Last confirmed: Bowling Green, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Fort Wayne, IN · Bishop Luers
James Knapke: QB · Bowling Green · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Knapke
Operates within the system without forcing anything. James Knapke has been at Bowling Green through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 315 passing yards and 3 passing TD against North Dakota — Week 2, 2016.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 59 | 119 | 49.6% | 636 | 5.3 | 3 | 9 | 87.7 | 31 |
| 2015 | Bowling Green | 14 | 20 | 70.0% | 173 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 159.2 | -- |
| 2014 | Bowling Green | 280 | 483 | 58.0% | 3,173 | 6.6 | 15 | 12 | 118.4 | 36 |
| Career | 353 | 622 | 56.8% | 3,982 | 6.4 | 19 | 21 | 113.9 | 35 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 14 | −39 | −2.8 | 0 |
| 2015 | Bowling Green | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Bowling Green | 67 | 136 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Career | 83 | 101 | 1.2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-77@ No. 6 Ohio State | 12/33 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 | 20.4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-26vs North Dakota | 23/40 | 315 | 3 | 2 | 7.9 | 37.7 | Season-high 315 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 21-41vs Middle Tennessee | 18/32 | 129 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | 9.6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-77@ Memphis | 6/13 | 82 | 0 | 3 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 5 | L 25-28vs Eastern Michigan | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84.9 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-19vs Buffalo | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 59/119 | 636 | 3 | 9 | 5.3 | — |
Week 2 · 2016
W 27-26
vs North Dakota
315 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 37.7
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 at home.
With S. Miller — 5 rec · 161 yds · 3 TD · J. Davidson — 48.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 54 long
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
1.88191 of 193 QBsSack rate
6.3%111 of 193 QBsSacked on 6.3% of dropbacks (111 of 193) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (191 of 193).
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 49.6% completion on 119 attempts · 59% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 111 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| Road2g | 96.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 127 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Jinks
Pass share
47.3%
449 pass / 500 run
Plays / game
79.1
12 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Bowling Green, 3,982 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 25 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Dave Clawson, Dino Babers, and Mike Jinks. Multi-era developmental context.
