Tyree Jackson: QB · Buffalo · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tyree Jackson
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Third year in the same quarterback room at Buffalo. First career honor, 2018: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 358 passing yards and 22 rushing yards against Miami (OH) — Week 10, 2018.
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
58.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 32.7% conversion-per-dropback — 41.4% 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
8 of the team's 38 inside-the-5 carries (21.1%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Delaware State | 17/27 | 189 | 6 | 0 | 7.0 | — | 6 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 36-29@ Temple | 26/45 | 275 | 3 | 1 | 6.1 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 35-28vs Eastern Michigan | 21/26 | 325 | 3 | 0 | 12.5 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 42-13@ Rutgers | 14/28 | 263 | 3 | 2 | 9.4 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 13-42vs Army | 10/24 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-24@ Central Michigan | 10/20 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-6vs Akron | 16/30 | 212 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-17@ Toledo | 25/46 | 326 | 2 | 3 | 7.1 | — | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 10 | W 51-42vs Miami (OH) | 20/34 | 358 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | — | Season-high 358 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 48-14vs Kent State | 7/16 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-52@ Ohio | 9/21 | 116 | 0 | 2 | 5.5 | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-14@ Bowling Green | 12/20 | 151 | 1 | 1 | 7.6 | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 29-30vs Northern Illinois | 18/35 | 252 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
 Bowl | L 32-42vs Troy | 20/35 | 274 | 1 | 1 | 7.8 | — | |
| Total | 225/407 | 3131 | 28 | 12 | 7.7 | — |
Week 10 · 2018
W 51-42
vs Miami (OH)
358 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 22 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Edged out Miami (OH) at home in a shootout.
With A. Johnson — 8 rec · 238 yds · 3 TD · E. Finegan — 45 yards per punt · 3 punts · 54 long
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
7.2562 of 207 QBsSack rate
3.8%35 of 207 QBsRarely sacked (35 of 207 QBs) and still 62 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 55.3% completion on 407 attempts · 48 deep completions averaging 36.0 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2018 baseline
+96
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.
3 seasons under Lance Leipold — 18-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 224 | 2.5 | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 210 | 1.7 | 7.0 | 1.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 227 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 219 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
42.2%
419 pass / 573 run
Plays / game
70.9
14 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Buffalo, 6,999 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 1ST TEAM
All-MAC 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lance Leipold.
