Last confirmed: Oklahoma State, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′6″ · 232 lb · Bushland, TX
Taylor Cornelius: QB · Oklahoma State · #14.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Taylor Cornelius
Pushes it downfield on every look. He has spent four seasons in the Oklahoma State quarterback room. One game to point at: 501 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Oklahoma — Week 11, 2018.
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
48.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.8% 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
7 of the team's 36 inside-the-5 carries (19.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Oklahoma State University Athletics Oct 22
The Oklahoman Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 17
WTOC Oct 8Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 286 | 483 | 59.2% | 3,950 | 8.2 | 32 | 13 | 144.4 | 55 |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 10 | 60.0% | 148 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | 184.3 | -- |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 9 | 77.8% | 64 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 137.5 | -- |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 5 | 40.0% | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 53.4 | -- |
| Career | 301 | 507 | 59.4% | 4,170 | 8.2 | 32 | 13 | 144.2 | 55 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Oklahoma State | 122 | 401 | 3.3 | 10 |
| 2017 | Oklahoma State | 7 | 75 | 10.7 | 1 |
| 2016 | Oklahoma State | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 1 |
| 2015 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 0 |
| Career | 139 | 509 | 3.7 | 12 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-17vs Missouri State | 24/34 | 295 | 5 | 1 | 8.7 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 55-13vs South Alabama | 25/40 | 428 | 1 | 2 | 10.7 | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-21vs No. 17 Boise State | 15/26 | 243 | 1 | 0 | 9.3 | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-41vs Texas Tech | 18/38 | 258 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 48-28@ Kansas | 15/20 | 312 | 4 | 1 | 15.6 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 42-48vs Iowa State | 19/33 | 289 | 4 | 1 | 8.8 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | L 12-31@ Kansas State | 17/35 | 184 | 0 | 2 | 5.3 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-35vs No. 6 Texas | 23/34 | 321 | 3 | 0 | 9.4 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 31-35@ Baylor | 23/40 | 264 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 | — | |
| Wk 11 | L 47-48@ No. 6 Oklahoma | 34/53 | 501 | 3 | 0 | 9.5 | — | Season-high 501 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 45-41vs No. 7 West Virginia | 30/46 | 338 | 5 | 2 | 7.3 | — | 5 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ TCU | 17/40 | 181 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | — | |
 Bowl | W 38-33vs No. 24 Missouri | 26/44 | 336 | 4 | 2 | 7.6 | — | |
| Total | 286/483 | 3950 | 32 | 13 | 8.2 | — |
Week 12 · 2018
W 45-41
338 yds · 5 TD · 2 INT · 106 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD
Edged out West Virginia at home in a shootout.
With C. Hubbard — 134 rush yds (26 car) · 5 rec · 24 yds · 1 TD · M. Hockett — 36.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20
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 477 passing plays (280 completions) against the box score's 483 attempts (286 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
7.3757 of 207 QBsSack rate
6.2%100 of 207 QBsRarely sacked (100 of 207 QBs) and still 57 of 207 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 59.2% completion on 483 attempts · 59 deep completions averaging 30.7 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2018 baseline
+71
percentile points better on third down or later
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
4 seasons under Mike Gundy — 37-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 310 | 2.9 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 288 | 1.6 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 293 | 2.5 | 9.1 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 321 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Gundy
Pass share
49.1%
492 pass / 511 run
Plays / game
77.2
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
483 pass attempts, 122 carries and 3 catches in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma State, 4,170 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Gundy.
