Player Dossier

2011-2012

Minnesota

Max Shortell

QB • 6'6" • Shawnee Mission, KS, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Max Shortell is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage Score

13.8

Efficiency

57.8

Consistency

49.2

Season Value

55.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Scouting Read

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Max Shortell, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Minnesota. Max Shortell is a balanced quarterback profile with 13.8 usage in the latest tracked season.

Max Shortell played QB for Minnesota. Across 2 tracked seasons, Max Shortell recorded 1,162 passing yards, 62 rushing yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Minnesota.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season

Minnesota paired 901 primary output with 57.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2012 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 57.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Game with 86 yards of offense and 52.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2012 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

128.7

Efficiency

57.8

Usage

13.8

Consistency

49.2

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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All Games86 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

52.4 vs Michigan State

Result
Fri 8/29@ Michigan State101811755.61052.42-31-15.5000

Career Arc

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    Minnesota

    2011-2012

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20112012
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonMinnesota323528.7
2012 Regular SeasonMinnesota90157.813.8578

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Michigan State

Game with 86 yards of offense and 52.4 efficiency.

86

Primary metric

86 total offense with 52.4 efficiency.

#2

Georgia State

227

Primary metric

Game with 227 yards of offense and 50.5 efficiency.

227 total offense with 50.5 efficiency.

#3

Iowa

243

Primary metric

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

243 total offense with 50.7 efficiency.

#4

USC

108

Primary metric

Loss with 108 yards of offense and 59 efficiency.

108 total offense with 59 efficiency.

#5

Syracuse

223

Primary metric

Win with 223 yards of offense and 54.4 efficiency.

223 total offense with 54.4 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Regular Season · Minnesota

901 primary output · 57.8 efficiency · 13.8 usage

55.2

#2

2011 Regular Season · Minnesota

40.3

323 primary · 52 efficiency · 8.7 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

0

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

5

Above avg efficiency

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

1,224

Career Total Offense

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 15 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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