Cutter Boley

#8 · QB · Jr. · Arizona State6′5″ · 220 lb · Hodgenville, KY · Lexington Christian Academy

ZPR4669th of 119 QBsLast gameL 20–27at BYU · Oct 31
Nextvs ColoradoSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

Came on in Q2 vs Kansas State. Did not play at No. 8 BYU.

Jake Fette started Arizona State’s last game, L 20-27 at No. 8 BYU, Oct 31.

Arizona State’s next game: vs Colorado, Sat Nov 7, 7:30 p.m. ET · ESPN2

Arizona State is 3-3 in the six games with 10 or more passes thrown. A balanced passer.

Strongest: 12% of throws gain 20 or more yards, tied for 38th best of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,360

105 of 173, 61%

TD–INT

13–5

7.9 per throw

NCAA rating

145.7

49th of 119

ZPR

46

69th of 119

How ZPR works

Graded Shaky against Hawai'i, the last full game; shaky or worse in 3 of 5 graded games.

  • 0-2 against ranked teams, 189 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Morgan State. Lowest: Kansas. Biggest game: at Texas A&M, No. 10. Best play: Completion for 25 yards, touchdown, against Kansas, Q2 0:20. Win chance 39% to 62%.

Tap a game for its plays

Q1Q2Q3Q4

at BYU

L 20–27·Ranked #8

Did not play

I would rather watch Fette throw a thousand Pick 6s in a row than see Cutter Boley take 1 more snap

Arizona State fan

Season

Quarter by quarter

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. 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

Balanced

Why this word
Runs3.4 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.0 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes62% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks7% 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. 3.4 carries a game. Closest matches: Morton ’25, Williams, Edwards, Manning ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line23%typical 17%
Short42%typical 47%
Middle23%typical 22%
Deep12%typical 14%

Runs 3.4 times a game; 62% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Morton ’25WilliamsEdwardsManning ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Morton ’25 Texas Tech 2025 · Pocket passer
    2,780 yards, 22 TD, 6 INT. Drafted in round 7 (No. 234 overall) by New England, 2026. Both hit big plays and throw behind the line a lot.
  • Williams Washington · Dual-threat
    1,495 yards, 9 TD, 3 INT so far. Both throw behind the line a lot and protect the ball.
  • Edwards North Carolina · Balanced
    1,871 yards, 15 TD, 5 INT so far. Both take sacks and rarely run.
  • Manning ’25 Texas 2025 · Balanced
    3,163 yards, 26 TD, 7 INT. Both score a lot and throw behind the line a lot.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordArizona State is 4-4.
  • Fans after BYU

    turns out not having Cutter Boley in the game really does make the defense play better too

    Arizona State fan

What’s being said

19 stories in the last 30 days, from 13 outlets.

Oct 7: 1Oct 8: 1Oct 10: 1Oct 16: 1Oct 17: 4Oct 19: 1Oct 21: 2Oct 22: 1Oct 24: 3Oct 27: 3Oct 30: 1W 30-12 vs Hawai'iWL 25-53 at Texas TechLW 28-17 vs Kansas StateWL 20-27 at BYULOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 4
Oct 7: 1Oct 8: 1Oct 10: 1Oct 16: 1Oct 17: 4Oct 19: 1Oct 21: 2Oct 22: 1Oct 24: 3Oct 27: 3Oct 30: 1W 30-12 vs Hawai'iWL 25-53 at Texas TechLW 28-17 vs Kansas StateWL 20-27 at BYULOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 4
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Cutter Boley benched at Arizona State after leaving Kentucky

A Sea Of Blue +1 Oct 21

All 76 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Cutter Boley spent two seasons at Kentucky before this one.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 0:20 · Arizona State down 4, takes the leadCutter Boley finds Reed Harris for a 25-yard touchdownArizona State at Kansas, week 3Q2, 0:20 · Arizona State 10, Kansas 7Arizona State took the lead in the second quarterArizona State took the lead in the second quarterC.Boley pass complete deep middle to R.Harris caught at KU03, for 25 yards to the KU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playCFB ON FOX

All 12 of his plays on video

Cutter Boley

QB · Arizona State · #8

The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mark Stoops and Kenny Dillingham. The first one came in 2025: SEC Freshman Player of the Week. One game to point at: 387 passing yards and 6 passing TD against Morgan State — Week 1, 2026.

1,360 passing yards · 13 passing TD · 85 rushing yards