Zack Greenlee

Quarterback for UTEP. 2017: 818 passing yards, 4 TD, 6 INT.

QB · UTEP · #8

6′2″ · 205 lb · Stockton, CA

UTEP 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 388 nationally · Signed with Fresno State

Statement game285 yds · 6 TDat Hawai'i (FBS) · W 42-14

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 quarterback for UTEP. 2017: 818 passing yards, 4 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Fresno State in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UTEP, 2,592 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2013

Signed with Fresno State3-star out of Lincoln

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#388 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

2 coaches

2014–2016

Sean Kugler

UTEP

2017

Mike Price

UTEP

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sean Kugler → Mike Price. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Fresno State6-8HC: Tim DeRuyter · Balanced, fast tempo

2015Fresno State3-9HC: Tim DeRuyter · Balanced

2016UTEP4-8HC: Sean Kugler · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2017UTEP0-12HC: Mike Price · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (92nd percentile). Concern: completion % (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 163 · 92nd pct

Rush yards#84 / 179 · 53rd pct

114

Interceptions#73 / 179 · 53rd pct

Rush TDs#82 / 179 · 48th pct

Pass yards#150 / 179 · 16th pct

818

Pass TDs#147 / 179 · 15th pct

Yards / att#171 / 179 · 5th pct

5.4

Completion %#171 / 179 · 4th pct

47.7%

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	105	0.5	5.7	0.8
Road5g	79.6	0.4	5.5	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	82.0	0.6	5.7	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	102	0.2	5.4	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UTEP	72	151	47.7%	818	5.4	4	6	94.0	--	--	--
2016	UTEP	52	103	50.5%	695	6.7	5	3	117.4	--	--	--
2015	Fresno State	74	156	47.4%	866	5.6	13	6	113.9	--	--	--
2014	Fresno State	18	41	43.9%	213	5.2	1	0	95.6	--	--	--
Career		216	451	47.9%	2,592	5.7	23	15	106.3	--	--	--

Season	Team
2017	UTEP	40	114	2.9	2	--
2016	UTEP	5	-33	-6.6	0	--
2015	Fresno State	27	1	0.0	0	--
2014	Fresno State	12	45	3.8	0	--
Career		84	127	1.5	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 7-56@ Oklahoma	5/8	31	0	0	3.9	33.0
Wk 3	L 16-63vs Arizona	11/17	104	1	1	6.1	21.3
Wk 5	L 21-35@ Army	7/13	88	1	0	6.8	38.4
Wk 6	L 14-15vs Western Kentucky	12/22	124	1	0	5.6	59.3
Wk 7	L 0-24@ Southern Miss	5/10	63	0	0	6.3	66.8
Wk 9	L 14-31vs UTSA	8/29	133	0	2	4.6	15.9	Season-high 133 yds
Wk 11	L 10-45@ North Texas	13/25	109	0	1	4.4	39.7
Wk 12	L 21-42vs Louisiana Tech	3/9	59	0	0	6.6	22.9
Wk 13	L 7-28@ UAB	8/18	107	1	2	5.9	20.5
Total		72/151	818	4	6	5.6	35.3

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