Usage / Role
63%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2024Utah State
Spencer Petras
QB • 6'5" • 230 lbs • San Rafael, CA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Spencer Petras is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
24
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
37
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Iowa • Utah State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Spencer Petras built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a quarterback from San Rafael, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Iowa and Utah State. The clearest part of Spencer Petras' career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Iowa
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Spencer Petras, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Utah State. Spencer Petras is a balanced quarterback profile with 11.6 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 7,255
- Passing yards
- 7,514
- Touchdowns
- 53
Quick Answers
Spencer Petras quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 7,255
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Utah State
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Marin Catholic · Iowa
- High school pipeline
- Marin Catholic · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2024 Total offense rank
- 2,350 total offense · QB 92nd (top 24%) · Mountain West 10th (top 7%) · National 93rd (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 2 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 32.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 8 | 1,565 | 1,569 | -4 | 11 | 58.7 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 12 | 211 | 211 | 0 | 1 | 57.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 12 | 1,560 | 1,669 | -109 | 14 | 57.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 12 | 1,543 | 1,725 | -182 | 8 | 53.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 9 | 2,350 | 2,315 | 35 | 18 | 63.1 |
Related Context
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Spencer Petras played QB for Iowa and Utah State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Spencer Petras recorded 7,514 passing yards, -259 rushing yards, and -3 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Utah State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Utah State paired 2,350 primary output with 54.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 48.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 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 Iowa, Utah State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 207 yards of offense and 59.8 efficiency. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Iowa
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
128.6
Efficiency
48.5
Usage
14.4
Consistency
68
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota State: 84. Iowa State: 93. Nevada: 159. Rutgers: 135. Michigan: 215. Illinois: 160. Ohio State: 42. Northwestern: 221. Purdue: 173. Wisconsin: 53. Minnesota: 207. Nebraska: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota State: 30 by 41.1. Iowa State: 28 by 41.3. Nevada: 31 by 52.5. Rutgers: 21 by 59.3. Michigan: 35 by 58.5. Illinois: 46 by 44.6. Ohio State: 17 by 28.7. Northwestern: 35 by 58.3. Purdue: 28 by 56.5. Wisconsin: 31 by 48.7. Minnesota: 29 by 59.8. Nebraska: 7 by 32.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins147.4 · Games = 7 · +45.2 vs Losses
Losses102.2 · Games = 5 · -45.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
59.8 vs Minnesota
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | vs Nebraska | L 17-24 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 1 | -8 | -8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Minnesota | W 13-10 | 15 | 24 | 221 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 59.8 | 5 | -14 | -2.80 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Wisconsin | W 24-10 | 14 | 23 | 94 | 60.9 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 | 8 | -41 | -5.10 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Purdue | W 24-3 | 13 | 23 | 192 | 56.5 | 2 | 0 | 56.5 | 5 | -19 | -3.80 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Northwestern | W 33-13 | 21 | 30 | 220 | 70.0 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 | 5 | 1 | 0.20 | 1 | 3 |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Ohio State | L 10-54 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | 28.7 | 3 | -7 | -2.30 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Illinois | L 6-9 | 18 | 36 | 170 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 44.6 | 10 | -10 | -1 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Michigan | L 14-27 | 21 | 31 | 246 | 67.7 | 1 | 0 | 58.5 | 4 | -31 | -7.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Rutgers | W 27-10 | 11 | 17 | 148 | 64.7 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 4 | -13 | -3.30 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Nevada | W 27-0 | 14 | 26 | 175 | 53.8 | 1 | 0 | 52.5 | 5 | -16 | -3.20 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Iowa State | L 7-10 | 12 | 26 | 92 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/3 | vs South Dakota State | W 7-3 | 11 | 25 | 109 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 41.1 | 5 | -25 | -5 | 0 | 1 |
Player Story
Spencer Petras story
Spencer Petras built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a quarterback from San Rafael, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Iowa and Utah State. The clearest part of Spencer Petras' career was his passing role: 7,514 passing yards, 41 touchdown passes, and 1,152 attempts across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Utah 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. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa and Utah State.
The arc is straightforward: Spencer Petras 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
Iowa
2018-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Utah State
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920202021202120222024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Iowa | 26 | 54.4 | 2 | 26 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Iowa | 1,565 | 53.9 | 11.5 | 1,539 |
| 2021 Postseason | Iowa | 1,771 | 52 | 12.4 | 206 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa | 1,771 | 52 | 12.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa | 1,543 | 48.5 | 14.4 | -228 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 2,350 | 54.6 | 11.6 | 807 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 7 · L 34-50 · Conference game
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
471
Total Offense
68.6 takeover
471 total offense with 57.1 efficiency.
#2
@ Minnesota
Week 12 · W 13-10 · Conference game
207
Total Offense
64.4 takeover
Win with 207 yards of offense and 59.8 efficiency.
207 total offense with 59.8 efficiency.
#3
vs Michigan
Week 5 · L 14-27 · Conference game
215
Total Offense
64.3 takeover
Loss with 215 yards of offense and 58.5 efficiency.
215 total offense with 58.5 efficiency.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 6 · L 6-9 · Conference game
160
Total Offense
63.7 takeover
Loss with 160 yards of offense and 44.6 efficiency.
160 total offense with 44.6 efficiency.
#5
vs Northwestern
Week 9 · W 33-13 · Conference game
221
Total Offense
63.4 takeover
Win with 221 yards of offense and 58.3 efficiency.
221 total offense with 58.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Utah State
2,350 primary output · 54.6 efficiency · 11.6 usage
63.1
#2
2020 Regular Season · Iowa
58.7
1,565 primary · 53.9 efficiency · 11.5 usage
#3
2021 Postseason · Iowa
57.1
1,771 primary · 52 efficiency · 12.4 usage
Milestones
7
250+ passing yards
3
300+ total offense
5
3+ TD games
6
Above avg efficiency
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