Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2016Notre Dame
DeShone Kizer
QB • 6'4" • Toledo, OH, USA
Dual-threat creatorVolume operator
DeShone Kizer is a dual-threat creator with 30 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
73
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
81
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Player Story
DeShone Kizer built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a quarterback from Toledo, OH wearing No. 14, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of DeShone Kizer's career was his passing role: 5,809...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2017
- Selection
- Round 2 · Pick 20
- Overall
- No. 52
- NFL Team
- Cleveland Browns
DeShone Kizer, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame. DeShone Kizer is a dual-threat creator with 30 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,801
- Passing yards
- 5,809
- Rushing yards
- 992
- Touchdowns
- 65
Quick Answers
DeShone Kizer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,801
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Temple
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Central Catholic · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Central Catholic · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2017 · Round 2 · Pick 20 · Cleveland Browns
- Latest roster
- No. 14 · Class 2016
- 2016 Total offense rank
- 3,397 total offense · QB 31st (top 10%) · FBS Independents 1st (top 3%) · National 31st (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Postseason | Notre Dame | 13 | 305 | 284 | 21 | 3 | 76.8 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 13 | 3,099 | 2,600 | 499 | 28 | 76.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 12 | 3,397 | 2,925 | 472 | 34 | 77.3 |
Related Context
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DeShone Kizer played QB for Notre Dame. Across 3 tracked seasons, DeShone Kizer recorded 5,809 passing yards, 992 rushing yards, and 4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 3,397 primary output with 63.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 63.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
283.1
Efficiency
63.7
Usage
30
Consistency
79.3
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 292. Nevada: 191. Michigan State: 358. Duke: 441. Syracuse: 472. NC State: 69. Stanford: 237. Miami: 294. Navy: 275. Army: 281. Virginia Tech: 304. USC: 183
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 37 by 74.1. Nevada: 28 by 67.1. Michigan State: 46 by 59.1. Duke: 48 by 72.3. Syracuse: 44 by 63.8. NC State: 41 by 36.6. Stanford: 37 by 62. Miami: 46 by 65.6. Navy: 36 by 74.2. Army: 35 by 77.2. Virginia Tech: 49 by 62.7. USC: 43 by 49.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins309.5 · Games = 4 · +39.6 vs Losses
Losses269.9 · Games = 8 · -39.6 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
Duke
Best efficiency game
77.2 vs Army
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ USC3+ TD | L 27-45 | 17 | 32 | 220 | 53.1 | 2 | 1 | 49.5 | 11 | -37 | -3.40 | 1 | 13 |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Virginia TechDual-threat | L 31-34 | 16 | 33 | 235 | 48.5 | 2 | 0 | 62.7 | 16 | 69 | 4.30 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Army3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 44-6 | 17 | 28 | 209 | 60.7 | 3 | 1 | 77.2 | 7 | 72 | 10.30 | 0 | 27 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Navy3+ TD · Dual-threat | L 27-28 | 19 | 27 | 223 | 70.4 | 3 | 0 | 74.2 | 9 | 52 | 5.80 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Miami | W 30-27 | 25 | 38 | 263 | 65.8 | 2 | 0 | 65.6 | 8 | 31 | 3.90 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs StanfordDual-threat | L 10-17 | 14 | 26 | 154 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 11 | 83 | 7.50 | 1 | 49 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ NC State | L 3-10 | 9 | 26 | 54 | 34.6 | 0 | 1 | 36.6 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Syracuse300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 50-33 | 23 | 35 | 471 | 65.7 | 3 | 1 | 63.8 | 9 | 1 | 0.10 | 1 | 8 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Duke300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 35-38 | 22 | 37 | 381 | 59.5 | 2 | 1 | 72.3 | 11 | 60 | 5.50 | 1 | 23 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Michigan State300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 28-36 | 20 | 37 | 344 | 54.1 | 2 | 1 | 59.1 | 9 | 14 | 1.60 | 2 | 14 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Nevada3+ TD | W 39-10 | 15 | 18 | 156 | 83.3 | 2 | 1 | 67.1 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 1 | 6 |
| Sun 9/4 | @ Texas3+ TD · Dual-threat | L 47-50 | 15 | 24 | 215 | 62.5 | 5 | 0 | 74.1 | 13 | 77 | 5.90 | 1 | 29 |
Player Story
DeShone Kizer story
DeShone Kizer built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a quarterback from Toledo, OH wearing No. 14, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of DeShone Kizer's career was his passing role: 5,809 passing yards, 47 touchdown passes, 696 attempts, and 992 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Notre Dame. 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 992 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: DeShone Kizer 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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Notre Dame
2014-2016
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Season Value Progression
2014201520152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Postseason | Notre Dame | 3,404 | 62.6 | 30.2 | 3,404 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 3,404 | 62.6 | 30.2 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 3,397 | 63.7 | 30 | -7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Temple
Week 9 · W 24-20
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
442
Total Offense
91.2 takeover
442 total offense with 73.7 efficiency.
#2
@ Stanford
Week 13 · L 36-38
362
Total Offense
86.5 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
362 total offense with 77.5 efficiency.
#3
@ Clemson
Week 5 · L 22-24
376
Total Offense
82.6 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
376 total offense with 65.5 efficiency.
#4
vs Duke
Week 4 · L 35-38
441
Total Offense
77.2 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
441 total offense with 72.3 efficiency.
#5
vs Virginia Tech
Week 12 · L 31-34
304
Total Offense
75.3 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
304 total offense with 62.7 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Notre Dame
3,397 primary output · 63.7 efficiency · 30 usage
77.3
#2
2015 Postseason · Notre Dame
76.8
3,404 primary · 62.6 efficiency · 30.2 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Notre Dame
76.8
3,404 primary · 62.6 efficiency · 30.2 usage
Milestones
10
250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
13
3+ TD games
17
Above avg efficiency
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