Player Dossier

2013-2017

Virginia

Kurt Benkert

QB • 6'4" • 215 lbs • Cape Coral, FL, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Kurt Benkert is a balanced quarterback profile with 18 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
East Carolina • Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Richmond

Player Story

Kurt Benkert built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a quarterback from Cape Coral, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with East Carolina and Virginia. The clearest part of Kurt Benkert's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8383

Island Coast · Cape Coral, FL

Committed To
East Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Kurt Benkert, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Virginia. Kurt Benkert is a balanced quarterback profile with 18 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
5,683
Passing yards
5,817
Touchdowns
48

Quick Answers

Kurt Benkert quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia · QB
Career Total Offense
5,683
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 27 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Virginia
Top game
Richmond
Recruit profile
3-star · Island Coast · East Carolina
High school pipeline
Island Coast · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Class 2017
2017 Total offense rank
3,144 total offense · QB 39th (top 12%) · ACC 8th (top 5%) · National 39th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonEast Carolina00000-
2014 PostseasonEast Carolina3606023.7
2014 Regular SeasonEast Carolina3755817223.7
2015 Regular SeasonEast Carolina00000-
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia112,4582,552-942160.8
2017 PostseasonVirginia13141145-4067.4
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia133,0033,062-592567.4

Related Context

Kurt Benkert played QB for East Carolina and Virginia. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kurt Benkert recorded 5,817 passing yards, -134 rushing yards, and 48 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Virginia paired 3,144 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 53.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across East Carolina, Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Loss with 359 yards of offense and 62.8 efficiency. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Virginia

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

241.8

Efficiency

53.7

Usage

18

Consistency

76

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 141. William & Mary: 245. Indiana: 259. UConn: 465. Boise State: 279. Duke: 199. North Carolina: 232. Boston College: 109. Pittsburgh: 214. Georgia Tech: 278. Louisville: 184. Miami: 359. Virginia Tech: 180

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. Navy: 40 by 41.7. William & Mary: 42 by 56.3. Indiana: 69 by 47.9. UConn: 43 by 73.3. Boise State: 32 by 66. Duke: 48 by 51.6. North Carolina: 37 by 57.1. Boston College: 37 by 42.8. Pittsburgh: 49 by 46.9. Georgia Tech: 49 by 55. Louisville: 43 by 47.8. Miami: 44 by 62.8. Virginia Tech: 41 by 48.9

Split Comparison

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

Wins283 · Games = 6 · +76.4 vs Losses
Losses206.6 · Games = 7 · -76.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

73.3 vs UConn

Result
Thu 12/28@ NavyL 7-49163614544.40141.74-4-105
Sat 11/25vs Virginia TechL 0-10173418650.00048.97-6-0.90011
Sat 11/18@ Miami300-yard game · 3+ TDL 28-44283738475.74162.87-25-3.6006
Sat 11/11@ LouisvilleL 21-38193621452.81147.87-30-4.3001
Sat 11/4vs Georgia Tech3+ TDW 40-36214326048.83155618306
Sat 10/28@ PittsburghL 14-31224221252.42146.9720.30010
Sat 10/21vs Boston CollegeL 10-41173312651.50142.84-17-4.3000
Sat 10/14@ North CarolinaW 20-14193124961.32057.16-17-2.8004
Sat 10/7vs Duke3+ TDW 28-21244318255.83251.65173.40015
Sat 9/23@ Boise State3+ TDW 42-23192927365.5306636205
Sat 9/16vs UConn300-yard game · 3+ TDW 38-18304045575.03173.33103.30011
Sat 9/9vs IndianaL 17-34396625959.11047.9300011
Sat 9/2vs William & Mary3+ TDW 28-10273926269.23056.33-17-5.7000

Player Story

Kurt Benkert story

Kurt Benkert built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a quarterback from Cape Coral, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with East Carolina and Virginia. The clearest part of Kurt Benkert's career was his passing role: 5,817 passing yards, 46 touchdown passes, and 925 attempts across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Kurt Benkert's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    East Carolina

    2013-2015

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Virginia

    2016-2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420142015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonEast Carolina0
2014 PostseasonEast Carolina8152.95.181
2014 Regular SeasonEast Carolina8152.95.10
2015 Regular SeasonEast Carolina0-81
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia2,45850.4182,458
2017 PostseasonVirginia3,14453.718686
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia3,14453.7180

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Richmond

Week 1 · L 20-37

Loss with 267 yards of offense and 58.3 efficiency.

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Total Offense

68.7 takeover

267 total offense with 58.3 efficiency.

#2

@ Miami

Week 12 · L 28-44 · Conference game

359

Total Offense

65.2 takeover

Loss with 359 yards of offense and 62.8 efficiency.

359 total offense with 62.8 efficiency.

#3

vs UConn

Week 3 · W 38-18

465

Total Offense

65 takeover

Win with 465 yards of offense and 73.3 efficiency.

465 total offense with 73.3 efficiency.

#4

vs North Carolina Central

Week 1 · W 52-7

63

Total Offense

58.8 takeover

Win with 63 yards of offense and 60.5 efficiency.

63 total offense with 60.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 4 · W 49-35

423

Total Offense

57.4 takeover

Win with 423 yards of offense and 63.8 efficiency.

423 total offense with 63.8 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Virginia

3,144 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 18 usage

67.4

#2

2017 Regular Season · Virginia

67.4

3,144 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 18 usage

#3

2016 Regular Season · Virginia

60.8

2,458 primary · 50.4 efficiency · 18 usage

Milestones

10

250+ passing yards

4

300+ total offense

10

3+ TD games

6

Above avg efficiency