Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2010-2013Houston
David Piland
QB • 6'3" • Southlake, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
David Piland is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
72
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina
Player Story
David Piland built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a quarterback from Southlake, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of David Piland's career was his passing role: 5,790...
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- Committed To
- Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
David Piland, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Houston. David Piland is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,039
- Passing yards
- 5,790
- Rushing yards
- 249
- Touchdowns
- 43
Quick Answers
David Piland quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,039
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Houston
- Top game
- East Carolina
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Southlake Carroll · Houston
- High school pipeline
- Southlake Carroll · 73 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2013
- 2013 Total offense rank
- 251 total offense · QB 210th (top 66%) · American Athletic 41st (top 40%) · National 520th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Houston | 8 | 2,669 | 2,641 | 28 | 24 | 63.1 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 11 | 3,119 | 2,929 | 190 | 18 | 66.9 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 2 | 251 | 220 | 31 | 1 | 38.5 |
Related Context
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David Piland played QB for Houston. Across 4 tracked seasons, David Piland recorded 5,790 passing yards, 249 rushing yards, and 43 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Houston paired 3,119 primary output with 61.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 60.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2013 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Loss with 453 yards of offense and 58.5 efficiency. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Houston
Games
8
Primary Metric / G
333.6
Efficiency
60.3
Usage
9.7
Consistency
84.9
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 301. Rice: 299. SMU: 226. Memphis: 294. UCF: 341. Tulsa: 298. Southern Miss: 453. Texas Tech: 457
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 57 by 60.9. Rice: 50 by 57.1. SMU: 37 by 55. Memphis: 25 by 74.2. UCF: 47 by 57.4. Tulsa: 37 by 60.7. Southern Miss: 50 by 58.5. Texas Tech: 65 by 58.3
Split Comparison
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Wins260 · Games = 2 · -98.2 vs Losses
Losses358.2 · Games = 6 · +98.2 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
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
74.2 vs Memphis
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/28 | @ Texas Tech300-yard game | L 20-35 | 32 | 61 | 441 | 52.5 | 2 | 3 | 58.3 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun 11/21 | @ Southern Miss300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 41-59 | 28 | 47 | 467 | 59.6 | 4 | 1 | 58.5 | 3 | -14 | -4.70 | 0 | 5 |
| Sun 11/14 | vs Tulsa3+ TD | L 25-28 | 22 | 36 | 291 | 61.1 | 3 | 5 | 60.7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs UCF300-yard game · 3+ TD | L 33-40 | 27 | 44 | 334 | 61.4 | 4 | 2 | 57.4 | 3 | 7 | 2.30 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 10/30 | @ Memphis3+ TD | W 56-17 | 20 | 23 | 292 | 87.0 | 5 | 0 | 74.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/23 | @ SMU | W 45-20 | 19 | 32 | 233 | 59.4 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 5 | -7 | -1.40 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/16 | @ Rice3+ TD | L 31-34 | 23 | 45 | 282 | 51.1 | 3 | 1 | 57.1 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 12 |
| Sun 10/10 | vs Mississippi State300-yard game | L 24-47 | 30 | 57 | 301 | 52.6 | 2 | 2 | 60.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
David Piland story
David Piland built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a quarterback from Southlake, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of David Piland's career was his passing role: 5,790 passing yards, 41 touchdown passes, 833 attempts, and 249 rushing yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Houston. 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 249 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston.
The arc is straightforward: David Piland 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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Houston
2010-2013
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2010201120122013
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Houston | 2,669 | 60.3 | 9.7 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Houston | 0 | — | — | -2,669 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Houston | 3,119 | 61.2 | 17.2 | 3,119 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Houston | 251 | 63.3 | 5.2 | -2,868 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ East Carolina
Week 10 · L 28-48 · Conference game
Loss with 338 yards of offense and 47.8 efficiency.
338
Total Offense
64.9 takeover
338 total offense with 47.8 efficiency.
#2
@ Southern Miss
Week 12 · L 41-59 · Conference game
453
Total Offense
64.2 takeover
Loss with 453 yards of offense and 58.5 efficiency.
453 total offense with 58.5 efficiency.
#3
vs Mississippi State
Week 6 · L 24-47
301
Total Offense
63.4 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
301 total offense with 60.9 efficiency.
#4
vs Southern
Week 1 · W 62-13
171
Total Offense
62.4 takeover
Win with 171 yards of offense and 73.9 efficiency.
171 total offense with 73.9 efficiency.
#5
@ Texas Tech
Week 13 · L 20-35
457
Total Offense
61.2 takeover
Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.
457 total offense with 58.3 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Houston
3,119 primary output · 61.2 efficiency · 17.2 usage
66.9
#2
2010 Regular Season · Houston
63.1
2,669 primary · 60.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Houston
38.5
251 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
12
250+ passing yards
10
300+ total offense
8
3+ TD games
11
Above avg efficiency
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