Nick Fitzgerald
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Quarterback, Mississippi State, 2014–⁠18

Nick Fitzgerald

Number
No. 7
Height
6′5″
Weight
230 lb
Class (2018)
Senior
Hometown
Richmond Hill, GA
Born
Jan 14, 1996

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Nick Fitzgerald played quarterback at Mississippi State (2014–⁠18).

At a glance

Best season
2,423
Passing yards, 2016 (Mississippi State, 6–⁠7)
Best game
258 yards
At Ole Miss, week 13, 2016: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

417passing yards, career highvs. Samford, 20165touchdown passes, career highvs. Samford, 2016258rushing yards, career highat Ole Miss, 20164rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Louisiana, 2018

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2015Mississippi State111478.623516.830
2016Mississippi State19636154.32,4236.72110
2017Mississippi State15928655.61,7826.21511
2018Mississippi State14528151.61,7726.3169
Career51194254.26,2126.65530

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015Mississippi State231275.5321
2016Mississippi State1951,3757.11674
2017Mississippi State1629846.11445
2018Mississippi State2211,1215.11376
Career6013,6076.04676

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2014Mississippi State7QBRS
2015Mississippi State7QBFr.
2016Mississippi State7QBSo.
2017Mississippi State7QBJr.
2018Mississippi State7QBSr.6′5″230

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
2015Mississippi State370.83––30.78%––
2016Mississippi State5540.3169th (n=152)0.25170.758%0.270.62
2017Mississippi State4000.2656th (n=160)0.25103.747%0.190.45
2018Mississippi State4990.2036th (n=160)0.2698.864%0.180.42

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

2018 Mississippi State 12 games, 1,772 passing yards, 16 TD; 1,121 rushing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 8atKansas StateW 31–⁠10112715421159
Sep 15vs.LouisianaW 56–⁠10142124320107
Sep 22atKentuckyL 7–⁠2816321500120
Sep 29vs.FloridaL 6–⁠131126980032
Oct 6vs.AuburnW 23–⁠99176901195
Oct 20atLSUL 3–⁠198245904131
Oct 27vs.Texas A&MW 28–⁠1314222412088
Nov 3vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠3172824340107
Nov 10atAlabamaL 0–⁠24112012500−23
Nov 17vs.ArkansasW 52–⁠69141274085
Nov 22atOle MissW 35–⁠3111811110117
Jan 1 ✦vs.IowaL 22–⁠27143215212103
2017 Mississippi State 12 games, 1,782 passing yards, 15 TD; 984 rushing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.Charleston SouthernW 49–⁠016292392041
Sep 9atLouisiana TechW 57–⁠21121812431111
Sep 16vs.LSUW 37–⁠715231802088
Sep 23atGeorgiaL 3–⁠311429830247
Sep 30atAuburnL 10–⁠4913331571256
Oct 14vs.BYUW 35–⁠10193024122103
Oct 21vs.KentuckyW 45–⁠7182615510115
Oct 28atTexas A&MW 35–⁠14122114121105
Nov 4vs.MassachusettsW 34–⁠23142513902135
Nov 11vs.AlabamaL 24–⁠3113241580066
Nov 18atArkansasW 28–⁠21122315320101
Nov 23vs.Ole MissL 28–⁠3115120116
2016 Mississippi State 13 games, 2,423 passing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.South AlabamaL 20–⁠210300011
Sep 10vs.South CarolinaW 27–⁠14192917821195
Sep 17atLSUL 20–⁠2312241200013
Sep 24atMassachusettsW 47–⁠35263930530110
Oct 8vs.AuburnL 14–⁠3817341812161
Oct 14atBYUL 21–⁠2817362141241
Oct 22atKentuckyL 38–⁠4013218111107
Oct 29vs.SamfordW 56–⁠41203541752119
Nov 5vs.Texas A&MW 35–⁠28183120922182
Nov 12atAlabamaL 3–⁠5110331450115
Nov 19vs.ArkansasL 42–⁠58233332820131
Nov 26atOle MissW 55–⁠2081710930258
Dec 26 ✦vs.Miami (OH)W 17–⁠16132613600132
2015 Mississippi State 7 games, 127 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atSouthern MissW 34–⁠16–––––36
Sep 19vs.Northwestern StateW 62–⁠1344901028
Oct 10vs.TroyW 45–⁠17671412029
Oct 17vs.Louisiana TechW 45–⁠20–––––5
Oct 24vs.KentuckyW 42–⁠16–––––5
Nov 5atMissouriW 31–⁠1301000–
Nov 14vs.AlabamaL 6–⁠311240024

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2019Combine or pro day 2019
Height6′4⅝″
Weight226 lb
Arm length31⅞″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.59 s
Vertical jump29½″
Broad jump9′7″
3-cone drill7.42 s
20-yard shuttle4.56 s

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2020XFLSt. Louis BattleHawks

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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