Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2020SMU
Shane Buechele
QB • 6'1" • 207 lbs • Arlington, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Shane Buechele is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
71
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Texas • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Maryland
Player Story
Shane Buechele built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a quarterback from Arlington, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with SMU and Texas. The clearest part of Shane Buechele's career was his passing role:...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Shane Buechele, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · SMU. Shane Buechele is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 12,130
- Passing yards
- 11,661
- Rushing yards
- 469
- Touchdowns
- 95
Quick Answers
Shane Buechele quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 12,130
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · SMU
- Top game
- Maryland
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lamar · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Lamar · 14 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2020 Total offense rank
- 3,201 total offense · QB 12th (top 4%) · American Athletic 3rd (top 3%) · National 12th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 12 | 3,109 | 2,958 | 151 | 23 | 65.1 |
| 2017 Postseason | Texas | 9 | 67 | 55 | 12 | 1 | 51.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 9 | 1,437 | 1,350 | 87 | 8 | 51.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas | 2 | 281 | 273 | 8 | 2 | 41.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 13 | 304 | 304 | 0 | 1 | 67.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 13 | 3,731 | 3,626 | 105 | 35 | 67.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 10 | 3,201 | 3,095 | 106 | 25 | 64.9 |
Related Context
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Shane Buechele played QB for Texas and SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shane Buechele recorded 11,661 passing yards, 469 rushing yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
SMU paired 4,035 primary output with 60.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 63.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Texas, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis
Win with 501 yards of offense and 74.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · SMU
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
320.1
Efficiency
63.8
Usage
16.6
Consistency
79.7
Best Game by takeover score
Memphis
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 367. North Texas: 373. Stephen F. Austin: 133. Memphis: 501. Tulane: 375. Cincinnati: 230. Navy: 316. Temple: 374. Tulsa: 218. East Carolina: 314
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 39 by 58.7. North Texas: 38 by 79.4. Stephen F. Austin: 25 by 53. Memphis: 52 by 74.4. Tulane: 45 by 62.2. Cincinnati: 55 by 49.2. Navy: 31 by 81.2. Temple: 40 by 72.8. Tulsa: 41 by 55.3. East Carolina: 59 by 51.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins348.4 · Games = 7 · +94.4 vs Losses
Losses254 · Games = 3 · -94.4 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
Memphis
Best efficiency game
81.2 vs Navy
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ East Carolina300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 38-52 | 35 | 50 | 314 | 70.0 | 2 | 2 | 51.6 | 9 | 0 | -0.10 | 1 | 9 |
| Sun 11/15 | @ Tulsa | L 24-28 | 18 | 36 | 200 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 55.3 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 17 |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Temple300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 47-23 | 24 | 35 | 355 | 68.6 | 4 | 0 | 72.8 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Navy300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 51-37 | 23 | 28 | 300 | 82.1 | 3 | 0 | 81.2 | 3 | 16 | 5.30 | 0 | 13 |
| Sun 10/25 | vs Cincinnati | L 13-42 | 23 | 44 | 216 | 52.3 | 1 | 1 | 49.2 | 11 | 14 | 1.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Fri 10/16 | @ Tulane300-yard game | W 37-34 | 23 | 37 | 384 | 62.2 | 2 | 0 | 62.2 | 8 | -9 | -1.10 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Memphis300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 30-27 | 32 | 45 | 474 | 71.1 | 3 | 0 | 74.4 | 7 | 27 | 3.90 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Stephen F. Austin | W 50-7 | 14 | 23 | 141 | 60.9 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 2 | -8 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ North Texas300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 65-35 | 24 | 33 | 344 | 72.7 | 4 | 0 | 79.4 | 5 | 29 | 5.80 | 1 | 22 |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Texas State300-yard game | W 31-24 | 26 | 36 | 367 | 72.2 | 1 | 2 | 58.7 | 3 | 0 | -3.50 | 0 | 7 |
Player Story
Shane Buechele story
Shane Buechele built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a quarterback from Arlington, TX wearing No. 7, spending time with SMU and Texas. The clearest part of Shane Buechele's career was his passing role: 11,661 passing yards, 87 touchdown passes, 1,505 attempts, and 469 rushing yards across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with SMU. 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 469 rushing yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU and Texas.
The arc is straightforward: Shane Buechele 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
Texas
2016-2018
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2019-2020
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Texas | 3,109 | 58.8 | 16.8 | — |
| 2017 Postseason | Texas | 1,504 | 59.1 | 22.3 | -1,605 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Texas | 1,504 | 59.1 | 22.3 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Texas | 281 | 61 | 11.6 | -1,223 |
| 2019 Postseason | SMU | 4,035 | 60.8 | 12.6 | 3,754 |
| 2019 Regular Season | SMU | 4,035 | 60.8 | 12.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | SMU | 3,201 | 63.8 | 16.6 | -834 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Maryland
Week 1 · L 41-51
Loss with 396 yards of offense and 57.9 efficiency.
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Total Offense
86 takeover
396 total offense with 57.9 efficiency.
#2
vs Memphis
Week 5 · W 30-27 · Conference game
501
Total Offense
78.1 takeover
Win with 501 yards of offense and 74.4 efficiency.
501 total offense with 74.4 efficiency.
#3
vs West Virginia
Week 11 · L 20-24 · Conference game
362
Total Offense
73 takeover
Loss with 362 yards of offense and 61.3 efficiency.
362 total offense with 61.3 efficiency.
#4
@ TCU
Week 10 · L 7-24 · Conference game
231
Total Offense
69.1 takeover
Loss with 231 yards of offense and 49 efficiency.
231 total offense with 49 efficiency.
#5
@ Memphis
Week 10 · L 48-54 · Conference game
443
Total Offense
67.4 takeover
Loss with 443 yards of offense and 58.3 efficiency.
443 total offense with 58.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · SMU
4,035 primary output · 60.8 efficiency · 12.6 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · SMU
67.9
4,035 primary · 60.8 efficiency · 12.6 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Texas
65.1
3,109 primary · 58.8 efficiency · 16.8 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
16
3+ TD games
21
Above avg efficiency
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