Player Dossier

2009-2013

Cincinnati

Brendon Kay

QB • 6'4" • Marine City, MI, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Brendon Kay is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

6

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

14

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Cincinnati
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Brendon Kay built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a quarterback from Marine City, MI wearing No. 11, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Brendon Kay's career was his passing role: 4,647...

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Brendon Kay, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Cincinnati. Brendon Kay is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
5,150
Passing yards
4,647
Rushing yards
503
Touchdowns
41

Quick Answers

Brendon Kay quick answers

Latest team and position
Cincinnati · QB
Career Total Offense
5,150
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 28 games
Best season
2013 Postseason · Cincinnati
Top game
Duke
Latest roster
No. 11 · Class 2013
2013 Total offense rank
3,439 total offense · QB 27th (top 9%) · American Athletic 4th (top 4%) · National 27th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonCincinnati2512724039.5
2010 Regular SeasonCincinnati1342014044.5
2011 Regular SeasonCincinnati122022046.9
2012 PostseasonCincinnati1140833276445.4
2012 Regular SeasonCincinnati111,196966230945.4
2013 PostseasonCincinnati13166181-15068
2013 Regular SeasonCincinnati133,2733,1211522868

Related Context

Brendon Kay played QB for Cincinnati. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brendon Kay recorded 4,647 passing yards, 503 rushing yards, and 56 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Cincinnati.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason

Cincinnati paired 3,439 primary output with 63.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 61.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Loss with 34 yards of offense and 61.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Regular Season · Cincinnati

Games

1

Primary Metric / G

34

Efficiency

61.9

Usage

6.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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All Games34 · Games = 1

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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Syracuse

Best efficiency game

61.9 vs Syracuse

Result
Sat 10/30vs SyracuseL 7-31362050.00061.9214707

Player Story

Brendon Kay story

Brendon Kay built his college career from 2009 through 2013 as a quarterback from Marine City, MI wearing No. 11, spending time with Cincinnati. The clearest part of Brendon Kay's career was his passing role: 4,647 passing yards, 32 touchdown passes, 541 attempts, and 503 rushing yards across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Cincinnati. 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 503 rushing yards and 56 receiving 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 Cincinnati.

The arc is straightforward: Brendon Kay 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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    Cincinnati

    2009-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020112012201220132013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonCincinnati5182.55
2010 Regular SeasonCincinnati3461.96.9-17
2011 Regular SeasonCincinnati2273.36.1-12
2012 PostseasonCincinnati1,60472.316.21,582
2012 Regular SeasonCincinnati1,60472.316.20
2013 PostseasonCincinnati3,43963.414.71,835
2013 Regular SeasonCincinnati3,43963.414.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Duke

Week 1 · W 48-34 · Postseason

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

408

Total Offense

88.4 takeover

408 total offense with 86 efficiency.

#2

vs Rutgers

Week 12 · L 3-10 · Conference game

297

Total Offense

76.9 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

297 total offense with 58 efficiency.

#3

@ Houston

Week 13 · W 24-17 · Conference game

444

Total Offense

71.4 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

444 total offense with 63 efficiency.

#4

vs Southeast Missouri State

Week 2 · W 70-3

41

Total Offense

69.7 takeover

Win with 41 yards of offense and 93.3 efficiency.

41 total offense with 93.3 efficiency.

#5

@ Temple

Week 11 · W 34-10 · Conference game

315

Total Offense

68.6 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

315 total offense with 89.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Postseason · Cincinnati

3,439 primary output · 63.4 efficiency · 14.7 usage

68

#2

2013 Regular Season · Cincinnati

68

3,439 primary · 63.4 efficiency · 14.7 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Cincinnati

46.9

22 primary · 73.3 efficiency · 6.1 usage

Milestones

10

250+ passing yards

7

300+ total offense

7

3+ TD games

18

Above avg efficiency