Player Dossier

2009-2011

Rice

Nick Fanuzzi

QB • 6'4" • San Antonio, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Nick Fanuzzi is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

48%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Player Story

Nick Fanuzzi built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a quarterback from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Nick Fanuzzi's career was his passing role: 4,402...

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Nick Fanuzzi, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Rice. Nick Fanuzzi is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
4,486
Passing yards
4,402
Rushing yards
84
Touchdowns
30

Quick Answers

Nick Fanuzzi quick answers

Latest team and position
Rice · QB
Career Total Offense
4,486
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 28 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Rice
Top game
SMU
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2011
2011 Total offense rank
1,195 total offense · QB 118th (top 42%) · Conference USA 14th (top 11%) · National 144th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonRice101,5971,598-11261.5
2010 Regular SeasonRice101,6941,681131167.6
2011 Regular SeasonRice81,1951,12372748.6

Related Context

Nick Fanuzzi played QB for Rice. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nick Fanuzzi recorded 4,402 passing yards, 84 rushing yards, and 30 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Rice paired 1,694 primary output with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 52.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Loss with 230 yards of offense and 48.4 efficiency. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Regular Season · Rice

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

159.7

Efficiency

52.3

Usage

11.8

Consistency

73.2

Best Game by takeover score

East Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UAB: 161. Texas Tech: 19. Oklahoma State: 224. Navy: 241. East Carolina: 230. UCF: 86. SMU: 246. Tulane: 208. UTEP: 42. Houston: 140

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: 23 by 61.9. Texas Tech: 10 by 45.8. Oklahoma State: 32 by 74.3. Navy: 35 by 49.4. East Carolina: 50 by 48.4. UCF: 32 by 46.8. SMU: 44 by 54.7. Tulane: 25 by 59.2. UTEP: 22 by 37.6. Houston: 35 by 44.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins125 · Games = 2 · -43.4 vs Losses
Losses168.4 · Games = 8 · +43.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

East Carolina

Best efficiency game

74.3 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sun 11/29@ HoustonL 14-73163013253.30244.8581.6005
Sat 11/21vs UTEPW 30-298175547.10137.65-13-2.60010
Sat 11/14vs Tulane3+ TDW 28-20152421462.54059.21-6-600
Sat 11/7@ SMU3+ TDL 28-31294225069.03054.72-4-200
Sat 10/24vs UCFL 7-49172611665.40146.86-30-500
Sat 10/17@ East CarolinaL 13-49254323158.11148.47-1-0.1006
Sat 10/10vs NavyL 14-63203324260.62249.42-1-0.5000
Sat 9/19@ Oklahoma StateL 24-41162818257.10174.344210.50023
Sat 9/12@ Texas TechL 10-55472257.10045.83-3-109
Sat 9/5@ UABL 24-44122015460.01061.9372.3018

Player Story

Nick Fanuzzi story

Nick Fanuzzi built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a quarterback from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Nick Fanuzzi's career was his passing role: 4,402 passing yards, 29 touchdown passes, 704 attempts, and 84 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Rice. 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. His career also includes 84 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.

The arc is straightforward: Nick Fanuzzi 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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    Rice

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonRice1,59752.311.8
2010 Regular SeasonRice1,69456.317.897
2011 Regular SeasonRice1,19553.914.3-499

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs SMU

Week 5 · L 31-42 · Conference game

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

282

Total Offense

76 takeover

282 total offense with 50.4 efficiency.

#2

vs Northwestern

Week 3 · L 13-30

219

Total Offense

69.1 takeover

Loss with 219 yards of offense and 52.2 efficiency.

219 total offense with 52.2 efficiency.

#3

vs UTEP

Week 10 · W 41-37 · Conference game

439

Total Offense

68.6 takeover

Win with 439 yards of offense and 76.2 efficiency.

439 total offense with 76.2 efficiency.

#4

@ East Carolina

Week 7 · L 13-49 · Conference game

230

Total Offense

67.2 takeover

Loss with 230 yards of offense and 48.4 efficiency.

230 total offense with 48.4 efficiency.

#5

vs Houston

Week 7 · W 34-31 · Conference game

235

Total Offense

66.7 takeover

Win with 235 yards of offense and 68.7 efficiency.

235 total offense with 68.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Rice

1,694 primary output · 56.3 efficiency · 17.8 usage

67.6

#2

2009 Regular Season · Rice

61.5

1,597 primary · 52.3 efficiency · 11.8 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Rice

48.6

1,195 primary · 53.9 efficiency · 14.3 usage

Milestones

3

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

5

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency