Last confirmed: Clemson, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Gainesville, GA
Deshaun Watson: QB · Clemson · #4.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Deshaun Watson
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Third year in the Clemson quarterback room. A game that shows it: 580 passing yards and 8 rushing yards against Pittsburgh — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
50.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 35.2% conversion-per-dropback — 26.9% 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
9 of 15 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (60.0%). 12 of the team's 43 inside-the-5 carries (27.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
TigerNet Oct 17
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-13@ Auburn | 19/34 | 248 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 | 63.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 30-24vs Troy | 27/53 | 292 | 3 | 2 | 5.5 | 29.8 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 59-0vs South Carolina State | 12/15 | 152 | 3 | 0 | 10.1 | 93.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7@ Georgia Tech | 32/48 | 304 | 2 | 1 | 6.3 | 61.4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-36vs No. 3 Louisville | 20/31 | 306 | 5 | 3 | 9.9 | 61.6 | 5 TD passes · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 6 | W 56-10@ Boston College | 15/25 | 270 | 4 | 0 | 10.8 | 85.7 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs NC State | 39/52 | 378 | 2 | 1 | 7.3 | 87.4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34@ No. 12 Florida State | 27/43 | 378 | 2 | 2 | 8.8 | 58.3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-0vs Syracuse | 13/16 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 10.6 | 92.4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-43vs Pittsburgh | 52/70 | 580 | 3 | 3 | 8.3 | 82.2 | Season-high 580 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 12 | W 35-13@ Wake Forest | 23/33 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 77.5 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-7vs South Carolina | 26/32 | 347 | 6 | 1 | 10.8 | 92.9 | 6 TD passes |
| Wk 14 | W 42-35@ No. 19 Virginia Tech | 23/34 | 288 | 3 | 1 | 8.5 | 80.5 | 3 TD passes |
 Bowl | W 31-0vs No. 2 Ohio State | 23/36 | 259 | 1 | 2 | 7.2 | 66.5 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31@ No. 1 Alabama | 36/56 | 420 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 | 63.3 | |
| Total | 387/578 | 4593 | 41 | 17 | 7.9 | — |
Bowl · 2016
W 35-31
vs Alabama · neutral site
420 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 63.3 · 43 rush yds (21 car) · 1 TD
Edged out Alabama at a neutral site in a shootout.
With A. Teasdall — 38.4 yards per punt · 8 punts · 47 long · A. Scott — 3 rec · 6 yds
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 561 passing plays (373 completions) against the box score's 578 attempts (387 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.6832 of 193 QBsSack rate
2.9%22 of 193 QBsRarely sacked (22 of 193 QBs) and still 32 of 193 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 67.0% completion on 578 attempts · 63 deep completions averaging 27.2 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2016 baseline
+54
percentile points better on third down or later
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.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 38-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 318 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 1.4 |
| Road5g | 280 | 2.0 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 292 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 327 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
51.8%
625 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
80.5
15 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
A finalist for the position's national player-of-the-year award.
How it ended
Three seasons at Clemson, 10,163 passing yards — drafted at #12 overall by the Houston Texans.
His career
He has a stat line in 38 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dabo Swinney.
Where he ended up · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 10th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 10th NFL season
