| Joey Yellen | |
| School: | Chapman Panthers |
| Currentnumber: | 16 |
| Currentposition: | Quarterback |
| Class: | Graduate Student |
| Major: | Real Estate |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Los Alamitos, California, U.S. |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Heightin: | 3 |
| Weight: | 210 |
| Highschool: | Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, California) |
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| Espn: | 4426360 |
Joseph Michael Yellen (born August 19, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Chapman Panthers. He previously played for the Arizona State Sun Devils, the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.
Yellen grew up in Mission Viejo, California and attended Mission Viejo High School. In his high school career, Yellen completed 360 of his 595 pass attempts for 6,131 yards, 57 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.[1] He was a three-star rated recruit and committed to play college football at Arizona State University over offers from Brown, Georgia, Oregon State, San Jose State and Washington State.[2] [3]
In 2019, Yellen served as the primary back up to future heisman trophy winner Jayden Daniels. His lone start was in a loss to USC where he threw for 292 yards and four touchdowns.[4] With only appearing in one game, Yellen was ultimately redshirted.[5] [6]
On December 16, 2019, shortly after the season ended, Yellen announced that he would enter the transfer portal.[7]
On January 2, 2020, Yellen announced that he transfer to Pittsburgh.[8] During the 2020 season, he played in six games. He was the top backup to starter Kenny Pickett. With Pickett injured, Yellen started back to back games in October against Miami and Notre Dame. Yellen threw for a season high 277 yards and a touchdown in the loss against the Hurricanes. He finished the season with completing 35 out of 78 passing attempts for 402 yards, three interceptions and a touchdown.[9] During the 2021 season, he played in only one game against New Hampshire.[10]
On April 29, 2022, Yellen announced that he would enter the transfer portal for the second time.[11]
On May 2, 2022, Yellen announced that he would transfer to Hawaii.[12] [13] Despite missing spring football, he competed for the starting job with Brayden Schager.[14] He made his Rainbow Warriors debut off of the bench in the season opener against Vanderbilt. Yellen started the next three games against Western Kentucky, Michigan and Duquesne. On the 2022 season, he appeared in the first four games of the season and finished with completing 40 out of 87 passing attempts for 324 yards and two interceptions.[15] During the 2023 season, he would not appear in any games.[16]
On November 14, 2023, Yellen announced that he would enter the transfer portal.[17]
Yellen transferred to Chapman University who are D-III and members of the SCIAC. Yellen made his first appearance off of the bench for the Panthers where he would complete 10 of 16 passes for 105 yards in a victory against Redlands.[18] He started the following week against Cal Lutheran where he completed 18 of 28 passes for 205 yards and two touchdowns in the victory.[19]
As of November 14, 2024
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | INT | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Arizona State Sun Devils | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0–1 | 28 | 44 | 63.6 | 292 | 6.6 | 4 | 2 | 140.3 | 1 | −5 | −5.0 | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Panthers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 0–2 | 35 | 78 | 44.9 | 402 | 5.2 | 1 | 3 | 84.7 | 5 | −45 | −9.0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Hawaii Rainbow Warriors | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | 1–2 | 40 | 87 | 46.0 | 324 | 3.7 | 0 | 2 | 73.7 | 7 | −45 | −6.4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chapman Panthers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 5–1 | 97 | 156 | 62.2 | 1,143 | 7.3 | 9 | 5 | 136.4 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| FBS Career | 12 | 6 | 1–5 | 103 | 209 | 49.3 | 1,018 | 4.9 | 5 | 7 | 91.4 | 13 | −95 | −7.3 | 0 | |
| D-III Career | 7 | 6 | 5–1 | 97 | 156 | 62.2 | 1,143 | 7.3 | 9 | 5 | 136.4 | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 1 | |