Player Dossier

2015-2017

Middle Tennessee

John Urzua

QB • 6'3" • 189 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

John Urzua is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Middle Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

John Urzua built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a quarterback from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 19, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of John Urzua's career was his passing role: 2,338...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7859

North Gwinnett · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Middle Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

John Urzua, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. John Urzua is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
2,280
Passing yards
2,338
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

John Urzua quick answers

Latest team and position
Middle Tennessee · QB
Career Total Offense
2,280
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
2-star · North Gwinnett · Middle Tennessee
High school pipeline
Newton · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Class 2017
2017 Total offense rank
1,512 total offense · QB 113th (top 35%) · Conference USA 14th (top 9%) · National 124th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee00000-
2016 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee5768816-48849.2
2017 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee61,5121,522-10767.7

Related Context

John Urzua played QB for Middle Tennessee. Across 3 tracked seasons, John Urzua recorded 2,338 passing yards, -58 rushing yards, and 26 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Middle Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Middle Tennessee paired 1,512 primary output with 57.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 57.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 250 yards of offense and 82.6 efficiency. It landed in the 50th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

Games

6

Primary Metric / G

252

Efficiency

57.9

Usage

15.1

Consistency

79.3

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 142. Bowling Green: 307. Florida Atlantic: 356. Florida International: 250. UAB: 275. Marshall: 182

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. Minnesota: 36 by 50.1. Bowling Green: 38 by 66.6. Florida Atlantic: 55 by 49. Florida International: 31 by 82.6. UAB: 47 by 50.7. Marshall: 35 by 48.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins278.5 · Games = 2 · +39.8 vs Losses
Losses238.8 · Games = 4 · -39.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

82.6 vs Florida International

Result
Fri 10/20vs MarshallL 10-38143022046.71148.65-38-7.6000
Sat 10/14@ UABL 23-25234226854.81250.7571.4008
Sat 10/7vs Florida InternationalW 37-17253125080.61082.6
Sat 9/30@ Florida Atlantic300-yard gameL 20-38315135960.823494-3-0.8009
Sat 9/23vs Bowling GreenW 24-13243229075.02166.66172.80013
Sat 9/16@ MinnesotaL 3-34193413555.90250.1273.5004

Player Story

John Urzua story

John Urzua built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a quarterback from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 19, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of John Urzua's career was his passing role: 2,338 passing yards, 15 touchdown passes, and 351 attempts across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Middle Tennessee. 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 26 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Middle Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: John Urzua 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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    Middle Tennessee

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee0
2016 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee76856.29.9768
2017 Regular SeasonMiddle Tennessee1,51257.915.1744

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida International

Week 6 · W 37-17 · Conference game

Win with 250 yards of offense and 82.6 efficiency.

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Total Offense

76.4 takeover

250 total offense with 82.6 efficiency.

#2

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 5 · L 20-38 · Conference game

356

Total Offense

62 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

356 total offense with 49 efficiency.

#3

vs Bowling Green

Week 4 · W 24-13

307

Total Offense

61.3 takeover

Win with 307 yards of offense and 66.6 efficiency.

307 total offense with 66.6 efficiency.

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vs Florida Atlantic

Week 13 · W 77-56 · Conference game

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Total Offense

57.5 takeover

Win with 79 yards of offense and 83.3 efficiency.

79 total offense with 83.3 efficiency.

#5

@ UAB

Week 7 · L 23-25 · Conference game

275

Total Offense

54.2 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

275 total offense with 50.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

1,512 primary output · 57.9 efficiency · 15.1 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

49.2

768 primary · 56.2 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

4

Above avg efficiency