Quarterback, Louisiana Tech, 2008–⁠12

Colby Cameron

Number
No. 10
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Newbury Park, CA
Born
Apr 5, 1990, in Newbury Park, California

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Colby Cameron played quarterback at Louisiana Tech (2008–⁠12).

At a glance

Best season
4,147
Passing yards, 2012 (Louisiana Tech, 9–⁠3)
Best game
450 yards
Vs. Texas A&M, week 7, 2012: No. 2 passing game in FBS that week

Career highs

468passing yards, best game on fileat San José State, 20125touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Texas A&M, 2012

Honors

Team titles: WAC champions, 2011

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
2009Louisiana Tech142653.81425.500
2010Louisiana Tech549159.34615.115
2011Louisiana Tech11821554.91,6677.8133
2012Louisiana Tech35952268.84,1477.9315
On file (2009–⁠12)54585463.86,4177.54513

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Louisiana Tech10202.0113
2010Louisiana Tech25451.8016
2011Louisiana Tech431804.2027
2012Louisiana Tech611772.9418
On file (2009–⁠12)1394223.0527

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Louisiana Tech10QB
2010Louisiana Tech10QB
2011Louisiana Tech10QB
2012Louisiana Tech10QB6′2″

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

2012 Louisiana Tech 12 games, 4,147 passing yards, 31 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8atHoustonW 56–⁠4934523533021
Sep 15vs.RiceW 56–⁠3719242764015
Sep 22atIllinoisW 52–⁠24152228440−15
Sep 29atVirginiaW 44–⁠3824372271023
Oct 6vs.UNLVW 58–⁠31314531610−1
Oct 13vs.Texas A&ML 57–⁠5944584505025
Oct 20vs.IdahoW 70–⁠2829374002022
Oct 27atNew Mexico StateW 28–⁠1429442921025
Nov 3vs.UTSAW 51–⁠2730393483027
Nov 10atTexas StateW 62–⁠553145337305
Nov 17vs.Utah StateL 41–⁠4835603961235
Nov 24atSan José StateL 43–⁠52385946833−5
2011 Louisiana Tech 7 games, 1,667 passing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 22atUtah StateW 24–⁠174638005
Oct 29vs.San José StateW 38–⁠2817272372049
Nov 5atFresno StateW 41–⁠211933376406
Nov 12atOle MissW 27–⁠713271801114
Nov 19atNevadaW 24–⁠2025453553016
Nov 26vs.New Mexico StateW 44–⁠019342171167
Dec 21 ✦vs.TCUL 24–⁠3121432642123
2010 Louisiana Tech 5 games, 461 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.GramblingW 20–⁠681295009
Sep 11atTexas A&ML 16–⁠4815311150221
Sep 18vs.NavyL 23–⁠3731432511215
Sep 25vs.Southern MissL 12–⁠1304001–
Oct 2atHawai’iL 21–⁠4101000–
2009 Louisiana Tech 4 games, 142 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 19vs.NichollsW 48–⁠131316001
Oct 17vs.New Mexico StateW 45–⁠73521000
Oct 31atIdahoL 34–⁠3510161050024
Nov 6vs.Boise StateL 35–⁠4502000−5

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2013Combine or pro day 2013
Height6′2⅛″
Weight212 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.78 s
10-yard split1.66 s
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′4″
3-cone drill6.98 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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