Player Dossier

2021-2025

Texas State

Nate Yarnell

QB • 6'6" • 215 lbs • Austin, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Nate Yarnell is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

29

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

29

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Pittsburgh • Texas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Player Story

Nate Yarnell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Austin, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Pittsburgh and Texas State. The clearest part of Nate Yarnell's career was his passing...

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Nate Yarnell, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Nate Yarnell is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
1,874
Passing yards
1,846
Rushing yards
28
Touchdowns
16

Quick Answers

Nate Yarnell quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas State · QB
Career Total Offense
1,874
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
Top game
Duke
High school pipeline
Christ Presbyterian Academy · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh00000-
2022 PostseasonPittsburgh216160038
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh2169179-10138
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh460859513565
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh81,0811,056251059
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State00000-

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Pittsburgh to Texas StateP4 to G5/FCS84.7Dec 29, 2024

Nate Yarnell played QB for Pittsburgh and Texas State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nate Yarnell recorded 1,846 passing yards, 28 rushing yards, and -6 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Pittsburgh paired 608 primary output with 74.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 57 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Loss with 330 yards of offense and 52.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

8

Primary Metric / G

135.1

Efficiency

57

Usage

14.8

Consistency

46.2

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kent State: 48. Youngstown State: 109. Syracuse: 30. SMU: 103. Virginia: 67. Clemson: 330. Louisville: 108. Boston College: 286

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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kent State: 12 by 55.5. Youngstown State: 12 by 80. Syracuse: 8 by 53.6. SMU: 11 by 78.1. Virginia: 18 by 33.9. Clemson: 64 by 52.4. Louisville: 26 by 51.3. Boston College: 51 by 51

Split Comparison

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

Wins62.3 · Games = 3 · -116.5 vs Losses
Losses178.8 · Games = 5 · +116.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

80 vs Youngstown State

Result
Sat 11/30@ Boston College3+ TDL 23-34234229654.831519-10-1.10010
Sat 11/23@ LouisvilleL 9-3711239647.81151.33124011
Sat 11/16vs Clemson300-yard gameL 20-24345435063.01152.410-20-206
Sun 11/10vs VirginiaL 19-244124433.31233.96233.80011
Sun 11/3@ SMUL 25-489109990.02078.114404
Thu 10/24vs SyracuseW 41-13573671.40053.61-6-600
Sat 9/21vs Youngstown StateW 73-1781110272.7108017707
Sat 8/31vs Kent StateW 55-24483350.01055.54153.8008

Player Story

Nate Yarnell story

Nate Yarnell built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Austin, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Pittsburgh and Texas State. The clearest part of Nate Yarnell's career was his passing role: 1,846 passing yards, 15 touchdown passes, 243 attempts, and 28 rushing yards across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 28 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nate Yarnell'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

    Pittsburgh

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonPittsburgh0
2022 PostseasonPittsburgh18570.53.8185
2022 Regular SeasonPittsburgh18570.53.80
2023 Regular SeasonPittsburgh60874.729.5423
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh1,0815714.8473
2025 Regular SeasonTexas State0-1,081

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Duke

Week 13 · L 19-30 · Conference game

Loss with 254 yards of offense and 55.8 efficiency.

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Total Offense

84.4 takeover

254 total offense with 55.8 efficiency.

#2

vs Clemson

Week 12 · L 20-24 · Conference game

330

Total Offense

73.2 takeover

Loss with 330 yards of offense and 52.4 efficiency.

330 total offense with 52.4 efficiency.

#3

@ Boston College

Week 14 · L 23-34 · Conference game

286

Total Offense

71.5 takeover

Loss with 286 yards of offense and 51 efficiency.

286 total offense with 51 efficiency.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 12 · W 24-16 · Conference game

231

Total Offense

66.3 takeover

Win with 231 yards of offense and 74.2 efficiency.

231 total offense with 74.2 efficiency.

#5

@ Notre Dame

Week 9 · L 7-58

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Total Offense

59.2 takeover

Loss with 75 yards of offense and 88.9 efficiency.

75 total offense with 88.9 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

608 primary output · 74.7 efficiency · 29.5 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

59

1,081 primary · 57 efficiency · 14.8 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Pittsburgh

38

185 primary · 70.5 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

3

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency