Last confirmed: Nevada, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Brea, CA · Servite
Cody Fajardo: QB · Nevada · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Cody Fajardo
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. On tape: 321 passing yards and 14 rushing yards against Arizona, Week 3, 2014.
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
58.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.0% conversion-per-dropback — 52.0% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nevada | 239 | 405 | 59.0% | 2,498 | 6.2 | 18 | 11 | 120.1 | 40 |
| Career | 239 | 405 | 59.0% | 2,498 | 6.2 | 18 | 11 | 120.1 | 40 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nevada | 177 | 1,046 | 5.9 | 13 |
| Career | 177 | 1,046 | 5.9 | 13 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-19vs Southern Utah | 30/41 | 303 | 1 | 1 | 7.4 | 75.5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-13vs Washington State | 12/21 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 56.7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-35@ Arizona | 29/39 | 321 | 3 | 0 | 8.2 | 81.4 | Season-high 321 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 21-10@ San José State | 10/18 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 49.6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 46-51vs Boise State | 23/43 | 306 | 3 | 4 | 7.1 | 66.6 | 3 TD passes · 4 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 7 | L 24-31vs Colorado State | 27/50 | 297 | 2 | 1 | 5.9 | 57.2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-35@ BYU | 26/40 | 285 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 88.5 | |
| Wk 9 | W 26-18@ Hawai'i | 18/27 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 4.9 | 81.4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-14vs San Diego State | 10/24 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 21.8 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-45@ Air Force | 24/36 | 275 | 2 | 1 | 7.6 | 88.4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-40vs Fresno State | 11/24 | 126 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 50.8 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-27@ UNLV | 5/13 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 3.5 | 84.6 | 3 TD passes |
 Bowl | L 3-16@ Louisiana | 14/29 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 43.0 | |
| Total | 239/405 | 2498 | 18 | 11 | 6.2 | — |
Week 8 · 2014
W 42-35
at BYU
285 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.5 · 47 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD
Edged out BYU on the road in a shootout.
With D. Jackson — 3 rec · 95 yds · 62 rush yds (18 car) · A. Boy — 38.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 373 passing plays (216 completions) against the box score's 405 attempts (239 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.25118 of 181 QBsSack rate
4.5%56 of 181 QBsRarely sacked (56 of 181), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (118 of 181).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 59.0% completion on 405 attempts · 29 deep completions averaging 26.7 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2014 baseline
No situation moves him more than 44 percentile points from his baseline.
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 208 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.3 |
| Road6g | 187 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 218 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 162 | 1.5 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Polian
Pass share
42.6%
406 pass / 548 run
Plays / game
73.4
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2014
405 pass attempts and 177 carries in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Nevada, 2,498 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2010–2014
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chris Ault → Brian Polian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
