Last confirmed: Washington State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 216 lb · Brandon, MS · Northwest Mississippi C.C.
Gardner Minshew: QB · Washington State · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Gardner Minshew
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. A game that shows it: 473 passing yards and 7 passing TD against Arizona — Week 12, 2018.
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
50.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 24.5% conversion-per-dropback — 50.0% 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
2 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (8.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Washington State | 468 | 662 | 70.7% | 4,776 | 7.2 | 38 | 9 | 147.5 | 68 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 174 | 304 | 57.2% | 2,140 | 7.0 | 16 | 7 | 129.1 | 43 |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 119 | 202 | 58.9% | 1,347 | 6.7 | 8 | 4 | 124.0 | 48 |
| Career | 761 | 1,168 | 65.2% | 8,263 | 7.1 | 62 | 20 | 138.7 | 59 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Washington State | 58 | 119 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 18 | −40 | −2.2 | 0 |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 20 | −36 | −1.8 | 0 |
| Career | 96 | 43 | 0.4 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-19@ Wyoming | 38/57 | 319 | 3 | 1 | 5.6 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 2 | W 31-0vs San José State | 34/51 | 414 | 3 | 2 | 8.1 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 59-24vs Eastern Washington | 45/57 | 470 | 2 | 0 | 8.2 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 4 | L 36-39@ USC | 37/52 | 344 | 3 | 0 | 6.6 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | W 28-24vs Utah | 31/56 | 445 | 3 | 1 | 7.9 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | W 56-37@ Oregon State | 30/40 | 430 | 5 | 0 | 10.8 | — | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | W 34-20vs No. 12 Oregon | 39/51 | 323 | 4 | 2 | 6.3 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 41-38@ No. 24 Stanford | 40/50 | 438 | 3 | 0 | 8.8 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 19-13vs California | 35/51 | 334 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-7@ Colorado | 35/58 | 335 | 2 | 0 | 5.8 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 12 | W 69-28vs Arizona | 43/55 | 473 | 7 | 0 | 8.6 | — | Season-high 473 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 15-28vs No. 16 Washington | 26/35 | 152 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | — | |
 Bowl | W 28-26vs No. 25 Iowa State | 35/49 | 299 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | — | |
| Total | 468/662 | 4776 | 38 | 9 | 7.2 | — |
Week 12 · 2018
W 69-28
vs Arizona
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 655 passing plays (462 completions) against the box score's 662 attempts (468 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.4954 of 207 QBsSack rate
1.9%6 of 207 QBsRarely sacked (6 of 207 QBs) and still 54 of 207 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 70.7% completion on 662 attempts · 53 deep completions averaging 31.1 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2018 baseline
-32
percentile points worse on first down
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
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 373 | 2.9 | 7.1 | 1.1 |
| Road5g | 373 | 3.2 | 7.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 389 | 3.0 | 7.6 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 342 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
71.6%
677 pass / 268 run
Plays / game
72.7
13 games
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2018.
How it ended
Three seasons, at East Carolina and Washington State, 8,263 passing yards — drafted at #178 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His career
He has a stat line in 30 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Scottie Montgomery and Mike Leach.
Where he ended up · NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 8th NFL season
Jacksonville JaguarsEntering 8th NFL season
