
Quarterback, Iowa, 2012–16
C.J. Beathard
- Number
- No. 16
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Franklin, TN
- Born
- Nov 16, 1993, in Franklin, Tennessee
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C.J. Beathard played quarterback at Iowa (2012–16). The San Francisco 49ers took Beathard in round 3, No. 104 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
278passing yards, career highvs. North Texas, 20153touchdown passes, career highfive times; last vs. Nebraska, 201682rushing yards, career highvs. Tennessee, 20142rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Minnesota, 2015Honors
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
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 | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Iowa | 36 | 0.03 | – | – | 1.2 | 14% | – | – |
| 2014 | Iowa | 119 | 0.17 | – | – | 20.9 | 21% | 0.32 | – |
| 2015 | Iowa | 460 | 0.37 | 83rd (n=151) | 0.24 | 170.6 | 48% | 0.43 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | Iowa | 380 | 0.16 | 20th (n=152) | 0.25 | 59.3 | 47% | 0.26 | 0.23 |
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 Iowa 13 games, 1,929 passing yards, 17 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 45–21 | 13 | 20 | 192 | 1 | 0 | −20 |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 42–3 | 19 | 28 | 235 | 3 | 0 | −9 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | L 21–23 | 11 | 22 | 152 | 3 | 1 | −5 |
| Sep 24 | at | W 14–7 | 12 | 23 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Oct 1 | vs. | L 31–38 | 19 | 27 | 204 | 1 | 1 | −28 |
| Oct 8 | at | W 14–7 | 17 | 31 | 142 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Oct 15 | at | W 49–35 | 10 | 17 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | L 9–17 | 17 | 33 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 5 | at | L 14–41 | 18 | 26 | 204 | 2 | 1 | −16 |
| Nov 12 | vs. | W 14–13 | 8 | 19 | 66 | 1 | 1 | −6 |
| Nov 19 | at | W 28–0 | 9 | 17 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Nov 25 | vs. | W 40–10 | 10 | 15 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 3–30 | 7 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
2015 Iowa 14 games, 2,809 passing yards, 17 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. | W 31–14 | 15 | 24 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Sep 12 | at | W 31–17 | 15 | 25 | 215 | 3 | 0 | 77 |
| Sep 19 | vs. | W 27–24 | 27 | 40 | 258 | 0 | 1 | 39 |
| Sep 26 | vs. | W 62–16 | 18 | 21 | 278 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Oct 3 | at | W 10–6 | 9 | 21 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Oct 10 | vs. | W 29–20 | 15 | 31 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Oct 17 | at | W 40–10 | 15 | 25 | 176 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 31 | vs. | W 31–15 | 12 | 23 | 183 | 0 | 0 | −14 |
| Nov 7 | at | W 35–27 | 19 | 31 | 233 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| Nov 14 | vs. | W 40–35 | 18 | 26 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nov 21 | vs. | W 40–20 | 12 | 20 | 213 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Nov 27 | at | W 28–20 | 9 | 16 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Dec 5 | vs. | L 13–16 | 18 | 26 | 216 | 1 | 1 | −15 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 16–45 | 21 | 33 | 239 | 2 | 1 | −33 |
2014 Iowa 8 games, 645 passing yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 17–13 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sep 20 | at | W 24–20 | 7 | 8 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 27 | at | W 24–10 | 17 | 37 | 245 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Oct 11 | vs. | W 45–29 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Nov 1 | vs. | W 48–7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Nov 8 | at | L 14–51 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 0 | −11 |
| Nov 15 | at | W 30–14 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | L 28–45 | 13 | 23 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
2013 Iowa 5 games, 179 passing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 59–3 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | L 9–28 | 4 | 15 | 70 | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Nov 9 | at | W 38–14 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Nov 29 | at | W 38–17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 14–21 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 15–16).
| Drill | Combine 2017 | Combine or pro day 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 219 lb | |
| Arm length | 30⅝″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| Vertical jump | 31″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.95 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.23 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
6 seasons, 29 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 123 | 224 | 1,430 | 4 | 6 | 136 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 5 | 102 | 169 | 1,252 | 8 | 7 | 69 |
| 2020 | San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 66 | 104 | 787 | 6 | 0 | 28 |
| 2021 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 1 | −4 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 40 | 53 | 349 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| NFL career | 29 | 340 | 563 | 3,886 | 19 | 14 | 266 | |
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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