Player Dossier

2009-2012

Kansas

Dayne Crist

QB • 6'4" • Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Dayne Crist is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

12

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

3

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Notre Dame • Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Dayne Crist built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Sherman Oaks, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Kansas and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Dayne Crist's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2008 · Rating 0.9886

Notre Dame · Sherman Oaks, CA

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2008

Dayne Crist, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Dayne Crist is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
3,648
Passing yards
3,640
Rushing yards
8
Touchdowns
24

Quick Answers

Dayne Crist quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · QB
Career Total Offense
3,648
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
5-star · Notre Dame · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Notre Dame · 31 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2012
2012 Total offense rank
1,247 total offense · QB 122nd (top 41%) · Big 12 12th (top 11%) · National 148th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame414613016132.9
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame92,1072,033741970.8
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame4148164-16033.3
2012 Regular SeasonKansas101,2471,313-66447.2

Related Context

Dayne Crist played QB for Notre Dame and Kansas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Dayne Crist recorded 3,640 passing yards, 8 rushing yards, and 24 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Notre Dame paired 2,107 primary output with 55.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 44.9 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2012 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 Notre Dame, Kansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Loss with 298 yards of offense and 50.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

10

Primary Metric / G

124.7

Efficiency

44.9

Usage

7.6

Consistency

67.7

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 163. Rice: 139. TCU: 298. Northern Illinois: 125. Kansas State: 170. Oklahoma State: 137. Oklahoma: -3. Baylor: 19. Iowa State: 158. West Virginia: 41

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 38 by 43.8. Rice: 29 by 42.9. TCU: 45 by 50.8. Northern Illinois: 32 by 46.4. Kansas State: 32 by 43.3. Oklahoma State: 25 by 50.1. Oklahoma: 7 by 42. Baylor: 9 by 41.6. Iowa State: 21 by 52.5. West Virginia: 5 by 36.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins163 · Games = 1 · +42.6 vs Losses
Losses120.4 · Games = 9 · -42.6 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

TCU

Best efficiency game

52.5 vs Iowa State

Result
Sat 12/1@ West VirginiaL 10-59154120.00136.1
Sun 11/18vs Iowa StateL 23-5192015645.01152.512202
Sat 11/3@ BaylorL 14-41271528.60041.624209
Sat 10/20@ OklahomaL 7-52361350.000421-16-1600
Sat 10/13vs Oklahoma StateL 14-20102213645.50050.1310.3004
Sat 10/6@ Kansas StateL 16-56162718959.31343.35-19-3.8008
Sat 9/22@ Northern IllinoisL 23-30102614738.50046.46-22-3.7005
Sat 9/15vs TCU300-yard gameL 6-20193930348.70150.86-5-0.8003
Sat 9/8vs RiceL 24-25162814457.11242.91-5-500
Sat 9/1vs South Dakota StateW 31-17173616947.21143.82-6-307

Player Story

Dayne Crist story

Dayne Crist built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Sherman Oaks, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Kansas and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Dayne Crist's career was his passing role: 3,640 passing yards, 20 touchdown passes, 554 attempts, and 8 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 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 8 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas and Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Dayne Crist 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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  1. 1

    Notre Dame

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kansas

    2012

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonNotre Dame14655.35.8
2010 Regular SeasonNotre Dame2,10755.4201,961
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame14868.46.6-1,959
2012 Regular SeasonKansas1,24744.97.61,099

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 3 · L 31-34

Loss with 377 yards of offense and 55 efficiency.

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Total Offense

69.4 takeover

377 total offense with 55 efficiency.

#2

vs TCU

Week 3 · L 6-20 · Conference game

298

Total Offense

67.4 takeover

Loss with 298 yards of offense and 50.8 efficiency.

298 total offense with 50.8 efficiency.

#3

@ Navy

Week 8 · L 17-35 · Conference game

203

Total Offense

60.9 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

203 total offense with 52.1 efficiency.

#4

vs Purdue

Week 1 · W 23-12

211

Total Offense

58.8 takeover

Win with 211 yards of offense and 61.4 efficiency.

211 total offense with 61.4 efficiency.

#5

vs Pittsburgh

Week 6 · W 23-17

247

Total Offense

58.7 takeover

Win with 247 yards of offense and 55.1 efficiency.

247 total offense with 55.1 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Notre Dame

2,107 primary output · 55.4 efficiency · 20 usage

70.8

#2

2012 Regular Season · Kansas

47.2

1,247 primary · 44.9 efficiency · 7.6 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Notre Dame

33.3

148 primary · 68.4 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

5

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

4

3+ TD games

6

Above avg efficiency