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Quarterback, Iowa, 2009–⁠12

James Vandenberg

Number: No. 16
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Keokuk, IA
Born: Nov 24, 1989

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James Vandenberg played quarterback at Iowa (2009–⁠12).

399passing yards, career highvs. Pittsburgh, 2011 4touchdown passes, career highvs. Indiana, 2011 2rushing touchdowns, career highat Northwestern, 2012

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

470

3,022

2,249

11–⁠2AP 78–⁠57–⁠64–⁠8

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2009	Iowa	42	87	48.3	470	5.4	2	5
2010	Iowa	5	8	62.5	45	5.6	1	0
2011	Iowa	237	404	58.7	3,022	7.5	25	7
2012	Iowa	223	389	57.3	2,249	5.8	7	8
Career		507	888	57.1	5,786	6.5	35	20

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Iowa	11	−42	−3.8	0	8
2010	Iowa	6	32	5.3	0	9
2011	Iowa	78	61	0.8	3	24
2012	Iowa	63	16	0.3	4	21
Career		158	67	0.4	7	24

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Iowa	16	QB
2010	Iowa	16	QB
2011	Iowa	16	QB
2012	Iowa	16	QB	6′3″

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 Iowa 12 games, 2,249 passing yards, 7 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Northern Illinois	W 18–⁠17	21	33	129	0	0	−25
Sep 8	vs.Iowa State	L 6–⁠9	20	42	236	0	2	10
Sep 15	vs.Northern Iowa	W 27–⁠16	18	28	228	0	0	−2
Sep 22	vs.Central Michigan	L 31–⁠32	16	25	215	1	0	–
Sep 29	vs.Minnesota	W 31–⁠13	18	31	192	1	0	5
Oct 13	atMichigan State	W 19–⁠16	19	36	134	0	1	1
Oct 20	vs.Penn State	L 14–⁠38	17	36	189	1	2	−18
Oct 27	atNorthwestern	L 17–⁠28	24	38	214	0	0	−6
Nov 3	atIndiana	L 21–⁠24	21	34	249	1	1	−13
Nov 10	vs.Purdue	L 24–⁠27	19	36	190	1	0	31
Nov 17	atMichigan	L 17–⁠42	19	26	181	2	0	35
Nov 23	vs.Nebraska	L 7–⁠13	11	24	92	0	2	−2

2011 Iowa 13 games, 3,022 passing yards, 25 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	vs.Tennessee Tech	W 34–⁠7	13	21	219	2	0	13
Sep 10	atIowa State	L 41–⁠44	16	28	207	2	0	19
Sep 17	vs.Pittsburgh	W 31–⁠27	31	48	399	3	1	−8
Sep 24	vs.UL Monroe	W 45–⁠17	21	32	270	3	0	9
Oct 8	atPenn State	L 3–⁠13	17	34	169	0	2	10
Oct 15	vs.Northwestern	W 41–⁠31	14	22	224	2	1	16
Oct 22	vs.Indiana	W 45–⁠24	12	16	253	4	0	11
Oct 29	atMinnesota	L 21–⁠22	16	24	177	1	0	−5
Nov 5	vs.Michigan	W 24–⁠16	14	21	171	1	0	−4
Nov 12	vs.Michigan State	L 21–⁠37	22	47	262	2	1	1
Nov 19	atPurdue	W 31–⁠21	22	32	273	3	0	−5
Nov 25	atNebraska	L 7–⁠20	16	35	182	0	1	4
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Oklahoma	L 14–⁠31	23	44	216	2	1	0

2010 Iowa 3 games, 45 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Rush
Sep 4	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 37–⁠7	3	3	27	0	11
Sep 11	vs.Iowa State	W 35–⁠7	0	1	0	0	18
Sep 25	vs.Ball State	W 45–⁠0	2	4	18	1	3

2009 Iowa 4 games, 470 passing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 12	atIowa State	W 35–⁠3	2	3	38	0	0	0
Nov 7	vs.Northwestern	L 10–⁠17	9	27	82	0	1	2
Nov 14	atOhio State	L 24–⁠27	20	33	233	2	3	−5
Nov 21	vs.Minnesota	W 12–⁠0	11	24	117	0	1	−39

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2013	Combine or pro day 2013
Height	6′2¾″
Weight	226 lb
Arm length	30¼″
Hand size	9¾″
40-yard dash	4.92 s
10-yard split		1.77 s
Vertical jump	32″
Broad jump	9′8″
3-cone drill	6.95 s
20-yard shuttle	4.52 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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