Quarterback, Ohio, 2012–⁠15

J.D. Sprague

Number
No. 3
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Cincinnati, OH

J.D. Sprague played quarterback at Ohio (2012–⁠15).

Career highs

325passing yards, career highvs. Bowling Green, 20143touchdown passes, career highvs. Ball State, 20152rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Eastern Illinois, 2014

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Ohio5683.36210.300
2014Ohio9820248.51,2366.135
2015Ohio6311554.89178.073
Career16632351.42,2156.9108

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Ohio5336.6118
2014Ohio652644.1325
2015Ohio522254.3018
Career1225224.3425

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Ohio3QB
2013Ohio3QB
2014Ohio3QB
2015Ohio3QB6′1″

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
2013Ohio40.37––1.5–––
2014Ohio2660.1017th (n=147)0.2427.937%0.11–
2015Ohio1680.2242nd (n=151)0.2437.331%0.310.08

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 7 games, 917 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atIdahoW 45–⁠287992105
Sep 12vs.MarshallW 21–⁠1010201231044
Nov 4atBowling GreenL 24–⁠6210241620150
Nov 10vs.Kent StateW 27–⁠011411015
Nov 17vs.Ball StateW 48–⁠3115222753046
Nov 24atNorthern IllinoisW 26–⁠21611921030
Dec 19 ✦vs.App StateL 29–⁠3114281320235
2014 Ohio 10 games, 1,236 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 6atKentuckyL 3–⁠2013251430020
Sep 13atMarshallL 14–⁠444836106
Sep 20vs.IdahoW 36–⁠248131650030
Sep 27vs.Eastern IllinoisW 34–⁠1915281430269
Oct 4atCentral MichiganL 10–⁠2872198001
Oct 11vs.Bowling GreenL 13–⁠3127563250049
Oct 18vs.AkronW 23–⁠2017371972168
Oct 25atWestern MichiganL 21–⁠422538002
Nov 5vs.BuffaloW 37–⁠14113800–
Nov 25atMiami (OH)W 24–⁠2148530219
2013 Ohio 4 games, 62 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 21vs.Austin PeayW 38–⁠0–––––8
Oct 5atAkronW 43–⁠31125006
Oct 12vs.Central MichiganL 23–⁠26121300–
Oct 19atEastern MichiganW 56–⁠2833240019

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

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