Quarterback for Northwestern. 2015: 267 passing yards, 1 TD, 4 INT.
6′4″ · Baton Rouge, LA
The story
2015 quarterback for Northwestern. 2015: 267 passing yards, 1 TD, 4 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearZack Oliver
He has spent two seasons in the Northwestern quarterback room. One game to point at: 111 pass yds, 1 pass TD against Penn State — Week 10, 2015.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northwestern, 634 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 15-10 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (84th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 61.0 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
| Road2g | 42.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 35.3 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 80.5 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2015
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Northwestern | 23 | 53 | 43.4% | 267 | 5.0 | 1 | 4 | 76.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Northwestern | 30 | 57 | 52.6% | 367 | 6.4 | 2 | 3 | 107.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 53 | 110 | 48.2% | 634 | 5.8 | 3 | 7 | 92.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Northwestern | 8 | -30 | -3.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2014 | Northwestern | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 22 | -2 | -0.1 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 0-38@ Michigan | 1/3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-40vs Iowa | 3/8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 32.1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-21vs Penn State | 11/24 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 4.6 | 20.5 | Season-high 111 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 21-14vs Purdue | 2/5 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 12.7 | |
| Bowl | L 6-45@ Tennessee | 6/13 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | |
| Total | 23/53 | 267 | 1 | 4 | 5.4 | 14.8 |