Quarterback, Bowling Green, 2012–⁠16

James Knapke

Number
No. 3
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Fort Wayne, IN

James Knapke played quarterback at Bowling Green (2012–⁠16).

Career highs

443passing yards, career highat Massachusetts, 20143touchdown passes, career highthree times; last vs. North Dakota, 2016

Team titles: MAC champions, 2013 and 2015

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2013*Bowling Green41040.0717.110
2014*Bowling Green28048358.03,1736.61512
2015*Bowling Green142070.01738.710
2016Bowling Green5911949.66365.339
Career35763256.54,0536.42021

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2013*Bowling Green2−1−0.506
2014*Bowling Green671362.0227
2015*Bowling Green242.005
2016Bowling Green14−39−2.806
Career851001.2227

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Bowling Green3QB
2013Bowling Green3QB
2014Bowling Green3QB
2015Bowling Green3QB
2016Bowling Green3QB6′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. pass
2013Bowling Green100.02––0.2––
2014Bowling Green5490.1527th (n=147)0.2480.652%0.17
2015Bowling Green220.29––6.45%–
2016Bowling Green133-0.09––-11.927%-0.09

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 Bowling Green 6 games, 636 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3atOhio StateL 10–⁠77123311002−23
Sep 10vs.North DakotaW 27–⁠26234031532−7
Sep 17vs.Middle TennesseeL 21–⁠411832129023
Sep 24atMemphisL 3–⁠776138203–
Oct 1vs.Eastern MichiganL 25–⁠2801000–
Nov 25vs.BuffaloW 27–⁠19–––––−12
2015 Bowling Green 6 games, 173 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.TennesseeL 30–⁠5922900–
Oct 10vs.MassachusettsW 62–⁠384669005
Oct 17vs.AkronW 59–⁠10123900–
Oct 24atKent StateW 48–⁠0231900−1
Nov 4vs.OhioW 62–⁠24343410–
Nov 24atBall StateW 48–⁠1023300–
2014 Bowling Green 13 games, 3,173 passing yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 6vs.VMIW 48–⁠722312371118
Sep 13vs.IndianaW 45–⁠4246733953137
Sep 20atWisconsinL 17–⁠68132816301−27
Sep 27atMassachusettsW 47–⁠4238594433316
Oct 4vs.BuffaloW 36–⁠3520393211156
Oct 11atOhioW 31–⁠1320392602110
Oct 18vs.Western MichiganL 14–⁠2620331390141
Nov 4atAkronW 27–⁠10173417010−14
Nov 12vs.Kent StateW 30–⁠20223631511−1
Nov 19atToledoL 20–⁠2772471000
Nov 28vs.Ball StateL 24–⁠41182714000−4
Dec 5vs.Northern IllinoisL 17–⁠51122115112−20
Dec 20 ✦vs.South AlabamaW 33–⁠2825393682024
2013 Bowling Green 4 games, 71 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 21vs.Murray StateW 48–⁠74471106
Nov 5atMiami (OH)W 45–⁠302000–
Nov 12vs.OhioW 49–⁠001000–
Nov 23atEastern MichiganW 58–⁠703000−7

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

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