Shane Buechele

Senior quarterback for SMU. 2020: 3,095 passing yards, 23 TD, 6 INT.

QB · SMU · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 207 lb · Arlington, TX

POTY finalist (model)SMU 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 182 nationally · Signed with Texas

Statement game457 yds · 6 TDvs Temple (FBS) · W 45-21

Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for SMU. 2020: 3,095 passing yards, 23 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at SMU, 11,661 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

The week the volume broke through — put up 375 yds vs Maryland.Maryland · L 41-512017

201612 games

Signed with Texas4-star out of Arlington Lamar

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#182 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2020

2 coaches

2016–2017

Chad Morris

SMU

2018–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sonny Dykes. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017Texas7-6HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2019SMU10-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced, fast tempo

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (94th percentile). Strength: pass tds (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#4 / 17 · 79th pct

47.9%

Interception rate#4 / 17 · 79th pct

1.3%

Explosive rate#5 / 17 · 74th pct

12.6%

EPA / dropback#8 / 17 · 56th pct

0.32

Sack rate#9 / 17 · 50th pct

5.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#9 / 141 · 94th pct

3095

Pass TDs#13 / 141 · 91st pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 130 · 89th pct

Completion %#27 / 141 · 81st pct

65.9%

Yards / att#30 / 141 · 79th pct

8.4

Rush yards#62 / 141 · 56th pct

106

Rush TDs#56 / 141 · 51st pct

Interceptions#81 / 141 · 37th pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

242/368 (65.8%) · 23 TD · 6 INT

368 of 367 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

8.1726 of 171 QBs

Sack rate

4.9%57 of 171 QBs

Rarely 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 yds

55%of completions

132 comp4.7 yds avg7 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

26%of completions

64 comp13.8 yds avg4 TD

Deep

20+ yds

19%of completions

46 comp34.7 yds avg12 TD

Overall 65.8% completion on 368 attempts · 46 deep completions averaging 34.7 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

POTY finalist (model)

Our Heisman model has him in the top five; no finalist honor is on the books yet.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	SMU	242	367	65.9%	3,095	8.4	23	6	154.2	67	--	--
2019	SMU	307	490	62.7%	3,930	8.0	34	10	148.8	--	--	--
2018	Texas	30	44	68.2%	273	6.2	2	1	130.8	--	--	--
2017	Texas	137	213	64.3%	1,405	6.6	7	4	126.8	--	--	--
2016	Texas	236	391	60.4%	2,958	7.6	21	11	136.0	--	--	--
Career		952	1,505	63.3%	11,661	7.7	87	32	143.2	67	--	--

Season	Team
2020	SMU	58	106	1.8	2	--
2019	SMU	64	105	1.6	2	--
2018	Texas	10	8	0.8	0	--
2017	Texas	62	99	1.6	2	--
2016	Texas	97	151	1.6	2	--
Career		291	469	1.6	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2020

W 30–27

vs Memphis

474 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 27 rush yds (7 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With C. Naggar — 43 LONG · 100 PCT · 12 PTS · R. Roberson Jr. — 5 rec · 243 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Memphis · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +7.33Shane Buechele pass complete to Reggie Roberson Jr. for 85 yds for a TD (Chris Naggar KICK)
Week 5 · Memphis · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +6.74Shane Buechele pass complete to Reggie Roberson Jr. for 70 yds for a TD (Chris Naggar KICK)
Week 3 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.95Shane Buechele pass complete to Danny Gray for 62 yds for a TD (Chris Naggar KICK)
Week 7 · Tulane · 3&21 · Q3 · EPA +4.76Shane Buechele pass complete to Danny Gray for 61 yds to the Tulan 16 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas State · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +4.60Shane Buechele pass complete to Reggie Roberson Jr. for 51 yds for a TD (Chris Naggar KICK)
Week 7 · Tulane · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +4.24Shane Buechele pass complete to Tyler Page for 41 yds to the Tulan 25 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Tulane · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +4.11Shane Buechele pass complete to Tyler Page for 40 yds to the Tulan 38 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.10Shane Buechele pass complete to Judah Bell for 4 yds Judah Bell fumbled, forced by David Laney, recovered by ECaro Jireh Wilson , return for 39 yds to the SMU 32
Week 10 · Temple · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +4.09Shane Buechele pass complete to Kylen Granson for 34 yds to the Temp 35 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Temple · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +4.05Shane Buechele pass complete to Rashee Rice for 33 yds for a TD (Chris Naggar KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 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	8.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology