Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7/26Inside-5 share
7 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (26.9%).
Tyrone Swoopes
Last confirmed: Texas, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Whitewright, TX
Tyrone Swoopes: QB · Texas · #18.
Players he’s like
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tyrone Swoopes
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Third year in the Texas quarterback room. On tape: 65 passing yards and 32 rushing yards against California, Week 3, 2016.
How he plays
How he plays
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Texas in the news
Where to follow him
Career stats
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Game log
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 50-47vs No. 10 Notre Dame | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85.4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-7vs UTEP | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 16.4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 43-50@ California | 4/6 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 10.8 | 69.4 | Season-high 65 yds |
| Wk 5 | L 31-49@ Oklahoma State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | L 40-45@ No. 20 Oklahoma | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-6vs Iowa State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-24@ Kansas State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-34vs No. 8 Baylor | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-37@ Texas Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-24@ Kansas | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-31vs TCU | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 5/9 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | — |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2016
W 50-47
vs Notre Dame
53 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD
Edged out Notre Dame at home in a shootout.
With M. Dickson — 55 yards per punt · 6 punts · 64 long · S. Buechele — 280 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.4 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 10 · Texas Tech · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA −3.28Tyrone Swoopes run for no gain to the TexTc 26
- Week 5 · Oklahoma State · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Tyrone Swoopes run for 12 yds for a TD, (Trent Domingue PAT BLOCKED)
- Week 1 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 3 · Q5 · EPA +2.62Tyrone Swoopes run for 3 yds for a TD, (Trent Domingue KICK)
- Week 1 · Notre Dame · 2nd and 6 · Q6 · EPA +2.53Tyrone Swoopes run for 6 yds for a TD
- Week 1 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45Tyrone Swoopes run for 1 yd for a TD, (Trent Domingue KICK)
- Week 10 · Texas Tech · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.33Tyrone Swoopes run for 4 yds for a TD, (Trent Domingue KICK)
4 more plays
- Week 8 · Kansas State · 1st and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.32Tyrone Swoopes run for 8 yds for a TD, (Trent Domingue KICK)
- Week 3 · California · 2nd and 6 · Q2 · EPA −1.69Tyrone Swoopes pass intercepted Chibuzo Nwokocha return for 17 yds to the Texas 46
- Week 9 · Baylor · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +1.54Tyrone Swoopes run for 9 yds to the Texas 45 for a
- Week 3 · California · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.54Tyrone Swoopes run for 5 yds to the Texas 40 for a
Teams and coaches
3 seasons under Charlie Strong — 16-21 over that span.
2014Texas6-7HC: Charlie Strong · Balanced
2015Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-heavy
2016Texas5-7HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 13.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 11.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charlie Strong
Pass share
40.5%
400 pass / 587 run
Plays / game
82.2
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2016
54 carries and 9 pass attempts in 11 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Four seasons at Texas
- 2016 Texas StrongYear 4 · 11 games
- 2015 Texas StrongYear 3 · 11 games
- 2014 Texas StrongYear 2 · 12 games
- 2013 Texas BrownYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Texas in 2013 as a 4-star recruit, No. 194 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Texas in the 2013 class, a 4-star recruit.
How it ended
Three seasons at Texas, 3,012 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 34 games over 3 seasons.
2013
- Signed with Texas4-star out of Whitewright
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coaches2013
Texas
Coaching transition mid-career: Mack Brown → Charlie Strong. Worth noting in scheme + development context.