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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021San José State
Nick Starkel
QB • 6'3" • 214 lbs • Argyle, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Nick Starkel is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
38
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
34
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · San José State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Texas A&M • Arkansas • San José State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Nick Starkel built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a quarterback from Argyle, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Arkansas, San José State, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Nick Starkel's career was...
Read the storyNick Starkel, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · San José State. Nick Starkel is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,758
- Passing yards
- 6,933
- Touchdowns
- 50
Quick Answers
Nick Starkel quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San José State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,758
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · San José State
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Senior
- 2021 Total offense rank
- 1,574 total offense · QB 110th (top 30%) · Mountain West 9th (top 7%) · National 115th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Texas A&M | 7 | 480 | 499 | -19 | 4 | 53.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 7 | 1,271 | 1,294 | -23 | 11 | 53.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 4 | 163 | 169 | -6 | 1 | 36.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 8 | 1,136 | 1,152 | -16 | 7 | 37.3 |
| 2020 Postseason | San José State | 8 | 260 | 268 | -8 | 1 | 63.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San José State | 8 | 1,874 | 1,906 | -32 | 16 | 63.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San José State | 7 | 1,574 | 1,645 | -71 | 10 | 56.5 |
Related Context
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Nick Starkel played QB for Texas A&M, Arkansas, and San José State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Nick Starkel recorded 6,933 passing yards, -175 rushing yards, and -9 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2020 with San José State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason
San José State paired 2,134 primary output with 59.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 53.1 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas A&M, Arkansas, San José State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · San José State
Games
7
Primary Metric / G
224.9
Efficiency
53.1
Usage
11.4
Consistency
73.8
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. USC: 308. Southern Utah: 397. Hawai'i: 223. Western Michigan: 20. Nevada: 255. Utah State: 130. Fresno State: 241
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 46 by 63.5. Southern Utah: 29 by 64.9. Hawai'i: 52 by 44.3. Western Michigan: 20 by 36.8. Nevada: 40 by 65.2. Utah State: 30 by 47.8. Fresno State: 46 by 49.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins310 · Games = 2 · +119.2 vs Losses
Losses190.8 · Games = 5 · -119.2 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
USC
Best efficiency game
65.2 vs Nevada
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11/25 | vs Fresno State | L 9-40 | 19 | 42 | 260 | 45.2 | 0 | 0 | 49.2 | 4 | -19 | -4.80 | 0 | 2 |
| Sun 11/14 | vs Utah State | L 17-48 | 19 | 29 | 138 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | 47.8 | 1 | -8 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 11/7 | @ Nevada3+ TD | L 24-27 | 21 | 40 | 255 | 52.5 | 3 | 1 | 65.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | @ Western Michigan | L 3-23 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 36.8 | 6 | -35 | -5.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/19 | @ Hawai'i | W 17-13 | 23 | 50 | 235 | 46.0 | 2 | 1 | 44.3 | 2 | -12 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ USC300-yard game | L 7-30 | 24 | 46 | 308 | 52.2 | 0 | 2 | 63.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 8/29 | vs Southern Utah300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 45-14 | 16 | 27 | 394 | 59.3 | 4 | 1 | 64.9 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 | 2 |
Player Story
Nick Starkel story
Nick Starkel built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a quarterback from Argyle, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Arkansas, San José State, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Nick Starkel's career was his passing role: 6,933 passing yards, 48 touchdown passes, and 908 attempts across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with San José 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 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas, San José State, and Texas A&M.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Starkel 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.
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Texas A&M
2016-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Arkansas
2019
Peak year stop
- 3
San José State
2020-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20162017201720182019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Texas A&M | 1,751 | 56.7 | 5.8 | 1,751 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 1,751 | 56.7 | 5.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 163 | 61.9 | 3.1 | -1,588 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1,136 | 50.3 | 4 | 973 |
| 2020 Postseason | San José State | 2,134 | 59.8 | 8 | 998 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San José State | 2,134 | 59.8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San José State | 1,574 | 53.1 | 11.4 | -560 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico
Week 11 · W 55-14
Win with 416 yards of offense and 90 efficiency.
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Total Offense
88.3 takeover
416 total offense with 90 efficiency.
#2
@ Alabama
Week 4 · L 23-45 · Conference game
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Total Offense
85.8 takeover
Loss with 67 yards of offense and 71.5 efficiency.
67 total offense with 71.5 efficiency.
#3
vs Northwestern State
Week 1 · W 59-7
63
Total Offense
85 takeover
Win with 63 yards of offense and 76 efficiency.
63 total offense with 76 efficiency.
#4
vs UL Monroe
Week 3 · W 48-10
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Total Offense
79.1 takeover
Win with 39 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.
39 total offense with 100 efficiency.
#5
@ USC
Week 1 · L 7-30
308
Total Offense
70.5 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
308 total offense with 63.5 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Postseason · San José State
2,134 primary output · 59.8 efficiency · 8 usage
63.1
#2
2020 Regular Season · San José State
63.1
2,134 primary · 59.8 efficiency · 8 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · San José State
56.5
1,574 primary · 53.1 efficiency · 11.4 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
8
300+ total offense
8
3+ TD games
12
Above avg efficiency
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