Quarterback, Miami, 2014–⁠16

Brad Kaaya

Number
No. 15
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA
Born
Sep 3, 1995, in West Hills, California

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Brad Kaaya played quarterback at Miami (2014–⁠16). The Detroit Lions took Kaaya in round 6, No. 215 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,532
Passing yards, 2016 (Miami, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 215
Round 6, 2017 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Career highs

405passing yards, career highat Florida State, 20154touchdown passes, career highfive times; last vs. West Virginia, 2016

Honors

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
2014*Miami22137858.53,1988.52612
2015Miami23939061.33,2428.3165
2016Miami26142162.03,5328.4277
Career7211,18960.69,9728.46924

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014*Miami27−131−4.915
2015Miami30−119−4.029
2016Miami37−136−3.7112
Career94−386−4.1412

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Miami15QB
2015Miami15QB
2016Miami15QB6′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
2014Miami4040.3071st (n=147)0.24120.948%0.54
2015Miami4200.3680th (n=151)0.24152.651%0.45
2016Miami4550.3478th (n=152)0.25157.152%0.46

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

2016 Miami 13 games, 3,532 passing yards, 27 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Florida A&MW 70–⁠3121813540−8
Sep 10vs.Florida AtlanticW 38–⁠101731191023
Sep 17atApp StateW 45–⁠10212736831−8
Oct 1atGeorgia TechW 35–⁠21131924110–
Oct 8vs.Florida StateL 19–⁠20193221421−14
Oct 15vs.North CarolinaL 13–⁠20163122400−17
Oct 20atVirginia TechL 16–⁠37233832321−55
Oct 29atNotre DameL 27–⁠30264228811−35
Nov 5vs.PittsburghW 51–⁠2832473564017
Nov 12atVirginiaW 34–⁠14142922821−4
Nov 19atNC StateW 27–⁠13223828600−14
Nov 26vs.DukeW 40–⁠212235396402
Dec 28 ✦vs.West VirginiaW 31–⁠14243428240−3
2015 Miami 12 games, 3,242 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.Bethune-CookmanW 45–⁠0162717320−5
Sep 11atFlorida AtlanticW 44–⁠20213228710−6
Sep 19vs.NebraskaW 36–⁠33254237921−9
Oct 1atCincinnatiL 23–⁠34243925500−1
Oct 10atFlorida StateL 24–⁠29294940530−16
Oct 17vs.Virginia TechW 30–⁠20193029620−9
Oct 24vs.ClemsonL 0–⁠586105101−11
Nov 7vs.VirginiaW 27–⁠21202628621−3
Nov 14atNorth CarolinaL 21–⁠59244332611−22
Nov 21vs.Georgia TechW 38–⁠21162530010–
Nov 27atPittsburghW 29–⁠24213526110−4
Dec 26 ✦vs.Washington StateL 14–⁠20183222311−33
2014 Miami 13 games, 3,198 passing yards, 26 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1atLouisvilleL 13–⁠31172917412−16
Sep 6vs.Florida A&MW 41–⁠7122217722−1
Sep 13vs.Arkansas StateW 41–⁠20162434241−18
Sep 20atNebraskaL 31–⁠41284235932−25
Sep 27vs.DukeW 22–⁠102034223200
Oct 4atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠28162524512−9
Oct 11vs.CincinnatiW 55–⁠34172428630−13
Oct 23atVirginia TechW 30–⁠671692100
Nov 1vs.North CarolinaW 47–⁠20111718930−15
Nov 15vs.Florida StateL 26–⁠301634316215
Nov 22atVirginiaL 13–⁠30203326311−33
Nov 29vs.PittsburghL 23–⁠352245296201
Dec 27 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 21–⁠24193323611−7

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′3⅞″
Weight214 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9¾″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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