DeShone Kizer in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Notre Dame, 2014–⁠16

DeShone Kizer

Number
No. 14
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Toledo, OH
Born
Jan 3, 1996, in Toledo, Ohio

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DeShone Kizer played quarterback at Notre Dame (2014–⁠16). The Cleveland Browns took Kizer in round 2, No. 52 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,925
Passing yards, 2016 (Notre Dame, 4–⁠8)
Drafted
No. 52
Round 2, 2017 NFL Draft (Cleveland Browns)

Career highs

471passing yards, career highvs. Syracuse, 20165touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at Texas, 2016143rushing yards, career highat Temple, 20152rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Michigan State, 2016

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2015Notre Dame21133563.02,8848.62110
2016Notre Dame21236158.72,9258.1269
Career42369660.85,8098.34719

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015Notre Dame1345203.91079
2016Notre Dame1294723.7849
Career2639923.81879

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2014Notre Dame14QB
2015Notre Dame14QB
2016Notre Dame14QB6′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
2015Notre Dame4690.3475th (n=151)0.24159.053%0.520.28
2016Notre Dame4910.2858th (n=152)0.25135.459%0.360.15

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 Notre Dame 12 games, 2,925 passing yards, 26 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4atTexasL 47–⁠5015242155077
Sep 10vs.NevadaW 39–⁠1015181562135
Sep 17vs.Michigan StateL 28–⁠3620373442114
Sep 24vs.DukeL 35–⁠3822373812160
Oct 1vs.SyracuseW 50–⁠332335471311
Oct 8atNC StateL 3–⁠10926540115
Oct 15vs.StanfordL 10–⁠1714261540283
Oct 29vs.MiamiW 30–⁠2725382632031
Nov 5vs.NavyL 27–⁠2819272233052
Nov 12vs.ArmyW 44–⁠617282093172
Nov 19vs.Virginia TechL 31–⁠3416332352069
Nov 26atUSCL 27–⁠45173222021−37
2015 Notre Dame 13 games, 2,884 passing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.TexasW 38–⁠30100010
Sep 12atVirginiaW 34–⁠2781292201
Sep 19vs.Georgia TechW 30–⁠222130242116
Sep 26vs.MassachusettsW 62–⁠2715222072142
Oct 3atClemsonL 22–⁠2419343212155
Oct 10vs.NavyW 41–⁠2422302811114
Oct 17vs.USCW 41–⁠3115242272047
Oct 31atTempleW 24–⁠20233629912143
Nov 7atPittsburghW 42–⁠30192626250−10
Nov 14vs.Wake ForestW 28–⁠713191110030
Nov 21vs.Boston CollegeW 19–⁠1621393242333
Nov 28atStanfordL 36–⁠38132523410128
Jan 1 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 28–⁠4422372842121

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′4¼″
Weight233 lb
Arm length33⅛″
Hand size9⅞″
Wingspan77⅞″W
40-yard dash4.83 s
10-yard split1.64 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump8′11″
3-cone drill7.40 s
20-yard shuttle4.53 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

2 seasons, 18 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2017Cleveland Browns152554762,8941122419
2018Green Bay Packers320421870239
NFL career182755183,0811124458

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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