Player Dossier

2009-2011

SMU

Kyle Padron

QB • 6'4" • Southlake, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Kyle Padron is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

99%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

90

Top-tier box-score impact for a quarterback

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Kyle Padron built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a quarterback from Southlake, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Kyle Padron's career was his passing role: 5,902 passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.8111

Southlake Carroll · Southlake, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

Kyle Padron, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Postseason · SMU. Kyle Padron is a balanced quarterback profile with 8.6 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
6,189
Passing yards
5,902
Rushing yards
287
Touchdowns
48

Quick Answers

Kyle Padron quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · QB
Career Total Offense
6,189
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
Best season
2010 Postseason · SMU
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
3-star · Southlake Carroll · SMU
High school pipeline
Southlake Carroll · 73 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2011
2011 Total offense rank
153 total offense · QB 201st (top 72%) · Conference USA 57th (top 44%) · National 535th (top 42%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2009 PostseasonSMU74674607259.8
2009 Regular SeasonSMU71,4971,462351059.8
2010 PostseasonSMU14292302-10275.4
2010 Regular SeasonSMU143,7803,5262543375.4
2011 Regular SeasonSMU31531521118.9

Related Context

Kyle Padron played QB for SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kyle Padron recorded 5,902 passing yards, 287 rushing yards, and 48 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Postseason

SMU paired 4,072 primary output with 60.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2009 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 62.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nevada

Win with 467 yards of offense and 70.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2009 Postseason · SMU

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

280.6

Efficiency

62.2

Usage

23.3

Consistency

76.8

Best Game by takeover score

Nevada

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nevada: 467. Houston: 160. Tulsa: 356. Rice: 230. UTEP: 260. Marshall: 217. Tulane: 274

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nevada: 47 by 70.8. Houston: 23 by 67.3. Tulsa: 39 by 66.8. Rice: 32 by 58.9. UTEP: 31 by 61.3. Marshall: 40 by 50.6. Tulane: 40 by 60

Split Comparison

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

Wins317.4 · Games = 5 · +128.9 vs Losses
Losses188.5 · Games = 2 · -128.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Nevada

Best efficiency game

70.8 vs Nevada

Result
Fri 12/25vs Nevada300-yard gameW 45-10324146078.02070.8671.2009
Sat 11/28vs TulaneW 26-21203426458.800606101.70010
Sat 11/21@ MarshallL 31-34183222556.32150.68-8-1010
Sat 11/14vs UTEP3+ TDW 35-31172424470.82261.37162.30215
Sat 11/7vs RiceW 31-28172423470.81158.98-4-0.50011
Sat 10/31@ Tulsa300-yard gameW 27-13203035466.72066.8920.20010
Sat 10/24@ HoustonL 15-38111614168.81067.37192.70018

Player Story

Kyle Padron story

Kyle Padron built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a quarterback from Southlake, TX wearing No. 2, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Kyle Padron's career was his passing role: 5,902 passing yards, 41 touchdown passes, 729 attempts, and 287 rushing yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with SMU. 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 287 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.

The arc is straightforward: Kyle Padron 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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    SMU

    2009-2011

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Season Value Progression

20092009201020102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonSMU1,96462.223.3
2009 Regular SeasonSMU1,96462.223.30
2010 PostseasonSMU4,07260.226.42,108
2010 Regular SeasonSMU4,07260.226.40
2011 Regular SeasonSMU15335.88.6-3,919

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulsa

Week 6 · W 21-18 · Conference game

Win with 395 yards of offense and 63.6 efficiency.

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Total Offense

78.2 takeover

395 total offense with 63.6 efficiency.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 3 · W 35-21

312

Total Offense

77.6 takeover

Win with 312 yards of offense and 63.4 efficiency.

312 total offense with 63.4 efficiency.

#3

vs Nevada

Week 1 · W 45-10 · Postseason

467

Total Offense

77.2 takeover

Win with 467 yards of offense and 70.8 efficiency.

467 total offense with 70.8 efficiency.

#4

@ Washington State

Week 2

382

Total Offense

74.4 takeover

Game shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

382 total offense with 48.7 efficiency.

#5

@ Navy

Week 7 · L 21-28

299

Total Offense

71.9 takeover

Loss with 299 yards of offense and 65.9 efficiency.

299 total offense with 65.9 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Postseason · SMU

4,072 primary output · 60.2 efficiency · 26.4 usage

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#2

2010 Regular Season · SMU

75.4

4,072 primary · 60.2 efficiency · 26.4 usage

#3

2009 Postseason · SMU

59.8

1,964 primary · 62.2 efficiency · 23.3 usage

Milestones

14

250+ passing yards

9

300+ total offense

7

3+ TD games

12

Above avg efficiency