#8

Cutter Boley

QB · Arizona State · Fr. · #8

Transferred Kentucky → Arizona State for 2026
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Cutter Boley

QB · Kentucky · Fr · #8

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#344 national
CFB
College
Kentucky
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Arizona State

2025Kentucky
2026Arizona State

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Kentucky4-8HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Kentucky5-7HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2025Kentucky19830165.8%2,1607.21512134.5----
2024Kentucky265349.1%3386.424100.0----
Career22435463.3%2,4987.11716129.4----
SeasonTeam
2025Kentucky66851.32--
2024Kentucky10-43-4.30--
Career76420.62--

How he plays

Play style

Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game.

CFB Index positional classification

DNA match

Player DNA

Game Manager

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

QB

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Fernando Mendoza’s 2023 season.

California · 2023

NFL Rd 1 · Pk 1
#2

Tyler Shough

Texas Tech · 2021

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 8
64%
#3

Max Johnson

Texas A&M · 2023

64%
#4

Jake Bentley

South Alabama · 2021

63%
#5

Jayden Maiava

USC · 2024

62%

Matches Fernando on

Total pass EPA (college ability)
TD rate
Completion %

Differs from Fernando on

Recruiting rating (higher)
Yards / attempt (higher)

Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Eli Peters’s path through Toledo.

Eli Peters

93%match

Toledo · 2020

#2

CJ Bailey

NC State · 2025

82%
#3

Joey Labas

Central Michigan · 2025

83%
#4

Tyler Van Dyke

Wisconsin · 2024

74%
#5

Jack Coan

Notre Dame · 2021

73%

Matches Eli on

Yards per attempt
Completion %
20242025

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jayden Maiava's sophomore season at USC (2024).

USC · 2024

All-Big Ten
#2

Blake Baker

Louisiana Tech · 2025

54%
#3

Tyler Shough

Texas Tech · 2021

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 8
54%
#4

Donovan Smith

Texas Tech · 2022

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 2
52%
#5

Tanner McKee

Stanford · 2021

NFL Rd 6
51%

Matches Jayden on

Yards / attempt
Height

Differs from Jayden on

Class year (lower)
TD rate (lower)
Weight (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Cutter Boley

#1

CJ Bailey

NC State · 2024

82%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #127

Final rank
#268
Avg #211.7
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #127 this season.

Development

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2024–2025
3382024
2,1602025

+539%

Up 539% from first season to most-recent.