Nate Yarnell
| Pittsburgh Panthers – No. 19 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Junior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 10, 2002 Austin, Texas |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Lake Travis (Austin, Texas) |
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Nate Yarnell (born October 10, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Early life and high school
[edit]Yarnell attended high school at Lake Travis. In Yarnell's junior season, he completed 108 of his 158 pass attempts for 1,489 yards and 14 touchdowns.[1] Coming out of high school, Yarnell was rated as a three star recruit where he held offers from school's such as Houston, Nevada, Utah, and Pittsburgh.[2] Ultimately, Yarnell decided to commit to play college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.[3][4]
College career
[edit]In Yarnell's first career start in 2022, Yarnell completed nine of his twelve pass attempts for 179 yards and a touchdown, as he helped lead Pittsburgh to a 34-14 win over Western Michigan.[5] Yarnell finished the 2022 season completing ten out of his fourteen passing attempts for 195 yards and a touchdown.[6] In week thirteen of the 2023 season, Yarnell got his first start of the season completing 11 of his 19 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown, while also adding 24 yards and a touchdown on the ground, as he helped the Panthers to a win over Boston College.[7] In the 2023 season finale versus Duke, Yarnell completed 25 of his 35 pass attempts for 265 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception.[8] In 2023, Yarnell completed 41 of his 62 pass attempts for 595 yards, and four touchdowns, with just one interception. Yarnell also added 13 and a touchdown on the ground.[9]
College statistics
[edit]| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Pittsburgh Panthers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Redshirt
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| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1–0 | 10 | 14 | 71.4 | 195 | 13.9 | 1 | 0 | 212.0 | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 | 1–1 | 41 | 62 | 66.1 | 595 | 9.6 | 4 | 1 | 164.8 | 19 | 13 | 0.7 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career[10] | 6 | 3 | 2−1 | 51 | 76 | 67.1 | 790 | 10.4 | 5 | 1 | 173.5 | 21 | 3 | 0.1 | 1 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Diapola, Jerry. "Pitt gets commitments from 2021 quarterback, offensive lineman". TribLive.com. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ McGonigal, John (April 30, 2020). "Pitt secures verbal commitments from 2021 QB Nate Yarnell, OL Marco Fugar". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Cantu, Rick (May 1, 2020). "He's a 10! Lake Travis QB Nate Yarnell commits to Pittsburgh". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ McGonigal, John (May 8, 2020). "Inside Pitt QB commit Nate Yarnell's growing reputation at Texas powerhouse". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Hiles, Noah (November 16, 2023). "Sources: Pitt to start Nate Yarnell at QB against Boston College". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ "Nate Yarnell 2022 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Markowski, Jack. "Nate Yarnell Turns Heads in Pitt Win". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen. "Nate Yarnell Earned Inside Track On Pitt's Starting QB Job". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ "Nate Yarnell 2023 Game Logs". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- ^ "Nate Yarnell College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.