Graham Mertz, 2023
Photo: Tammy Anthony Baker, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Florida (from Wisconsin), 2019–⁠24

Graham Mertz

Number
No. 15
Height
6′3″
Weight
216 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Overland Park, KS
Born
Dec 6, 2000, in Overland Park, Kansas

Wikipedia readers: about 6,651 a month over the past year

Graham Mertz played quarterback at Wisconsin (2019–⁠22) and Florida (2023–⁠24). The Houston Texans took Mertz in round 6, No. 197 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2,878
Passing yards, 2023 (Florida, 5–⁠7)
Best game
423 yards
At South Carolina, week 7, 2023: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 197
Round 6, 2025 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

423passing yards, career highat South Carolina, 20235touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at Northwestern, 20222rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Iowa, 2021

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2019Wisconsin91090.0737.300
2020Wisconsin11819361.11,2386.495
2021Wisconsin16928459.51,9586.91011
2022Wisconsin16428657.32,1367.51910
2023Florida26035772.82,8788.1203
2024Florida729476.67918.462
Career7921,22464.79,0747.46431

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2019Wisconsin263.0010
2020Wisconsin36381.1224
2021Wisconsin37−25−0.7415
2022Wisconsin50−40−0.8215
2023Florida61−63−1.0412
2024Florida18563.1116
Career204−28−0.11324

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Wisconsin15QBYr 1
2020Wisconsin15QBYr 2
2021Wisconsin15QBYr 3
2022Wisconsin15QBYr 4
2023Florida15QBYr 5
2024Florida15QBSr. (Yr 6)6′3″216

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
2019Wisconsin120.25––3.0–––
2020Wisconsin2280.1721st (n=116)0.2738.646%0.24–
2021Wisconsin3070.2938th (n=145)0.3389.236%0.38–
2022Wisconsin3270.3252nd (n=250)0.32104.144%0.42–
2023Florida4080.3661st (n=255)0.32147.655%0.450.15
2024Florida1140.28––32.237%0.30–

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

2024 Florida 5 games, 791 passing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.MiamiL 17–⁠41112091013
Sep 14vs.Texas A&ML 20–⁠331215195117
Sep 21atMississippi StateW 45–⁠2819212013024
Oct 5vs.UCFW 24–⁠1319231791011
Oct 12atTennesseeL 17–⁠2311151251011
2023 Florida 11 games, 2,878 passing yards, 20 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atUtahL 11–⁠24314433311−29
Sep 9vs.McNeeseW 49–⁠71417193108
Sep 16vs.TennesseeW 29–⁠16192416610−3
Sep 23vs.CharlotteW 22–⁠72023259100
Sep 30atKentuckyL 14–⁠33253024421−2
Oct 7vs.VanderbiltW 38–⁠14303625430−15
Oct 14atSouth CarolinaW 41–⁠39304842330−7
Oct 28vs.GeorgiaL 20–⁠43253423020−32
Nov 4vs.ArkansasL 36–⁠39264228230−3
Nov 11atLSUL 35–⁠522638311107
Nov 18atMissouriL 31–⁠3314211832113
2022 Wisconsin 12 games, 2,136 passing yards, 19 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Illinois StateW 38–⁠0141621910−6
Sep 10vs.Washington StateL 14–⁠171831227216
Sep 17vs.New Mexico StateW 66–⁠7121525131−5
Sep 24atOhio StateL 21–⁠521120941115
Oct 1vs.IllinoisL 10–⁠34173220612−22
Oct 8atNorthwesternW 42–⁠7202929950–
Oct 15atMichigan StateL 28–⁠341424131210
Oct 22vs.PurdueW 35–⁠24132120320−7
Nov 5vs.MarylandW 23–⁠105187700−8
Nov 12atIowaL 10–⁠24163517612−17
Nov 19atNebraskaW 15–⁠148188311−7
Nov 26vs.MinnesotaL 16–⁠2316271700111
2021 Wisconsin 13 games, 1,958 passing yards, 10 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 4vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠16223718502−26
Sep 11vs.Eastern MichiganW 34–⁠7141714100−5
Sep 25vs.Notre DameL 13–⁠411841240140
Oct 2vs.MichiganL 17–⁠3881511510−21
Oct 9atIllinoisW 24–⁠010191000122
Oct 16vs.ArmyW 20–⁠148151120014
Oct 23atPurdueW 30–⁠13585200−1
Oct 30vs.IowaW 27–⁠71122104102
Nov 6atRutgersW 52–⁠3111624031–
Nov 13vs.NorthwesternW 35–⁠7182321621–
Nov 20vs.NebraskaW 35–⁠28121814510−6
Nov 27atMinnesotaL 13–⁠232138171019
Dec 30 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 20–⁠13111513711−13
2020 Wisconsin 7 games, 1,238 passing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 23vs.IllinoisW 45–⁠72021248502
Nov 14atMichiganW 49–⁠111222127204
Nov 21atNorthwesternL 7–⁠1723412301313
Dec 5vs.IndianaL 6–⁠1420342020115
Dec 12atIowaL 7–⁠28203816901−17
Dec 19vs.MinnesotaW 20–⁠171220132009
Dec 30 ✦vs.Wake ForestW 42–⁠2811171301012
2019 Wisconsin 2 games, 73 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7vs.Central MichiganW 61–⁠0453500–
Oct 5vs.Kent StateW 48–⁠05538006

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025
Height6′3⅜″
Weight212 lb
Arm length31¼″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan76½″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.