Cole Stoudt

QB · Clemson 2014 · #18

Last confirmed: Clemson, 2014. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′4″ · Dublin, OH

Cole Stoudt: QB · Clemson · #18.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Cole Stoudt

QB · Clemson · #18

Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. One game to point at: 319 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Oklahoma — Bowl, 2014.

How he plays

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

55.9%Completion %

19.4%Conversion/dropback

63.2%Land short of sticks

0INTs

55.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 19.4% conversion-per-dropback — 63.2% 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

4/33Inside-5 share

4 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (12.1%).

News and fans

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

Clemson in the news

Reserve defenders out for Clemson-CSUTigerNet Oct 17
CFP and ESPN discuss media rights for possible expansion from 12 to 24 playoff teamsFOX Carolina News Oct 15
Clemson depth chart updatedTigerNet Oct 13
ESPN ranks Swinney among biggest buyoutsClemson Wire Oct 11

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2014	Clemson	191	302	63.2%	1,892	6.3	9	10	119.1	38
Career		191	302	63.2%	1,892	6.3	9	10	119.1	38

Season	Team
2014	Clemson	69	93	1.3	1
Career		69	93	1.3	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 21-45@ No. 12 Georgia	16/29	144	0	1	5.0	22.7	3 TD passes
Wk 2	W 73-7vs South Carolina State	22/31	302	1	0	9.7	52.5
Wk 4	L 17-23@ No. 1 Florida State	3/5	40	0	0	8.0	28.0
Wk 5	W 50-35vs North Carolina	1/3	1	0	0	0.3	0.4
Wk 6	W 41-0vs NC State	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	3.8
Wk 7	W 23-17vs Louisville	20/33	162	0	1	4.9	8.1
Wk 8	W 17-13@ Boston College	29/45	285	0	0	6.3	57.9
Wk 9	W 16-6vs Syracuse	24/35	209	1	2	6.0	34.2
Wk 11	W 34-20@ Wake Forest	27/42	282	3	1	6.7	72.8	3 TD passes
Wk 12	L 6-28@ No. 24 Georgia Tech	3/11	19	0	3	1.7	0.0	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 13	W 28-0vs Georgia State	19/29	132	1	1	4.6	42.2
Wk 14	W 35-17vs South Carolina	1/2	-3	0	1	-1.5	0.3
Bowl	W 40-6vs Oklahoma	26/36	319	3	0	8.9	68.8
Total		191/302	1892	9	10	6.3	—

Signature game

Bowl · 2014

W 40-6

vs Oklahoma · neutral site

319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 68.8

Dominant 34-point win at a neutral site against Oklahoma.

With B. Pinion — 43.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · A. Scott — 8 rec · 114 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 11 · Wake Forest · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +5.52Cole Stoudt pass complete to Artavis Scott for 68 yds for a TD, (Ammon Lakip KICK)
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.24Cole Stoudt pass complete to Artavis Scott for 65 yds for a TD, (Ammon Lakip KICK)
Week 2 · South Carolina State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.39Cole Stoudt pass complete to Artavis Scott for 69 yds to the SCSt 3 for a
Week 13 · Georgia State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −3.95Cole Stoudt pass intercepted Chandon Sullivan return for no gain to the GeoSt 6
Week 1 · Georgia · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.86Cole Stoudt pass complete to Mike Williams for 38 yds to the Geo 34 for a
Week 1 · Georgia · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +3.63Cole Stoudt pass complete to Artavis Scott for 35 yds to the Geo 28 for a

4 more plays

Week 1 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.55Cole Stoudt pass complete to Mike Williams for 26 yds for a TD, (Ammon Lakip KICK)
Week 14 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −3.52Cole Stoudt pass intercepted Skai Moore return for 22 yds to the Clem 41
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.49Cole Stoudt pass complete to Mike Williams for 31 yds to the Okla 44 for a
Week 1 · Oklahoma · 2nd and 15 · Q3 · EPA +3.45Stoudt to Hopper: a 24-yard pass.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

191/302 (63.2%) · 9 TD · 10 INT

297 of 302 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 297 passing plays (188 completions) against the box score's 302 attempts (191 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.76132 of 181 QBs

Sack rate

5.3%87 of 181 QBs

Rarely sacked (87 of 181), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (132 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 yds

64%of completions

120 comp4.2 yds avg2 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

25%of completions

47 comp13.3 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

11%of completions

21 comp33.8 yds avg4 TD

Overall 63.2% completion on 302 attempts · 21 deep completions averaging 33.8 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2014 baseline

+58

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-26 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/106 (3.8%) · league sack rate 4.8%

Down 2

-22 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/95 (2.1%) · league sack rate 5.3%

Down 3+

+58 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 8/83 (9.6%) · league sack rate 8.1%

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.

Teams and coaches

2014Clemson10-3HC: Dabo Swinney · Run-leaning, fast tempo

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: explosive rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#71 / 163 · 57th pct

5.4%

Interception rate#86 / 163 · 48th pct

2.7%

Success rate#118 / 163 · 28th pct

36.7%

EPA / dropback#124 / 163 · 24th pct

0.09

Explosive rate#136 / 163 · 17th pct

7.1%

Box-score rates (7)

Completion %#36 / 157 · 77th pct

63.2%

Rush yards#93 / 157 · 41st pct

Pass yards#94 / 157 · 40th pct

1892

Interceptions#102 / 157 · 31st pct

Rush TDs#106 / 157 · 26th pct

Pass TDs#112 / 157 · 26th pct

Yards / att#123 / 157 · 20th pct

6.3

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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

2014 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

High confidence: 284 dropbacks

38Zeitgeist Passer Rating104th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 119.1 101st of 142 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

41.2%26th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.4% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.0921th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.6%74th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.3% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (30 of 314 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

2014 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	115	0.4	3.4	0.7
Road5g	154	0.6	5.5	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	138	0.6	5.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	154	0.8	4.0	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2014 season

Head Coach

Dabo Swinney

Pass share

46.2%

450 pass / 525 run

Plays / game

75.0

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Impact starter

302 pass attempts and 69 carries in 13 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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