Quarterback, Yale, 2021–⁠23

Nolan Grooms

Number
No. 12
Height
6′2″
Weight
188 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Lake Wylie, SC

Nolan Grooms played quarterback at Yale (2021–⁠23).

Career highs

363passing yards, career highvs. Morgan State, 20234touchdown passes, career highthree times; last at Brown, 2023152rushing yards, career highvs. Princeton, 20223rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Bucknell, 2022

Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2022 and 2023

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2021*Yale83125.81324.311
2022Yale13423257.81,6607.21410
2023Yale16125064.41,8637.5228
Career30351359.13,6557.13719

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021*Yale12675.6025
2022Yale1307455.7654
2023Yale1415884.2244
Career2831,4004.9854

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Yale12QBFr.
2022Yale12QBSo.
2023Yale12QBJr.6′2″188

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Yale (FCS)410.03––1.253%
2022Yale (FCS)2390.3976th (n=250)0.3293.951%
2023Yale (FCS)2700.5085th (n=255)0.32134.154%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Yale 10 games, 1,863 passing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 16vs.Holy CrossL 24–⁠4912171121068
Sep 23vs.CornellL 21–⁠237181292176
Sep 30vs.Morgan StateW 45–⁠329383634087
Oct 7atDartmouthW 31–⁠2415222392020
Oct 14vs.Sacred HeartW 31–⁠310191233128
Oct 21vs.PennsylvaniaL 17–⁠2714241212161
Oct 28vs.ColumbiaW 35–⁠726322341189
Nov 4atBrownW 36–⁠17152722043102
Nov 11atPrincetonW 36–⁠2823302321045
Nov 18vs.HarvardW 23–⁠181023902112
2022 Yale 10 games, 1,660 passing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 17atHoly CrossL 14–⁠381121980258
Sep 24atCornellW 38–⁠1412171872055
Oct 1vs.HowardW 34–⁠26102411111130
Oct 8vs.DartmouthW 24–⁠2119221701190
Oct 15vs.BucknellW 29–⁠919332091495
Oct 22atPennsylvaniaL 13–⁠2011191250141
Oct 28atColumbiaW 41–⁠1616333464049
Nov 5vs.BrownW 69–⁠1712162053012
Nov 12vs.PrincetonW 24–⁠209196511152
Nov 19atHarvardW 19–⁠1415281441063
2021 Yale 1 game, 132 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 16atUConnL 15–⁠218311321167

No box score in the source for Oct 23 vs. Pennsylvania, so that game is not listed.

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

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