Player Career

Matt Johns Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Matt Johns story

Matt Johns built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a quarterback from Chalfont, PA wearing No. 15, spending time with Virginia. The clearest part of Matt Johns' career was his passing role: 4,233 passing yards, 30 touchdown passes, 628 attempts, and 185 rushing yards across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Virginia. 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 185 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Matt Johns 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Virginia

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20122013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonVirginia0
2013 Regular SeasonVirginia00
2014 Regular SeasonVirginia1,21659.37.91,216
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia2,8965515.31,680
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia30661.57.6-2,590

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs William & Mary

Week 3 · W 35-29

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

265

Total Offense

62.7 takeover

265 total offense with 59.4 efficiency.

#2

vs Kent State

Week 5 · W 45-13

292

Total Offense

62.4 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

292 total offense with 74.9 efficiency.

#3

vs Duke

Week 12 · W 42-34 · Conference game

342

Total Offense

59.8 takeover

Win with 342 yards of offense and 61.9 efficiency.

342 total offense with 61.9 efficiency.

#4

vs Notre Dame

Week 2 · L 27-34

288

Total Offense

59.7 takeover

Loss with 288 yards of offense and 57.9 efficiency.

288 total offense with 57.9 efficiency.

#5

@ Miami

Week 10 · L 21-27 · Conference game

287

Total Offense

58.6 takeover

Loss with 287 yards of offense and 57.3 efficiency.

287 total offense with 57.3 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Virginia

2,896 primary output · 55 efficiency · 15.3 usage

69.1

#2

2014 Regular Season · Virginia

41.3

1,216 primary · 59.3 efficiency · 7.9 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Virginia

28

306 primary · 61.5 efficiency · 7.6 usage

Milestones

6

250+ passing yards

2

300+ total offense

4

3+ TD games

12

Above avg efficiency