Hendon Hooker: QB · Tennessee · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Hendon Hooker
Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Justin Fuente and Josh Heupel. The first career honor came in 2022: SEC Offensive Player of the Year. A game that shows it: 385 passing yards and 56 rushing yards against Alabama — Week 7, 2022.
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
61.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 26.7% 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
3 of the team's 44 inside-the-5 carries (6.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tennessee | 229 | 329 | 69.6% | 3,135 | 9.5 | 27 | 2 | 175.5 | 87 |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 206 | 302 | 68.2% | 2,945 | 9.8 | 31 | 3 | 182.0 | 81 |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 97 | 149 | 65.1% | 1,344 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 154.1 | 66 |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 98 | 161 | 60.9% | 1,552 | 9.6 | 13 | 2 | 166.0 | 73 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 630 | 941 | 67.0% | 8,976 | 9.5 | 80 | 12 | 172.6 | 79 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tennessee | 104 | 430 | 4.1 | 5 | 44 |
| 2021 | Tennessee | 167 | 620 | 3.7 | 5 | 29 |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 120 | 620 | 5.2 | 9 | 53 |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 123 | 356 | 2.9 | 5 | 34 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 1 | 69 |
| Career | 518 | 2,083 | 4.0 | 25 | 69 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs Ball State | 18/25 | 221 | 2 | 0 | 8.8 | 79.9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27@ No. 17 Pittsburgh | 27/42 | 325 | 2 | 0 | 7.7 | 82.5 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 3 | W 63-6vs Akron | 14/18 | 298 | 2 | 0 | 16.6 | 88.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 4 | W 38-33vs No. 20 Florida | 22/28 | 349 | 2 | 0 | 12.5 | 96.9 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 6 | W 40-13@ No. 25 LSU | 17/27 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 8.9 | 92.2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-49vs No. 3 Alabama | 21/30 | 385 | 5 | 1 | 12.8 | 94.3 | Season-high 385 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 65-24vs UT Martin | 18/24 | 276 | 3 | 0 | 11.5 | 90.6 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | W 44-6vs No. 19 Kentucky | 19/25 | 245 | 3 | 0 | 9.8 | 89.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 13-27@ No. 1 Georgia | 23/33 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 60.7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 66-24vs Missouri | 25/35 | 355 | 3 | 0 | 10.1 | 95.4 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | L 38-63@ South Carolina | 25/42 | 247 | 3 | 0 | 5.9 | 82.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Total | 229/329 | 3135 | 27 | 2 | 9.5 | — |
Week 7 · 2022
W 52-49
vs Alabama
385 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.3 · 56 rush yds (14 car)
Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.
With J. Hyatt — 6 rec · 207 yds · 5 TD · C. McGrath — 8 points · 40 long · 100 percent on field goals
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 322 passing plays (222 completions) against the box score's 329 attempts (229 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
9.873 of 206 QBsSack rate
6.5%121 of 206 QBsSacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (121 of 206) — and still 3 of 206 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 69.6% completion on 329 attempts · 34 deep completions averaging 37.5 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 304 | 2.9 | 11.7 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 252 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 303 | 2.5 | 11.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 264 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
44.8%
421 pass / 518 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
First team in his league at the position.
The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #10 of 140 FBS quarterbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Virginia Tech and Tennessee, 8,976 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — drafted at #68 overall by the Detroit Lions.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Justin Fuente and Josh Heupel.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 4th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 4th NFL season
