A.J. McCarron with the Cincinnati Bengals, 2017
With the Cincinnati Bengals, 2017. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Alabama, 2009–⁠13

A.J. McCarron

Number
No. 10
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Mobile, AL
Born
Sep 13, 1990, in Mobile, Alabama

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A.J. McCarron played quarterback at Alabama (2009–⁠13). He was the quarterback of the 2011 and 2012 national champions (12–⁠1, 13–⁠1). He won the 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the 2013 Maxwell Award. He finished second in the 2013 Heisman vote. The Cincinnati Bengals took McCarron in round 5, No. 164 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,063
Passing yards, 2013 (Alabama, 11–⁠2)
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in passer rating, 2012
Drafted
No. 164
Round 5, 2014 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

387passing yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20134touchdown passes, career highseven times; last vs. Georgia State, 2013

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2009, 2011 and 2012; SEC champions, 2009 and 2012

All-America: AFCA 2013; Walter Camp 2013; AP third team 2012

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
200900
2010130304862.538930151.26-10-1.70
2011131321932866.82,634165147.330-22-0.72
2012141421131467.22,933303175.34940.11
2013131322633667.63,063287167.234-22-0.60
Career53406861,0269,0197715119-503

From the college statistics table in McCarron’s Wikipedia article (A. J. McCarron, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Alabama10QB
2010Alabama10QB
2011Alabama10QB
2012Alabama10QB
2013Alabama10QB6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. pass
2013Alabama3200.2979th (n=144)0.2294.342%0.25

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Alabama 13 games, 3,063 passing yards, 28 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.Virginia TechW 35–⁠10102311011−23
Sep 14atTexas A&MW 49–⁠42202933440–
Sep 21vs.Colorado StateW 31–⁠6202625811−7
Sep 28vs.Ole MissW 25–⁠02532180011
Oct 5vs.Georgia StateW 45–⁠3151616640–
Oct 12atKentuckyW 48–⁠72135359108
Oct 19vs.ArkansasW 52–⁠0152118030–
Oct 26vs.TennesseeW 45–⁠101927275201
Nov 9vs.LSUW 38–⁠17142017930−2
Nov 16atMississippi StateW 20–⁠718321872212
Nov 23vs.ChattanoogaW 49–⁠013161712015
Nov 30atAuburnL 28–⁠3417292773016
Jan 2 ✦vs.OklahomaL 31–⁠45193038722−43
2012 Alabama 14 games, 2,933 passing yards, 30 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.MichiganW 41–⁠14112119920−2
Sep 8vs.Western KentuckyW 35–⁠0141921940−38
Sep 15atArkansasW 52–⁠0111618910−2
Sep 22vs.Florida AtlanticW 40–⁠71525212303
Sep 29vs.Ole MissW 33–⁠14223018020−2
Oct 13atMissouriW 42–⁠10162117100−5
Oct 20atTennesseeW 44–⁠13172230640−13
Oct 27vs.Mississippi StateW 38–⁠7162320820−6
Nov 3atLSUW 21–⁠171427165107
Nov 10vs.Texas A&ML 24–⁠292134309121
Nov 17vs.Western CarolinaW 49–⁠0661331018
Nov 24vs.AuburnW 49–⁠01521216404
Dec 1vs.GeorgiaW 32–⁠2813211621116
Jan 7 ✦vs.Notre DameW 42–⁠142028264409
2011 Alabama 13 games, 2,634 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠71423226120
Sep 10atPenn StateW 27–⁠111931163104
Sep 17vs.North TexasW 41–⁠0152119000−14
Sep 24vs.ArkansasW 38–⁠14152020020−1
Oct 1atFloridaW 38–⁠101225140001
Oct 8vs.VanderbiltW 34–⁠0233023740−7
Oct 15atOle MissW 52–⁠7192422410−9
Oct 22vs.TennesseeW 37–⁠6172628411−2
Nov 5vs.LSUL 6–⁠9162819901−6
Nov 12atMississippi StateW 24–⁠71424163010
Nov 19vs.Georgia SouthernW 45–⁠2114191903011
Nov 26atAuburnW 42–⁠14182318430−10
Jan 9 ✦vs.LSUW 21–⁠023342340011
2010 Alabama 9 games, 389 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.San José StateW 48–⁠391411610−2
Sep 18atDukeW 62–⁠13365300−8
Oct 2vs.FloridaW 31–⁠6–––––2
Oct 9atSouth CarolinaL 21–⁠3501000–
Oct 23atTennesseeW 41–⁠103362104
Nov 13vs.Mississippi StateW 30–⁠10255000−10
Nov 18vs.Georgia StateW 63–⁠7795710–
Nov 26vs.AuburnL 27–⁠2804000–
Jan 1 ✦vs.Michigan StateW 49–⁠76651004

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′3¼″
Weight220 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size10″
Wingspan74″W
40-yard dash4.94 s
10-yard split1.77 sW
Vertical jump28″
Broad jump8′3″
3-cone drill7.18 s
20-yard shuttle4.34 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2015Cincinnati Bengals7791198546231
2017Cincinnati Bengals271466000
2018Oakland Raiders213800−2
2019Houston Texans221372250139
2020Houston Texans21120000
2023Cincinnati Bengals24519000
NFL career171131791,1926368

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2023XFLSt. Louis Battlehawks
2024UFLSt. Louis Battlehawks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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