Player Dossier

2018-2020

Utah State

Jason Shelley

QB • 5'11" • 197 lbs • Little Elm, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Jason Shelley is a balanced quarterback profile with 25.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

23

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Utah

1818191920

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Utah • Utah State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Jason Shelley built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a quarterback from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Utah and Utah State. The clearest part of Jason Shelley's career was his passing...

Read the story
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8547

Lone Star · Frisco, TX

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Jason Shelley, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Utah. Jason Shelley is a balanced quarterback profile with 25.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
1,916
Passing yards
1,625
Rushing yards
291
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Jason Shelley quick answers

Latest team and position
Utah State · QB
Career Total Offense
1,916
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Utah
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · Lone Star · Utah
High school pipeline
Lone Star · 16 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2020 Total offense rank
488 total offense · QB 158th (top 49%) · Mountain West 21st (top 17%) · National 265th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2018 PostseasonUtah934130239263.5
2018 Regular SeasonUtah91,013860153663.5
2019 PostseasonUtah9000019.1
2019 Regular SeasonUtah9744331219.1
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State448842068257.8

Related Context

Jason Shelley played QB for Utah and Utah State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jason Shelley recorded 1,625 passing yards, 291 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Utah.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Utah paired 1,354 primary output with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 52.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah, Utah State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Loss with 152 yards of offense and 48.5 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2020 Regular Season · Utah State

Games

4

Primary Metric / G

122

Efficiency

52.3

Usage

25.8

Consistency

85.4

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Active game

Hover over a point

Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.

Game-by-Game Trend

Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.

1234

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 96. San Diego State: 110. Nevada: 130. Fresno State: 152

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.

Low volumeHigh quality

High volumeHigh quality

Low volumeLower quality

High volumeLower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 35 by 46.9. San Diego State: 26 by 55.4. Nevada: 34 by 58.4. Fresno State: 36 by 48.5

Split Comparison

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

First Half103 · Games = 2 · -38 vs Second Half
Second Half141 · Games = 2 · +38 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

58.4 vs Nevada

Result
Sat 11/14vs Fresno StateL 16-3592414437.50048.51280.70018
Fri 11/6@ NevadaL 9-3415279655.61058.47344.90020
Sun 11/1vs San Diego StateL 7-3813218861.91155.45224.40014
Sat 10/24@ Boise StateL 13-4214269253.80046.9940.40013

Player Story

Jason Shelley story

Jason Shelley built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a quarterback from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 3, spending time with Utah and Utah State. The clearest part of Jason Shelley's career was his passing role: 1,625 passing yards, 8 touchdown passes, 277 attempts, and 291 rushing yards across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Utah. 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 291 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah and Utah State.

The arc is straightforward: Jason Shelley 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

    Utah

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Utah State

    2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonUtah1,35456.319.3
2018 Regular SeasonUtah1,35456.319.30
2019 PostseasonUtah7444.17-1,280
2019 Regular SeasonUtah7444.170
2020 Regular SeasonUtah State48852.325.8414

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Northwestern

Week 1 · L 20-31 · Postseason

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

341

Total Offense

81.2 takeover

341 total offense with 57.7 efficiency.

#2

@ Arkansas

Week 3

371

Total Offense

79.2 takeover

Game with 371 yards of offense and 58.3 efficiency.

371 total offense with 58.3 efficiency.

#3

@ Oklahoma State

Week 1

266

Total Offense

76.9 takeover

Game with 266 yards of offense and 53.8 efficiency.

266 total offense with 53.8 efficiency.

#4

vs Fresno State

Week 11 · L 16-35 · Conference game

152

Total Offense

74.9 takeover

Loss with 152 yards of offense and 48.5 efficiency.

152 total offense with 48.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Oregon

Week 11 · W 32-25 · Conference game

284

Total Offense

68.8 takeover

Win with 284 yards of offense and 61.4 efficiency.

284 total offense with 61.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Utah

1,354 primary output · 56.3 efficiency · 19.3 usage

63.5

#2

2018 Regular Season · Utah

63.5

1,354 primary · 56.3 efficiency · 19.3 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Utah State

57.8

488 primary · 52.3 efficiency · 25.8 usage

Milestones

3

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency