Player Dossier

2011-2015

Florida State

Everett Golson

QB • 6'0" • Myrtle Beach, SC, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Everett Golson is a balanced quarterback profile with 17.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

46%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

40

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Notre Dame • Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arizona State

Player Story

Everett Golson built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a quarterback from Myrtle Beach, SC wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida State and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Everett Golson's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8969

Myrtle Beach · Myrtle Beach, SC

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Everett Golson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Notre Dame. Everett Golson is a balanced quarterback profile with 17.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
8,174
Passing yards
7,628
Rushing yards
546
Touchdowns
66

Quick Answers

Everett Golson quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · QB
Career Total Offense
8,174
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
Best season
2014 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Arizona State
Recruit profile
4-star · Myrtle Beach · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Myrtle Beach · 15 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2015
2015 Total offense rank
1,743 total offense · QB 99th (top 32%) · ACC 11th (top 7%) · National 105th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00000-
2012 PostseasonNotre Dame12263270-7264.9
2012 Regular SeasonNotre Dame122,4402,1353051664.9
2013 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00000-
2014 PostseasonNotre Dame1396906073
2014 Regular SeasonNotre Dame133,6323,3552773773
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida State91,7431,778-351152.6

Related Context

Everett Golson played QB for Notre Dame and Florida State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Everett Golson recorded 7,628 passing yards, 546 rushing yards, and 66 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 3,728 primary output with 61.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 57.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Florida State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Louisville

Win with 344 yards of offense and 62.5 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

9

Primary Metric / G

193.7

Efficiency

57.4

Usage

17.3

Consistency

67.9

Best Game by takeover score

Louisville

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 301. South Florida: 148. Boston College: 124. Wake Forest: 206. Miami: 305. Louisville: 344. Georgia Tech: 198. NC State: 52. Chattanooga: 65

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 29 by 69. South Florida: 34 by 51.5. Boston College: 30 by 53. Wake Forest: 38 by 56.1. Miami: 39 by 68.1. Louisville: 43 by 62.5. Georgia Tech: 37 by 52.9. NC State: 12 by 28.7. Chattanooga: 4 by 75

Split Comparison

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

Wins193.1 · Games = 8 · -4.9 vs Losses
Losses198 · Games = 1 · +4.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Louisville

Best efficiency game

75 vs Chattanooga

Result
Sat 11/21vs ChattanoogaW 52-133367100.000751-2-200
Sat 11/14vs NC StateW 34-17595255.60228.7300016
Sat 10/24@ Georgia TechL 16-22203021066.70152.97-12-1.7007
Sat 10/17vs Louisville300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-21263837268.43062.55-28-5.6008
Sun 10/11vs MiamiW 29-24253329175.81068.16142.30011
Sat 10/3@ Wake ForestW 24-16203120264.51056.1740.60017
Sat 9/19@ Boston CollegeW 14-0152411962.51053650.80014
Sat 9/12vs South FloridaW 34-14142616353.81051.58-15-1.9006
Sun 9/6vs Texas State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 59-16192530276.040694-1-0.30010

Player Story

Everett Golson story

Everett Golson built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a quarterback from Myrtle Beach, SC wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida State and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Everett Golson's career was his passing role: 7,628 passing yards, 52 touchdown passes, 964 attempts, and 546 rushing yards across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Notre Dame. 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 546 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida State and Notre Dame.

The arc is straightforward: Everett Golson 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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  1. 1

    Notre Dame

    2011-2014

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida State

    2015

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2011201220122013201420142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2012 PostseasonNotre Dame2,70358.720.72,703
2012 Regular SeasonNotre Dame2,70358.720.70
2013 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0-2,703
2014 PostseasonNotre Dame3,72861.7243,728
2014 Regular SeasonNotre Dame3,72861.7240
2015 Regular SeasonFlorida State1,74357.417.3-1,985

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Arizona State

Week 11 · L 31-55

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

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Total Offense

82.4 takeover

435 total offense with 51.3 efficiency.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 2 · W 20-17

279

Total Offense

80.7 takeover

Win with 279 yards of offense and 61.4 efficiency.

279 total offense with 61.4 efficiency.

#3

vs Purdue

Week 3 · W 30-14

315

Total Offense

72.8 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

315 total offense with 64.1 efficiency.

#4

vs North Carolina

Week 7 · W 50-43

368

Total Offense

72.2 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

368 total offense with 66.8 efficiency.

#5

vs Rice

Week 1 · W 48-17

336

Total Offense

71.8 takeover

Win with 336 yards of offense and 74.5 efficiency.

336 total offense with 74.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Postseason · Notre Dame

3,728 primary output · 61.7 efficiency · 24 usage

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#2

2014 Regular Season · Notre Dame

73

3,728 primary · 61.7 efficiency · 24 usage

#3

2012 Postseason · Notre Dame

64.9

2,703 primary · 58.7 efficiency · 20.7 usage

Milestones

14

250+ passing yards

13

300+ total offense

13

3+ TD games

17

Above avg efficiency