
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
Career highs
387passing yards, career highvs. Oklahoma, 20134touchdown passes, career highseven times; last vs. Georgia State, 2013Honors
- 2011, 2012Quarterback of the national champions
- 2012, 2013Second-team All-SEC
- 2012National leader in passer rating (175.3)
- 2013Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- 2013Maxwell Award
- 2013AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Year
- 2013Kellen Moore Award
- 2013Second in the Heisman vote
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
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2010 | 13 | 0 | 30 | 48 | 62.5 | 389 | 3 | 0 | 151.2 | 6 | -10 | -1.7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | 219 | 328 | 66.8 | 2,634 | 16 | 5 | 147.3 | 30 | -22 | -0.7 | 2 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | 211 | 314 | 67.2 | 2,933 | 30 | 3 | 175.3 | 49 | 4 | 0.1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 | 226 | 336 | 67.6 | 3,063 | 28 | 7 | 167.2 | 34 | -22 | -0.6 | 0 |
| Career | 53 | 40 | 686 | 1,026 | 9,019 | 77 | 15 | 119 | -50 | 3 | |||
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
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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. pass |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Alabama | 320 | 0.29 | 79th (n=144) | 0.22 | 94.3 | 42% | 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
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 35–10 | 10 | 23 | 110 | 1 | 1 | −23 |
| Sep 14 | at | W 49–42 | 20 | 29 | 334 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 31–6 | 20 | 26 | 258 | 1 | 1 | −7 |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 25–0 | 25 | 32 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 45–3 | 15 | 16 | 166 | 4 | 0 | – |
| Oct 12 | at | W 48–7 | 21 | 35 | 359 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 52–0 | 15 | 21 | 180 | 3 | 0 | – |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 45–10 | 19 | 27 | 275 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | vs. | W 38–17 | 14 | 20 | 179 | 3 | 0 | −2 |
| Nov 16 | at | W 20–7 | 18 | 32 | 187 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 49–0 | 13 | 16 | 171 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Nov 30 | at | L 28–34 | 17 | 29 | 277 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 31–45 | 19 | 30 | 387 | 2 | 2 | −43 |
2012 Alabama 14 games, 2,933 passing yards, 30 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 41–14 | 11 | 21 | 199 | 2 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 8 | vs. | W 35–0 | 14 | 19 | 219 | 4 | 0 | −38 |
| Sep 15 | at | W 52–0 | 11 | 16 | 189 | 1 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 22 | vs. | W 40–7 | 15 | 25 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 33–14 | 22 | 30 | 180 | 2 | 0 | −2 |
| Oct 13 | at | W 42–10 | 16 | 21 | 171 | 0 | 0 | −5 |
| Oct 20 | at | W 44–13 | 17 | 22 | 306 | 4 | 0 | −13 |
| Oct 27 | vs. | W 38–7 | 16 | 23 | 208 | 2 | 0 | −6 |
| Nov 3 | at | W 21–17 | 14 | 27 | 165 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nov 10 | vs. | L 24–29 | 21 | 34 | 309 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | vs. | W 49–0 | 6 | 6 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Nov 24 | vs. | W 49–0 | 15 | 21 | 216 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 32–28 | 13 | 21 | 162 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Jan 7 ✦ | vs. | W 42–14 | 20 | 28 | 264 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
2011 Alabama 13 games, 2,634 passing yards, 16 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 48–7 | 14 | 23 | 226 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at | W 27–11 | 19 | 31 | 163 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 41–0 | 15 | 21 | 190 | 0 | 0 | −14 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 38–14 | 15 | 20 | 200 | 2 | 0 | −1 |
| Oct 1 | at | W 38–10 | 12 | 25 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 34–0 | 23 | 30 | 237 | 4 | 0 | −7 |
| Oct 15 | at | W 52–7 | 19 | 24 | 224 | 1 | 0 | −9 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 37–6 | 17 | 26 | 284 | 1 | 1 | −2 |
| Nov 5 | vs. | L 6–9 | 16 | 28 | 199 | 0 | 1 | −6 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 24–7 | 14 | 24 | 163 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 45–21 | 14 | 19 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Nov 26 | at | W 42–14 | 18 | 23 | 184 | 3 | 0 | −10 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. | W 21–0 | 23 | 34 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
2010 Alabama 9 games, 389 passing yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. | W 48–3 | 9 | 14 | 116 | 1 | 0 | −2 |
| Sep 18 | at | W 62–13 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | −8 |
| Oct 2 | vs. | W 31–6 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 9 | at | L 21–35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Oct 23 | at | W 41–10 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 13 | vs. | W 30–10 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | −10 |
| Nov 18 | vs. | W 63–7 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 0 | – |
| Nov 26 | vs. | L 27–28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 49–7 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2014 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3¼″ |
| Weight | 220 lb |
| Arm length | 31½″ |
| Hand size | 10″ |
| Wingspan | 74″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.94 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.77 sW |
| Vertical jump | 28″ |
| Broad jump | 8′3″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.18 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.34 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.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 79 | 119 | 854 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Oakland Raiders | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | −2 |
| 2019 | Houston Texans | 2 | 21 | 37 | 225 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Bengals | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 17 | 113 | 179 | 1,192 | 6 | 3 | 68 | |
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
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | XFL | St. Louis Battlehawks |
| 2024 | UFL | St. 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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