Brady Davidson

Sophomore quarterback for Northern Illinois. 2025: 384 passing yards, 3 TD, 3 INT.

QB · Northern Illinois · So. · #2

6′5″ · 230 lb · Columbia, MO

CFB Index 17 · #144 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Northern Illinois for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 10:30 pm ETat ArizonaArizona StadiumArizona by 34.5

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Sack rate: 63rd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

384

passing yards · 2025

3 TD · 3 INT · 4.4 per attempt

Best game: 73 pass yds, 1 TD, 13 rush yds, vs Western Michigan

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 quarterback for Northern Illinois. 2025: 384 passing yards, 3 TD, 3 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2025.

His career, year by year

Brady Davidson

QB · Northern Illinois · So · #2

Operates within the system without forcing anything. One game to point at: 106 pass yds, 1 pass TD against Miami (OH) — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

17Below cohort / limited sample #144 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (82nd percentile). Concern: success rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#68 / 183 · 63rd pct

4.5%

Interception rate#160 / 183 · 13th pct

3.5%

Explosive rate#178 / 183 · 3rd pct

3.5%

EPA / dropback#181 / 183 · 1st pct

-0.15

Success rate#182 / 183 · 1st pct

23.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#23 / 183 · 82nd pct

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Rush yards#160 / 183 · 13th pct

-23

Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct

Pass TDs#168 / 183 · 7th pct

Completion %#181 / 183 · 1st pct

46.0%

Yards / att#181 / 183 · 1st pct

4.4

Pass yards#182 / 183 · 1st pct

384

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

38/85 (44.7%) · 3 TD · 3 INT

85 of 87 attempts matched to play-by-play

29 of 85 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

3.23196 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.4%86 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (86 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (196 of 206).

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

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

17% of attempts (5)

80%comp

Air -1.8 · YAC 11.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

41% of attempts (12)

50%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 4.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

24% of attempts (7)

43%comp

Air 15.3 · YAC 2.7 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

17% of attempts (5)

20%comp

Air 28.4 · YAC 0.0 avg

Overall 44.7% completion on 85 attempts · 41% of attempts thrown 0–9 air yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	62.3	0.7	5.6	0.7
Road5g	39.4	0.2	4.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	53.8	0.2	3.7	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	42.2	0.5	5.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

17 · #144 of 146 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #144 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #11 of 12 Mid-American QBs — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northern Illinois	40	87	46.0%	384	4.4	3	3	87.5	29	--	--
Career		40	87	46.0%	384	4.4	3	3	87.5	29	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Northern Illinois	12	-23	-1.9	0	--
Career		12	-23	-1.9	0	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Eastern Michigan · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Brady Davidson pass complete to Gary Givens for 21 yds to the EMU 27 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.27(05:10) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Davidson pass complete short right to #3 R.Taylor Jr. caught at WMU43, for 14 yards to the WMU39 (#5 A.Wofford), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Miami (OH) · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Brady Davidson pass complete to George Dimopoulos for 19 yds to the M-OH 49 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Miami (OH) · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.20Brady Davidson pass complete to Jake Appleget for 17 yds for a TD (Andrew Glass KICK)
Week 6 · Miami (OH) · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.88Brady Davidson pass complete to DeAree Rogers for 20 yds to the NIU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Massachusetts · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84(08:16) Shotgun #2 B.Davidson pass complete deep middle to #7 G.Givens III caught at UMass00, for 31 yards to the UMass00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:16, 1ST DOWN #60 A.Glass kick attempt good (H: #90 D.Vuckovic, LS: #44 R.Pedro)
Week 7 · Eastern Michigan · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Brady Davidson pass complete to DeAree Rogers for 17 yds to the NIU 41 for a 1ST down Eastern Michigan Penalty, Delay Of Game (Joshua Scott) to the NIU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.59(04:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Davidson pass complete short left to #3 R.Taylor Jr. caught at WMU00, for 18 yards to the WMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:25, 1ST DOWN #10 C.Wright pass attempt failed
Week 13 · Western Michigan · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.45(06:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #2 B.Davidson rush left for 11 yards gain to the NIU41 (#18 M.Davis), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 5 · San Diego State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.05Brady Davidson pass intercepted Chris Johnson return for 4 yds to the SDSU 49

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 4	L 10-38@ Mississippi State	1/2	7	0	0	3.5	6.3
Wk 5	L 3-6vs San Diego State	1/2	8	0	1	4.0	0.0
Wk 6	L 14-25vs Miami (OH)	13/28	106	1	1	3.8	11.6	Season-high 106 yds
Wk 7	L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan	11/26	94	0	1	3.6	3.7
Wk 8	L 21-48@ Ohio	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
Wk 11	L 3-42@ Toledo	6/16	54	0	0	3.4	10.8
Wk 12	W 45-3@ Massachusetts	3/4	42	1	0	10.5	84.8
Wk 13	L 19-35vs Western Michigan	5/8	73	1	0	9.1	85.7
Total		40/87	384	3	3	4.7	25.4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Brady Davidson

20258 games

2025 snapshot

Passing profile

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pocket Passer