Lucas Johnson: QB · San Diego State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Lucas Johnson
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins and Brady Hoke. One game to point at: 220 passing yards and 60 rushing yards against Fresno State — Week 9, 2021.
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
40.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 18.5% 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
1 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (4.3%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San Diego State | 138 | 223 | 61.9% | 1,424 | 6.4 | 12 | 4 | 129.7 | 34 |
| 2020 | San Diego State | 14 | 24 | 58.3% | 184 | 7.7 | 1 | 0 | 136.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 21 | 37 | 56.8% | 187 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 102.7 | 38 |
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 173 | 284 | 60.9% | 1,795 | 6.3 | 14 | 5 | 126.8 | 34 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | San Diego State | 52 | 181 | 3.5 | 1 | 54 |
| 2020 | San Diego State | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 1 | 35 |
| 2019 | Georgia Tech | 22 | 43 | 2.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 2017 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Career | 84 | 301 | 3.6 | 2 | 54 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-14@ Arizona | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-31vs Utah | 10/19 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 68.3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-21vs Towson | 16/25 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 32.6 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-7vs New Mexico | 1/1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7.6 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-13@ San José State | 2/3 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 12.7 | 89.2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Air Force | 11/13 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 58.1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-30vs Fresno State | 14/31 | 220 | 1 | 2 | 7.1 | 34.6 | Season-high 220 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 17-10@ Hawai'i | 12/16 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 64.1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-21vs Nevada | 21/34 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 5.2 | 54.1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-20@ UNLV | 18/24 | 192 | 3 | 1 | 8.0 | 39.2 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | W 27-16vs Boise State | 9/20 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 30.8 | |
| Total | 114/187 | 1091 | 9 | 4 | 5.8 | — |
Week 3 · 2021
W 33-31
vs Utah
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 216 passing plays (133 completions) against the box score's 223 attempts (138 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.09118 of 204 QBsSack rate
5.1%73 of 204 QBsRarely sacked (73 of 204), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (118 of 204).
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 61.9% completion on 223 attempts · 15 deep completions averaging 28.0 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 115 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 80.2 | 1.0 | 6.5 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 46.8 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 143 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brady Hoke
Pass share
39.0%
358 pass / 560 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
223 pass attempts and 52 carries in 11 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons, at Georgia Tech and San Diego State, 1,795 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Paul Johnson, Geoff Collins and Brady Hoke.
