Quarterback, Florida State, 2008–12
E.J. Manuel
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Born
- Mar 19, 1990, in Virginia Beach, Virginia
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E.J. Manuel played quarterback at Florida State (2008–12). The Buffalo Bills took Manuel in the first round, No. 16 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
439passing yards, career highvs. Boston College, 20124touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Boston College, 2012102rushing yards, career highvs. Clemson, 20122rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Florida, 2012Team titles: ACC champions, 2012
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 106 | 65.1 | 817 | 2 | 6 | 124.7 | 44 | 196 | 4.5 | 2 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2 | 65 | 93 | 69.9 | 861 | 4 | 4 | 153.3 | 41 | 170 | 4.1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 12 | 11 | 203 | 311 | 65.3 | 2,666 | 18 | 8 | 151.2 | 110 | 151 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | 263 | 387 | 68.0 | 3,392 | 23 | 10 | 156.0 | 103 | 310 | 3.0 | 4 |
| Career | 43 | 31 | 600 | 897 | 7,736 | 47 | 28 | 298 | 827 | 11 | |||
From the college statistics table in Manuel’s Wikipedia article (EJ Manuel, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Florida State | 3 | QB | |
| 2010 | Florida State | 3 | QB | |
| 2011 | Florida State | 3 | QB | |
| 2012 | Florida State | 3 | QB | 6′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.
Game by game
2012 Florida State 14 games, 3,392 passing yards, 23 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Murray State | W 69–3 | 16 | 22 | 188 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Sep 8 | vs.Savannah State | W 55–0 | 11 | 13 | 161 | 3 | 0 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. Wake Forest | W 52–0 | 15 | 24 | 176 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Clemson | W 49–37 | 27 | 35 | 380 | 2 | 0 | 102 |
| Sep 29 | at South Florida | W 30–17 | 19 | 26 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Oct 6 | at NC State | L 16–17 | 17 | 29 | 218 | 1 | 1 | −16 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Boston College | W 51–7 | 27 | 34 | 439 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Oct 20 | at Miami | W 33–20 | 21 | 31 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Oct 27 | vs. Duke | W 48–7 | 8 | 16 | 282 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 8 | at Virginia Tech | W 28–22 | 25 | 42 | 326 | 3 | 1 | −40 |
| Nov 17 | at Maryland | W 41–14 | 17 | 23 | 144 | 2 | 1 | −3 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Florida | L 26–37 | 18 | 33 | 182 | 1 | 3 | 54 |
| Dec 1 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 21–15 | 16 | 21 | 134 | 0 | 1 | 49 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Northern Illinois | W 31–10 | 26 | 38 | 291 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
2011 Florida State 12 games, 2,666 passing yards, 18 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. UL Monroe | W 34–0 | 22 | 34 | 252 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 62–10 | 24 | 35 | 329 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Oklahoma | L 13–23 | 13 | 19 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 49 |
| Oct 8 | atWake Forest | L 30–35 | 19 | 35 | 286 | 2 | 2 | −9 |
| Oct 15 | atDuke | W 41–16 | 9 | 14 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 62 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Maryland | W 41–16 | 18 | 26 | 264 | 1 | 1 | −5 |
| Oct 29 | vs.NC State | W 34–0 | 25 | 34 | 321 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Nov 3 | atBoston College | W 38–7 | 12 | 16 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Miami | W 23–19 | 17 | 23 | 196 | 1 | 0 | −9 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Virginia | L 13–14 | 18 | 31 | 200 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Nov 26 | atFlorida | W 21–7 | 6 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 0 | −15 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Notre Dame | W 18–14 | 20 | 31 | 249 | 2 | 0 | −20 |
2010 Florida State 7 games, 861 passing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Samford | W 59–6 | 10 | 13 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Sep 11 | atOklahoma | L 17–47 | 4 | 8 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 25 | vs.Wake Forest | W 31–0 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Clemson | W 16–13 | 15 | 24 | 210 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| Nov 27 | vs.Florida | W 31–7 | – | – | – | – | – | 27 |
| Dec 4 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 33–44 | 23 | 31 | 288 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. South Carolina | W 26–17 | 11 | 15 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
2009 Florida State 7 games, 817 passing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at BYU | W 54–28 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sep 26 | vs.South Florida | L 7–17 | – | – | – | – | – | −1 |
| Nov 7 | atClemson | L 24–40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 |
| Nov 14 | atWake Forest | W 41–28 | 15 | 20 | 220 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Nov 21 | vs.Maryland | W 29–26 | 17 | 27 | 206 | 0 | 3 | 49 |
| Nov 28 | atFlorida | L 10–37 | 19 | 31 | 198 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. West Virginia | W 33–21 | 17 | 24 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
MVP of the 2013 Senior Bowl.
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅝″ |
| Weight | 237 lb |
| Arm length | 35″ |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ |
| Wingspan | 83⅛″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.65 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.67 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.08 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.21 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 25 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Buffalo Bills | 10 | 180 | 306 | 1,972 | 11 | 9 | 186 |
| 2014 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 76 | 131 | 838 | 5 | 3 | 52 |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bills | 4 | 52 | 84 | 561 | 3 | 3 | 64 |
| 2016 | Buffalo Bills | 5 | 11 | 26 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2017 | Oakland Raiders | 2 | 24 | 43 | 265 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| NFL career | 25 | 343 | 590 | 3,767 | 20 | 16 | 339 | |
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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