Cardale Jones, 2014
Photo: Paula Lively, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Ohio State, 2012–⁠15

Cardale Jones

Number
No. 12
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Cleveland, OH
Born
Oct 29, 1992, in Cleveland, Ohio

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Cardale Jones played quarterback at Ohio State (2012–⁠15). The Buffalo Bills took Jones in round 4, No. 139 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,460
Passing yards, 2015 (Ohio State, 12–⁠1)
Drafted
No. 139
Round 4, 2016 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Career highs

291passing yards, career highvs. Maryland, 20153touchdown passes, career highvs. Wisconsin, 201499rushing yards, career highat Virginia Tech, 2015

Team titles: National champions, 2014; Big Ten champions, 2014

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Ohio State1250.031.500
2014Ohio State569260.98609.372
2015Ohio State11017662.51,4608.385
Career16727061.92,3238.6157

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Ohio State171287.5120
2014Ohio State722964.1127
2015Ohio State641933.0238
Career1536174.0438

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Ohio State12QB
2013Ohio State12QB
2014Ohio State12QB
2015Ohio State12QB6′5″

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
2013Ohio State180.41––7.4–––
2014Ohio State1660.2347th (n=147)0.2437.521%0.480.26
2015Ohio State2360.2136th (n=151)0.2449.634%0.28-0.06

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

2015 Ohio State 10 games, 1,460 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7atVirginia TechW 42–⁠2410191872199
Sep 12vs.Hawai’iW 38–⁠01218111005
Sep 19vs.Northern IllinoisW 20–⁠1349360211
Sep 26vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠1219332882132
Oct 3atIndianaW 34–⁠27182724511−20
Oct 10vs.MarylandW 49–⁠2821282912019
Oct 17vs.Penn StateW 38–⁠109158400−16
Oct 24atRutgersW 49–⁠7332400−2
Nov 7vs.MinnesotaW 28–⁠1412221871065
Nov 14atIllinoisW 28–⁠3227000
2014 Ohio State 10 games, 860 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 13vs.Kent StateW 66–⁠024320037
Sep 27vs.CincinnatiW 50–⁠28–––––10
Oct 4atMarylandW 52–⁠2411−30050
Oct 18vs.RutgersW 56–⁠17–––––44
Oct 25atPenn StateW 31–⁠24–––––0
Nov 1vs.IllinoisW 55–⁠1459822047
Nov 29vs.MichiganW 42–⁠282370018
Dec 6vs.WisconsinW 59–⁠01217257309
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 42–⁠3518352431143
Jan 12 ✦vs.OregonW 42–⁠2016232421138
2013 Ohio State 3 games, 3 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 21vs.Florida A&MW 76–⁠0–––––52
Oct 26vs.Penn StateW 63–⁠14–––––52
Nov 2atPurdueW 56–⁠01230024

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′5″
Weight253 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.81 s
10-yard split1.67 sW
Vertical jump36″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2016Buffalo Bills16119601−1

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

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLDC Defenders
2022CFLEdmonton Elks *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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