Zac Thomas: QB · App State · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Zac Thomas
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches in four seasons at App State. First career honor, 2020: All-Sun Belt. One game to point at: 279 passing yards and 18 rushing yards against Troy — Week 13, 2020.
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
74.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 37.8% conversion-per-dropback — 39.1% 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
2 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (9.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 35-20vs Charlotte | 14/21 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 9.7 | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-17@ Marshall | 22/38 | 268 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-21vs Campbell | 12/18 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 45-17vs Arkansas State | 16/23 | 216 | 4 | 1 | 9.4 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 31-13@ UL Monroe | 13/18 | 152 | 2 | 1 | 8.4 | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-17@ Texas State | 18/27 | 168 | 3 | 0 | 6.2 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | W 17-13vs Georgia State | 16/22 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 6.6 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-34@ No. 15 Coastal Carolina | 17/29 | 211 | 1 | 3 | 7.3 | — | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 13 | W 47-10vs Troy | 22/29 | 279 | 4 | 0 | 9.6 | — | Season-high 279 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 21-24vs No. 20 Louisiana | 10/21 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 4.4 | — | |
| Wk 15 | W 34-26@ Georgia Southern | 18/29 | 208 | 2 | 1 | 7.2 | — | |
| Total | 178/275 | 2075 | 19 | 11 | 7.5 | — |
Week 13 · 2020
W 47-10
vs Troy
279 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 18 rush yds (5 car)
Dominant 37-point win at home against Troy.
With C. Peoples — 95 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · M. Williams — 7 rec · 113 yds · 1 TD
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 288 passing plays (185 completions) against the box score's 291 attempts (186 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.3777 of 171 QBsSack rate
6.4%98 of 171 QBsSacked on 6.4% of dropbacks (98 of 171) — and still 77 of 171 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 63.9% completion on 291 attempts · 27 deep completions averaging 32.4 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 178 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 201 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 201 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+8g | 184 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 1.1 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Clark
Pass share
35.6%
298 pass / 539 run
Plays / game
76.1
11 games
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 6,970 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2020)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Scott Satterfield, Eli Drinkwitz, and Shawn Clark. Multi-era developmental context.
