Dru DeShields
Dru DeShields
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 136 | 240 | 56.7% | 2,030 | 8.5 | 18 | 3 | 150.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 136 | 240 | 56.7% | 2,030 | 8.5 | 18 | 3 | 150.0 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 61 | 38 | 0.6 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 61 | 38 | 0.6 | 3 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
118 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 10.2 · 2 rush yds (4 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Pushes it downfield on every look.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Kent State
Returning around him
- 11% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #120
DNA match
Player DNA
Vertical Passer
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keyone Jenkins’s 2024 season.
Matches Keyone on
Differs from Keyone on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Colton Joseph’s path through Old Dominion.
Matches Colton on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kirk Francis's freshman season at Tulsa (2023).
Differs from Kirk on
Player DNA
Players who play like Dru DeShields
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #541
Peaked at #541 this season.
Background
2026 (R-Junior) Phil Steele Preseason 2nd Team All-MAC 2025 (R-Sophomore) Academic All-MAC Finished regular season ranked 3rd in yards per completion (14.93) Finished regular season ranked 23rd in yards per attempt (8.46) Finished regular season ranked 31st in passing efficiency (150) Week 12 MAC...