Zach Mettenberger with the Tennessee Titans
With the Tennessee Titans. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, LSU, 2011–⁠13

Zach Mettenberger

Number
No. 8
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Watkinsville, GA
Born
Jul 16, 1991, in Watkinsville, Georgia

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Zach Mettenberger played quarterback at LSU (2011–⁠13). The Tennessee Titans took Mettenberger in round 6, No. 178 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
3,082
Passing yards, 2013 (LSU, 10–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 178
Round 6, 2014 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

Career highs

372passing yards, career highat Georgia, 20135touchdown passes, career highvs. UAB, 2013

Team titles: SEC champions, 2011

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2011LSU81172.7928.410
2012LSU20735258.82,6097.4127
2013LSU19229664.93,08210.4228
Career40765961.85,7838.83515

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011LSU22814.0025
2012LSU47−208−4.407
2013LSU34−133−3.9010
Career83−313−3.8025

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011LSU8QB
2012LSU8QB
2013LSU8QB6′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. pass
2013LSU2820.5299th (n=144)0.22146.640%0.39

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

2013 LSU 12 games, 3,082 passing yards, 22 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.TCUW 37–⁠27163225110−11
Sep 7vs.UABW 56–⁠1716192825017
Sep 14vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠13131826430–
Sep 21vs.AuburnW 35–⁠21142222911−7
Sep 28atGeorgiaL 41–⁠44233737230−26
Oct 5atMississippi StateW 59–⁠26252934021−21
Oct 12vs.FloridaW 17–⁠6917152001
Oct 19atOle MissL 24–⁠27193327413−30
Oct 26vs.FurmanW 48–⁠16162432832–
Nov 9atAlabamaL 17–⁠38162324110−29
Nov 23vs.Texas A&MW 34–⁠101120193200
Nov 29vs.ArkansasW 31–⁠27142215601−27
2012 LSU 13 games, 2,609 passing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.North TexasW 41–⁠14192619211−25
Sep 8vs.WashingtonW 41–⁠31218195107
Sep 15vs.IdahoW 63–⁠14172222221−6
Sep 22atAuburnW 12–⁠10152716900−1
Sep 29vs.TowsonW 38–⁠22152623820−52
Oct 6atFloridaL 6–⁠14112515801−19
Oct 13vs.South CarolinaW 23–⁠21122514801−6
Oct 20atTexas A&MW 24–⁠1911299710−7
Nov 3vs.AlabamaL 17–⁠21243529810−22
Nov 10vs.Mississippi StateW 37–⁠17193027320−10
Nov 17vs.Ole MissW 41–⁠35223728202−6
Nov 23atArkansasW 20–⁠13162921710−20
Dec 31 ✦vs.ClemsonL 24–⁠25142312011−41
2011 LSU 2 games, 92 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 10vs.Northwestern StateW 49–⁠381192103
Nov 19atOle MissW 52–⁠3–––––25

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′4⅞″
Weight224 lb
Arm length32⅜″
Hand size9¾″

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

In the NFL

2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2014Tennessee Titans71071791,412874
2015Tennessee Titans7101166935478
NFL career142083452,347121412

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFMemphis Express

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

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