North Carolina QB TJ Yates, The Draft Study
High School
Yates attended Pope High School
Completed 160 of 289 passes (57 percent) for 2,305 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior, his only year on the football team
Also punted 34 times for 1,237 yards (36.8 avg.) with a long of 68
Also played basketball and averaged 18 points, six rebounds and six assists at small forward.
North Carolina
As mentioned earlier, Yates was a 4-year starter. Zero fumbles lost in career.
Freshman Season, 4-8
- 4-8 record
- 365 attempts
- 59.7% completion
- 2,655 yards passing
- 7.3 yards per attempt
- 14 TDs, 18 INTs
Sophomore Season, 4-2
- missed 5 games due to non-displaced fracture in left ankle and returned to finish the final regular season game as well as the bowl game (link)
- 135 pass attempts
- 60.0% completion
- 1,168 yards passing
- 8.7 yards per attempt
- 11 TDs, 4 INTs
Junior Season, 8-4
- 350 pass attempts
- 60.3% completion
- 2,136 yards passing
- 6.0 yards per attempt
- 14 TDs, 15 INTs
Senior Season (2010), 7-5
- 422 pass attempts
- 66.8% copmletion
- 3,418 yards passing
- 8.1 yards per attempt
- 19 TD’s, 9 INTs
Along with 7 career rush TD’s and 2 tackles.
Yates has a 1-2 bowl record with the two losses coming at a combined 3 points. One of which was the Meineke Car Care Bowl where WR Hakeem Nicks made this catch.
Yates is nowhere near a top-grade in this or any other draft, however, he does have the potential to be a late round bloomer. It just depends if you’d like to take a chance on a guy that was above average on a bad team. Like I mentioned, he has the potential, but nothing concrete.