Last confirmed: Michigan State, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Lima, OH · Lima Central Catholic
Tyler O'Connor: QB · Michigan State · #7.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tyler O'Connor
Operates within the system without forcing anything. This is his third year in the same quarterback room at Michigan State. A game that shows it: 281 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Northwestern — Week 7, 2016.
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
48.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 22.4% conversion-per-dropback — 45.0% 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
1 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (3.8%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Lansing State Journal Oct 23
Yahoo Sports Oct 21
The State News Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Michigan State | 154 | 262 | 58.8% | 1,970 | 7.5 | 16 | 9 | 135.2 | 56 |
| 2015 | Michigan State | 13 | 24 | 54.2% | 133 | 5.5 | 2 | 1 | 119.9 | -- |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 12 | 16 | 75.0% | 151 | 9.4 | 2 | 1 | 183.0 | -- |
| Career | 179 | 302 | 59.3% | 2,254 | 7.5 | 20 | 11 | 136.5 | 56 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Michigan State | 63 | 70 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Michigan State | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2014 | Michigan State | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Career | 83 | 140 | 1.7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-13vs Furman | 13/18 | 190 | 3 | 1 | 10.6 | 79.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 36-28@ No. 18 Notre Dame | 19/26 | 241 | 2 | 1 | 9.3 | 80.6 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-30vs No. 11 Wisconsin | 18/38 | 224 | 0 | 3 | 5.9 | 26.0 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24@ Indiana | 21/35 | 263 | 3 | 0 | 7.5 | 65.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 14-31vs BYU | 7/11 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 30.9 | |
| Wk 7 | L 40-54vs Northwestern | 13/21 | 281 | 3 | 1 | 13.4 | 88.2 | Season-high 281 yds |
| Wk 9 | L 23-32vs No. 2 Michigan | 7/14 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 33.2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-31@ Illinois | 23/35 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 70.7 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-0vs Rutgers | 10/15 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 9.4 | 97.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | L 16-17vs No. 2 Ohio State | 6/16 | 105 | 1 | 2 | 6.6 | 3.4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 12-45@ No. 8 Penn State | 17/33 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 14.1 | |
| Total | 154/262 | 1970 | 16 | 9 | 7.5 | — |
Week 5 · 2016
L 21-24
at Indiana
263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.1 · 36 rush yds (11 car)
With R. Shelton — 7 rec · 141 yds · 1 TD · 18 rush yds (1 car) · J. Hartbarger — 39.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 59 long
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 257 passing plays (149 completions) against the box score's 262 attempts (154 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.2989 of 193 QBsSack rate
7.4%140 of 193 QBsSacked on 7.4% of dropbacks (140 of 193) — and still 89 of 193 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 58.8% completion on 262 attempts · 19 deep completions averaging 36.1 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2016 baseline
No situation moves him more than 43 percentile points from his baseline.
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.
3 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 26-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 155 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 1.1 |
| Road4g | 222 | 1.2 | 7.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 210 | 1.8 | 8.7 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 143 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Dantonio
Pass share
44.5%
369 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
262 pass attempts and 63 carries in 11 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan State, 2,254 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 20 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Dantonio.
