Usage / Role
50%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Tennessee
Hendon Hooker
QB • 6'4" • 218 lbs • Greensboro, NC, USA
Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher
Hendon Hooker is a balanced quarterback profile with 23.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
74
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Virginia Tech • Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
Hendon Hooker built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a quarterback from Greensboro, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Tennessee and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Hendon Hooker's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Virginia Tech
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 5
- Overall
- No. 68
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Hendon Hooker, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Tennessee. Hendon Hooker is a balanced quarterback profile with 23.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 11,059
- Passing yards
- 8,976
- Rushing yards
- 2,083
- Touchdowns
- 105
Featured Highlight
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Hendon Hooker Tennessee Highlights
2022 · Tennessee · Player Highlight
Hendon Hooker college highlights at Tennessee.
- Season
- 2022
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Hendon Hooker quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 11,059
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Tennessee
- Top game
- Liberty
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Dudley · Virginia Tech
- High school pipeline
- Dudley · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 3 · Pick 5 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2022 Total offense rank
- 3,565 total offense · QB 24th (top 7%) · SEC 5th (top 4%) · National 24th (top 2%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 3 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 13.3 |
| 2019 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 10 | 157 | 107 | 50 | 2 | 61.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 10 | 1,751 | 1,445 | 306 | 16 | 61.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 8 | 1,964 | 1,344 | 620 | 18 | 71.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Tennessee | 13 | 437 | 378 | 59 | 5 | 83.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 13 | 3,128 | 2,567 | 561 | 31 | 83.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 11 | 3,565 | 3,135 | 430 | 32 | 77.6 |
Related Context
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Hendon Hooker played QB for Virginia Tech and Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Hendon Hooker recorded 8,976 passing yards, 2,083 rushing yards, and 20 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Tennessee paired 3,565 primary output with 71.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 70.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Tennessee.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
8
Primary Metric / G
245.5
Efficiency
70.7
Usage
37.2
Consistency
76.9
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 165. Boston College: 275. Wake Forest: 321. Louisville: 251. Liberty: 373. Miami: 266. Pittsburgh: 313. Clemson: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 21 by 69.3. Boston College: 33 by 81.5. Wake Forest: 50 by 57.3. Louisville: 29 by 83.9. Liberty: 47 by 79.8. Miami: 49 by 59.9. Pittsburgh: 36 by 69.3. Clemson: 4 by 64.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins263 · Games = 2 · +23.3 vs Losses
Losses239.7 · Games = 6 · -23.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
83.9 vs Louisville
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/6 | vs Clemson | L 10-45 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 64.6 | 3 | -7 | -2.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ PittsburghDual-threat | L 14-47 | 13 | 22 | 260 | 59.1 | 2 | 1 | 69.3 | 14 | 53 | 3.80 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs MiamiDual-threat | L 24-25 | 18 | 28 | 207 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 59.9 | 21 | 59 | 2.80 | 1 | 53 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Liberty3+ TD · Dual-threat | L 35-38 | 20 | 27 | 217 | 74.1 | 3 | 0 | 79.8 | 20 | 156 | 7.80 | 1 | 31 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Louisville3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 42-35 | 10 | 10 | 183 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 83.9 | 19 | 68 | 3.60 | 3 | 18 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Wake ForestDual-threat | L 16-23 | 17 | 33 | 223 | 51.5 | 1 | 3 | 57.3 | 17 | 98 | 5.80 | 0 | 20 |
| Sun 10/18 | vs Boston College3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 40-14 | 11 | 15 | 111 | 73.3 | 1 | 0 | 81.5 | 18 | 164 | 9.10 | 3 | 31 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ North Carolina3+ TD | L 45-56 | 7 | 13 | 136 | 53.8 | 2 | 0 | 69.3 | 8 | 29 | 3.60 | 1 | 12 |
Player Story
Hendon Hooker story
Hendon Hooker built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a quarterback from Greensboro, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Tennessee and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Hendon Hooker's career was his passing role: 8,976 passing yards, 80 touchdown passes, 941 attempts, and 2,083 rushing yards across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with 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 2,083 rushing yards and 20 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Tennessee and Virginia Tech.
The arc is straightforward: Hendon Hooker 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
Virginia Tech
2018-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Tennessee
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920192020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 57 | 33.3 | 3.3 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 1,908 | 61.6 | 28 | 1,851 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 1,908 | 61.6 | 28 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 1,964 | 70.7 | 37.2 | 56 |
| 2021 Postseason | Tennessee | 3,565 | 71.9 | 33.5 | 1,601 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Tennessee | 3,565 | 71.9 | 33.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Tennessee | 3,565 | 74.2 | 23.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Liberty
Week 10 · L 35-38
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
373
Total Offense
93.3 takeover
373 total offense with 79.8 efficiency.
#2
@ Virginia
Week 14 · L 30-39 · Conference game
355
Total Offense
86.7 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
355 total offense with 60.2 efficiency.
#3
vs Florida
Week 4 · W 38-33 · Conference game
461
Total Offense
86.7 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
461 total offense with 91.2 efficiency.
#4
vs Boston College
Week 7 · W 40-14 · Conference game
275
Total Offense
84.3 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
275 total offense with 81.5 efficiency.
#5
@ Kentucky
Week 10 · W 45-42 · Conference game
357
Total Offense
83.4 takeover
Win with 357 yards of offense and 78.1 efficiency.
357 total offense with 78.1 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Tennessee
3,565 primary output · 71.9 efficiency · 33.5 usage
83.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · Tennessee
83.1
3,565 primary · 71.9 efficiency · 33.5 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Tennessee
77.6
3,565 primary · 74.2 efficiency · 23.7 usage
Milestones
13
250+ passing yards
17
300+ total offense
21
3+ TD games
36
Above avg efficiency
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