New school, new number, same question — and Cameran Brown's early answer at Georgia State is 725 team passing yards leader.
6′2″ · 230 lb · Warner Robins, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 190 pass yds, 2 TD, 15 rush yds, vs North Carolina A&T
The play that turned itSwung Georgia State from 46% to 78% to win.South Alabama at Georgia State · 38-31
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior quarterback for Georgia State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Explosive rate: 90th percentile.
The full scouting readCameran Brown
Cameran Brown arrives at Georgia State with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
TEAM PASSING YARDS LEADER
725
Team leader in passing yards (725).
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Dell McGee.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia State | 61 | 90 | 67.8% | 725 | 8.1 | 4 | 3 | 143.4 | 62 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Georgia State | 119 | 184 | 64.7% | 1,259 | 6.8 | 13 | 1 | 144.4 | 60 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 4 | 9 | 44.4% | 11 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | 32.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 184 | 283 | 65.0% | 1,995 | 7.0 | 17 | 5 | 140.5 | 61 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Georgia State | 24 | 94 | 3.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Georgia State | 61 | 284 | 4.7 | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Texas Tech | 8 | 83 | 10.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 93 | 461 | 5.0 | 5 | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs North Carolina A&T | 15/20 | 190 | 2 | 0 | 9.5 | 76.5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-17@ Kennesaw State | 16/23 | 253 | 0 | 1 | 11.0 | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-44@ UCF | 30/47 | 282 | 2 | 2 | 6.0 | 62.2 | Season-high 282 yds |
| Total | 61/90 | 725 | 4 | 3 | 8.8 | 69.3 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 59–10
190 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 76.5 · 15 rush yds (3 car)
Dominant 49-point win at home against North Carolina A&T.
With I. Stone — 1 rec · 13 yds · A. Pereira — 50 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.5 · 28 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +282 passing yards, +2 passing TD, +2 interceptions.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Strength: sack rate (84th percentile). Concern: interception rate (21st percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
7.1170 of 126 QBsSack rate
2.2%23 of 126 QBsRarely sacked (23 of 126), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (70 of 126).
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
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 67.8% completion on 90 attempts · 22% completion on 9 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Zeitgeist Passer Rating
2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.
Thin sample: 90 dropbacks62Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
51.1%88th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.2% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
7.6472th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
2.4%93th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.2% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (2 of 92 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. Scaled against the 2025 FBS population until enough 2026 QBs qualify. How ZPR is built.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 190 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 268 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 242 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Pass share
47.5%
105 pass / 116 run
Plays / game
73.7
3 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #8 of 15 Sun Belt QBs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.
Play style
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Mark Gronowski’s 2025 season.
Matches Mark on
Differs from Mark on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Taylor Powell’s path through Eastern Michigan.
Matches Taylor on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Mark Gronowski's junior season at Iowa (2025).
Matches Mark on
Differs from Mark on
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #169 this season.