Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2015Ohio State
Cardale Jones
QB • 6'5" • Cleveland, OH, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Cardale Jones is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
40
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Player Story
Cardale Jones built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a quarterback from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Cardale Jones' career was his passing role: 2,323...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2016
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 41
- Overall
- No. 139
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Cardale Jones, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Ohio State. Cardale Jones is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.5 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 2,940
- Passing yards
- 2,323
- Rushing yards
- 617
- Touchdowns
- 19
Quick Answers
Cardale Jones quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 2,940
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Glenville · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Glenville · 74 FBS recruits · 9 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2016 · Round 4 · Pick 41 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2015
- 2015 Total offense rank
- 1,653 total offense · QB 104th (top 33%) · Big Ten 15th (top 10%) · National 113th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 131 | 3 | 128 | 1 | 47.3 |
| 2014 Postseason | Ohio State | 10 | 566 | 485 | 81 | 3 | 50.6 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Ohio State | 10 | 590 | 375 | 215 | 5 | 50.6 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ohio State | 10 | 1,653 | 1,460 | 193 | 10 | 64.1 |
Related Context
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Cardale Jones played QB for Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cardale Jones recorded 2,323 passing yards, 617 rushing yards, and 19 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Ohio State paired 1,653 primary output with 60.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 60.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Ohio State
Games
10
Primary Metric / G
165.3
Efficiency
60.3
Usage
16.5
Consistency
59.3
Best Game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 286. Hawai'i: 116. Northern Illinois: 47. Western Michigan: 320. Indiana: 225. Maryland: 310. Penn State: 68. Rutgers: 22. Minnesota: 252. Illinois: 7
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 32 by 72.4. Hawai'i: 24 by 56.6. Northern Illinois: 11 by 36. Western Michigan: 43 by 62.5. Indiana: 36 by 56.9. Maryland: 34 by 73.3. Penn State: 19 by 51.7. Rutgers: 4 by 66.7. Minnesota: 34 by 69.9. Illinois: 3 by 57.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half198.8 · Games = 5 · +67 vs Second Half
Second Half131.8 · Games = 5 · -67 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Virginia Tech
Best efficiency game
73.3 vs Maryland
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/14 | @ Illinois | W 28-3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 11/8 | vs MinnesotaDual-threat | W 28-14 | 12 | 22 | 187 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 69.9 | 12 | 65 | 5.40 | 1 | 38 |
| Sun 10/25 | @ Rutgers | W 49-7 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun 10/18 | vs Penn State | W 38-10 | 9 | 15 | 84 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 4 | -16 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Maryland | W 49-28 | 21 | 28 | 291 | 75.0 | 2 | 0 | 73.3 | 6 | 19 | 3.20 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 10/3 | @ Indiana | W 34-27 | 18 | 27 | 245 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 56.9 | 9 | -20 | -2.20 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Western Michigan | W 38-12 | 19 | 33 | 288 | 57.6 | 2 | 1 | 62.5 | 10 | 32 | 3.20 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs Northern Illinois | W 20-13 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Hawai'i | W 38-0 | 12 | 18 | 111 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 56.6 | 6 | 5 | 0.80 | 0 | 24 |
| Tue 9/8 | @ Virginia Tech3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 42-24 | 10 | 19 | 187 | 52.6 | 2 | 1 | 72.4 | 13 | 99 | 7.60 | 1 | 20 |
Player Story
Cardale Jones story
Cardale Jones built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a quarterback from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 12, spending time with Ohio State. The clearest part of Cardale Jones' career was his passing role: 2,323 passing yards, 15 touchdown passes, 270 attempts, and 617 rushing yards across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 617 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Cardale Jones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ohio State
2012-2015
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420142015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Ohio State | 131 | 73.5 | 12.6 | 131 |
| 2014 Postseason | Ohio State | 1,156 | 67.1 | 15.3 | 1,025 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1,156 | 67.1 | 15.3 | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1,653 | 60.3 | 16.5 | 497 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Alabama
Week 1 · W 42-35 · Postseason
Win with 286 yards of offense and 55.8 efficiency.
286
Total Offense
81.9 takeover
286 total offense with 55.8 efficiency.
#2
@ Virginia Tech
Week 1 · W 42-24
286
Total Offense
81.4 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
286 total offense with 72.4 efficiency.
#3
vs Oregon
Week 1 · W 42-20 · Postseason
280
Total Offense
79.6 takeover
Win with 280 yards of offense and 64.5 efficiency.
280 total offense with 64.5 efficiency.
#4
vs Western Michigan
Week 4 · W 38-12
320
Total Offense
75.9 takeover
Win with 320 yards of offense and 62.5 efficiency.
320 total offense with 62.5 efficiency.
#5
vs Penn State
Week 9 · W 63-14 · Conference game
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Total Offense
74.1 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
52 total offense with 100 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Ohio State
1,653 primary output · 60.3 efficiency · 16.5 usage
64.1
#2
2014 Postseason · Ohio State
50.6
1,156 primary · 67.1 efficiency · 15.3 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Ohio State
50.6
1,156 primary · 67.1 efficiency · 15.3 usage
Milestones
3
250+ passing yards
2
300+ total offense
2
3+ TD games
15
Above avg efficiency
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