Andrew Ford

QB · Massachusetts 2018 · #7

Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′3″ · 210 lb · Camp Hill, PA

Andrew Ford: QB · Massachusetts · #7.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Aidan O'ConnellPurdue · 2019 · 78% season match
Andre NunezLouisiana · 2018 · 77% season match
Justin WorleyTennessee · 2014 · 71% season match
Tanner MangumBYU · 2015 · 70% season match
Joe LicataBuffalo · 2015 · 70% season match

Andrew Ford

QB · Massachusetts · Sr · #7

Operates within the system without forcing anything. This is his third year in the same quarterback room at Massachusetts. On tape: 355 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Ohio, Week 5, 2018.

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	Massachusetts	112	174	64.4%	1,340	7.7	9	5	140.4	54
2017	Massachusetts	223	353	63.2%	2,924	8.3	22	4	151.1	53
2016	Massachusetts	222	365	60.8%	2,665	7.3	26	14	138.0	42
Career		557	892	62.4%	6,929	7.8	57	23	143.6	49

Season	Team
2018	Massachusetts	19	−63	−3.3	0
2017	Massachusetts	60	−137	−2.3	2
2016	Massachusetts	45	−96	−2.1	2
Career		124	−296	−2.4	4

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 63-15vs Duquesne	13/19	186	2	0	9.8	91.7
Wk 1	L 21-55@ Boston College	9/18	78	0	2	4.3	—
Wk 2	L 13-34@ Georgia Southern	22/33	190	0	1	5.8	—
Wk 3	L 24-63@ Florida International	2/5	6	0	0	1.2	—
Wk 5	L 42-58@ Ohio	27/38	355	4	1	9.3	—	Season-high 355 yds
Wk 6	L 42-58vs South Florida	19/27	199	2	1	7.4	—
Wk 8	L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina	20/34	326	1	0	9.6	—
Total		112/174	1340	9	5	7.7	—

Signature game

Week 5 · 2018

L 42-58

at Ohio

355 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT

With A. Isabella — 12 rec · 198 yds · 3 TD · M. Young — 45 rush yds (13 car) · 1 rec · 10 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Boston College · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA −7.54Andrew Ford pass intercepted for a TD Lukas Denis return for 59 yds for a TD (Colton Lichtenberg KICK)
Week 1 · Duquesne · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +5.57Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 44 yds for a TD, (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +4.29Andrew Ford pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 38 yds to the CCaro 27 for a
Week 5 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 55 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −4.26Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 20 yds Andy Isabella fumbled, forced by Jave Brown, recovered by CCaro Derrick Bush , return for no gain to the CCaro 9
Week 5 · Ohio · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.04Andrew Ford pass complete to Zak Simon for 36 yds to the Ohio 37 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Ohio · 2nd and 20 · Q4 · EPA +3.67Andrew Ford pass complete to Sadiq Palmer for 26 yds to the Ohio 44 for a
Week 8 · Coastal Carolina · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA −3.55Andrew Ford sacked by Jave Brown for a loss of 10 yards to the CCaro 27
Week 2 · Georgia Southern · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.16Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 19 yds to the GeoSo 43 for a
Week 5 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.14Andrew Ford pass complete to Andy Isabella for 39 yds for a TD (Cooper Garcia KICK)

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

112/174 (64.4%) · 9 TD · 5 INT

174 of 174 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.5693 of 207 QBs

Sack rate

6.5%108 of 207 QBs

Sacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (108 of 207) — and still 93 of 207 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

49%of completions

55 comp5.5 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

34%of completions

38 comp13.2 yds avg2 TD

Deep

20+ yds

17%of completions

19 comp28.4 yds avg6 TD

Overall 64.4% completion on 174 attempts · 19 deep completions averaging 28.4 yds.

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Mark Whipple — 10-26 over that span.

2016Massachusetts2-10HC: Mark Whipple · Pass-leaning

2017Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

2018Massachusetts4-8HC: Mark Whipple · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (93rd percentile). Concern: rush tds (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#13 / 179 · 93rd pct

48.9%

Explosive rate#79 / 179 · 56th pct

10.9%

EPA / dropback#85 / 179 · 53rd pct

0.23

Sack rate#88 / 179 · 51st pct

6.5%

Interception rate#114 / 179 · 37th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Completion %#37 / 169 · 78th pct

64.4%

Interceptions#49 / 169 · 68th pct

Yards / att#54 / 169 · 64th pct

7.7

Pass yards#114 / 169 · 33rd pct

1340

Pass TDs#111 / 169 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#151 / 169 · 11th pct

-63

Rush TDs#138 / 169 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

89th → 53rd percentile

Success rate

75th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 56th percentile

Sack rate

15th → 51st percentile

Interception rate

96th → 37th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2018 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Low confidence: 167 dropbacks

54Zeitgeist Passer Rating58th of 140 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 140.4 52nd of 140 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

49.8%83th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.2650th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.7 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.5%46th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.5% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (19 of 186 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	237	1.7	8.9	0.3
Road4g	157	1.0	5.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	169	1.3	6.3	0.8
Weeks 8+1g	326	1.0	9.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Mark Whipple

Pass share

50.7%

413 pass / 402 run

Plays / game

67.9

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

174 pass attempts and 19 carries in 7 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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