Anthony Colandrea

#10 · QB · Sr. · Nebraska6′0″ · 200 lb · St. Petersburg, FL · Lakewood

Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 10-17 vs Washington, Oct 31 · 24 of 44 for 255 yards, a touchdown, 3 interceptions · 7 carries for 20 yards. Started all eight of Nebraska’s games.

Nebraska’s next game: at Illinois, Fri Nov 6, 8:00 p.m. ET · FOX

Nebraska has lost three straight in the games played. A dual-threat quarterback.

Passing yards

1,824

161 of 263, 61%

TD–INT

15–7

6.9 per throw

NCAA rating

133.0

82nd of 119

ZPR

41

83rd of 119

How ZPR works

Up and down: great in 2, shaky or worse in 4.

Best by our grade: Ohio. Lowest: Washington, with 3 interceptions and sacked 2 times. Biggest game: Indiana, No. 7. Best play: Run for 39 yards, touchdown, against Indiana, Q4 12:01. Win chance 70% to 90%. Costliest play: Interception, returned for a touchdown, against Washington, Q4 1:15. Win chance 42% to 16%.

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Season

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How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Dual-threat

Also: mobile

Why this word
Runs6.1 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.7 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes59% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks4% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 6.1 carries a game. Closest matches: Gronowski ’25, Barnett ’25, Jackson, Luster.

Where the throws go

Behind the line18%typical 17%
Short48%typical 47%
Middle18%typical 22%
Deep17%typical 14%

Runs 6.1 times a game; 70% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Gronowski ’25Barnett ’25JacksonLusterThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Gronowski ’25 Iowa 2025 · Mobile passer
    1,741 yards, 10 TD, 7 INT. Close across the board.
  • Barnett ’25 James Madison 2025 · Mobile passer
    2,806 yards, 23 TD, 8 INT. Both throw interceptions and miss more.
  • Jackson Arkansas · Mobile passer
    1,673 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT so far. Close across the board.
  • Luster Ball State · Mobile passer
    1,482 yards, 10 TD, 6 INT so far. Both throw interceptions.

Compared with the 159 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 220 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordNebraska is 5-3.
  • Fans after Washington

    Do you think Colandrea knew he had a free play or does he just throw picks because he does?

    Nebraska fan

What’s being said

19 stories this week, from 15 outlets.

Oct 30: 13Oct 31: 2Nov 2: 1Nov 3: 2Nov 4: 1L 10-17 vs WashingtonLOct 30Nov 5Most in a day: 13
Oct 30: 13Oct 31: 2Nov 2: 1Nov 3: 2Nov 4: 1L 10-17 vs WashingtonLOct 30Nov 5Most in a day: 13
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

All 121 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Anthony Colandrea was first-team All-Mountain West in 2025 at UNLV.
  • Anthony Colandrea had 108 rushing yards in the 48-23 win over Maryland, the best game of the season so far.

The most important play this season

  1. Q4, 12:01 · Nebraska up 4Anthony Colandrea runs 39 yards for a touchdownIndiana at Nebraska, week 6Q4, 12:01 · Nebraska 17, Indiana 6▲20%Nebraska’s chance to win, 70% to 90%▲20%Nebraska’s chance to win, 70% to 90%A.Colandrea rush right for 39 yards gain to the IND00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playBig Ten Football

All 14 plays on video

Anthony Colandrea

QB · Nebraska · #10

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 5

Anthony Colandrea takes over from Dylan Raiola at Nebraska.

1,824passing yards15passing TD354rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-30

perception vs production percentile · 2026

Fans see a 73rd-percentile name; the tape grades at the 43rd — is the buzz ahead of the production?

Read the story so far

Anthony Colandrea arrived as a 3-star prospect. Anthony Colandrea lines up at QB for Nebraska.

On the field, the headline is 1,824 pass yds, with 15 pass td.

Anthony Colandrea inherited the QB job from Dylan Raiola (5-star).

The number to watch: -30 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromDylan Raiola 5★
  • Pushed byTJ Lateef 4★
  • How many games until TJ Lateef (4★) takes the job from Anthony Colandrea?

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-05