Player Dossier

2015-2021

Washington

Patrick O'Brien

QB • 6'5" • 245 lbs • San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Patrick O'Brien is a balanced quarterback profile with 3.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

52%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

32

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

24

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: 2019 Regular Season · Colorado State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Nebraska • Colorado State • Washington
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota

Player Story

Patrick O'Brien built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a quarterback from San Juan Capistrano, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Colorado State, Nebraska, and Washington. The clearest part of Patrick...

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Patrick O'Brien, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Colorado State. Patrick O'Brien is a balanced quarterback profile with 3.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
3,580
Passing yards
3,575
Rushing yards
5
Touchdowns
20

Quick Answers

Patrick O'Brien quick answers

Latest team and position
Washington · QB
Career Total Offense
3,580
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 20 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Colorado State
Top game
Minnesota
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2021 Total offense rank
13 total offense · QB 345th (top 93%) · Pac-12 109th (top 79%) · National 1,255th (top 80%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska00000-
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska00000-
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska31961924037.9
2019 Regular SeasonColorado State112,7822,803-211570.9
2020 Regular SeasonColorado State458957910542.6
2021 Regular SeasonWashington213112031.1

Related Context

Patrick O'Brien played QB for Nebraska, Colorado State, and Washington. Across 6 tracked seasons, Patrick O'Brien recorded 3,575 passing yards, 5 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Colorado State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Colorado State paired 2,782 primary output with 62.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 53.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Colorado State, Washington.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

Win with 258 yards of offense and 64 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2020 Regular Season · Colorado State

Games

4

Primary Metric / G

147.3

Efficiency

53.3

Usage

14.8

Consistency

62.9

Best Game by takeover score

Wyoming

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 83. Wyoming: 258. Boise State: 140. San Diego State: 108

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. Fresno State: 15 by 60.1. Wyoming: 32 by 64. Boise State: 26 by 45.8. San Diego State: 29 by 43.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins258 · Games = 1 · +147.7 vs Losses
Losses110.3 · Games = 3 · -147.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Wyoming

Best efficiency game

64 vs Wyoming

Result
Sun 12/6@ San Diego StateL 17-29102310243.50143.3661025
Fri 11/13@ Boise StateL 21-5292014045.00145.8601.2018
Fri 11/6vs Wyoming3+ TDW 34-24182625569.22064630.5019
Fri 10/30@ Fresno StateL 17-387108270.01060.1510.2005

Player Story

Patrick O'Brien story

Patrick O'Brien built his college career from 2015 through 2021 as a quarterback from San Juan Capistrano, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Colorado State, Nebraska, and Washington. The clearest part of Patrick O'Brien's career was his passing role: 3,575 passing yards, 16 touchdown passes, 450 attempts, and 5 rushing yards across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Colorado State. 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 5 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Colorado State, Nebraska, and Washington.

The arc is straightforward: Patrick O'Brien 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado State

    2019-2020

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Washington

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska19651.616.5196
2019 Regular SeasonColorado State2,78262.619.72,586
2020 Regular SeasonColorado State58953.314.8-2,193
2021 Regular SeasonWashington13673.1-576

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Minnesota

Week 11 · L 21-54 · Conference game

Loss with 137 yards of offense and 57.5 efficiency.

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Total Offense

77.2 takeover

137 total offense with 57.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Air Force

Week 12 · L 21-38 · Conference game

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Total Offense

68.7 takeover

Loss with 309 yards of offense and 55.8 efficiency.

309 total offense with 55.8 efficiency.

#3

vs Arkansas State

Week 3 · W 52-3

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Total Offense

68.6 takeover

Win with 13 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

13 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#4

vs Toledo

Week 4 · L 35-41

432

Total Offense

67.7 takeover

Loss with 432 yards of offense and 65.9 efficiency.

432 total offense with 65.9 efficiency.

#5

vs Wyoming

Week 10 · W 34-24 · Conference game

258

Total Offense

66.7 takeover

Win with 258 yards of offense and 64 efficiency.

258 total offense with 64 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Colorado State

2,782 primary output · 62.6 efficiency · 19.7 usage

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#2

2020 Regular Season · Colorado State

42.6

589 primary · 53.3 efficiency · 14.8 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Nebraska

37.9

196 primary · 51.6 efficiency · 16.5 usage

Milestones

6

250+ passing yards

4

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

8

Above avg efficiency