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Quarterback, TCU, 2006–⁠10

Andy Dalton

Number: No. 14
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Katy, TX
Born: Oct 29, 1987, in Katy, Texas

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Andy Dalton played quarterback at TCU (2006–⁠10). He finished ninth in the 2010 Heisman vote. The Cincinnati Bengals took Dalton in round 2, No. 35 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season: 2,857; Passing yards, 2010 (TCU, 13–⁠0)
Heisman vote: 9th; In the 2010 vote
Drafted: No. 35; Round 2, 2011 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

355passing yards, best game on fileat Utah, 2010 4touchdown passes, best game on filefour times; last vs. San Diego State, 2010 93rushing yards, best game on filevs. Air Force, 2010 2rushing touchdowns, best game on filefive times; last vs. Oregon State, 2010

Honors

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2009 and 2010

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

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,459

2,242

2,756

2,857

8–⁠511–⁠2AP 712–⁠1AP 613–⁠0AP 2

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2007*	TCU	222	371	59.8	2,459	6.6	10	11
2008*	TCU	182	307	59.3	2,242	7.3	11	5
2009	TCU	199	323	61.6	2,756	8.5	23	8
2010	TCU	209	316	66.1	2,857	9.0	27	6
On file (2007–⁠10)		812	1,317	61.7	10,314	7.8	71	30

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2007*	TCU	98	232	2.4	5	19
2008*	TCU	113	432	3.8	8	24
2009	TCU	116	512	4.4	3	18
2010	TCU	86	435	5.1	6	47
On file (2007–⁠10)		413	1,611	3.9	22	47

Punting

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2007*	TCU	2	71	35.5	37
2008*	TCU	3	101	33.7	40
2010	TCU	1	21	21.0	21
On file (2007–⁠10)		6	193	32.2	40

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	TCU	14	QB
2008	TCU	14	QB
2009	TCU	14	QB
2010	TCU	14	QB	6′3″

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.

Game by game

2010 TCU 13 games, 2,857 passing yards, 27 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	vs.Oregon State	W 30–⁠21	17	27	175	1	2	64
Sep 11	vs.Tennessee Tech	W 62–⁠7	15	21	182	1	0	23
Sep 18	vs.Baylor	W 45–⁠10	21	23	267	2	0	26
Sep 24	atSMU	W 41–⁠24	14	26	174	1	2	43
Oct 2	atColorado State	W 27–⁠0	11	24	109	1	0	67
Oct 9	vs.Wyoming	W 45–⁠0	14	17	270	3	0	42
Oct 16	vs.BYU	W 31–⁠3	24	36	273	4	0	16
Oct 23	vs.Air Force	W 38–⁠7	11	20	185	1	1	93
Oct 30	atUNLV	W 48–⁠6	16	23	252	2	0	30
Nov 6	atUtah	W 47–⁠7	21	26	355	3	0	14
Nov 13	vs.San Diego State	W 40–⁠35	21	36	240	4	1	−3
Nov 27	atNew Mexico	W 66–⁠17	9	14	156	3	0	−8
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Wisconsin	W 21–⁠19	15	23	219	1	0	28

2009 TCU 13 games, 2,756 passing yards, 23 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 12	atVirginia	W 30–⁠14	15	21	177	1	0	21
Sep 19	vs.Texas State	W 56–⁠21	18	24	222	1	1	35
Sep 26	atClemson	W 14–⁠10	17	26	226	2	0	86
Oct 3	vs.SMU	W 39–⁠14	12	20	189	2	1	11
Oct 10	atAir Force	W 20–⁠17	16	28	198	0	1	38
Oct 17	vs.Colorado State	W 44–⁠6	15	23	211	2	0	42
Oct 24	atBYU	W 38–⁠7	13	24	241	3	0	11
Oct 31	vs.UNLV	W 41–⁠0	12	21	178	3	0	53
Nov 7	atSan Diego State	W 55–⁠12	14	20	239	2	0	44
Nov 14	vs.Utah	W 55–⁠28	17	29	207	1	1	48
Nov 21	atWyoming	W 45–⁠10	10	19	168	1	1	88
Nov 28	vs.New Mexico	W 51–⁠10	15	24	228	4	0	45
Jan 4 ✦	vs.Boise State	L 10–⁠17	25	44	272	1	3	−10

