Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Penn State
Ethan Grunkemeyer
QB • 6'2" • 212 lbs • Lewis Center, OH, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Ethan Grunkemeyer is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
52
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: SMU
Player Story
Ethan Grunkemeyer built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Lewis Center, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Ethan Grunkemeyer's career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Ethan Grunkemeyer, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Penn State. Ethan Grunkemeyer is a balanced quarterback profile with 9.8 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,302
- Passing yards
- 1,348
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Ethan Grunkemeyer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,302
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Penn State
- Top game
- SMU
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Olentangy · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Olentangy · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Freshman
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 1,293 total offense · QB 133rd (top 32%) · Big Ten 19th (top 10%) · National 145th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | Penn State | 10 | 249 | 260 | -11 | 2 | 60.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 1,044 | 1,079 | -35 | 7 | 60.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Penn State to Virginia Tech | P4 to P4 | 93.3 | Jan 14, 2026 |
Ethan Grunkemeyer played QB for Penn State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Ethan Grunkemeyer recorded 1,348 passing yards, -46 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Penn State paired 1,293 primary output with 55 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 55 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: Clemson
Win with 249 yards of offense and 57.8 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Penn State
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
129.3
Efficiency
55
Usage
9.8
Consistency
63.9
Best Game by takeover score
Clemson
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Clemson: 249. Nevada: 94. Villanova: 19. Northwestern: 0. Iowa: 94. Ohio State: 106. Indiana: 217. Michigan State: 133. Nebraska: 183. Rutgers: 198
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. Clemson: 38 by 57.8. Nevada: 12 by 71. Villanova: 2 by 76.4. Northwestern: 1 by 0. Iowa: 34 by 38.6. Ohio State: 32 by 49.2. Indiana: 35 by 54.2. Michigan State: 21 by 62.6. Nebraska: 16 by 74.2. Rutgers: 22 by 66
Split Comparison
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Wins146 · Games = 6 · +41.8 vs Losses
Losses104.3 · Games = 4 · -41.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Clemson
Best efficiency game
76.4 vs Villanova
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | @ Clemson | W 22-10 | 23 | 34 | 260 | 67.6 | 2 | 0 | 57.8 | 4 | -11 | -2.80 | 0 | 5 |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Rutgers | W 40-36 | 17 | 21 | 209 | 81.0 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 1 | -11 | -11 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Nebraska | W 37-10 | 11 | 12 | 181 | 91.7 | 1 | 0 | 74.2 | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Michigan State | W 28-10 | 8 | 13 | 127 | 61.5 | 2 | 0 | 62.6 | 8 | 6 | 0.80 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Indiana | L 24-27 | 22 | 31 | 219 | 71.0 | 1 | 1 | 54.2 | 4 | -2 | -0.50 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Ohio State | L 14-38 | 19 | 28 | 145 | 67.9 | 0 | 1 | 49.2 | 4 | -39 | -9.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Iowa | L 24-25 | 15 | 28 | 93 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 | 38.6 | 6 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Northwestern | L 21-22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Villanova | W 52-6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 76.4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Nevada | W 46-11 | 7 | 9 | 86 | 77.8 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 8 | 2.70 | 1 | 6 |
Player Story
Ethan Grunkemeyer story
Ethan Grunkemeyer built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Lewis Center, OH wearing No. 17, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of Ethan Grunkemeyer's career was his passing role: 1,348 passing yards, 8 touchdown passes, and 180 attempts across 11 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Penn State. 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 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 11 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Penn State.
The arc is straightforward: Ethan Grunkemeyer 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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Penn State
2024-2025
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Postseason | Penn State | 9 | 29.2 | 0 | — |
| 2025 Postseason | Penn State | 1,293 | 55 | 9.8 | 1,284 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Penn State | 1,293 | 55 | 9.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs SMU
Week 1 · W 38-10 · Postseason
Win with 9 yards of offense and 29.2 efficiency.
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Total Offense
64.6 takeover
9 total offense with 29.2 efficiency.
#2
@ No. 34 Clemson
Week 1 · W 22-10 · Postseason
249
Total Offense
59.9 takeover
Win with 249 yards of offense and 57.8 efficiency.
249 total offense with 57.8 efficiency.
#3
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 13 · W 37-10 · Conference game
183
Total Offense
56.9 takeover
Win with 183 yards of offense and 74.2 efficiency.
183 total offense with 74.2 efficiency.
#4
vs No. 1 Indiana
Week 11 · L 24-27 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
217
Total Offense
56.1 takeover
Loss with 217 yards of offense and 54.2 efficiency.
217 total offense with 54.2 efficiency.
#5
@ No. 72 Rutgers
Week 14 · W 40-36 · Conference game
198
Total Offense
50.7 takeover
Win with 198 yards of offense and 66 efficiency.
198 total offense with 66 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Penn State
1,293 primary output · 55 efficiency · 9.8 usage
60.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Penn State
60.2
1,293 primary · 55 efficiency · 9.8 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Penn State
32.5
9 primary · 29.2 efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
5
Above avg efficiency
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