Player Dossier

2022-2025

Rice

AJ Padgett

QB • 6'3" • 241 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

AJ Padgett is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

12

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Rice

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Rice
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player Story

AJ Padgett built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Frisco, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of AJ Padgett's career was his passing role: 1,355 passing yards,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8281

Reedy · Frisco, TX

Committed To
Rice
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

AJ Padgett, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Postseason · Rice. AJ Padgett is a balanced quarterback profile with variable involvement in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
1,384
Passing yards
1,355
Rushing yards
29
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

AJ Padgett quick answers

Latest team and position
Rice · QB
Career Total Offense
1,384
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 8 games
Best season
2022 Postseason · Rice
Top game
Southern Miss
Recruit profile
3-star · Reedy · Rice
High school pipeline
Reedy · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Junior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2022 PostseasonRice3290295-5370.6
2022 Regular SeasonRice335933920270.6
2023 PostseasonRice57685-9166
2023 Regular SeasonRice565963623966
2024 Regular SeasonRice00000-
2025 Regular SeasonRice00000-

Related Context

AJ Padgett played QB for Rice. Across 4 tracked seasons, AJ Padgett recorded 1,355 passing yards, 29 rushing yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Rice.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Postseason

Rice paired 649 primary output with 54.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 50.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Loss with 169 yards of offense and 53.7 efficiency. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · Rice

Games

5

Primary Metric / G

147

Efficiency

50.9

Usage

19.9

Consistency

68.9

Best Game by takeover score

UTSA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 76. South Florida: 69. UTSA: 169. Charlotte: 144. Florida Atlantic: 277

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. Texas State: 24 by 31.1. South Florida: 13 by 63.1. UTSA: 39 by 53.7. Charlotte: 29 by 46.1. Florida Atlantic: 44 by 60.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins210.5 · Games = 2 · +105.8 vs Losses
Losses104.7 · Games = 3 · -105.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

UTSA

Best efficiency game

63.1 vs South Florida

Result
Tue 12/26vs Texas StateL 21-4510218547.61331.13-9-303
Sat 11/25vs Florida Atlantic3+ TDW 24-21243725564.93160.77223.10014
Sat 11/18@ Charlotte3+ TDW 28-7132114061.91246.1840.5025
Sun 11/12@ UTSAL 14-34172818260.72053.711-13-1.20011
Sat 9/23@ South FloridaL 29-427105970.01063.13103.30011

Player Story

AJ Padgett story

AJ Padgett built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Frisco, TX wearing No. 12, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of AJ Padgett's career was his passing role: 1,355 passing yards, 13 touchdown passes, 194 attempts, and 29 rushing yards across 8 career games in the available record. His career also includes 29 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives AJ Padgett'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.

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    Rice

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonRice64954.528.3
2022 Regular SeasonRice64954.528.30
2023 PostseasonRice73550.919.986
2023 Regular SeasonRice73550.919.90
2024 Regular SeasonRice0-735
2025 Regular SeasonRice00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Southern Miss

Week 1 · L 24-38 · Postseason

Loss with 290 yards of offense and 54.4 efficiency.

290

Total Offense

76.9 takeover

290 total offense with 54.4 efficiency.

#2

@ North Texas

Week 13 · L 17-21 · Conference game

255

Total Offense

73.4 takeover

Loss with 255 yards of offense and 61.6 efficiency.

255 total offense with 61.6 efficiency.

#3

@ UTSA

Week 11 · L 14-34 · Conference game

169

Total Offense

67.3 takeover

Loss with 169 yards of offense and 53.7 efficiency.

169 total offense with 53.7 efficiency.

#4

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 13 · W 24-21 · Conference game

277

Total Offense

65.9 takeover

Win with 277 yards of offense and 60.7 efficiency.

277 total offense with 60.7 efficiency.

#5

@ Charlotte

Week 12 · W 28-7 · Conference game

144

Total Offense

46.8 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

144 total offense with 46.1 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Postseason · Rice

649 primary output · 54.5 efficiency · 28.3 usage

70.6

#2

2022 Regular Season · Rice

70.6

649 primary · 54.5 efficiency · 28.3 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Rice

66

735 primary · 50.9 efficiency · 19.9 usage

Milestones

2

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

3

Above avg efficiency