Player Dossier

2015-2017

Syracuse

Zack Mahoney

QB • 6'2" • 217 lbs • LaGrange Park, IL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Zack Mahoney is a balanced quarterback profile with 6.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

11

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Zack Mahoney built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a quarterback from LaGrange Park, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Zack Mahoney's career was his passing role: 1,949...

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Zack Mahoney, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse. Zack Mahoney is a balanced quarterback profile with 6.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
2,191
Passing yards
1,949
Rushing yards
242
Touchdowns
22

Quick Answers

Zack Mahoney quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · QB
Career Total Offense
2,191
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 23 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Syracuse
Top game
Pittsburgh
Latest roster
No. 16 · Class 2017
2017 Total offense rank
515 total offense · QB 193rd (top 59%) · ACC 39th (top 25%) · National 366th (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonSyracuse8686535151956.5
2016 Regular SeasonSyracuse8990943471058.8
2017 Regular SeasonSyracuse751547144327.2

Related Context

Zack Mahoney played QB for Syracuse. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zack Mahoney recorded 1,949 passing yards, 242 rushing yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Syracuse.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Syracuse paired 990 primary output with 63.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 34.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Syracuse

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

73.6

Efficiency

34.8

Usage

6.7

Consistency

7

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Middle Tennessee: 5. Central Michigan: 3. LSU: 0. Clemson: -2. Florida State: 37. Wake Forest: 422. Louisville: 50

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. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 43.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 30. LSU: 1 by 33.3. Clemson: 1 by 0. Florida State: 13 by 48.3. Wake Forest: 68 by 60.6. Louisville: 17 by 28.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · -102.3 vs Losses
Losses102.8 · Games = 5 · +102.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

60.6 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sat 11/18@ LouisvilleL 10-565154933.30228.1210.5003
Sat 11/11vs Wake Forest300-yard game · 3+ TDL 43-64336038455.03260.68384.80013
Sat 11/4@ Florida StateL 24-277123658.30048.311101
Fri 10/13vs ClemsonW 27-2401-2-200
Sat 9/23@ LSUL 26-350100.00033.3
Sat 9/16vs Central MichiganW 41-173013303
Sat 9/9vs Middle TennesseeL 23-3012250.00043.3231.5009

Player Story

Zack Mahoney story

Zack Mahoney built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a quarterback from LaGrange Park, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Zack Mahoney's career was his passing role: 1,949 passing yards, 18 touchdown passes, 342 attempts, and 242 rushing yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 242 rushing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Zack Mahoney's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Syracuse

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonSyracuse68665.719.9
2016 Regular SeasonSyracuse99063.121.2304
2017 Regular SeasonSyracuse51534.86.7-475

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 13 · L 61-76 · Conference game

Loss with 489 yards of offense and 65.4 efficiency.

489

Total Offense

76.5 takeover

489 total offense with 65.4 efficiency.

#2

@ NC State

Week 12 · L 29-42 · Conference game

166

Total Offense

73.9 takeover

Loss with 166 yards of offense and 50.1 efficiency.

166 total offense with 50.1 efficiency.

#3

vs Wake Forest

Week 11 · L 43-64 · Conference game

422

Total Offense

72.1 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

422 total offense with 60.6 efficiency.

#4

vs Clemson

Week 11 · L 27-37 · Conference game

156

Total Offense

69.1 takeover

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

156 total offense with 61.5 efficiency.

#5

vs LSU

Week 4 · L 24-34

194

Total Offense

68.1 takeover

Loss with 194 yards of offense and 55.6 efficiency.

194 total offense with 55.6 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Syracuse

990 primary output · 63.1 efficiency · 21.2 usage

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#2

2015 Regular Season · Syracuse

56.5

686 primary · 65.7 efficiency · 19.9 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Syracuse

27.2

515 primary · 34.8 efficiency · 6.7 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency