Last confirmed: UTEP, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 210 lb · Baltimore, MD · Gilman
Kai Locksley: QB · UTEP · #1.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kai Locksley
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. He has spent two seasons in the UTEP quarterback room. One game to point at: 358 passing yards and 103 rushing yards against New Mexico State — Week 13, 2019.
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
47.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.0% conversion-per-dropback — 36.4% 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
8 of 11 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (72.7%). 3 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (12.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-38@ Texas Tech | 3/7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 38.5 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-37vs Nevada | 2/6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 | 3.4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-31@ Southern Miss | 8/15 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 80.8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-26vs UTSA | 2/8 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 7.1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-32@ Florida International | 7/12 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 9.8 | 81.7 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-42vs Louisiana Tech | 17/30 | 227 | 1 | 0 | 7.6 | 47.0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-52@ North Texas | 17/29 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28vs Charlotte | 15/20 | 215 | 1 | 1 | 10.8 | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-37@ UAB | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 35-44@ New Mexico State | 24/38 | 358 | 2 | 1 | 9.4 | — | Season-high 358 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 16-30vs Rice | 8/12 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 8.3 | — | |
| Total | 103/181 | 1329 | 6 | 5 | 7.3 | — |
Week 9 · 2019
L 21-42
227 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 47.0 · 17 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
With M. Crawford — 30.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 43 long · J. Fields — 52 rush yds (7 car)
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 180 passing plays (103 completions) against the box score's 181 attempts (103 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.22149 of 205 QBsSack rate
11.3%188 of 205 QBsSacked on 11.3% of dropbacks (188 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (149 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 56.9% completion on 181 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 27.9 yds.
2 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 2-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 119 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 123 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 48.2 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 162 | 0.9 | 7.1 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
43.2%
329 pass / 432 run
Plays / game
63.4
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
181 pass attempts and 126 carries in 11 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at UTEP, 2,266 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Charlie Strong, Sean Kugler, Mike Price and Dana Dimel.
