Quarterback, Louisiana, 2012–⁠16

Jalen Nixon

Number
No. 6
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Lafayette, LA

Jalen Nixon played quarterback at Louisiana (2012–⁠16).

Career highs

253passing yards, career highat Arkansas State, 20153touchdown passes, career highvs. Texas State, 2015201rushing yards, career highat Arkansas State, 2015

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2013

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013Louisiana61250.01089.011
2014Louisiana11100.011.000
2015Louisiana7614253.58285.875
2016Louisiana81361.5846.500
Career9116854.21,0216.186

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013Louisiana9343.8011
2014Louisiana294.505
2015Louisiana614066.7575
2016Louisiana17774.5017
Career895265.9575

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Louisiana6QB
2013Louisiana6QB
2014Louisiana6QB
2015Louisiana6QB
2016Louisiana6QB6′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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Louisiana180.01––0.2–––
2014Louisiana20.03––0.1–––
2015Louisiana2030.1525th (n=151)0.2430.228%0.080.23
2016Louisiana300.02––0.711%––

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 Louisiana 5 games, 84 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Boise StateL 10–⁠45–––––20
Sep 10vs.McNeeseW 30–⁠22–––––−2
Sep 17vs.South AlabamaW 28–⁠23–––––1
Oct 1atNew Mexico StateL 31–⁠37813840058
Nov 10atGeorgia SouthernW 33–⁠26––––––
2015 Louisiana 10 games, 828 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atKentuckyL 33–⁠4044380037
Sep 26vs.AkronL 14–⁠3511209611−8
Oct 3atLouisiana TechL 14–⁠4317331611154
Oct 10vs.Texas StateW 49–⁠2722292383045
Oct 20atArkansas StateL 27–⁠37174425322201
Oct 31vs.UL MonroeW 30–⁠2438240039
Nov 7atGeorgia StateW 23–⁠2102001–
Nov 12atSouth AlabamaL 25–⁠32–––––30
Nov 21vs.New Mexico StateL 34–⁠37112005
Nov 28atApp StateL 7–⁠281116003
2014 Louisiana 2 games, 1 passing yard
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 21vs.Arkansas StateW 55–⁠40–––––9
Nov 15atUL MonroeW 34–⁠2711100–
2013 Louisiana 3 games, 108 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7atKansas StateL 27–⁠4801000–
Dec 7atSouth AlabamaL 8–⁠304994115
Dec 21 ✦vs.TulaneW 24–⁠2122140029

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

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