Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Ohio State
Lincoln Kienholz
QB • 6'3" • 214 lbs • Pierre, SD, USA
Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher
Lincoln Kienholz is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Grambling
Player Story
Lincoln Kienholz built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Pierre, SD wearing No. 3, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Lincoln Kienholz's career was his passing role: 250...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Lincoln Kienholz, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State. Lincoln Kienholz is a balanced quarterback profile with 5.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 318
- Passing yards
- 250
- Rushing yards
- 68
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Lincoln Kienholz quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 318
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Grambling
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · T.F. Riggs · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- T.F. Riggs · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Junior
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 205 total offense · QB 244th (top 59%) · Big Ten 78th (top 39%) · National 588th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Ohio State | 3 | 88 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 47.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 6 | 205 | 139 | 66 | 3 | 58.3 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Ohio State to Louisville | P4 to P4 | 87.5 | Jan 4, 2026 |
Lincoln Kienholz played QB for Ohio State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Lincoln Kienholz recorded 250 passing yards, 68 rushing yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ohio State paired 205 primary output with 70.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 70.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Grambling
Win with 81 yards of offense and 80.1 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
Games
6
Primary Metric / G
34.2
Efficiency
70.3
Usage
5.4
Consistency
51
Best Game by takeover score
Grambling
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 81. Ohio: 8. Minnesota: 20. Purdue: 3. UCLA: 37. Rutgers: 56
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. Grambling: 9 by 80.1. Ohio: 1 by 80. Minnesota: 4 by 79.2. Purdue: 1 by 30. UCLA: 4 by 81.1. Rutgers: 6 by 71.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half36.3 · Games = 3 · +4.3 vs Second Half
Second Half32 · Games = 3 · -4.3 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Grambling
Best efficiency game
81.1 vs UCLA
Player Story
Lincoln Kienholz story
Lincoln Kienholz built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Pierre, SD wearing No. 3, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Lincoln Kienholz's career was his passing role: 250 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 36 attempts, and 68 rushing yards across 9 career games in the available record. His career also includes 68 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lincoln Kienholz's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Ohio State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Ohio State | 113 | 64.6 | 18.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 113 | 64.6 | 18.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | -113 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ohio State | 205 | 70.3 | 5.4 | 205 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Grambling
Week 2 · W 70-0
Win with 81 yards of offense and 80.1 efficiency.
81
Total Offense
64 takeover
81 total offense with 80.1 efficiency.
#2
vs Missouri
Week 1 · L 3-14 · Postseason
88
Total Offense
61.9 takeover
Loss with 88 yards of offense and 45.2 efficiency.
88 total offense with 45.2 efficiency.
#3
vs No. 72 Rutgers
Week 13 · W 42-9 · Conference game
56
Total Offense
52.7 takeover
Win with 56 yards of offense and 71.5 efficiency.
56 total offense with 71.5 efficiency.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 11 · W 38-3 · Conference game
18
Total Offense
46.3 takeover
Win with 18 yards of offense and 72.2 efficiency.
18 total offense with 72.2 efficiency.
#5
vs No. 98 UCLA
Week 12 · W 48-10 · Conference game
37
Total Offense
44.5 takeover
Win with 37 yards of offense and 81.1 efficiency.
37 total offense with 81.1 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ohio State
205 primary output · 70.3 efficiency · 5.4 usage
58.3
#2
2023 Postseason · Ohio State
47.2
113 primary · 64.6 efficiency · 18.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Ohio State
47.2
113 primary · 64.6 efficiency · 18.2 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
0
300+ total offense
0
3+ TD games
7
Above avg efficiency
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