Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1/25Inside-5 share
1 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (4.0%).
Max Browne
Last confirmed: Pittsburgh, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 230 lb · Sammamish, WA · Skyline
Max Browne: QB · Pittsburgh · #4.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Max Browne
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. A game that shows it: 410 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Rice — Week 5, 2017.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Pittsburgh in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 96 | 135 | 71.1% | 997 | 7.4 | 5 | 2 | 142.4 | 45 |
| 2016 | USC | 58 | 93 | 62.4% | 507 | 5.5 | 2 | 2 | 111.0 | 47 |
| 2015 | USC | 8 | 12 | 66.7% | 113 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 145.8 | -- |
| 2014 | USC | 3 | 7 | 42.9% | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 78.9 | -- |
| Career | 165 | 247 | 66.8% | 1,647 | 6.7 | 7 | 4 | 128.9 | 46 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pittsburgh | 19 | −74 | −3.9 | 0 |
| 2016 | USC | 9 | −23 | −2.6 | 0 |
| 2015 | USC | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | USC | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 0 |
| Career | 32 | −84 | −2.6 | 0 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 6 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-21vs Youngstown State | 17/24 | 140 | 1 | 0 | 5.8 | 75.5 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-33@ No. 4 Penn State | 19/32 | 138 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 8.8 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-59vs No. 9 Oklahoma State | 7/10 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-35@ Georgia Tech | 10/15 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 19.2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-10vs Rice | 28/32 | 410 | 4 | 0 | 12.8 | 98.7 | Season-high 410 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Syracuse | 15/22 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 36.4 | |
| Total | 96/135 | 997 | 5 | 2 | 7.4 | — |
Signature game
Week 5 · 2017
W 42-10
vs Rice
410 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.7
Dominant 32-point win at home against Rice.
With Q. Henderson — 2 rec · 31 yds · 19 rush yds (3 car) · R. Winslow — 43.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 52 long
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 5 · Rice · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.76Max Browne pass complete to Chawntez Moss for 48 yds for a TD, (Alex Kessman KICK)
- Week 5 · Rice · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +4.28Max Browne pass complete to Jester Weah for 55 yds for a TD RICE Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined, (Alex Kessman KICK)
- Week 1 · Youngstown State · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.63Max Browne pass complete to Qadree Ollison for 30 yds to the YngSt 37 for a
- Week 4 · Georgia Tech · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.51Max Browne pass complete to Darrin Hall for 14 yds to the GTech 46 for a
- Week 2 · Penn State · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.10Max Browne pass complete to Qadree Ollison for 30 yds to the PnSt 33 for a
- Week 1 · Youngstown State · 3rd and 8 · Q5 · EPA +3.01Max Browne pass complete to Jester Weah for 11 yds for a TD, (Alex Kessman KICK)
4 more plays
- Week 6 · Syracuse · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Max Browne pass complete to Rafael Araujo-Lopes for 21 yds to the Syrac 47 for a
- Week 5 · Rice · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Max Browne pass complete to Chris Clark for 7 yds for a TD, (Alex Kessman KICK)
- Week 5 · Rice · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Max Browne pass complete to Rafael Araujo-Lopes for 11 yds to the Rice 38 for a
- Week 5 · Rice · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.46Max Browne pass complete to Aaron Mathews for 17 yds to the 50 yard line for a
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
134 of 135 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 134 passing plays (95 completions) against the box score's 135 attempts (96 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.2995 of 205 QBsSack rate
8.2%156 of 205 QBsSacked on 8.2% of dropbacks (156 of 205) — and still 95 of 205 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 yds57%of completions
54 comp4.5 yds avg2 TD
Middle
10–19 yds28%of completions
27 comp13.2 yds avg1 TD
Deep
20+ yds15%of completions
14 comp28.8 yds avg2 TD
Overall 71.1% completion on 135 attempts · 14 deep completions averaging 28.8 yds.
Teams and coaches
2014USC9-4HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2015USC8-6HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
2016USC10-3HC: Clay Helton · Balanced
2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 203 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 129 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 166 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
44.4%
360 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
67.6
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2017
135 pass attempts and 19 carries in 6 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons, two schools
- 2017 Pittsburgh NarduzziYear 5 · 6 games
- 2016 USC HeltonYear 4 · 8 games
- 2015 USC SarkisianYear 3 · 3 games
- 2014 USC SarkisianYear 2 · 3 games
- 2013 USC KiffinYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with USC in 2013 as a 5-star recruit, No. 11 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with USC in the 2013 class, a 5-star recruit.
How it ended
Four seasons, at USC and Pittsburgh, 1,647 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 20 games over 4 seasons.
2013
- Signed with USC5-star out of Skyline
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
5 coaches2013
Lane Kiffin, then Ed Orgeron
USC
Played for 5 head coaches at 2 schools: Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron, Steve Sarkisian, Clay Helton and Pat Narduzzi.