Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2009Tennessee
Nick Stephens
QB • 6'4" • Flower Mound, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher
Nick Stephens is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
17
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
8
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
34
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Player Story
Nick Stephens built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a quarterback from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Nick Stephens' career was his passing role: 982...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2006
Nick Stephens, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Tennessee. Nick Stephens is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 932
- Passing yards
- 982
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Nick Stephens quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 932
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Memphis
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Flower Mound · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Flower Mound · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Class 2009
- 2009 Total offense rank
- 142 total offense · QB 210th (top 77%) · SEC 64th (top 47%) · National 580th (top 45%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Tennessee | 7 | 790 | 840 | -50 | 4 | 63.3 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Tennessee | 2 | 142 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
Related Context
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Nick Stephens played QB for Tennessee. Across 2 tracked seasons, Nick Stephens recorded 982 passing yards, -50 rushing yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 790 primary output with 51.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2008 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 51.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2009 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Loss with 193 yards of offense and 50.3 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2008 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
7
Primary Metric / G
112.9
Efficiency
51.4
Usage
12.6
Consistency
73.9
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 47. Northern Illinois: 130. Georgia: 193. Mississippi State: 153. Alabama: 133. South Carolina: 116. Wyoming: 18
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. UAB: 3 by 75. Northern Illinois: 22 by 58.8. Georgia: 32 by 50.3. Mississippi State: 23 by 65.8. Alabama: 32 by 49.5. South Carolina: 30 by 42.9. Wyoming: 11 by 17.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins110 · Games = 3 · -5 vs Losses
Losses115 · Games = 4 · +5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Georgia
Best efficiency game
75 vs UAB
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/8 | vs Wyoming | L 7-13 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 17.4 | 2 | -9 | -4.50 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ South Carolina | L 6-27 | 10 | 24 | 134 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | 42.9 | 6 | -18 | -3 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Alabama | L 9-29 | 16 | 28 | 137 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 49.5 | 4 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Mississippi State | W 34-3 | 10 | 20 | 136 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 65.8 | 3 | 17 | 5.70 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Georgia | L 14-26 | 13 | 30 | 208 | 43.3 | 2 | 0 | 50.3 | 2 | -15 | -7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Northern Illinois | W 13-9 | 10 | 17 | 156 | 58.8 | 1 | 0 | 58.8 | 5 | -26 | -5.20 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs UAB | W 35-3 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Nick Stephens story
Nick Stephens built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a quarterback from Flower Mound, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Tennessee. The clearest part of Nick Stephens' career was his passing role: 982 passing yards, 5 touchdown passes, and 143 attempts across 9 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Tennessee. 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 9 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Stephens 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
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Tennessee
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Tennessee | 790 | 51.4 | 12.6 | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Tennessee | 142 | 82.3 | — | -648 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Memphis
Week 10 · W 56-28
Win with 98 yards of offense and 67.3 efficiency.
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Total Offense
83.7 takeover
98 total offense with 67.3 efficiency.
#2
vs Western Kentucky
Week 1 · W 63-7
44
Total Offense
71 takeover
Win with 44 yards of offense and 97.2 efficiency.
44 total offense with 97.2 efficiency.
#3
@ Georgia
Week 7 · L 14-26 · Conference game
193
Total Offense
60.7 takeover
Loss with 193 yards of offense and 50.3 efficiency.
193 total offense with 50.3 efficiency.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 8 · W 34-3 · Conference game
153
Total Offense
54.1 takeover
Win with 153 yards of offense and 65.8 efficiency.
153 total offense with 65.8 efficiency.
#5
vs Northern Illinois
Week 6 · W 13-9
130
Total Offense
54 takeover
Win with 130 yards of offense and 58.8 efficiency.
130 total offense with 58.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Tennessee
790 primary output · 51.4 efficiency · 12.6 usage
63.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Tennessee
57
142 primary · 82.3 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
0
3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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