Last confirmed: Air Force, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 220 lb · Hampton, GA
Donald Hammond III: QB · Air Force · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Donald Hammond III
Beats you with his legs when the pocket breaks down. Second year in the Air Force quarterback room. A game that shows it: 327 passing yards and 41 rushing yards against New Mexico — Week 13, 2019.
Play style
Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
55.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 41.4% conversion-per-dropback — 20.0% 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
18 of 19 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (94.7%). 11 of the team's 47 inside-the-5 carries (23.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs Colgate | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-23@ Colorado | 7/12 | 155 | 2 | 1 | 12.9 | 84.1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-30@ No. 20 Boise State | 6/11 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 44.9 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-24vs San José State | 5/9 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 14.6 | 98.3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 25-34@ Navy | 10/25 | 205 | 0 | 1 | 8.2 | 59.8 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-24vs Fresno State | 2/3 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 87.6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 56-26@ Hawai'i | 1/1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 99.8 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-7vs Utah State | 1/5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 30.6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-13vs Army | 1/6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-21@ Colorado State | 5/11 | 126 | 3 | 1 | 11.5 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | W 44-22@ New Mexico | 9/10 | 327 | 4 | 0 | 32.7 | 99.5 | Season-high 327 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 20-6vs Wyoming | 5/6 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 20.2 | — | |
 Bowl | W 31-21@ Washington State | 4/12 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | — | |
| Total | 56/111 | 1316 | 13 | 6 | 11.9 | — |
Week 13 · 2019
W 44-22
at New Mexico
327 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 41 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD
Dominant 22-point win on the road against New Mexico.
With B. Waters — 4 rec · 171 yds · 2 TD · G. Sanders — 5 rec · 156 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
11.304 of 205 QBsSack rate
3.5%25 of 205 QBsRarely sacked (25 of 205 QBs) and still 4 of 205 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 50.5% completion on 111 attempts · 25 deep completions averaging 39.8 yds.
2 seasons under Troy Calhoun, all run-heavy offenses — 16-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 61.3 | 0.5 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 153 | 1.7 | 15.8 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 97.9 | 0.7 | 12.1 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 105 | 1.3 | 15.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
14.5%
124 pass / 731 run
Plays / game
65.8
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
121 carries, 111 pass attempts and 1 catch in 13 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Air Force, 1,939 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Troy Calhoun.
