Player Dossier

2006-2010

USC

Mitch Mustain

QB • 6'2" • Springdale, AR, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Mitch Mustain is a balanced quarterback profile with 6.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2006 Postseason · Arkansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arkansas • USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Washington

Player Story

Mitch Mustain built his college career from 2006 through 2010 as a quarterback from Springdale, AR wearing No. 16, spending time with Arkansas and USC. The clearest part of Mitch Mustain's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2006 · Rating 0.9964

Springdale · Springdale, AR

Committed To
Arkansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2006

Mitch Mustain, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2006 Postseason · Arkansas. Mitch Mustain is a balanced quarterback profile with 6.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
1,381
Passing yards
1,399
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Mitch Mustain quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · QB
Career Total Offense
1,381
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
Best season
2006 Postseason · Arkansas
Top game
Washington
Recruit profile
5-star · Springdale · Arkansas
High school pipeline
Springdale · 11 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 16 · Class 2010
2010 Total offense rank
358 total offense · QB 169th (top 59%) · Pac-10 32nd (top 29%) · National 377th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2006 PostseasonArkansas1146415052.8
2006 Regular SeasonArkansas11828853-251152.8
2008 Regular SeasonUSC6149157-8230.6
2009 Regular SeasonUSC00000-
2010 Regular SeasonUSC835834810237.5

Related Context

Mitch Mustain played QB for Arkansas and USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mitch Mustain recorded 1,399 passing yards, -18 rushing yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2006 with Arkansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2006 Postseason

Arkansas paired 874 primary output with 44.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2006 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 44.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, USC.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Win with 211 yards of offense and 59.6 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2006 Postseason · Arkansas

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

79.5

Efficiency

44.7

Usage

4.5

Consistency

56.3

Best Game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 46. USC: 51. Utah State: 105. Vanderbilt: 211. Alabama: 92. Auburn: 91. Southeast Missouri State: 51. Ole Miss: 154. UL Monroe: 71. South Carolina: 0. Florida: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 10 by 48.1. USC: 7 by 51.3. Utah State: 22 by 52.8. Vanderbilt: 21 by 59.6. Alabama: 24 by 28.5. Auburn: 12 by 65.6. Southeast Missouri State: 13 by 57.1. Ole Miss: 16 by 66.8. UL Monroe: 18 by 42.4. South Carolina: 1 by 0. Florida: 1 by 20

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins96.9 · Games = 8 · +63.9 vs Losses
Losses33 · Games = 3 · -63.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Vanderbilt

Best efficiency game

66.8 vs Ole Miss

Result
Mon 1/1@ WisconsinL 14-175104150.00148.105005
Sat 12/2@ FloridaL 28-382012202
Sun 11/5@ South CarolinaW 26-200100.0010
Sat 10/28@ UL MonroeW 44-107187138.92242.4
Sat 10/21vs Ole MissW 38-3121515780.01066.81-3-300
Sat 10/14vs Southeast Missouri StateW 63-75135138.51057.1
Sat 10/7@ AuburnW 27-107108770.01065.624204
Sat 9/23vs AlabamaW 24-237229731.81328.52-5-2.5002
Sat 9/16@ Vanderbilt3+ TDW 21-19132022465.03159.61-13-1300
Sat 9/9vs Utah StateW 20-091711952.91052.85-14-2.8007
Sun 9/3vs USCL 14-50464766.70151.314414

Player Story

Mitch Mustain story

Mitch Mustain built his college career from 2006 through 2010 as a quarterback from Springdale, AR wearing No. 16, spending time with Arkansas and USC. The clearest part of Mitch Mustain's career was his passing role: 1,399 passing yards, 13 touchdown passes, and 221 attempts across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2006 with Arkansas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas and USC.

The arc is straightforward: Mitch Mustain moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Arkansas

    2006

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    USC

    2008-2010

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20062006200820092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 PostseasonArkansas87444.74.5
2006 Regular SeasonArkansas87444.74.50
2008 Regular SeasonUSC14969.65.1-725
2009 Regular SeasonUSC0-149
2010 Regular SeasonUSC35856.96.1358

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Washington

Week 10 · W 56-0 · Conference game

Win with 21 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

21

Total Offense

59 takeover

21 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#2

vs Oregon

Week 6 · W 44-10 · Conference game

117

Total Offense

57.3 takeover

Win with 117 yards of offense and 60.6 efficiency.

117 total offense with 60.6 efficiency.

#3

@ Vanderbilt

Week 3 · W 21-19 · Conference game

211

Total Offense

55.1 takeover

Win with 211 yards of offense and 59.6 efficiency.

211 total offense with 59.6 efficiency.

#4

vs Notre Dame

Week 13 · L 16-20

184

Total Offense

54.3 takeover

Loss with 184 yards of offense and 47.5 efficiency.

184 total offense with 47.5 efficiency.

#5

@ Washington State

Week 8 · W 69-0 · Conference game

10

Total Offense

51.5 takeover

Win with 10 yards of offense and 94.4 efficiency.

10 total offense with 94.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2006 Postseason · Arkansas

874 primary output · 44.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage

52.8

#2

2006 Regular Season · Arkansas

52.8

874 primary · 44.7 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · USC

37.5

358 primary · 56.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency