Blake Decker

QB · UNLV 2015 · #5

Last confirmed: UNLV, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · Mesa, AZ · Scottsdale C.C.

Blake Decker: QB · UNLV · #5.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Eli PetersToledo · 2019 · 80% season match
Dallas DavisSouth Alabama · 2017 · 79% season match
Perry OrthSouth Carolina · 2015 · 76% season match
Tommy ArmstrongNebraska · 2015 · 70% season match
Christian StewartBYU · 2014 · 69% season match

Blake Decker

QB · UNLV · #5

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Two seasons at UNLV, two different head coaches: Bobby Hauck and Tony Sanchez. On tape: 357 passing yards and 16 rushing yards against Boise State, Week 9, 2015.

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

UNLV in the news

Mullen criticizes NCAA eligibility rulingLas Vegas Review-Journal Oct 21
UNLV beats North Dakota StateOct 13

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	UNLV	120	209	57.4%	1,713	8.2	12	8	137.6	59
2014	UNLV	231	401	57.6%	2,886	7.2	15	18	121.4	38
Career		351	610	57.5%	4,599	7.5	27	26	127.0	45

Season	Team
2015	UNLV	47	127	2.7	1
2014	UNLV	147	366	2.5	5
Career		194	493	2.5	6

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 30-38@ Northern Illinois	21/39	319	2	1	8.2	61.3
Wk 2	L 3-37vs No. 13 UCLA	2/6	52	0	0	8.7	44.2
Wk 3	L 7-28@ Michigan	8/16	96	1	2	6.0	9.7
Wk 4	W 80-8vs Idaho State	7/11	99	2	0	9.0	94.2
Wk 5	W 23-17@ Nevada	7/11	86	0	1	7.8	36.3
Wk 9	L 27-55vs Boise State	29/50	357	0	2	7.1	59.7	Season-high 357 yds
Wk 10	W 41-21vs Hawai'i	15/24	258	2	1	10.8	56.4
Wk 11	L 35-49@ Colorado State	13/19	176	2	0	9.3	82.3
Wk 13	L 28-35@ Wyoming	18/33	270	3	1	8.2	71.0	3 TD passes
Total		120/209	1713	12	8	8.2	—

Signature game

Week 4 · 2015

W 80-8

vs Idaho State · neutral site

99 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.2 · 31 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 72-point win at a neutral site against Idaho State.

With A. Criswell — 1 rec · 36 yds · 1 TD · K. Whitely — 95 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 24 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Blake Decker pass complete to Devonte Boyd for 64 yds for a TD, (Nicolai Bornand KICK)
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.62Blake Decker pass complete to Aaron Criswell for 85 yds for a TD, (Nicolai Bornand KICK)
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08Blake Decker pass complete to Devonte Boyd for 75 yds for a TD, (Nicolai Bornand KICK)
Week 9 · Boise State · 3rd and 1 · Q4 · EPA −4.27Blake Decker pass intercepted, touchback. Raymond Ford return for no gain
Week 5 · Nevada · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA −4.21Blake Decker pass intercepted Dameon Baber return for no gain to the Nevad 3
Week 10 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −4.03Blake Decker run for a loss of 2 yards to the Hawa 37 Blake Decker fumbled, forced by Lance Williams, recovered by Hawa Lance Williams

4 more plays

Week 11 · Colorado State · 3rd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +3.94Blake Decker pass complete to Keith Whitely for 40 yds to the COLOST 10 for a UNLV Penalty, personal foul (Keith Whitely) to the ColSt 25 for a
Week 9 · Boise State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.78Blake Decker pass complete to Kendal Keys for 61 yds to the BoiSt 19 for a
Week 9 · Boise State · 2nd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +3.67Blake Decker pass complete to Aaron Criswell for 35 yds to the BoiSt 45 for a
Week 11 · Colorado State · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Blake Decker pass complete to Devonte Boyd for 34 yds to the ColSt 41 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

120/209 (57.4%) · 12 TD · 8 INT

206 of 209 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 206 passing plays (117 completions) against the box score's 209 attempts (120 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

7.2446 of 198 QBs

Sack rate

4.1%53 of 198 QBs

Rarely sacked (53 of 198 QBs) and still 46 of 198 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 yds

48%of completions

56 comp5.3 yds avg4 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

37%of completions

43 comp13.7 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

15%of completions

18 comp40.4 yds avg4 TD

Overall 57.4% completion on 209 attempts · 18 deep completions averaging 40.4 yds.

Teams and coaches

2014UNLV2-11HC: Bobby Hauck · Balanced

2015UNLV3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: interception rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#42 / 176 · 76th pct

4.2%

EPA / dropback#48 / 176 · 73rd pct

0.28

Success rate#54 / 176 · 70th pct

43.3%

Explosive rate#112 / 176 · 37th pct

8.7%

Interception rate#139 / 176 · 21st pct

3.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / att#33 / 167 · 79th pct

8.2

Rush yards#79 / 167 · 53rd pct

127

Pass TDs#85 / 167 · 48th pct

Pass yards#91 / 167 · 46th pct

1713

Completion %#97 / 167 · 42nd pct

57.4%

Interceptions#91 / 167 · 40th pct

Rush TDs#100 / 167 · 29th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

31st → 73rd percentile

Success rate

29th → 70th percentile

Explosive rate

67th → 37th percentile

Sack rate

19th → 76th percentile

Interception rate

13th → 21st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2015 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Medium confidence: 198 dropbacks

59Zeitgeist Passer Rating50th of 137 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 137.6 53rd of 137 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.0%53th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.7172th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.2%66th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.6% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (17 of 215 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	222	0.7	8.9	1.0
Road5g	189	1.6	7.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	130	1.0	7.9	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	265	1.8	8.8	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

42.5%

364 pass / 492 run

Plays / game

71.3

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

209 pass attempts and 47 carries in 9 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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Blake Decker

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

UNLV in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

209 pass attempts and 47 carries in 9 games

Two seasons at UNLV

His moves

2014 13 games