2008 TCU 11 games, 2,242 passing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atNew Mexico	W 26–⁠3	16	25	120	0	1	56
Sep 6	vs.Stephen F. Austin	W 67–⁠7	11	13	131	0	0	16
Sep 13	vs.Stanford	W 31–⁠14	20	36	145	0	0	91
Sep 20	atSMU	W 48–⁠7	16	25	210	0	0	21
Sep 27	atOklahoma	L 10–⁠35	16	39	212	0	1	32
Oct 16	vs.BYU	W 32–⁠7	12	19	170	2	0	19
Oct 25	vs.Wyoming	W 54–⁠7	16	22	334	4	0	21
Nov 1	atUNLV	W 44–⁠14	16	29	151	3	0	52
Nov 6	atUtah	L 10–⁠13	16	37	251	0	2	11
Nov 22	vs.Air Force	W 44–⁠10	21	27	321	2	0	39
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Boise State	W 17–⁠16	22	35	197	0	1	74

2007 TCU 13 games, 2,459 passing yards, 10 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Baylor	W 27–⁠0	18	30	205	1	0	7
Sep 8	atTexas	L 13–⁠34	23	37	208	0	1	−16
Sep 13	atAir Force	L 17–⁠20	29	45	320	2	2	10
Sep 22	vs.SMU	W 21–⁠7	5	14	40	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Colorado State	W 24–⁠12	5	6	60	0	0	11
Oct 6	atWyoming	L 21–⁠24	20	31	184	2	1	6
Oct 13	atStanford	W 38–⁠36	23	34	344	2	0	−26
Oct 18	vs.Utah	L 20–⁠27	20	45	164	0	4	16
Nov 3	vs.New Mexico	W 37–⁠0	11	18	149	2	0	14
Nov 8	atBYU	L 22–⁠27	18	30	165	1	1	60
Nov 17	vs.UNLV	W 34–⁠10	6	12	73	0	1	73
Nov 24	atSan Diego State	W 45–⁠33	23	39	298	0	0	60
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Houston	W 20–⁠13	21	30	249	0	1	17

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2011
Height	6′2″
Weight	215 lb
Arm length	31¾″
Hand size	9½″
Wingspan	75″^W
40-yard dash	4.93 s
10-yard split	1.77 s^W
Vertical jump	29½″
Broad jump	8′10″
3-cone drill	6.93 s
20-yard shuttle	4.27 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

16 seasons, 179 games with a stat; latest team: Philadelphia Eagles.

Pro Bowls: 3 (2011, 2014, 2016)

Season	Team	G	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
2011	Cincinnati Bengals	16	300	516	3,398	20	13	152
2012	Cincinnati Bengals	16	329	528	3,669	27	16	120
2013	Cincinnati Bengals	16	363	586	4,293	33	20	183
2014	Cincinnati Bengals	16	309	481	3,398	19	17	169
2015	Cincinnati Bengals	13	255	386	3,250	25	7	142
2016	Cincinnati Bengals	16	364	563	4,206	18	8	184
2017	Cincinnati Bengals	16	297	496	3,320	25	12	99
2018	Cincinnati Bengals	11	226	365	2,566	21	11	99
2019	Cincinnati Bengals	13	314	528	3,494	16	14	73
2020	Dallas Cowboys	11	216	333	2,170	14	8	114
2021	Chicago Bears	8	149	236	1,515	8	9	76
2022	New Orleans Saints	14	252	378	2,871	18	9	54
2023	Carolina Panthers	2	34	58	361	2	0	12
2024	Carolina Panthers	6	106	160	989	7	6	34
2025	Carolina Panthers	4	25	37	293	1	1	−2
2026 (so far)	Philadelphia Eagles	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
NFL career		179	3,539	5,652	39,793	254	152	1,509

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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