Last confirmed: Tulsa, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 227 lb · Grandview, TX
Zach Smith: QB · Tulsa · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Zach Smith
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Zach Smith has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 325 passing yards and 3 passing TD against SMU — Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Q4 transformation · one-season descriptive
Fourth-quarter surge
3 times this season the team trailed entering the fourth quarter and won — and it shows in the tape: 0.079 → 0.532 EPA/dropback into the fourth.
t=2.11 (n=208/68), one season of descriptive data — never a predictive trait. Across ~200 QB-seasons screened at this threshold, expected false positives run near 5%.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
57.1% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 40.9% conversion-per-dropback — 25.0% 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
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-16@ No. 11 Oklahoma State | 18/28 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-26@ No. 11 UCF | 17/29 | 273 | 3 | 1 | 9.4 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13@ South Florida | 16/24 | 233 | 1 | 1 | 9.7 | — | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-30vs East Carolina | 19/37 | 253 | 2 | 2 | 6.8 | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-24vs No. 19 SMU | 26/38 | 325 | 3 | 1 | 8.6 | — | Season-high 325 yds |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24vs Tulane | 2/6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 19-6@ Navy | 10/25 | 168 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | — | |
| Wk 16 | L 24-27@ No. 6 Cincinnati | 13/30 | 166 | 1 | 2 | 5.5 | — | |
| Total | 121/217 | 1599 | 12 | 8 | 7.4 | — |
Week 11 · 2020
W 28-24
vs SMU
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 262 passing plays (146 completions) against the box score's 263 attempts (147 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
5.83102 of 171 QBsSack rate
6.4%97 of 171 QBsSacked on 6.4% of dropbacks (97 of 171) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (102 of 171).
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 55.9% completion on 263 attempts · 23 deep completions averaging 34.5 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 198 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 201 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 218 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 194 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
46.6%
305 pass / 350 run
Plays / game
81.9
8 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2020
About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Baylor and Tulsa, 8,222 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 39 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2020
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Art Briles, Jim Grobe, Matt Rhule and Philip Montgomery.
