Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
5/37Inside-5 share
5 of the team's 37 inside-the-5 carries (13.5%).
Brandon Dawkins
Last confirmed: Arizona, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 218 lb · Oxnard, CA
Brandon Dawkins: QB · Arizona · #13.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Brandon Dawkins
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. He has spent three seasons in the Arizona quarterback room. On tape: 248 passing yards and 90 rushing yards against Utah, Week 4, 2017.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Arizona in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-24vs Northern Arizona | 7/13 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 68.5 | |
| Wk 2 | L 16-19vs Houston | 17/29 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 21.1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-16@ UTEP | 18/21 | 155 | 3 | 0 | 7.4 | 96.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | L 24-30vs No. 23 Utah | 24/42 | 248 | 1 | 3 | 5.9 | 44.8 | Season-high 248 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 6 | W 45-42@ Colorado | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 71.2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-28vs Oregon State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-42@ Arizona State | 4/8 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 7.8 | 42.0 | |
| Total | 70/114 | 732 | 5 | 4 | 6.4 | — |
Signature game
Week 3 · 2017
W 63-16
at UTEP
155 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.1 · 133 rush yds (14 car) · 3 TD
Dominant 47-point win on the road against UTEP.
With S. Brown — 3 rec · 42 yds · 1 TD · J. Glatting — 27.5 yards per punt · 2 punts · 35 long
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 4 · Utah · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA −6.94Brandon Dawkins pass intercepted for a TD Javelin Guidry return for 14 yds for a TD, (Matt Gay KICK)
- Week 1 · Northern Arizona · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +5.34Brandon Dawkins run for 66 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
- Week 13 · Arizona State · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +4.54Brandon Dawkins run for 50 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
- Week 4 · Utah · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −4.03Brandon Dawkins run for 15 yds to the Utah 20 Brandon Dawkins fumbled, forced by Casey Hughes, recovered by Utah Chris Hart
- Week 3 · UTEP · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Dawkins to Brown: a 36-yard touchdown pass.
- Week 2 · Houston · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −3.76Brandon Dawkins run for 12 yds to the Houst 29 Brandon Dawkins fumbled, forced by Ed Oliver, recovered by Houst Alexander Myres
4 more plays
- Week 13 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Brandon Dawkins pass complete to Shawn Poindexter for 48 yds to the ArzSt 40 for a
- Week 4 · Utah · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.38Brandon Dawkins pass complete to Tony Ellison for 30 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
- Week 1 · Northern Arizona · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Brandon Dawkins pass complete to Tony Ellison for 43 yds for a TD, (Josh Pollack KICK)
- Week 4 · Utah · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Brandon Dawkins pass complete to Shun Brown for 22 yds to the Utah 27 for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
111 of 114 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 111 passing plays (67 completions) against the box score's 114 attempts (70 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.06158 of 205 QBsSack rate
5.0%73 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (73 of 205), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (158 of 205).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds66%of completions
44 comp5.0 yds avg
Middle
10–19 yds21%of completions
14 comp13.8 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds13%of completions
9 comp31.2 yds avg2 TD
Overall 61.4% completion on 114 attempts · 9 deep completions averaging 31.2 yds.
Teams and coaches
3 seasons under Rich Rodriguez — 17-21 over that span.
2015Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Balanced, fast tempo
2016Arizona3-9HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
2017Arizona7-6HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 129 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 0.8 |
| Road3g | 72.3 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 134 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 31.0 | 0.0 | 7.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
32.6%
295 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
69.5
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2017
114 pass attempts and 69 carries in 7 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Arizona
- 2017 Arizona RodriguezYear 4 · 7 games
- 2016 Arizona RodriguezYear 3 · 10 games
- 2015 Arizona RodriguezYear 2 · 5 games
- 2014 Arizona RodriguezYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
How it ended
Three seasons at Arizona, 2,418 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coach2014–2017
Arizona
Played his entire career under Rich Rodriguez.