#16

Chase Cunningham

Senior quarterback for Middle Tennessee. 2022: 3,156 passing yards, 21 TD, 10 INT.

QB · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #16

5′11″ · 188 lb · Knoxville, TN

CFB Index 42 · #83 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceMiddle Tennessee 2022 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for Middle Tennessee. 2022: 3,156 passing yards, 21 TD, 10 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 4,768 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202212 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

Middle Tennessee

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Rick Stockstill

Middle Tennessee

Played his entire career under Rick Stockstill.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Rick Stockstill — 30-31 over that span.

2018Middle Tennessee8-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2019Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2020Middle Tennessee3-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #83 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (92nd percentile). Strength: completion % (86th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#58 / 169 · 66th pct

1.7%

Sack rate#82 / 169 · 51st pct

5.8%

Success rate#84 / 169 · 51st pct

45.6%

EPA / dropback#99 / 169 · 42nd pct

0.21

Explosive rate#145 / 169 · 14th pct

7.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 169 · 92nd pct

Completion %#26 / 177 · 86th pct

66.7%

Pass yards#28 / 177 · 84th pct

3156

Rush TDs#30 / 177 · 80th pct

Pass TDs#44 / 177 · 75th pct

Rush yards#110 / 177 · 37th pct

Yards / att#115 / 177 · 33rd pct

6.8

Interceptions#144 / 177 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

78th → 42nd percentile

Success rate

45th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

63rd → 14th percentile

Sack rate

78th → 51st percentile

Interception rate

97th → 66th 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

298/443 (67.3%) · 21 TD · 10 INT

443 of 463 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.95121 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.7%102 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (102 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (121 of 206).

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

Short

0–9 yds

61%of completions

183 comp4.6 yds avg5 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

27%of completions

81 comp13.0 yds avg6 TD

Deep

20+ yds

11%of completions

34 comp35.1 yds avg7 TD

Overall 67.3% completion on 443 attempts · 34 deep completions averaging 35.1 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	315	2.2	7.1	0.8
Road8g	237	1.5	7.2	0.9

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-78g	254	1.5	7.1	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	282	2.2	7.4	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #83 of 140 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Middle Tennessee	309	463	66.7%	3,156	6.8	21	10	134.6	37	--	--
2021	Middle Tennessee	110	176	62.5%	1,318	7.5	16	3	152.0	47	--	--
2020	Middle Tennessee	9	17	52.9%	73	4.3	0	2	65.5	--	--	--
2019	Middle Tennessee	17	32	53.1%	221	6.9	2	1	125.5	--	--	--
2018	Middle Tennessee	--	1	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		445	689	64.6%	4,768	6.9	39	16	136.8	39	--	--

Season	Team
2022	Middle Tennessee	99	52	0.5	6	--
2021	Middle Tennessee	44	118	2.7	0	--
2020	Middle Tennessee	2	--	0.0	0	--
2019	Middle Tennessee	3	10	3.3	1	--
2018	Middle Tennessee	1	--	0.0	0	--
Career		149	180	1.2	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 49–6

vs Tennessee State

216 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.2 · 23 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 43-point win at home against Tennessee State.

With F. Peasant — 122 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD · K. Ulbrich — 42 AVG · 52 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Miami · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.98Chase Cunningham pass complete to DJ England-Chisolm for 98 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 4 · Miami · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +6.19Chase Cunningham pass complete to DJ England-Chisolm for 71 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 9 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 75 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 4 · Miami · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +5.56Chase Cunningham pass complete to Elijah Metcalf for 69 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 4 · Miami · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.31Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 89 yds to the MiaFl 5 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UAB · 4&16 · Q4 · EPA +4.23Chase Cunningham pass complete to Andrew Paige for 23 yds to the UAB 33 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Colorado State · 4&9 · Q2 · EPA +4.02Chase Cunningham pass complete to A'Varius Sparrow for 25 yds to the ColSt 29 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · UTSA · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Chase Cunningham pass complete to Yusuf Ali for 38 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 1 · James Madison · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +3.55Chase Cunningham pass complete to Yusuf Ali for 26 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)
Week 6 · UAB · 3&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.54Chase Cunningham pass complete to Jaylin Lane for 15 yds for a TD, (Zeke Rankin KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 7-44@ James Madison	18/32	110	1	0	3.4	8.1
Wk 2	W 34-19@ Colorado State	31/39	266	1	1	6.8	58.2
Wk 3	W 49-6vs Tennessee State	20/24	216	2	1	9.0	78.2
Wk 4	W 45-31@ Miami	16/25	408	3	1	16.3	91.9	3 TD passes
Wk 5	L 30-45vs UTSA	35/56	368	1	0	6.6	38.9
Wk 6	L 14-41@ UAB	26/43	196	1	1	4.6	63.1
Wk 7	L 17-35vs Western Kentucky	32/51	228	1	1	4.5	28.8
Wk 9	W 24-13@ UTEP	21/27	265	3	0	9.8	75.3	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 24-40@ Louisiana Tech	15/27	136	1	3	5.0	18.1	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 12	W 49-21vs Florida Atlantic	40/54	448	5	1	8.3	77.1	Season-high 448 yds
Wk 13	W 33-28@ Florida International	29/42	279	0	0	6.6	56.4
Bowl	W 25-23@ San Diego State	26/43	236	2	1	5.5	—
Total		309/463	3156	21	10	7.2	54.0

How he plays

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

62.2%Completion %

31.4%Conversion/dropback

42.9%Land short of sticks

0INTs

62.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 31.4% conversion-per-dropback — 42.9% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design