Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2011-2013LSU
Zach Mettenberger
QB • 6'5" • Watkinsville, GA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Zach Mettenberger is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
49
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · LSU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- LSU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Furman
Player Story
Zach Mettenberger built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a quarterback from Watkinsville, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Zach Mettenberger's career was his passing role:...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2014
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 178
- NFL Team
- Tennessee Titans
Zach Mettenberger, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · LSU. Zach Mettenberger is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 5,470
- Passing yards
- 5,783
- Touchdowns
- 35
Quick Answers
Zach Mettenberger quick answers
- Latest team and position
- LSU · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 5,470
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · LSU
- Top game
- Furman
- NFL Draft
- 2014 · Round 6 · Pick 2 · Tennessee Titans
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2013
- 2013 Total offense rank
- 2,949 total offense · QB 43rd (top 14%) · SEC 7th (top 5%) · National 43rd (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | LSU | 2 | 120 | 92 | 28 | 1 | 39.2 |
| 2012 Postseason | LSU | 13 | 79 | 120 | -41 | 1 | 59.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | LSU | 13 | 2,322 | 2,489 | -167 | 11 | 59.1 |
| 2013 Regular Season | LSU | 12 | 2,949 | 3,082 | -133 | 22 | 66.9 |
Related Context
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Zach Mettenberger played QB for LSU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Zach Mettenberger recorded 5,783 passing yards, -313 rushing yards, and 35 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with LSU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
LSU paired 2,949 primary output with 64.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 64.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2013 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Furman
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · LSU
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
245.8
Efficiency
64.5
Usage
9.3
Consistency
82.2
Best Game by takeover score
Furman
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. TCU: 240. UAB: 299. Kent State: 264. Auburn: 222. Georgia: 346. Mississippi State: 319. Florida: 153. Ole Miss: 244. Furman: 328. Alabama: 212. Texas A&M: 193. Arkansas: 129
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 35 by 53.8. UAB: 22 by 85.2. Kent State: 18 by 90.7. Auburn: 26 by 58. Georgia: 41 by 61.5. Mississippi State: 32 by 67.5. Florida: 19 by 58.1. Ole Miss: 36 by 47.6. Furman: 24 by 77.8. Alabama: 29 by 64.2. Texas A&M: 22 by 58.9. Arkansas: 26 by 51.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins238.6 · Games = 9 · -28.8 vs Losses
Losses267.3 · Games = 3 · +28.8 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
Furman
Best efficiency game
90.7 vs Kent State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/29 | vs Arkansas | W 31-27 | 14 | 22 | 156 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 51.1 | 4 | -27 | -6.80 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Texas A&M | W 34-10 | 11 | 20 | 193 | 55.0 | 2 | 0 | 58.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun 11/10 | @ Alabama | L 17-38 | 16 | 23 | 241 | 69.6 | 1 | 0 | 64.2 | 6 | -29 | -4.80 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Furman300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 48-16 | 16 | 24 | 328 | 66.7 | 3 | 2 | 77.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Ole Miss | L 24-27 | 19 | 33 | 274 | 57.6 | 1 | 3 | 47.6 | 3 | -30 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Florida | W 17-6 | 9 | 17 | 152 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 58.1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Mississippi State300-yard game | W 59-26 | 25 | 29 | 340 | 86.2 | 2 | 1 | 67.5 | 3 | -21 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Georgia300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 41-44 | 23 | 37 | 372 | 62.2 | 3 | 0 | 61.5 | 4 | -26 | -6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Auburn | W 35-21 | 14 | 22 | 229 | 63.6 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 4 | -7 | -1.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Kent State3+ TD | W 45-13 | 13 | 18 | 264 | 72.2 | 3 | 0 | 90.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs UAB3+ TD | W 56-17 | 16 | 19 | 282 | 84.2 | 5 | 0 | 85.2 | 3 | 17 | 5.70 | 0 | 10 |
| Sun 9/1 | @ TCU | W 37-27 | 16 | 32 | 251 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 | 3 | -11 | -3.70 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Zach Mettenberger story
Zach Mettenberger built his college career from 2011 through 2013 as a quarterback from Watkinsville, GA wearing No. 8, spending time with LSU. The clearest part of Zach Mettenberger's career was his passing role: 5,783 passing yards, 35 touchdown passes, and 659 attempts across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with LSU. 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 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across LSU.
The arc is straightforward: Zach Mettenberger 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
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LSU
2011-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2011201220122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | LSU | 120 | 84.1 | 2.2 | — |
| 2012 Postseason | LSU | 2,401 | 54 | 10 | 2,281 |
| 2012 Regular Season | LSU | 2,401 | 54 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | LSU | 2,949 | 64.5 | 9.3 | 548 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Furman
Week 9 · W 48-16
Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
328
Total Offense
86.3 takeover
328 total offense with 77.8 efficiency.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 3 · W 45-13
264
Total Offense
83.5 takeover
Win with 264 yards of offense and 90.7 efficiency.
264 total offense with 90.7 efficiency.
#3
vs UAB
Week 2 · W 56-17
299
Total Offense
63.9 takeover
Win with 299 yards of offense and 85.2 efficiency.
299 total offense with 85.2 efficiency.
#4
@ Georgia
Week 5 · L 41-44 · Conference game
346
Total Offense
62.6 takeover
Loss with 346 yards of offense and 61.5 efficiency.
346 total offense with 61.5 efficiency.
#5
vs Alabama
Week 10 · L 17-21 · Conference game
276
Total Offense
59.4 takeover
Loss with 276 yards of offense and 59.9 efficiency.
276 total offense with 59.9 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · LSU
2,949 primary output · 64.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage
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#2
2012 Postseason · LSU
59.1
2,401 primary · 54 efficiency · 10 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · LSU
59.1
2,401 primary · 54 efficiency · 10 usage
Milestones
10
250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
4
3+ TD games
10
Above avg efficiency
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