Shane Buechele: QB · SMU · #7.
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Shane Buechele
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Charlie Strong, Tom Herman and Sonny Dykes. AAC Offensive Player of the Week in 2020 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 474 passing yards and 27 rushing yards against Memphis — Week 5, 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
69.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 32.7% conversion-per-dropback — 46.7% 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. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-24@ Texas State | 26/36 | 367 | 1 | 2 | 10.2 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 65-35@ North Texas | 24/33 | 344 | 4 | 0 | 10.4 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 50-7vs Stephen F. Austin | 14/23 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 6.1 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-27vs No. 25 Memphis | 32/45 | 474 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | — | Season-high 474 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 37-34@ Tulane | 23/37 | 384 | 2 | 0 | 10.4 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 8 | L 13-42vs No. 9 Cincinnati | 23/44 | 216 | 1 | 1 | 4.9 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-37vs Navy | 23/28 | 300 | 3 | 0 | 10.7 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | W 47-23@ Temple | 24/35 | 355 | 4 | 0 | 10.1 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 24-28@ Tulsa | 18/36 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 5.6 | — | |
| Wk 13 | L 38-52@ East Carolina | 35/50 | 314 | 2 | 2 | 6.3 | — | |
| Total | 242/367 | 3095 | 23 | 6 | 8.4 | — |
Week 5 · 2020
W 30-27
vs Memphis
474 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 27 rush yds (7 car)
A close one, won by 3 at home.
With C. Naggar — 45.8 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20 · R. Roberson Jr. — 5 rec · 243 yds · 2 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 368 passing plays (242 completions) against the box score's 367 attempts (242 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
8.1726 of 171 QBsSack rate
4.9%57 of 171 QBsRarely sacked (57 of 171 QBs) and still 26 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 65.9% completion on 367 attempts · 46 deep completions averaging 34.7 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 283 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 327 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 342 | 2.4 | 9.5 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 277 | 2.2 | 7.5 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sonny Dykes
Pass share
50.2%
374 pass / 371 run
Plays / game
74.5
10 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
Our Heisman model had this player inside its top 25 in 2020.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Texas and SMU, 11,661 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2019)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
AAC Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Charlie Strong, Tom Herman and Sonny Dykes.
