Quarterback, Boston College (from Kentucky), 2012–⁠16

Patrick Towles

Lettered 2012, 2014–⁠15 at Kentucky; 2016 at Boston College (school media guide)

Number
No. 8
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Ft. Thomas, KY

Patrick Towles played quarterback at Kentucky (2012–⁠15) and Boston College (2016).

Career highs

390passing yards, career highvs. Mississippi State, 20143touchdown passes, career highfour times; last vs. Eastern Kentucky, 2015104rushing yards, career highvs. Syracuse, 20162rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Wagner, 2016

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2012Kentucky194047.52335.811
2014Kentucky22539257.42,7186.9149
2015Kentucky18332656.12,1486.6914
2016Boston College13827350.51,7306.3127
Career5651,03154.86,8296.63631

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Kentucky11−14−1.307
2014Kentucky1463052.1648
2015Kentucky71640.9533
2016Boston College1152942.6475
Career3436491.91575

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Kentucky8QB
2013Kentucky8QB
2014Kentucky8QB
2015Kentucky8QB
2016Boston College8QB6′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
2014Kentucky5390.1527th (n=147)0.2481.562%0.330.24
2015Kentucky4050.1526th (n=151)0.2460.753%0.140.25
2016Boston College3890.1519th (n=152)0.2559.544%0.190.05

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 Boston College 13 games, 1,730 passing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.Georgia TechL 14–⁠1711171440127
Sep 10atMassachusettsW 26–⁠712221912166
Sep 17atVirginia TechL 0–⁠49928800117
Sep 24vs.WagnerW 42–⁠109161572046
Oct 1vs.BuffaloW 35–⁠314252342018
Oct 7vs.ClemsonL 10–⁠56112291105
Oct 22vs.SyracuseL 20–⁠284144501104
Oct 29atNC StateW 21–⁠14183320401−15
Nov 5vs.LouisvilleL 7–⁠52132114711−18
Nov 11atFlorida StateL 7–⁠453112900−8
Nov 19vs.UConnW 30–⁠014191831025
Nov 26atWake ForestW 17–⁠141023741013
Dec 26 ✦vs.MarylandW 36–⁠3010221512114
2015 Kentucky 11 games, 2,148 passing yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5vs.LouisianaW 40–⁠33163425731−16
Sep 12atSouth CarolinaW 26–⁠222129192018
Sep 19vs.FloridaL 9–⁠1482412602−8
Sep 26vs.MissouriW 21–⁠1322272492021
Oct 3vs.Eastern KentuckyW 34–⁠27294232932−4
Oct 15vs.AuburnL 27–⁠3027443590112
Oct 24atMississippi StateL 16–⁠4223422180213
Oct 31vs.TennesseeL 21–⁠5216331841120
Nov 7atGeorgiaL 3–⁠278219602−8
Nov 14atVanderbiltL 17–⁠211026670126
Nov 28vs.LouisvilleL 24–⁠38347101–
2014 Kentucky 12 games, 2,718 passing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.UT MartinW 59–⁠1420293771030
Sep 6vs.OhioW 20–⁠317311701059
Sep 13atFloridaL 30–⁠3624453693322
Sep 27vs.VanderbiltW 17–⁠72330201113
Oct 4vs.South CarolinaW 45–⁠38202920810−2
Oct 11vs.UL MonroeW 48–⁠141628216300
Oct 18atLSUL 3–⁠4119361460016
Oct 25vs.Mississippi StateL 31–⁠4524433902076
Nov 1atMissouriL 10–⁠201936158112
Nov 8vs.GeorgiaL 31–⁠6316311391160
Nov 15atTennesseeL 16–⁠5013251680129
Nov 29atLouisvilleL 40–⁠4414291760210
2012 Kentucky 5 games, 233 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Oct 6vs.Mississippi StateL 14–⁠27567110−10
Oct 27atMissouriL 10–⁠3314200−15
Nov 3vs.VanderbiltL 0–⁠4082393002
Nov 17vs.SamfordW 34–⁠3464701−7
Nov 24atTennesseeL 17–⁠3711200016

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′4⅞″
Weight241 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.60 s
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump10′0″
3-cone drill7.29 s
20-yard shuttle4.49 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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