Blake Bortles in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, UCF, 2010–⁠13

Blake Bortles

Number
No. 5
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Oviedo, FL
Born
Apr 28, 1992, in Oviedo, Florida

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Blake Bortles played quarterback at UCF (2010–⁠13). The Jacksonville Jaguars took Bortles in the first round, No. 3 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,581
Passing yards, 2013 (UCF, 12–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 3
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Career highs

404passing yards, career highat Temple, 20134touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at Temple, 201393rushing yards, career highvs. Baylor, 20132rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last at SMU, 2013

Honors

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2010; American champions, 2013

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
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2011UCF7511068.29588.763
2012UCF25139962.93,0597.7257
2013UCF25938267.83,5819.4259
Career58589165.77,5988.55619

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011UCF2140.2111
2012UCF872853.3833
2013UCF872723.1629
Career1955612.91533

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010UCF5QB
2011UCF5QB
2012UCF5QB
2013UCF5QB6′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. passAdj. rush
2013UCF4060.3996th (n=144)0.22157.250%0.300.27

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 UCF 13 games, 3,581 passing yards, 25 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29vs.AkronW 38–⁠71824314302
Sep 6atFlorida InternationalW 38–⁠012192141022
Sep 14atPenn StateW 34–⁠312027288315
Sep 28vs.South CarolinaL 25–⁠282536358225
Oct 5atMemphisW 24–⁠171736160001
Oct 18atLouisvilleW 38–⁠3521322502116
Oct 26vs.UConnW 62–⁠1720242864026
Nov 9vs.HoustonW 19–⁠14172421001−10
Nov 16atTempleW 39–⁠3627384044063
Nov 21vs.RutgersW 41–⁠1721303351032
Nov 29vs.South FloridaW 23–⁠20172621922−14
Dec 7atSMUW 17–⁠1324352420031
Jan 1 ✦vs.BaylorW 52–⁠4220313013293
2012 UCF 14 games, 3,059 passing yards, 25 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30atAkronW 56–⁠141316168312
Sep 8atOhio StateL 16–⁠31254124923−10
Sep 15vs.Florida InternationalW 33–⁠202030251211
Sep 29vs.MissouriL 16–⁠21294326720−15
Oct 4vs.East CarolinaW 40–⁠2015212691062
Oct 13vs.Southern MissW 38–⁠31274027200−11
Oct 20atMemphisW 35–⁠171526122208
Oct 27atMarshallW 54–⁠1715212772223
Nov 3vs.SMUW 42–⁠1710151102033
Nov 10atUTEPW 31–⁠2416272141039
Nov 17atTulsaL 21–⁠23133116910−8
Nov 24vs.UABW 49–⁠2417232252021
Dec 1vs.TulsaL 27–⁠3314321942060
Dec 21 ✦vs.Ball StateW 38–⁠1722332723080
2011 UCF 9 games, 958 passing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Charleston SouthernW 62–⁠081014400−5
Sep 23atBYUL 17–⁠24454600–
Oct 8vs.MarshallW 16–⁠6–––––−4
Oct 15atSMUL 17–⁠3891211810−6
Oct 20atUABL 24–⁠2661010201–
Oct 29vs.MemphisW 41–⁠06104400−11
Nov 12atSouthern MissL 29–⁠3024342482112
Nov 19atEast CarolinaL 31–⁠3891798212
Nov 25vs.UTEPW 31–⁠149121581016

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′5″
Weight232 lb
Arm length32⅞″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan78″W
40-yard dash4.93 s
10-yard split1.75 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′7″
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.21 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, 77 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2014Jacksonville Jaguars142804752,9081117419
2015Jacksonville Jaguars163556064,4283518310
2016Jacksonville Jaguars163686253,9052316359
2017Jacksonville Jaguars163155233,6872113322
2018Jacksonville Jaguars132434032,7181311365
2019Los Angeles Rams212300−9
NFL career771,5622,63417,649103751,766

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.

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