So how do you define "best teams"? I choose to use the AP ranking of the opponent at the end of the season (not necessarily when the QB's team faced that opponent). So I have compiled the stats of the top 15 college QBs (by consensus rankings) against FBS teams who ended the season ranked in the top 25. Off the bat, you will see that Carson Wentz never faced a top FBS team. In fact, he only played one game against an FBS team during his career (a victory over Iowa State). Here are the performances of the other top QBs in this draft against teams that were ranked at the end of the season. You'll quickly see the general trend is that they all played worse against good teams than they did against other teams (that stands to reason) with two notable exceptions.
Jared Goff |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/14/2013 |
12 Ohio St. |
Turf |
L 34-52 |
53 |
31 |
58.5 |
371 |
7.0 |
3 |
1 |
132 |
9/28/2013 |
@ 9 Oregon |
Turf |
L 16-55 |
7 |
3 |
42.9 |
11 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
56 |
10/12/2013 |
@ 16 UCLA |
Grass |
L 10-37 |
43 |
26 |
60.5 |
215 |
5.0 |
0 |
1 |
98 |
10/26/2013 |
@ 25 Washington |
Turf |
L 17-41 |
54 |
32 |
59.3 |
336 |
6.2 |
1 |
0 |
118 |
11/9/2013 |
19 Southern California |
Turf |
L 28-62 |
49 |
35 |
71.4 |
260 |
5.3 |
3 |
0 |
136 |
11/23/2013 |
@ 11 Stanford |
Grass |
L 13-63 |
19 |
10 |
52.6 |
194 |
10.2 |
1 |
0 |
156 |
9/20/2014 |
@ 19 Arizona |
Turf |
L 45-49 |
30 |
18 |
60.0 |
380 |
12.7 |
3 |
1 |
193 |
10/18/2014 |
10 UCLA |
Turf |
L 34-36 |
41 |
25 |
61.0 |
303 |
7.4 |
2 |
1 |
134 |
10/24/2014 |
+ 2 Oregon |
Grass |
L 41-59 |
52 |
32 |
61.5 |
360 |
6.9 |
2 |
0 |
132 |
11/13/2014 |
@ 20 Southern California |
Grass |
L 30-38 |
46 |
29 |
63.0 |
279 |
6.1 |
3 |
0 |
136 |
10/10/2015 |
@ 17 Utah |
Turf |
L 24-30 |
47 |
25 |
53.2 |
340 |
7.2 |
2 |
5 |
107 |
11/7/2015 |
@ 19 Oregon |
Turf |
L 28-44 |
41 |
18 |
43.9 |
329 |
8.0 |
2 |
1 |
123 |
11/21/2015 |
@ 3 Stanford |
Grass |
L 22-35 |
54 |
37 |
68.5 |
386 |
7.1 |
2 |
0 |
141 |
TOTALS |
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0-13 |
536 |
321 |
59.9% |
290 |
7.0 |
24 |
10 |
128 |
Jared Goff's Cal Bears were 0-13 against ranked teams with him as a starter, but with one exception the losses were mostly not his fault.
Paxton Lynch |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/7/2013 |
23 Duke |
Turf |
L 14-28 |
24 |
14 |
58.3 |
148 |
6.2 |
0 |
0 |
110 |
10/5/2013 |
10 UCF |
Turf |
L 17-24 |
38 |
20 |
52.6 |
279 |
7.3 |
0 |
2 |
104 |
9/6/2014 |
@ 10 UCLA |
Grass |
L 35-42 |
41 |
27 |
65.9 |
305 |
7.4 |
1 |
0 |
136 |
9/27/2014 |
@ 17 Mississippi |
Turf |
L 3-24 |
31 |
13 |
41.9 |
81 |
2.6 |
0 |
1 |
57 |
10/17/2015 |
10 Mississippi |
Turf |
W 37-24 |
54 |
39 |
72.2 |
384 |
7.1 |
3 |
1 |
147 |
11/7/2015 |
18 Navy |
Turf |
L 20-45 |
42 |
26 |
61.9 |
305 |
7.3 |
1 |
1 |
126 |
11/14/2015 |
@ 8 Houston |
Grass |
L 34-35 |
31 |
20 |
64.5 |
278 |
9.0 |
2 |
1 |
155 |
12/30/2015 |
+ Auburn |
Turf |
L 10-31 |
37 |
16 |
43.2 |
108 |
2.9 |
0 |
1 |
62 |
TOTALS |
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1-7 |
298 |
175 |
58.7% |
236 |
6.2 |
7 |
7 |
112 |
Lynch was only 1-7 with 7 TDs and 7 INTs with 3 of those TDs coming in one game against Ole Miss in 2015. His play against Ole Miss in 2014 and his game against Auburn (who was ranked in the coaches poll but not the AP - hence the inclusion) were both abysmal.
