Last confirmed: Texas, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Austin, TX · Austin Westlake
Sam Ehlinger: QB · Texas · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Sam Ehlinger
Operates within the system without forcing anything. He has spent four seasons in the Texas quarterback room. 2020 brought the first one: All-Big 12. One game to point at: 426 passing yards and 12 rushing yards against UTEP — Week 2, 2020.
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
46.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.6% conversion-per-dropback — 33.3% 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
9 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (69.2%). 5 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (31.2%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs UTEP | 25/33 | 426 | 5 | 0 | 12.9 | — | Season-high 426 yds |
| Wk 4 | W 63-56@ Texas Tech | 27/40 | 262 | 5 | 1 | 6.6 | — | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 31-33vs TCU | 17/36 | 236 | 4 | 1 | 6.6 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 45-53@ Oklahoma | 30/53 | 287 | 2 | 2 | 5.4 | 72.6 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-16vs Baylor | 15/23 | 270 | 1 | 1 | 11.7 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-34@ No. 6 Oklahoma State | 18/34 | 169 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 17-13vs West Virginia | 15/31 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 5.9 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-23vs No. 15 Iowa State | 17/29 | 298 | 1 | 0 | 10.3 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 69-31@ Kansas State | 20/27 | 274 | 2 | 0 | 10.1 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Total | 184/306 | 2406 | 25 | 5 | 7.9 | — |
Week 6 · 2020
L 45-53
vs Oklahoma · neutral site
287 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 72.6 · 112 rush yds (23 car) · 4 TD
With R. Bujcevski — 43.1 yards per punt · 7 punts · 4 inside the 20 · J. Moore — 8 rec · 83 yds · 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
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 315 passing plays (187 completions) against the box score's 322 attempts (194 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.9630 of 171 QBsSack rate
6.1%86 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (86 of 171 QBs) and still 30 of 171 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 60.2% completion on 322 attempts · 35 deep completions averaging 35.8 yds.
4 seasons under Tom Herman — 32-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 283 | 2.6 | 9.5 | 0.4 |
| Road3g | 235 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 303 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 239 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tom Herman
Pass share
48.7%
344 pass / 363 run
Plays / game
78.6
9 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas, 11,438 passing yards — drafted at #218 overall by the Indianapolis Colts.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 2ND TEAM
All-Big 12 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tom Herman.
Where he ended up · NFL
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 6th NFL season
Indianapolis ColtsEntering 6th NFL season
