#12

Max Bortenschlager

Senior quarterback for Florida International. 2021: 2,935 passing yards, 19 TD, 12 INT.

QB · Florida International · Sr. · #12

6′3″ · 205 lb · Fishers, IN

CFB Index 40 · #82 of 126 QBsHigh confidenceFlorida International 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1831 nationally · Signed with Maryland

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Florida International. 2021: 2,935 passing yards, 19 TD, 12 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Maryland in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Florida International, 4,674 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Maryland3-star out of Cathedral

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1831 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2021

2 coaches

2016

Ron Turner

Florida International

2017–2018

Butch Davis

Florida International

era →

2020–2021

Butch Davis

Florida International

Coaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Maryland6-7HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-heavy

2017Maryland4-8HC: D.J. Durkin · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2018Maryland5-7HC: Matt Canada · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2020Florida International0-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

40Rotational starter #82 of 126?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (91st percentile). Strength: yards / att (83rd percentile). Concern: success rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#15 / 167 · 91st pct

13.5%

EPA / dropback#68 / 167 · 60th pct

0.30

Interception rate#103 / 167 · 39th pct

2.6%

Sack rate#138 / 167 · 18th pct

8.4%

Success rate#147 / 167 · 12th pct

39.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#28 / 169 · 83rd pct

8.6

Pass yards#39 / 169 · 77th pct

2935

Pass TDs#49 / 169 · 69th pct

Fumbles lost#23 / 159 · 68th pct

Rush TDs#103 / 169 · 31st pct

Completion %#154 / 169 · 9th pct

52.0%

Interceptions#156 / 169 · 6th pct

Rush yards#169 / 169 · 0th pct

-250

Season trend

EPA / dropback— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Sack rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Interception rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	278	2.0	10.0	0.7
Road6g	212	1.2	7.4	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	306	2.3	10.9	0.8
Weeks 8+6g	184	0.8	6.4	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

40 · #82 of 126 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #82 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Florida International	178	342	52.0%	2,935	8.6	19	12	135.5	29	--	--
2020	Florida International	21	45	46.7%	217	4.8	1	1	90.1	35	--	--
2018	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Maryland	121	233	51.9%	1,313	5.6	10	5	109.1	--	--	--
2016	Maryland	16	33	48.5%	209	6.3	1	0	111.7	--	--	--
Career		336	653	51.5%	4,674	7.2	31	18	121.7	30	--	--

Season	Team
2021	Florida International	50	-250	-5.0	1	--
2020	Florida International	10	-30	-3.0	0	--
2018	Maryland	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Maryland	72	13	0.2	2	--
2016	Maryland	12	-27	-2.2	0	--
Career		144	-294	-2.0	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 48–10

vs Long Island University

266 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.1 · 12 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 38-point win at home against Long Island University.

With D. Price — 165 rush yds (5 car) · 3 TD · B. Singleton — 6 rec · 149 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Southern Miss · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +6.88Max Bortenschlager pass complete to Tyrese Chambers for 91 yds for a TD, (Chase Gabriel KICK)
Week 3 · Texas Tech · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +6.61Max Bortenschlager pass complete to EJ Wilson Jr. for 69 yds for a TD, (Chase Gabriel KICK)
Week 6 · Charlotte · 2&16 · Q4 · EPA +6.41Max Bortenschlager pass complete to Tyrese Chambers for 59 yds for a TD (Chase Gabriel KICK)
Week 8 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08M.Bortenschlager pass complete to FIU 25. Catch made by R.St. Felix at FIU 25. Gain of 75 yards. R.St. Felix for 75 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 6 · Charlotte · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Max Bortenschlager pass complete to Tyrese Chambers for 75 yds for a TD (Chase Gabriel KICK)
Week 5 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.52Tyrese Chambers 68 Yd pass from Max Bortenschlager (Chase Gabriel Kick)
Week 4 · Central Michigan · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.42Max Bortenschlager pass complete to Bryce Singleton for 75 yds to the CMich 3 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Old Dominion · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +5.24Bryce Singleton 65 Yd pass from Max Bortenschlager (Chase Gabriel Kick)
Week 10 · Old Dominion · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.98Tyrese Chambers 46 Yd pass from Max Bortenschlager (Chase Gabriel Kick)
Week 4 · Central Michigan · 2&20 · Q2 · EPA +4.37Max Bortenschlager pass complete to Tyrese Chambers for 31 yds for a TD, (Chase Gabriel KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 48-10vs Long Island University	14/17	266	2	1	15.6	95.1
Wk 2	L 17-23vs Texas State	17/34	259	2	0	7.6	36.4	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 3	L 21-54@ Texas Tech	12/27	185	2	1	6.9	18.3
Wk 4	L 27-31@ Central Michigan	20/38	395	2	1	10.4	57.9
Wk 5	L 21-58@ Florida Atlantic	12/28	263	2	1	9.4	62.7
Wk 6	L 33-45vs Charlotte	19/30	466	4	1	15.5	23.1	Season-high 466 yds
Wk 8	L 19-34vs Western Kentucky	15/32	192	1	0	6.0	8.7
Wk 9	L 0-38@ Marshall	14/28	128	0	1	4.6	14.6
Wk 10	L 24-47vs Old Dominion	18/32	315	2	1	9.8	23.8
Wk 11	L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee	9/20	68	0	2	3.4	1.7
Wk 12	L 7-49vs North Texas	15/32	167	1	1	5.2	6.0
Wk 13	L 17-37@ Southern Miss	13/24	231	1	2	9.6	24.7
Total		178/342	2935	19	12	8.7	31.1

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

41.4%Completion %

19.4%Conversion/dropback

41.7%Land short of sticks

0INTs

41.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 19.4% conversion-per-dropback — 41.7% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design