Connor Cook |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/21/2013 |
@ 20 Notre Dame |
Grass |
L 13-17 |
32 |
16 |
50.0 |
135 |
4.2 |
1 |
0 |
96 |
12/7/2013 |
+ 12 Ohio St. |
Turf |
W 34-24 |
40 |
24 |
60.0 |
304 |
7.6 |
3 |
1 |
144 |
1/1/2014 |
+ 11 Stanford |
Grass |
W 24-20 |
36 |
22 |
61.1 |
332 |
9.2 |
2 |
1 |
151 |
9/6/2014 |
@ 2 Oregon |
Turf |
L 27-46 |
47 |
29 |
61.7 |
343 |
7.3 |
2 |
2 |
129 |
11/8/2014 |
1 Ohio St. |
Grass |
L 37-49 |
45 |
25 |
55.6 |
358 |
8.0 |
2 |
0 |
137 |
1/1/2015 |
+ 7 Baylor |
Turf |
W 42-41 |
42 |
24 |
57.1 |
314 |
7.5 |
2 |
2 |
126 |
9/12/2015 |
19 Oregon |
Grass |
W 31-28 |
32 |
20 |
62.5 |
192 |
6.0 |
2 |
1 |
127 |
10/17/2015 |
@ 12 Michigan |
Turf |
W 27-23 |
39 |
18 |
46.2 |
328 |
8.4 |
1 |
0 |
125 |
12/5/2015 |
+ 9 Iowa |
Turf |
W 16-13 |
32 |
16 |
50.0 |
191 |
6.0 |
0 |
1 |
94 |
12/31/2015 |
+ 1 Alabama |
Turf |
L 0-38 |
39 |
19 |
48.7 |
210 |
5.4 |
0 |
2 |
84 |
TOTALS |
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6-4 |
384 |
213 |
55.5% |
271 |
7.0 |
15 |
10 |
121 |
After 0-13 and 1-7, 6-4 looks pretty darn good. That final game against Bama was about as ugly as it gets for QB play (outside of Manning at home against KC in 2015).
Christian Hackenberg |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/14/2013 |
10 UCF |
Grass |
L 31-34 |
28 |
21 |
75 |
262 |
9.4 |
1 |
0 |
165 |
10/26/2013 |
@ 12 Ohio St. |
Turf |
L 14-63 |
23 |
12 |
52.2 |
112 |
4.9 |
1 |
2 |
90 |
11/30/2013 |
@ 22 Wisconsin |
Turf |
W 31-24 |
30 |
21 |
70 |
339 |
11.3 |
4 |
0 |
209 |
10/25/2014 |
1 Ohio St. |
Grass |
L 24-31 |
49 |
31 |
63.3 |
224 |
4.6 |
1 |
2 |
100 |
11/29/2014 |
5 Michigan St. |
Grass |
L 10-34 |
45 |
21 |
46.7 |
195 |
4.3 |
0 |
1 |
79 |
10/17/2015 |
@ 4 Ohio St. |
Turf |
L 10-38 |
13 |
7 |
53.8 |
120 |
9.2 |
1 |
0 |
157 |
11/7/2015 |
@ 23 Northwestern |
Grass |
L 21-23 |
40 |
21 |
52.5 |
205 |
5.1 |
0 |
1 |
91 |
11/21/2015 |
12 Michigan |
Grass |
L 16-28 |
31 |
13 |
41.9 |
137 |
4.4 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
11/28/2015 |
@ 6 Michigan St. |
Grass |
L 16-55 |
39 |
22 |
56.4 |
257 |
6.6 |
2 |
2 |
118 |
TOTALS |
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1-8 |
298 |
169 |
56.7% |
206 |
6.6 |
11 |
8 |
122 |
See more about Hack down below in the comparative table.
