Player Dossier

2018-2021

Nevada

Carson Strong

QB • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Vacaville, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Carson Strong is a balanced quarterback profile with 17.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

0%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

1

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

13

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Nevada
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Player Story

Carson Strong built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a quarterback from Vacaville, CA wearing No. 12, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Carson Strong's career was his passing role: 9,356...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8043

Will C. Wood · Vacaville, CA

Committed To
Nevada
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Carson Strong, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Nevada. Carson Strong is a balanced quarterback profile with 17.4 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
9,051
Passing yards
9,356
Touchdowns
73

Quick Answers

Carson Strong quick answers

Latest team and position
Nevada · QB
Career Total Offense
9,051
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Nevada
Top game
Fresno State
Recruit profile
3-star · Will C. Wood · Nevada
High school pipeline
Will C. Wood · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Sophomore
2021 Total offense rank
3,978 total offense · QB 9th (top 3%) · Mountain West 2nd (top 2%) · National 9th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNevada1404036.6
2019 PostseasonNevada10374402-28156.7
2019 Regular SeasonNevada101,9471,925221056.7
2020 PostseasonNevada92762715562.6
2020 Regular SeasonNevada92,4722,572-1002162.6
2021 Regular SeasonNevada123,9784,186-2083671.1

Related Context

Carson Strong played QB for Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carson Strong recorded 9,356 passing yards, -305 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Nevada paired 3,978 primary output with 59.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 40 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Portland State

Win with 4 yards of offense and 40 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Nevada

Games

1

Primary Metric / G

4

Efficiency

40

Usage

2.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Portland State

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All Games4 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Portland State

Best efficiency game

40 vs Portland State

Result
Sat 9/1vs Portland StateW 72-194014404

Player Story

Carson Strong story

Carson Strong built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a quarterback from Vacaville, CA wearing No. 12, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Carson Strong's career was his passing role: 9,356 passing yards, 73 touchdown passes, and 1,250 attempts across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Nevada. 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 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nevada.

The arc is straightforward: Carson Strong moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

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    Nevada

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNevada4402.9
2019 PostseasonNevada2,32153.819.52,317
2019 Regular SeasonNevada2,32153.819.50
2020 PostseasonNevada2,74861.413.7427
2020 Regular SeasonNevada2,74861.413.70
2021 Regular SeasonNevada3,97859.517.41,230

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Fresno State

Week 8 · L 32-34 · Conference game

Loss with 455 yards of offense and 59.7 efficiency.

455

Total Offense

74.4 takeover

455 total offense with 59.7 efficiency.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 1 · W 34-31

329

Total Offense

69.1 takeover

Win with 329 yards of offense and 65.9 efficiency.

329 total offense with 65.9 efficiency.

#3

vs Ohio

Week 1 · L 21-30 · Postseason

374

Total Offense

68.3 takeover

Loss with 374 yards of offense and 57.9 efficiency.

374 total offense with 57.9 efficiency.

#4

@ San Diego State

Week 11 · L 21-23 · Conference game

327

Total Offense

67.9 takeover

Loss with 327 yards of offense and 57.9 efficiency.

327 total offense with 57.9 efficiency.

#5

@ UNLV

Week 9 · W 37-19 · Conference game

332

Total Offense

66 takeover

Win with 332 yards of offense and 69.4 efficiency.

332 total offense with 69.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Nevada

3,978 primary output · 59.5 efficiency · 17.4 usage

71.1

#2

2020 Postseason · Nevada

62.6

2,748 primary · 61.4 efficiency · 13.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Nevada

62.6

2,748 primary · 61.4 efficiency · 13.7 usage

Milestones

25

250+ passing yards

16

300+ total offense

14

3+ TD games

9

Above avg efficiency