Usage / Role
60%
Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Ball State
Layne Hatcher
QB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Little Rock, AR, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Layne Hatcher is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
40
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
51
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Alabama • Arkansas State • Texas State • Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Layne Hatcher built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 3, spending time with Alabama, Arkansas State, Ball State, and Texas State. The clearest part of Layne...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Layne Hatcher, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State. Layne Hatcher is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 10,475
- Passing yards
- 10,672
- Touchdowns
- 92
Quick Answers
Layne Hatcher quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 10,475
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Arkansas State
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Pulaski Academy · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Pulaski Academy · 22 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2023 Total offense rank
- 530 total offense · QB 195th (top 49%) · Mid-American 32nd (top 23%) · National 345th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2019 Postseason | Arkansas State | 10 | 430 | 393 | 37 | 4 | 72.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 10 | 2,570 | 2,561 | 9 | 24 | 72.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 11 | 2,073 | 2,058 | 15 | 19 | 58.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 11 | 2,369 | 2,423 | -54 | 20 | 59.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas State | 12 | 2,503 | 2,654 | -151 | 20 | 62.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 6 | 530 | 583 | -53 | 5 | 35.2 |
Related Context
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Layne Hatcher played QB for Alabama, Arkansas State, Texas State, and Ball State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Layne Hatcher recorded 10,672 passing yards, -197 rushing yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Arkansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Arkansas State paired 3,000 primary output with 59.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 55.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Arkansas State, Texas State, Ball State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
Loss with 304 yards of offense and 59.1 efficiency. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Games
11
Primary Metric / G
215.4
Efficiency
55.4
Usage
15.6
Consistency
68.2
Best Game by takeover score
Louisiana
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Arkansas: 158. Memphis: 276. Washington: 41. Georgia Southern: 191. Coastal Carolina: 187. Louisiana: 304. South Alabama: 158. App State: 109. UL Monroe: 442. Georgia State: 233. Texas State: 270
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Arkansas: 13 by 95. Memphis: 43 by 55.3. Washington: 15 by 37.9. Georgia Southern: 19 by 73. Coastal Carolina: 31 by 48.5. Louisiana: 41 by 59.1. South Alabama: 44 by 40.2. App State: 34 by 38.7. UL Monroe: 51 by 56.5. Georgia State: 55 by 47.3. Texas State: 45 by 57.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins300 · Games = 2 · +103.4 vs Losses
Losses196.6 · Games = 9 · -103.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Louisiana
Best efficiency game
95 vs Central Arkansas
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Texas State | L 22-24 | 25 | 37 | 277 | 67.6 | 2 | 0 | 57.5 | 8 | -7 | -0.90 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Georgia State | L 20-28 | 28 | 48 | 273 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 | 47.3 | 7 | -40 | -5.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/13 | @ UL Monroe300-yard game | W 27-24 | 34 | 50 | 444 | 68.0 | 2 | 2 | 56.5 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs App State | L 14-48 | 17 | 30 | 137 | 56.7 | 2 | 3 | 38.7 | 4 | -28 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ South Alabama | L 13-31 | 19 | 37 | 186 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | 40.2 | 7 | -28 | -4 | 0 | 12 |
| Thu 10/21 | vs Louisiana300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 27-28 | 16 | 31 | 300 | 51.6 | 3 | 0 | 59.1 | 10 | 4 | 0.40 | 0 | 13 |
| Thu 10/7 | vs Coastal Carolina | L 20-52 | 13 | 29 | 185 | 44.8 | 2 | 1 | 48.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Georgia Southern | L 33-59 | 8 | 18 | 151 | 44.4 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Washington | L 3-52 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 37.9 | 4 | -3 | -0.80 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Memphis | L 50-55 | 23 | 38 | 276 | 60.5 | 1 | 0 | 55.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Central Arkansas3+ TD | W 40-21 | 12 | 12 | 150 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 95 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Player Story
Layne Hatcher story
Layne Hatcher built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a quarterback from Little Rock, AR wearing No. 3, spending time with Alabama, Arkansas State, Ball State, and Texas State. The clearest part of Layne Hatcher's career was his passing role: 10,672 passing yards, 88 touchdown passes, and 1,384 attempts across 50 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Arkansas 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 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 50 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama, Arkansas State, Ball State, and Texas State.
The arc is straightforward: Layne Hatcher 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
Alabama
2018
Opening stop
- 2
Arkansas State
2019-2021
Peak year stop
- 3
Texas State
2022
Peak year stop
- 4
Ball State
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201920192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Arkansas State | 3,000 | 59.2 | 22.6 | 3,000 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 3,000 | 59.2 | 22.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 2,073 | 61.4 | 11.2 | -927 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arkansas State | 2,369 | 55.4 | 15.6 | 296 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas State | 2,503 | 51.3 | 14.5 | 134 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ball State | 530 | 54.9 | 13.7 | -1,973 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Michigan
Week 5 · L 24-42 · Conference game
Loss with 277 yards of offense and 60.4 efficiency.
277
Total Offense
76.3 takeover
277 total offense with 60.4 efficiency.
#2
@ Troy
Week 5 · W 50-43 · Conference game
460
Total Offense
75.5 takeover
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
460 total offense with 67.7 efficiency.
#3
@ Georgia State
Week 6 · L 38-52 · Conference game
302
Total Offense
73.7 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
302 total offense with 55.4 efficiency.
#4
vs Southern Miss
Week 8 · L 14-20 · Conference game
242
Total Offense
70.5 takeover
Loss with 242 yards of offense and 50.1 efficiency.
242 total offense with 50.1 efficiency.
#5
vs Florida International
Week 1 · W 34-26 · Postseason
430
Total Offense
70 takeover
Win with 430 yards of offense and 62.6 efficiency.
430 total offense with 62.6 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Arkansas State
3,000 primary output · 59.2 efficiency · 22.6 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Arkansas State
72.6
3,000 primary · 59.2 efficiency · 22.6 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Texas State
62.2
2,503 primary · 51.3 efficiency · 14.5 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
12
300+ total offense
14
3+ TD games
17
Above avg efficiency
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