Cardale Jones |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
12/6/2014 |
+ 13 Wisconsin |
Turf |
W 59-0 |
17 |
12 |
70.6 |
257 |
15.1 |
3 |
0 |
256 |
1/1/2015 |
+ 4 Alabama |
Turf |
W 42-35 |
35 |
18 |
51.4 |
243 |
6.9 |
1 |
1 |
113 |
1/12/2015 |
+ 2 Oregon |
Turf |
W 42-20 |
23 |
16 |
69.6 |
242 |
10.5 |
1 |
1 |
164 |
TOTALS |
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3-0 |
75 |
46 |
63.9% |
247 |
10.8 |
5 |
2 |
178 |
Dak Prescott |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
8/31/2013 |
+ 17 Oklahoma St. |
Grass |
L 3-21 |
17 |
7 |
41.2 |
89 |
5.2 |
0 |
1 |
73 |
9/14/2013 |
@ 2 Auburn |
Grass |
L 20-24 |
28 |
15 |
53.6 |
213 |
7.6 |
0 |
0 |
117 |
10/5/2013 |
14 LSU |
Grass |
L 26-59 |
20 |
9 |
45 |
106 |
5.3 |
0 |
1 |
80 |
11/2/2013 |
@ 4 South Carolina |
Grass |
L 16-34 |
43 |
28 |
65.1 |
235 |
5.5 |
0 |
3 |
97 |
11/9/2013 |
@ 18 Texas A&M |
Grass |
L 41-51 |
26 |
14 |
53.8 |
149 |
5.7 |
2 |
1 |
120 |
10/11/2014 |
22 Auburn |
Grass |
W 38-23 |
34 |
18 |
52.9 |
246 |
7.2 |
1 |
2 |
112 |
11/15/2014 |
@ 4 Alabama |
Grass |
L 20-25 |
48 |
27 |
56.3 |
290 |
6.0 |
2 |
3 |
108 |
11/29/2014 |
@ 17 Mississippi |
Turf |
L 17-31 |
37 |
22 |
59.5 |
282 |
7.6 |
1 |
0 |
132 |
12/31/2014 |
+ 8 Georgia Tech |
Grass |
L 34-49 |
51 |
33 |
64.7 |
453 |
8.9 |
3 |
1 |
155 |
9/12/2015 |
16 LSU |
Grass |
L 19-21 |
52 |
34 |
65.4 |
335 |
6.4 |
1 |
0 |
126 |
11/14/2015 |
1 Alabama |
Grass |
L 6-31 |
43 |
22 |
51.2 |
300 |
7.0 |
0 |
1 |
105 |
11/28/2015 |
10 Mississippi |
Grass |
L 27-38 |
42 |
31 |
73.8 |
254 |
6.0 |
2 |
1 |
136 |
TOTALS |
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1-11 |
441 |
260 |
59.0% |
246 |
6.5 |
12 |
14 |
113 |
Jacoby Brissett |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/27/2014 |
5 Florida St. |
Grass |
L 41-56 |
48 |
32 |
66.7 |
359 |
7.5 |
3 |
0 |
150 |
10/4/2014 |
@ 15 Clemson |
Grass |
L 0-41 |
18 |
4 |
22.2 |
35 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
10/18/2014 |
@ 24 Louisville |
Turf |
L 18-30 |
32 |
18 |
56.3 |
223 |
7.0 |
2 |
1 |
129 |
11/8/2014 |
8 Georgia Tech |
Grass |
L 23-56 |
35 |
18 |
51.4 |
213 |
6.1 |
1 |
2 |
101 |
10/31/2015 |
2 Clemson |
Grass |
L 41-56 |
41 |
24 |
58.5 |
254 |
6.2 |
3 |
0 |
135 |
11/14/2015 |
@ 14 Florida St. |
Grass |
L 17-34 |
47 |
27 |
57.4 |
209 |
4.4 |
1 |
0 |
102 |
11/28/2015 |
15 North Carolina |
Grass |
L 34-45 |
37 |
17 |
45.9 |
206 |
5.6 |
2 |
1 |
105 |
TOTALS |
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0-7 |
258 |
140 |
54.3% |
214 |
5.5 |
12 |
4 |
109 |
Brandon Doughty |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
11/28/2014 |
@ 23 Marshall |
Turf |
W 67-66 |
50 |
34 |
68 |
491 |
9.8 |
8 |
2 |
195 |
10/24/2015 |
@ 16 LSU |
Grass |
L 20-48 |
61 |
37 |
60.7 |
325 |
5.3 |
3 |
1 |
118 |
TOTALS |
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1-1 |
111 |
71 |
64.0% |
289 |
6.1 |
11 |
3 |
157 |
Kevin Hogan |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
11/17/2012 |
@ 2 Oregon |
Turf |
W 17-14 |
36 |
25 |
69.4 |
211 |
5.9 |
1 |
1 |
122 |
9/21/2013 |
21 Arizona St. |
Grass |
W 42-28 |
17 |
11 |
64.7 |
151 |
8.9 |
2 |
1 |
166 |
10/5/2013 |
25 Washington |
Grass |
W 31-28 |
20 |
12 |
60 |
105 |
5.3 |
1 |
1 |
111 |
10/19/2013 |
16 UCLA |
Grass |
W 24-10 |
25 |
18 |
72 |
227 |
9.1 |
1 |
1 |
153 |
11/7/2013 |
9 Oregon |
Grass |
W 26-20 |
13 |
7 |
53.8 |
103 |
7.9 |
0 |
0 |
120 |
11/16/2013 |
@ 19 Southern California |
Grass |
L 17-20 |
25 |
14 |
56 |
127 |
5.1 |
0 |
2 |
83 |
11/30/2013 |
20 Notre Dame |
Grass |
W 27-20 |
18 |
12 |
66.7 |
158 |
8.8 |
1 |
2 |
137 |
12/7/2013 |
@ 21 Arizona St. |
Grass |
W 38-14 |
18 |
12 |
66.7 |
277 |
15.4 |
1 |
0 |
214 |
1/1/2014 |
+ 3 Michigan St. |
Grass |
L 20-24 |
18 |
10 |
55.6 |
143 |
7.9 |
0 |
1 |
111 |
9/6/2014 |
20 Southern California |
Grass |
L 10-13 |
30 |
22 |
73.3 |
285 |
9.5 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
10/18/2014 |
@ 12 Arizona St. |
Grass |
L 10-26 |
39 |
19 |
48.7 |
212 |
5.4 |
0 |
0 |
94 |
11/1/2014 |
@ 2 Oregon |
Turf |
L 16-45 |
29 |
21 |
72.4 |
237 |
8.2 |
0 |
1 |
134 |
11/15/2014 |
21 Utah |
Grass |
L 17-20 |
27 |
17 |
63 |
104 |
3.9 |
2 |
0 |
120 |
11/28/2014 |
@ 10 UCLA |
Grass |
W 31-10 |
19 |
16 |
84.2 |
234 |
12.3 |
2 |
0 |
222 |
9/5/2015 |
@ 23 Northwestern |
Grass |
L 6-16 |
35 |
20 |
57.1 |
155 |
4.4 |
0 |
1 |
89 |
11/14/2015 |
19 Oregon |
Grass |
L 36-38 |
37 |
28 |
75.7 |
304 |
8.2 |
2 |
1 |
157 |
11/28/2015 |
11 Notre Dame |
Grass |
W 38-36 |
21 |
17 |
81 |
269 |
12.8 |
4 |
