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Quarterback, Baylor, 2008–⁠12

Nick Florence

Number: No. 11
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Garland, TX
Born: Jun 21, 1989, in Dallas, Texas

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Nick Florence played quarterback at Baylor (2008–⁠12).

Best season: 4,309; Passing yards, 2012 (Baylor, 8–⁠5)
Best game: 581 yards; At West Virginia, week 5, 2012: No. 2 passing game in FBS that week
National rank: No. 1; In the nation in passing yards, 2012

581passing yards, best game on fileat West Virginia, 2012 5touchdown passes, best game on fileat West Virginia, 2012 83rushing yards, best game on fileat Oklahoma, 2012 2rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last at Texas, 2012

Honors

2012National leader in passing yards (4309)

Passing

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

1,786

151

4,309

4–⁠87–⁠610–⁠3AP 138–⁠5

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2009	Baylor	165	266	62.0	1,786	6.7	6	9
2010	Baylor	6	12	50.0	55	4.6	0	0
2011	Baylor	9	12	75.0	151	12.6	2	0
2012	Baylor	286	464	61.6	4,309	9.3	33	13
On file (2009–⁠12)		466	754	61.8	6,301	8.4	41	22

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2009	Baylor	57	62	1.1	3	29
2010	Baylor	2	7	3.5	0	4
2011	Baylor	7	14	2.0	1	16
2012	Baylor	139	568	4.1	10	60
On file (2009–⁠12)		205	651	3.2	14	60

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	Baylor	11	QB
2010	Baylor	11	QB
2011	Baylor	11	QB
2012	Baylor	11	QB	6′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.

Game by game

2012 Baylor 13 games, 4,309 passing yards, 33 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	vs.SMU	W 59–⁠24	21	30	341	4	0	24
Sep 15	vs.Sam Houston	W 48–⁠23	24	41	312	3	2	80
Sep 21	atUL Monroe	W 47–⁠42	26	39	351	4	2	55
Sep 29	atWest Virginia	L 63–⁠70	29	47	581	5	1	−6
Oct 13	vs.TCU	L 21–⁠49	12	19	289	2	4	−5
Oct 20	atTexas	L 50–⁠56	30	41	352	2	1	69
Oct 27	atIowa State	L 21–⁠35	31	51	426	2	1	30
Nov 3	vs.Kansas	W 41–⁠14	26	42	367	3	0	32
Nov 10	atOklahoma	L 34–⁠42	12	33	172	0	0	83
Nov 17	vs.Kansas State	W 52–⁠24	20	32	238	2	2	47
Nov 24	vs.Texas Tech	W 52–⁠45	22	37	396	3	0	51
Dec 1	vs.Oklahoma State	W 41–⁠34	23	39	296	1	0	71
Dec 27 ✦	vs.UCLA	W 49–⁠26	10	13	188	2	0	37

2011 Baylor 1 game, 151 passing yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Nov 26	vs.Texas Tech	W 66–⁠42	9	12	151	2	0	14

2010 Baylor 5 games, 55 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	Rush
Sep 4	vs.Sam Houston	W 34–⁠3	2	6	21	–
Sep 11	vs.Buffalo	W 34–⁠6	2	2	23	4
Sep 18	atTCU	L 10–⁠45	0	2	0	–
Oct 2	vs.Kansas	W 55–⁠7	1	1	4	3
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Illinois	L 14–⁠38	1	1	7	–

2009 Baylor 8 games, 1,786 passing yards, 6 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Oct 3	vs.Kent State	W 31–⁠15	20	27	216	0	0	60
Oct 10	atOklahoma	L 7–⁠33	22	41	220	1	1	−7
Oct 17	atIowa State	L 10–⁠24	2	6	49	0	0	17
Oct 24	vs.Oklahoma State	L 7–⁠34	21	35	235	1	1	10
Oct 31	vs.Nebraska	L 10–⁠20	19	38	222	0	2	8
Nov 7	atMissouri	W 40–⁠32	32	43	427	3	0	−6
Nov 14	vs.Texas	L 14–⁠47	28	45	240	1	3	−15
Nov 21	atTexas A&M	L 3–⁠38	21	31	177	0	2	−5

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

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