Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/28Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (3.6%).
Joe Gray
Last confirmed: San José State, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Inglewood, CA · Dorsey
Joe Gray: QB · San José State · #6.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Joe Gray
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at San José State. On tape: 253 passing yards and 15 rushing yards against New Hampshire, Week 1, 2015.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | San José State | 73 | 105 | 69.5% | 839 | 8.0 | 6 | 4 | 147.9 | 56 |
| 2014 | San José State | 210 | 329 | 63.8% | 2,305 | 7.0 | 11 | 9 | 128.2 | 47 |
| Career | 283 | 434 | 65.2% | 3,144 | 7.2 | 17 | 13 | 133.0 | 50 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | San José State | 16 | −11 | −0.7 | 1 |
| 2014 | San José State | 58 | 99 | 1.7 | 3 |
| Career | 74 | 88 | 1.2 | 4 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2015 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-13vs New Hampshire | 16/20 | 253 | 1 | 0 | 12.6 | 96.5 | Season-high 253 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 16-37@ Air Force | 11/18 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 | 39.1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-35@ Oregon State | 4/10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-23vs Fresno State | 20/23 | 252 | 3 | 0 | 11.0 | 85.4 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 21-35@ Auburn | 21/33 | 224 | 1 | 2 | 6.8 | 65.2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-23@ Hawai'i | 1/1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 31.3 | |
| Total | 73/105 | 839 | 6 | 4 | 8.0 | — |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2015
W 43-13
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 4 · Fresno State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +4.57Joe Gray pass complete to Tim Crawley for 49 yds for a TD, (Austin Lopez KICK)
- Week 2 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −4.13Joe Gray pass intercepted Weston Steelhammer return for no gain to the AFA 13
- Week 1 · New Hampshire · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +3.80Joe Gray pass complete to Thomas Tucker for 36 yds to the NHamp 34 for a
- Week 2 · Air Force · 3rd and 15 · Q2 · EPA +3.79Joe Gray pass complete to Hansell Wilson for 23 yds to the AFA 30 for a
- Week 4 · Fresno State · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.46Joe Gray pass complete to Hansell Wilson for 20 yds for a TD, (Austin Lopez KICK)
- Week 5 · Auburn · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Joe Gray pass complete to Tyler Winston for 18 yds for a TD, (Bryce Crawford KICK)
4 more plays
- Week 5 · Auburn · 4th and 4 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Joe Gray pass complete to Tim Crawley for 24 yds to the Aub 20 for a
- Week 1 · New Hampshire · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.06Joe Gray pass complete to Tim Crawley for 38 yds to the NHamp 45 for a
- Week 5 · Auburn · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +2.99Joe Gray pass complete to Tyler Ervin for 11 yds to the Aub 41 for a
- Week 1 · New Hampshire · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.94Joe Gray pass complete to Billy Freeman for 34 yds for a TD, (Austin Lopez PAT MISSED)
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
104 of 105 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 104 passing plays (73 completions) against the box score's 105 attempts (73 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.4971 of 198 QBsSack rate
7.1%134 of 198 QBsSacked on 7.1% of dropbacks (134 of 198) — and still 71 of 198 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 yds49%of completions
36 comp5.3 yds avg2 TD
Middle
10–19 yds37%of completions
27 comp13.3 yds avg1 TD
Deep
20+ yds14%of completions
10 comp29.2 yds avg3 TD
Overall 69.5% completion on 105 attempts · 10 deep completions averaging 29.2 yds.
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under Ron Caragher — 9-16 over that span.
2014San José State3-9HC: Ron Caragher · Balanced
2015San José State6-7HC: Ron Caragher · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2015 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 252 | 2.0 | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 83.5 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 167 | 1.2 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ron Caragher
Pass share
42.9%
391 pass / 521 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2015
105 pass attempts and 16 carries in 6 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at San José State
- 2015 San José State CaragherYear 5 · 6 games
- 2014 San José State CaragherYear 4 · 11 games
- 2013 San José State CaragherYear 3 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2012 San José State MacIntyreYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2011 San José State MacIntyreYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with San José State in 2011 as a 2-star recruit, No. 1,990 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with San José State in the 2011 class, a 2-star recruit.
How it ended
Two seasons at San José State, 3,144 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2011
- Signed with San José State2-star out of Dorsey
Coaching lineage · 2011–2015
2 coaches2011–2012
San José State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mike MacIntyre → Ron Caragher. Worth noting in scheme + development context.