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Player Dossier
2007-2011Arizona
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.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
73
High-upside career profile
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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:...
Read the storyNFL 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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Nick Foles Arizona Highlights
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
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Michigan State | 1 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 58.4 |
| 2009 Postseason | Arizona | 12 | 29 | 48 | -19 | 0 | 48.6 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Arizona | 12 | 2,384 | 2,438 | -54 | 22 | 48.6 |
| 2010 Postseason | Arizona | 11 | 273 | 280 | -7 | 1 | 58 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Arizona | 11 | 2,805 | 2,911 | -106 | 20 | 58 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Arizona | 12 | 4,231 | 4,334 | -103 | 28 | 69.6 |
Related Context
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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
2011 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 57 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: Northern Arizona
Win with 410 yards of offense and 65.9 efficiency. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2011 Regular Season · Arizona
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
352.6
Efficiency
57
Usage
13.4
Consistency
91.8
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Arizona
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Arizona: 410. Oklahoma State: 398. Stanford: 202. Oregon: 356. USC: 419. Oregon State: 382. UCLA: 297. Washington: 376. Utah: 313. Colorado: 351. Arizona State: 372. Louisiana: 355
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Arizona: 44 by 65.9. Oklahoma State: 53 by 59.4. Stanford: 39 by 58.3. Oregon: 63 by 54.5. USC: 55 by 57.3. Oregon State: 47 by 60.3. UCLA: 45 by 57.1. Washington: 53 by 51.2. Utah: 46 by 50.7. Colorado: 57 by 49.7. Arizona State: 55 by 58.5. Louisiana: 46 by 61.4
Split Comparison
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Wins358.5 · Games = 4 · +8.9 vs Losses
Losses349.6 · Games = 8 · -8.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Northern Arizona
Best efficiency game
65.9 vs Northern Arizona
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Louisiana300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 45-37 | 33 | 43 | 352 | 76.7 | 3 | 1 | 61.4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Arizona State300-yard game | W 31-27 | 35 | 51 | 370 | 68.6 | 2 | 0 | 58.5 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Colorado300-yard game | L 29-48 | 35 | 53 | 352 | 66.0 | 1 | 3 | 49.7 | 4 | -1 | -0.30 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Utah300-yard game | L 21-34 | 25 | 43 | 326 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 50.7 | 3 | -13 | -4.30 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 10/30 | @ Washington300-yard game | L 31-42 | 32 | 50 | 388 | 64.0 | 2 | 3 | 51.2 | 3 | -12 | -4 | 0 | 7 |
| Fri 10/21 | vs UCLA3+ TD | W 48-12 | 26 | 39 | 291 | 66.7 | 3 | 1 | 57.1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Oregon State300-yard game | L 27-37 | 31 | 45 | 378 | 68.9 | 1 | 2 | 60.3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ USC300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 41-48 | 41 | 53 | 425 | 77.4 | 4 | 2 | 57.3 | 2 | -6 | -3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Oregon300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 31-56 | 34 | 57 | 398 | 59.6 | 3 | 0 | 54.5 | 6 | -42 | -7 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Stanford | L 10-37 | 24 | 33 | 239 | 72.7 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 | 6 | -37 | -6.20 | 0 | 3 |
| Fri 9/9 | @ Oklahoma State300-yard game | L 14-37 | 37 | 51 | 398 | 72.5 | 1 | 0 | 59.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 9/4 | vs Northern Arizona300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 41-10 | 34 | 42 | 417 | 81.0 | 5 | 0 | 65.9 | 2 | -7 | -3.50 | 0 | 0 |
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
Michigan State
2007
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2009-2011
Final stop
Season Value Progression
200720092009201020102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Regular Season | Michigan State | 57 | 74 | — | — |
| 2009 Postseason | Arizona | 2,413 | 53.7 | 8.2 | 2,356 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Arizona | 2,413 | 53.7 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2010 Postseason | Arizona | 3,078 | 56.8 | 11.2 | 665 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Arizona | 3,078 | 56.8 | 11.2 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Arizona | 4,231 | 57 | 13.4 | 1,153 |
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
410
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
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