0 |
251 |
1/1/2016 |
+ 9 Iowa |
Grass |
W 45-16 |
21 |
12 |
57.1 |
223 |
10.6 |
3 |
1 |
184 |
TOTALS |
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10-8 |
448 |
293 |
65.4% |
196 |
8.3 |
20 |
13 |
146 |
Brandon Allen |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/28/2013 |
18 Texas A&M |
Turf |
L 33-45 |
36 |
17 |
47.2 |
282 |
7.8 |
3 |
2 |
129 |
10/12/2013 |
4 South Carolina |
Turf |
L 7-52 |
12 |
4 |
33.3 |
30 |
2.5 |
0 |
1 |
38 |
10/19/2013 |
@ 7 Alabama |
Grass |
L 0-52 |
25 |
7 |
28.0 |
91 |
3.6 |
0 |
2 |
43 |
11/2/2013 |
2 Auburn |
Turf |
L 17-35 |
22 |
10 |
45.5 |
112 |
5.1 |
1 |
0 |
103 |
11/29/2013 |
@ 14 LSU |
Grass |
L 27-31 |
29 |
19 |
65.5 |
178 |
6.1 |
2 |
1 |
133 |
8/30/2014 |
@ 22 Auburn |
Grass |
L 21-45 |
31 |
18 |
58.1 |
175 |
5.6 |
2 |
1 |
120 |
10/11/2014 |
4 Alabama |
Turf |
L 13-14 |
40 |
21 |
52.5 |
246 |
6.2 |
1 |
1 |
107 |
10/18/2014 |
9 Georgia |
Turf |
L 32-45 |
45 |
28 |
62.2 |
296 |
6.6 |
3 |
2 |
131 |
11/1/2014 |
@ 11 Mississippi St. |
Grass |
L 10-17 |
43 |
22 |
51.2 |
238 |
5.5 |
0 |
1 |
93 |
11/22/2014 |
17 Mississippi |
Turf |
W 30-0 |
10 |
5 |
50.0 |
87 |
8.7 |
1 |
0 |
156 |
11/28/2014 |
@ 14 Missouri |
Turf |
L 14-21 |
30 |
13 |
43.3 |
133 |
4.4 |
2 |
0 |
103 |
10/3/2015 |
@ 22 Tennessee |
Grass |
W 24-20 |
24 |
11 |
45.8 |
219 |
9.1 |
1 |
0 |
136 |
10/10/2015 |
@ 1 Alabama |
Grass |
L 14-27 |
32 |
15 |
46.9 |
176 |
5.5 |
2 |
1 |
107 |
11/7/2015 |
@ 10 Mississippi |
Turf |
W 53-52 |
45 |
33 |
73.3 |
442 |
9.8 |
6 |
0 |
200 |
11/14/2015 |
@ 16 LSU |
Grass |
W 31-14 |
16 |
9 |
56.3 |
141 |
8.8 |
1 |
1 |
138 |
TOTALS |
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4-11 |
440 |
232 |
52.7% |
190 |
6.4 |
25 |
13 |
116 |
Cody Kessler |
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Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/28/2013 |
@ 21 Arizona St. |
Grass |
L 41-62 |
29 |
20 |
69 |
295 |
10.2 |
2 |
2 |
163 |
10/19/2013 |
@ 20 Notre Dame |
Grass |
L 10-14 |
34 |
20 |
58.8 |
201 |
5.9 |
0 |
1 |
103 |
11/16/2013 |
11 Stanford |
Grass |
W 20-17 |
37 |
25 |
67.6 |
288 |
7.8 |
1 |
0 |
142 |
11/30/2013 |
16 UCLA |
Grass |
L 14-35 |
28 |
17 |
60.7 |
174 |
6.2 |
1 |
0 |
125 |
10/4/2014 |
12 Arizona St. |
Grass |
L 34-38 |
45 |
28 |
62.2 |
273 |
6.1 |
0 |
0 |
113 |
10/11/2014 |
@ 19 Arizona |
Turf |
W 28-26 |
30 |
20 |
66.7 |
185 |
6.2 |
1 |
1 |
123 |
10/25/2014 |
@ 21 Utah |
Turf |
L 21-24 |
32 |
24 |
75 |
264 |
8.3 |
2 |
1 |
159 |
11/22/2014 |
@ 10 UCLA |
Grass |
L 20-38 |
34 |
22 |
64.7 |
214 |
6.3 |
1 |
1 |
121 |
9/19/2015 |
3 Stanford |
Grass |
L 31-41 |
32 |
25 |
78.1 |
272 |
8.5 |
3 |
0 |
180 |
10/17/2015 |
@ 11 Notre Dame |
Grass |
L 31-41 |
46 |
30 |
65.2 |
365 |
7.9 |
2 |
2 |
138 |
10/24/2015 |
17 Utah |
Grass |
W 42-24 |
28 |
21 |
75 |
264 |
9.4 |
1 |
0 |
166 |
11/21/2015 |
@ 19 Oregon |
Turf |
L 28-48 |
41 |
30 |
73.2 |
238 |
5.8 |
2 |
0 |
138 |
12/5/2015 |
+ 3 Stanford |
Grass |
L 22-41 |
37 |
22 |
59.5 |
187 |
5.1 |
1 |
0 |
111 |
12/30/2015 |
+ 21 Wisconsin |
Grass |
L 21-23 |
32 |
18 |
56.3 |
221 |
6.9 |
1 |
1 |
118 |
TOTALS |
|
|
3-11 |
485 |
322 |
66.4% |
246 |
7.2 |
18 |
9 |
136 |
Nate Sudfeld |
|
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|
Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/21/2013 |
5 Missouri |
Turf |
L 28-45 |
39 |
21 |
53.8 |
229 |
5.9 |
1 |
3 |
96 |
10/12/2013 |
@ 3 Michigan St. |
Grass |
L 28-42 |
30 |
14 |
46.7 |
137 |
4.6 |
0 |
0 |
85 |
11/16/2013 |
@ 22 Wisconsin |
Turf |
L 3-51 |
22 |
9 |
40.9 |
99 |
4.5 |
0 |
1 |
70 |
11/23/2013 |
@ 12 Ohio St. |
Turf |
L 14-42 |
41 |
25 |
61 |
224 |
5.5 |
2 |
0 |
123 |
9/20/2014 |
@ 14 Missouri |
Turf |
W 31-27 |
33 |
18 |
54.5 |
252 |
7.6 |
1 |
0 |
129 |
9/19/2015 |
24 Western Ky. |
Turf |
W 38-35 |
27 |
20 |
74.1 |
355 |
13.1 |
3 |
0 |
221 |
10/3/2015 |
4 Ohio St. |
Turf |
L 27-34 |
21 |
10 |
47.6 |
134 |
6.4 |
0 |
0 |
101 |
10/24/2015 |
@ 6 Michigan St. |
Grass |
L 26-52 |
37 |
23 |
62.2 |
308 |
8.3 |
3 |
1 |
153 |
11/7/2015 |
9 Iowa |
Turf |
L 27-35 |
37 |
16 |
43.2 |
180 |
4.9 |
1 |
1 |
88 |
11/14/2015 |
12 Michigan |
Turf |
L 41-48 |
34 |
20 |
58.8 |
220 |
6.5 |
1 |
0 |
123 |
TOTALS |
|
|
2-8 |
321 |
176 |
54.8% |
214 |
6.7 |
12 |
6 |
119 |
Jake Coker |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/5/2015 |
+ 21 Wisconsin |
Turf |
W 35-17 |
21 |
15 |
71.4 |
213 |
10.1 |
1 |
0 |
172 |
9/19/2015 |
10 Mississippi |
Grass |
L 37-43 |
45 |
21 |
46.7 |
201 |
4.5 |
3 |
2 |
97 |
10/24/2015 |
22 Tennessee |
Grass |
W 19-14 |
27 |
21 |
77.8 |
247 |
9.1 |
0 |
1 |
147 |
11/7/2015 |
16 LSU |
Grass |
W 30-16 |
24 |
18 |
75.0 |
184 |
7.7 |
0 |
0 |
139 |
12/5/2015 |
+ 25 Florida |
Turf |
W 29-15 |
26 |
18 |
69.2 |
204 |
7.8 |
2 |
0 |
161 |
12/31/2015 |
+ 6 Michigan St. |
Turf |
W 38-0 |
30 |
25 |
83.3 |
286 |
9.5 |
2 |
0 |
185 |
1/11/2016 |
+ 2 Clemson |
Grass |
W 45-40 |
25 |
16 |
64.0 |
335 |
13.4 |
2 |
0 |
203 |
TOTALS |
|
|
6-1 |
198 |
134 |
67.7% |
239 |
8.9 |
10 |
3 |
158 |
Vernon Adams, Jr. |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/12/2015 |
@ 6 Michigan St. |
Grass |
L 28-31 |
39 |
22 |
56.4 |
309 |
7.9 |
1 |
2 |
121 |
9/26/2015 |
17 Utah |
Turf |
L 20-62 |
7 |
2 |
28.6 |
26 |
3.7 |
1 |
0 |
107 |
11/14/2015 |
@ 3 Stanford |
Grass |
W 38-36 |
12 |
10 |
83.3 |
205 |
17.1 |
2 |
0 |
282 |
1/2/2016 |
+ 7 TCU |
Turf |
L 41-47 |
19 |
13 |
68.4 |
197 |
10.4 |
1 |
0 |
173 |
TOTALS |
|
|
1-3 |
77 |
47 |
61.0% |
184 |
9.8 |
5 |
2 |
171 |
Jeff Driskel |
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|
|
|
|
Date |
Opponent |
Surface |
Result |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
9/8/2012 |
@ 5 Texas A&M |
Grass |
W 20-17 |
16 |
13 |
81.3 |
162 |
10.1 |
0 |
0 |
166 |
10/6/2012 |
14 LSU |
Grass |
W 14-6 |
12 |
8 |
66.7 |
61 |
5.1 |
0 |
0 |
109 |
10/13/2012 |
@ 23 Vanderbilt |
Grass |
W 31-17 |
20 |
11 |
55.0 |
77 |
3.9 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
10/20/2012 |
8 South Carolina |
Grass |
W 44-11 |
16 |
11 |
68.8 |
93 |
5.8 |
4 |
0 |
200 |
10/27/2012 |
+ 5 Georgia |
Grass |
L 9-17 |
27 |
15 |
55.6 |
191 |
7.1 |
0 |
2 |
100 |
11/24/2012 |
@ 10 Florida St. |
Grass |
W 37-26 |
23 |
15 |
65.2 |
147 |
6.4 |
1 |
0 |
133 |
1/2/2013 |
+ 13 Louisville |
Turf |
L 23-33 |
29 |
16 |
55.2 |
175 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
103 |
9/20/2014 |
@ 4 Alabama |
Grass |
L 21-42 |
28 |
9 |
32.1 |
93 |
3.3 |
1 |
2 |
58 |
10/18/2014 |
14 Missouri |
Grass |
L 13-42 |
19 |
7 |
36.8 |
50 |
2.6 |
0 |
2 |
38 |
9/10/2015 |
@ 24 Western Ky. |
Turf |
L 38-41 |
48 |
28 |
58.3 |
357 |
7.4 |
2 |
1 |
130 |
TOTALS |
|
|
5-5 |
238 |
133 |
55.9% |
141 |
5.8 |
9 |
9 |
113 |
So after all of that data, I'm going to make it easy for you and combine the totals (and averages) into one table for comparing the QBs.
Name |
Results (W-L) |
Att |
Comp |
Pct. |
Average Yards |
Yards/Att |
TD |
Int |
Rating |
Jared Goff |
0-13 |
536 |
321 |
59.9% |
290 |
7.0 |
24 |
10 |
128 |
Carson Wentz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paxton Lynch |
1-7 |
298 |
175 |
58.7% |
236 |
6.2 |
7 |
7 |
112 |
Connor Cook |
6-4 |
384 |
213 |
55.5% |
271 |
7.0 |
15 |
10 |
121 |
Christian Hackenberg |
1-8 |
298 |
169 |
56.7% |
206 |
6.6 |
11 |
8 |
122 |
Cardale Jones |
3-0 |
75 |
46 |
63.9% |
247 |
10.8 |
5 |
2 |
178 |
Dak Prescott |
1-11 |
441 |
260 |
59.0% |
246 |
6.5 |
12 |
14 |
113 |
Jacoby Brissett |
0-7 |
258 |
140 |
54.3% |
214 |
5.5 |
12 |
4 |
109 |
Brandon Doughty |
1-1 |
111 |
71 |
64.0% |
289 |
6.1 |
11 |
3 |
157 |
Kevin Hogan |
10-8 |
448 |
293 |
65.4% |
196 |
8.3 |
20 |
13 |
146 |
Brandon Allen |
4-11 |
440 |
232 |
52.7% |
190 |
6.4 |
25 |
13 |
116 |
Cody Kessler |
3-11 |
485 |
322 |
66.4% |
246 |
7.2 |
18 |
9 |
136 |
Nate Sudfeld |
2-8 |
321 |
176 |
54.8% |
214 |
6.7 |
12 |
6 |
119 |
Jake Coker |
6-1 |
198 |
134 |
67.7% |
239 |
8.9 |
10 |
3 |
158 |
Vernon Adams, Jr. |
1-3 |
77 |
47 |
61.0% |
184 |
9.8 |
5 |
2 |
171 |
Jeff Driskel |
5-5 |
238 |
133 |
55.9% |
141 |
5.8 |
9 |
9 |
113 |
So we see above that only Cook, Jones, Hogan and Coker had winning records against "ranked" teams. But how did these QBs performance against ranked teams compare to their career average performance? That's contained in the table below.
Name |
Career Comp% |
Change in Comp% |
Career Y/A |
Change in Y/A |
Career QB Rating |
Change in QB Rating |
Jared Goff |
62.3% |
-2.4% |
7.8 |
-0.8 |
144.0 |
-16.3 |
Paxton Lynch |
62.9% |
-4.2% |
7.4 |
-1.2 |
137.0 |
-24.8 |
Connor Cook |
57.5% |
-2.0% |
7.9 |
-0.9 |
139.8 |
-18.5 |
Christian Hackenberg |
56.1% |
0.6% |
6.8 |
-0.2 |
121.4 |
0.7 |
Cardale Jones |
61.7% |
2.2% |
8.6 |
2.2 |
147.4 |
30.2 |
Dak Prescott |
62.8% |
-3.8% |
8.0 |
-1.5 |
146.0 |
-32.6 |
Jacoby Brissett |
59.9% |
-5.6% |
6.9 |
-1.4 |
133.4 |
-24.8 |
Brandon Doughty |
68.6% |
-4.6% |
8.6 |
-2.5 |
161.0 |
-4.2 |
Kevin Hogan |
65.9% |
-0.5% |
8.5 |
-0.2 |
154.6 |
-8.9 |
Brandon Allen |
57.4% |
-4.7% |
7.3 |
-0.9 |
134.8 |
-19.0 |
Cody Kessler |
67.5% |
-1.1% |
8.2 |
-1.0 |
156.4 |
-20.7 |
Nate Sudfeld |
60.3% |
-5.5% |
8.0 |
-1.3 |
144.1 |
-25.2 |
Jake Coker |
66.6% |
1.1% |
7.8 |
1.1 |
146.6 |
11.3 |
Vernon Adams, Jr. |
64.9% |
-3.9% |
10.2 |
-0.4 |
179.1 |
-8.4 |
Jeff Driskel |
60.7% |
-4.8% |
7.4 |
-1.6 |
134.1 |
-21.5 |
Interestingly while Hackenberg didn't play very well normally, he played equally crappy (and not crappier) against ranked teams. This was not the norm. Most of these guys played worse against ranked teams than they did against everyone else. The two exceptions are Coker and Jones (in only 3 games). Both of those guys actually played better than their career norms against ranked teams. With Jones it was a marked improvement, but the caveat is that his three games against ranked teams made up a significant percentage of his total career starts at QB. So you have to take that data with a grain of salt.
Now before you make the argument that W/L record is a horrible way to evaluate a QB, I will agree. It is. That's why I have the other stats included above and that is also the purpose of the final table. While Goff was 0-13 against ranked opponents, he played pretty close to his career norms in those games. Compare his numbers with Prescott or Sudfeld to see what happens when a QB meets defenses that he can't handle. You also need to be careful with the numbers for Doughty since he only had two career games against ranked teams and one of them was that crazy game against Marshall where he threw for nearly 500 yards and eight touchdowns.