th pct

7.4

Interceptions#92 / 167 · 40th pct

Completion %#149 / 167 · 11th pct

51.4%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	229	1.8	9.0	0.5
Road5g	161	0.6	6.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	226	1.7	9.0	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	164	0.8	5.9	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Nebraska	151	294	51.4%	2,180	7.4	14	8	123.9	--	--	--
2015	Nebraska	222	402	55.2%	3,030	7.5	22	16	128.6	--	--	--
2014	Nebraska	184	345	53.3%	2,695	7.8	22	12	133.0	--	--	--
Career		557	1,041	53.5%	7,905	7.6	58	36	128.8	--	--	--

Season	Team
2016	Nebraska	113	512	4.5	8	--
2015	Nebraska	98	400	4.1	7	--
2014	Nebraska	145	705	4.9	6	--
Career		356	1,617	4.5	21	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2016

W 24–17

vs Minnesota

217 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.2 · 61 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With T. Newby — 85 rush yds (16 car) · C. Lightbourn — 30 AVG · 44 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 43-10vs Fresno State	5/10	108	1	0	10.8	74.7
Wk 2	W 52-17vs Wyoming	20/34	377	3	1	11.1	72.5	Season-high 377 yds
Wk 3	W 35-32vs Oregon	17/33	200	3	0	6.1	72.2	3 TD passes
Wk 4	W 24-13@ Northwestern	18/29	246	1	0	8.5	93.8
Wk 5	W 31-16vs Illinois	16/23	220	1	1	9.6	75.3
Wk 7	W 27-22@ Indiana	10/26	208	1	2	8.0	35.9
Wk 8	W 27-14vs Purdue	17/31	252	1	1	8.1	75.5
Wk 9	L 17-23@ Wisconsin	12/31	153	0	2	4.9	15.9
Wk 10	L 3-62@ Ohio State	4/15	74	0	1	4.9	39.6
Wk 11	W 24-17vs Minnesota	19/27	217	2	0	8.0	84.2
Wk 13	L 10-40@ Iowa	13/35	125	1	0	3.6	15.2
Total		151/294	2180	14	8	7.6	59.5

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

Tommy Armstrong

2012

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

Heisman trajectory

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