Player Dossier

2007-2011

Arizona

Nick Foles

QB • 6'5" • Austin, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Nick Foles is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

89%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

19

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan State • Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UAB

Player Story

Nick Foles built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a quarterback from Austin, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Arizona and Michigan State. The clearest part of Nick Foles' career was his passing role:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2012
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 25
Overall
No. 88
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Nick Foles, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Arizona. Nick Foles is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
9,779
Passing yards
10,068
Touchdowns
71
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2011 · Arizona · Player Highlight

Nick Foles college highlights at Arizona.

Season
2011
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Nick Foles quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · QB
Career Total Offense
9,779
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Arizona
Top game
UAB
NFL Draft
2012 · Round 3 · Pick 25 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 8 · Class 2011
2011 Total offense rank
4,231 total offense · QB 7th (top 3%) · Pac-12 1st (top 1%) · National 7th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan State157570058.4
2009 PostseasonArizona122948-19048.6
2009 Regular SeasonArizona122,3842,438-542248.6
2010 PostseasonArizona11273280-7158
2010 Regular SeasonArizona112,8052,911-1062058
2011 Regular SeasonArizona124,2314,334-1032869.6

Related Context

Nick Foles played QB for Michigan State and Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Nick Foles recorded 10,068 passing yards, -289 rushing yards, and -9 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Arizona.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Arizona paired 4,231 primary output with 57 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 56.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2011 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 Michigan State, Arizona.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Loss with 446 yards of offense and 64.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Postseason · Arizona

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

279.8

Efficiency

56.8

Usage

11.2

Consistency

77.5

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 273. Toledo: 351. The Citadel: 212. Iowa: 281. California: 199. Oregon State: 446. Washington State: 66. Stanford: 228. USC: 334. Oregon: 445. Arizona State: 243

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. Oklahoma State: 59 by 46.7. Toledo: 39 by 64.2. The Citadel: 23 by 60. Iowa: 42 by 56.6. California: 42 by 49.8. Oregon State: 51 by 64.8. Washington State: 9 by 67.6. Stanford: 50 by 48.3. USC: 50 by 57. Oregon: 57 by 53.9. Arizona State: 39 by 55.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins221.8 · Games = 5 · -106.4 vs Losses
Losses328.2 · Games = 6 · +106.4 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

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

67.6 vs Washington State

Result
Thu 12/30vs Oklahoma StateL 10-36325028064.01346.79-7-0.8007
Fri 12/3vs Arizona State3+ TDL 29-30223626261.13055.43-19-6.3001
Sat 11/27@ Oregon300-yard game · 3+ TDL 29-48295444853.73153.93-3-102
Sun 11/14vs USC300-yard game · 3+ TDL 21-24324835366.730572-19-9.5000
Sun 11/7@ StanfordL 17-42284824858.31148.32-20-1000
Sat 10/16@ Washington StateW 24-7677185.70067.62-5-2.5000
Sat 10/9vs Oregon State300-yard game · 3+ TDL 27-29354644076.13164.8561.20024
Sun 9/26vs CaliforniaW 10-9253921264.11149.83-13-4.3000
Sun 9/19vs Iowa300-yard gameW 34-27283930371.82156.63-22-7.3000
Sun 9/12vs The CitadelW 52-6172221477.311601-2-200
Sat 9/4@ Toledo300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-2323736086.52164.22-9-4.5011

Player Story

Nick Foles story

Nick Foles built his college career from 2007 through 2011 as a quarterback from Austin, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Arizona and Michigan State. The clearest part of Nick Foles' career was his passing role: 10,068 passing yards, 67 touchdown passes, and 1,403 attempts across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Arizona. 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 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona and Michigan State.

The arc is straightforward: Nick Foles 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

    Michigan State

    2007

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2009-2011

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

200720092009201020102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan State5774
2009 PostseasonArizona2,41353.78.22,356
2009 Regular SeasonArizona2,41353.78.20
2010 PostseasonArizona3,07856.811.2665
2010 Regular SeasonArizona3,07856.811.20
2011 Regular SeasonArizona4,2315713.41,153

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UAB

Week 1 · W 55-18

Win with 57 yards of offense and 74 efficiency.

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Total Offense

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57 total offense with 74 efficiency.

#2

vs Oregon State

Week 6 · L 27-29 · Conference game

446

Total Offense

74.4 takeover

Loss with 446 yards of offense and 64.8 efficiency.

446 total offense with 64.8 efficiency.

#3

vs Stanford

Week 7 · W 43-38 · Conference game

420

Total Offense

64.2 takeover

Win with 420 yards of offense and 74.1 efficiency.

420 total offense with 74.1 efficiency.

#4

@ Washington

Week 6 · L 33-36 · Conference game

384

Total Offense

63.5 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

384 total offense with 54.7 efficiency.

#5

vs Northern Arizona

Week 1 · W 41-10

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Total Offense

62.4 takeover

Win with 410 yards of offense and 65.9 efficiency.

410 total offense with 65.9 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Arizona

4,231 primary output · 57 efficiency · 13.4 usage

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#2

2007 Regular Season · Michigan State

58.4

57 primary · 74 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Postseason · Arizona

58

3,078 primary · 56.8 efficiency · 11.2 usage

Milestones

22

250+ passing yards

16

300+ total offense

14

3+ TD games

11

Above avg efficiency