Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Wisconsin
Danny O'Brien
QB • 6'3" • Kernersville, NC, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Danny O'Brien is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
31
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Maryland • Wisconsin
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami
Player Story
Danny O'Brien built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Kernersville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Maryland and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Danny O'Brien's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Maryland
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2009
Danny O'Brien, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · Maryland. Danny O'Brien is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 4,536
- Passing yards
- 4,609
- Touchdowns
- 36
Quick Answers
Danny O'Brien quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wisconsin · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 4,536
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2010 Postseason · Maryland
- Top game
- Miami
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · East Forsyth · Maryland
- High school pipeline
- East Forsyth · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2012
- 2012 Total offense rank
- 441 total offense · QB 175th (top 58%) · Big Ten 37th (top 29%) · National 364th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2010 Postseason | Maryland | 13 | 181 | 181 | 0 | 1 | 60.1 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Maryland | 13 | 2,209 | 2,257 | -48 | 23 | 60.1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Maryland | 9 | 1,705 | 1,648 | 57 | 9 | 54 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 6 | 441 | 523 | -82 | 3 | 26.6 |
Related Context
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Danny O'Brien played QB for Maryland and Wisconsin. Across 4 tracked seasons, Danny O'Brien recorded 4,609 passing yards, -73 rushing yards, and 4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason
Maryland paired 2,390 primary output with 49.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 44.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2012 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 Maryland, Wisconsin.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Iowa
Win with 222 yards of offense and 67.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
73.5
Efficiency
44.1
Usage
7.3
Consistency
27.9
Best Game by takeover score
Northern Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 222. Oregon State: 137. Utah State: 52. Nebraska: 22. Michigan State: 12. Indiana: -4
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. Northern Iowa: 27 by 67.4. Oregon State: 42 by 45. Utah State: 12 by 50.6. Nebraska: 5 by 56.8. Michigan State: 14 by 44.7. Indiana: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins90 · Games = 3 · +33 vs Losses
Losses57 · Games = 3 · -33 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Northern Iowa
Best efficiency game
67.4 vs Northern Iowa
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/10 | @ Indiana | W 62-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | -4 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Michigan State | L 13-16 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 3 | -32 | -10.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/30 | @ Nebraska | L 27-30 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 56.8 | 1 | -3 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 9/16 | vs Utah State | W 16-14 | 5 | 10 | 63 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 50.6 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Oregon State | L 7-10 | 20 | 38 | 172 | 52.6 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 4 | -35 | -8.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Northern Iowa | W 26-21 | 19 | 23 | 219 | 82.6 | 2 | 0 | 67.4 | 4 | 3 | 0.80 | 0 | 7 |
Player Story
Danny O'Brien story
Danny O'Brien built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a quarterback from Kernersville, NC wearing No. 5, spending time with Maryland and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Danny O'Brien's career was his passing role: 4,609 passing yards, 32 touchdown passes, and 689 attempts across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Maryland. 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 4 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Maryland and Wisconsin.
The arc is straightforward: Danny O'Brien 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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- 1
Maryland
2009-2011
Opening stop
- 2
Wisconsin
2012
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20092010201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Postseason | Maryland | 2,390 | 49.4 | 10.2 | 2,390 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Maryland | 2,390 | 49.4 | 10.2 | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Maryland | 1,705 | 53.7 | 13.2 | -685 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Wisconsin | 441 | 44.1 | 7.3 | -1,264 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami
Week 1 · W 32-24 · Conference game
Win with 385 yards of offense and 72.2 efficiency.
385
Total Offense
70.4 takeover
385 total offense with 72.2 efficiency.
#2
vs West Virginia
Week 3 · L 31-37
289
Total Offense
69 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
289 total offense with 62.9 efficiency.
#3
vs NC State
Week 13 · W 38-31 · Conference game
408
Total Offense
65.4 takeover
Win with 408 yards of offense and 61 efficiency.
408 total offense with 61 efficiency.
#4
vs Northern Iowa
Week 1 · W 26-21
222
Total Offense
62.1 takeover
Win with 222 yards of offense and 67.4 efficiency.
222 total offense with 67.4 efficiency.
#5
vs Wake Forest
Week 9 · W 62-14 · Conference game
168
Total Offense
59.7 takeover
Win with 168 yards of offense and 78.3 efficiency.
168 total offense with 78.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Postseason · Maryland
2,390 primary output · 49.4 efficiency · 10.2 usage
60.1
#2
2010 Regular Season · Maryland
60.1
2,390 primary · 49.4 efficiency · 10.2 usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Maryland
54
1,705 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 13.2 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
5
3+ TD games
10
Above avg efficiency
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