Quarterback, Virginia, 2012–⁠16

Matt Johns

Number
No. 15
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Chalfont, PA

Matt Johns played quarterback at Virginia (2012–⁠16).

Career highs

344passing yards, career highvs. Duke, 20154touchdown passes, career highat Louisville, 2015

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2014Virginia8916254.91,1096.885
2015Virginia24740361.32,8107.02017
2016Virginia366357.13145.025
Career37262859.24,2336.73027

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Virginia221074.9142
2015Virginia61861.4125
2016Virginia6−8−1.305
Career891852.1242

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Virginia15QB
2013Virginia15QB
2014Virginia15QB
2015Virginia15QB
2016Virginia15QB6′5″

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
2014Virginia1840.2656th (n=147)0.2447.427%0.34–
2015Virginia4610.2652nd (n=151)0.24118.454%0.270.07
2016Virginia69-0.28––-19.118%-0.01–

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 Virginia 5 games, 314 passing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 10atOregonL 26–⁠4411200–
Oct 22vs.North CarolinaL 14–⁠35111110–
Nov 12vs.MiamiL 14–⁠34376400–
Nov 19atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠31274422013−9
Nov 26atVirginia TechL 10–⁠5241017021
2015 Virginia 12 games, 2,810 passing yards, 20 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atUCLAL 16–⁠3421352381111
Sep 12vs.Notre DameL 27–⁠34263828920−1
Sep 19vs.William & MaryW 35–⁠291723263322
Sep 25vs.Boise StateL 14–⁠561225199239
Oct 10atPittsburghL 19–⁠26173320911−8
Oct 17vs.SyracuseW 44–⁠382437234215
Oct 24atNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠26173014814−10
Oct 31vs.Georgia TechW 27–⁠2117281751113
Nov 7atMiamiL 21–⁠272942280017
Nov 14atLouisvilleL 31–⁠382541260402
Nov 21vs.DukeW 42–⁠34243334421−2
Nov 28vs.Virginia TechL 20–⁠2318381711258
2014 Virginia 9 games, 1,109 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.UCLAL 20–⁠2813221542013
Sep 6vs.RichmondW 45–⁠1347651112
Sep 13vs.LouisvilleW 23–⁠2136901–
Sep 20atBYUL 33–⁠4114231391022
Sep 27vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠1317282272265
Oct 4vs.PittsburghW 24–⁠1991693116
Oct 18atDukeL 13–⁠202245325104
Nov 1atGeorgia TechL 10–⁠35493200–
Nov 28atVirginia TechL 20–⁠24366500−15

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

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