Michael Brewer at Virginia Tech, 2014
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Quarterback, Virginia Tech (from Texas Tech), 2011–⁠15

Michael Brewer

Lettered 2012–⁠13 at Texas Tech (school media guide)

Number
No. 16
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Lake Travis, TX
Born
Nov 13, 1992, in Austin, Texas

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Michael Brewer played quarterback at Texas Tech (2011–⁠13) and Virginia Tech (2014–⁠15).

Career highs

345passing yards, career highvs. Boston College, 20143touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Duke, 2015

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2012Texas Tech344870.83757.840
2013Texas Tech71070.0656.510
2014Virginia Tech26244159.42,6926.11815
2015Virginia Tech12621658.31,7037.9137
Career42971560.04,8356.83622

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Texas Tech9202.2012
2013Texas Tech6−13−2.2011
2014Virginia Tech80−5−0.1231
2015Virginia Tech37−80−2.2116
Career132−78−0.6331

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Texas Tech16QB
2012Texas Tech16QB
2013Texas Tech16QB
2014Virginia Tech16QB
2015Virginia Tech16QB6′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. pass
2013Texas Tech120.09––1.1––
2014Virginia Tech5160.1733rd (n=147)0.2488.253%0.22
2015Virginia Tech2530.2657th (n=151)0.2466.942%0.35

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 Virginia Tech 8 games, 1,703 passing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7vs.Ohio StateL 24–⁠421116156200
Oct 17atMiamiL 20–⁠30346511–
Oct 24vs.DukeL 43–⁠45244527030−12
Oct 31atBoston CollegeW 26–⁠10152118011−29
Nov 12atGeorgia TechW 23–⁠21152917811−8
Nov 21vs.North CarolinaL 27–⁠30203527322−11
Nov 28atVirginiaW 23–⁠20152923721−20
Dec 26 ✦vs.TulsaW 55–⁠52233734411–
2014 Virginia Tech 13 games, 2,692 passing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.William & MaryW 34–⁠923302512121
Sep 6atOhio StateW 35–⁠2123361992216
Sep 13vs.East CarolinaL 21–⁠28305629832−20
Sep 20vs.Georgia TechL 24–⁠2728392970329
Sep 27vs.Western MichiganW 35–⁠1714321782224
Oct 4atNorth CarolinaW 34–⁠17182718611−18
Oct 16atPittsburghL 16–⁠21264526510−15
Oct 23vs.MiamiL 6–⁠3013208000−14
Nov 1vs.Boston CollegeL 31–⁠33314834520−4
Nov 15atDukeW 17–⁠16122313821−39
Nov 22atWake ForestL 3–⁠6152812601−13
Nov 28vs.VirginiaW 24–⁠2015332352111
Dec 27 ✦vs.CincinnatiW 33–⁠171424941117
2013 Texas Tech 4 games, 65 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 5atKansasW 54–⁠16–––––−6
Nov 16vs.BaylorL 34–⁠6302000–
Nov 28atTexasL 16–⁠41786510−16
Dec 30 ✦vs.Arizona StateW 37–⁠23–––––9
2012 Texas Tech 9 games, 375 passing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Northwestern StateW 44–⁠6101312220−7
Sep 8atTexas StateW 58–⁠107117200–
Sep 15vs.New MexicoW 49–⁠14610370023
Oct 6vs.OklahomaL 20–⁠41456800–
Oct 13vs.West VirginiaW 49–⁠1411900–
Nov 10vs.KansasW 41–⁠34–––––7
Nov 17atOklahoma StateL 21–⁠59565410−3
Nov 24vs.BaylorL 45–⁠5201000–
Dec 28 ✦vs.MinnesotaW 34–⁠31111310–

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

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