Player Dossier

2019-2023

SMU

Alex Padilla

QB • 6'1" • 194 lbs • Greenwood Village, CO, USA

Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher

Alex Padilla is a balanced quarterback profile with 0 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

3

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

14

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Iowa • SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Prairie View A&M

Player Story

Alex Padilla built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Greenwood Village, CO wearing No. 16, spending time with Iowa and SMU. The clearest part of Alex Padilla's career was his passing...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8522

Cherry Creek · Englewood, CO

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Alex Padilla, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Iowa. Alex Padilla is a balanced quarterback profile with 0 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
827
Passing yards
880
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Alex Padilla quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · QB
Career Total Offense
827
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Iowa
Top game
Prairie View A&M
Recruit profile
3-star · Cherry Creek · Iowa
High school pipeline
Cherry Creek · 38 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 16 · Senior
2023 Total offense rank
59 total offense · QB 313th (top 79%) · American Athletic 97th (top 57%) · National 869th (top 55%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonIowa00000-
2020 Regular SeasonIowa119127043.2
2021 Regular SeasonIowa8611636-25351.7
2022 Regular SeasonIowa2138173-35137.8
2023 Regular SeasonSMU359590038.3

Related Context

Alex Padilla played QB for Iowa and SMU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alex Padilla recorded 880 passing yards, -53 rushing yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Iowa paired 611 primary output with 46.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 58.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, SMU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Win with 19 yards of offense and 58.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Iowa

Games

1

Primary Metric / G

19

Efficiency

58.8

Usage

4.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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All Games19 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

58.8 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/7vs Michigan StateW 49-7121250.00058.8273.5006

Player Story

Alex Padilla story

Alex Padilla built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a quarterback from Greenwood Village, CO wearing No. 16, spending time with Iowa and SMU. The clearest part of Alex Padilla's career was his passing role: 880 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes, and 164 attempts across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Alex Padilla's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Iowa

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    SMU

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonIowa0
2020 Regular SeasonIowa1958.84.919
2021 Regular SeasonIowa61146.68592
2022 Regular SeasonIowa13838.613.3-473
2023 Regular SeasonSMU5977.30-79

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Prairie View A&M

Week 3 · W 69-0

Win with 26 yards of offense and 100 efficiency.

26

Total Offense

90.6 takeover

26 total offense with 100 efficiency.

#2

vs Tulsa

Week 9 · W 69-10 · Conference game

32

Total Offense

90.3 takeover

Win with 32 yards of offense and 80.6 efficiency.

32 total offense with 80.6 efficiency.

#3

vs Minnesota

Week 11 · W 27-22 · Conference game

209

Total Offense

63.9 takeover

Win with 209 yards of offense and 56.2 efficiency.

209 total offense with 56.2 efficiency.

#4

vs Nebraska

Week 13 · L 17-24 · Conference game

116

Total Offense

58.9 takeover

Loss with 116 yards of offense and 43 efficiency.

116 total offense with 43 efficiency.

#5

vs Michigan State

Week 10 · W 49-7 · Conference game

19

Total Offense

56.6 takeover

Win with 19 yards of offense and 58.8 efficiency.

19 total offense with 58.8 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Iowa

611 primary output · 46.6 efficiency · 8 usage

51.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Iowa

43.2

19 primary · 58.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · SMU

38.3

59 primary · 77.3 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

2

Above avg efficiency