Last confirmed: Maryland, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 218 lb · Ann Arbor, MI · Saline
Josh Jackson: QB · Maryland · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Josh Jackson
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. A game that shows it: 296 passing yards and 6 rushing yards against Syracuse — Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
50.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 10.3% conversion-per-dropback — 69.2% 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
1 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (5.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
The Washington Post Oct 19Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maryland | 98 | 207 | 47.3% | 1,274 | 6.2 | 12 | 6 | 112.4 | 35 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 36 | 58 | 62.1% | 575 | 9.9 | 5 | 1 | 170.3 | 58 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 236 | 396 | 59.6% | 2,991 | 7.6 | 20 | 9 | 135.2 | 56 |
| Career | 370 | 661 | 56.0% | 4,840 | 7.3 | 37 | 16 | 131.1 | 50 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Maryland | 53 | −53 | −1.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 20 | 61 | 3.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 124 | 324 | 2.6 | 6 |
| Career | 197 | 332 | 1.7 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-0vs Howard | 15/24 | 245 | 4 | 0 | 10.2 | 92.9 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 63-20vs No. 21 Syracuse | 21/38 | 296 | 3 | 1 | 7.8 | 84.7 | Season-high 296 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 17-20@ Temple | 15/38 | 183 | 1 | 1 | 4.8 | 16.1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-59vs No. 12 Penn State | 10/21 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-7@ Rutgers | 9/16 | 179 | 2 | 0 | 11.2 | 60.5 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-52@ No. 17 Minnesota | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-38vs No. 14 Michigan | 9/20 | 97 | 0 | 1 | 4.9 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-73@ No. 3 Ohio State | 4/9 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3.9 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-54vs Nebraska | 4/12 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | — | |
| Wk 14 | L 16-19@ Michigan State | 11/27 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | — | |
| Total | 98/207 | 1274 | 12 | 6 | 6.2 | — |
Week 1 · 2019
W 79-0
vs Howard
245 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.9
Dominant 79-point win at home against Howard.
With J. Funk — 79 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 11 yds · T. Pigrome — 61 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.3 · 22 rush yds (1 car) · 1 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
4.70166 of 205 QBsSack rate
10.8%185 of 205 QBsSacked on 10.8% of dropbacks (185 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (166 of 205).
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 47.3% completion on 207 attempts · 18 deep completions averaging 34.7 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 147 | 1.4 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 108 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 194 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 61.2 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
44.9%
342 pass / 420 run
Plays / game
63.5
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
207 pass attempts and 53 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Virginia Tech and Maryland, 4,840 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 26 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Justin Fuente and Mike Locksley.
