Favian Upshaw

QB · Georgia Southern 2016 · #13

Last confirmed: Georgia Southern, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · Titusville, FL

Favian Upshaw: QB · Georgia Southern · #13.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Favian Upshaw

QB · Georgia Southern · #13

Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Favian Upshaw has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Georgia Southern. A game that shows it: 127 passing yards and 108 rushing yards against South Alabama — Week 2, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/28Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (7.1%).

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Georgia Southern	46	84	54.8%	614	7.3	4	2	127.1	48
2015	Georgia Southern	19	48	39.6%	227	4.7	0	5	58.5	--
2014	Georgia Southern	19	27	70.4%	285	10.6	2	1	176.1	--
Career		84	159	52.8%	1,126	7.1	6	8	114.7	48

Season	Team
2016	Georgia Southern	69	341	4.9	2
2015	Georgia Southern	80	583	7.3	6
2014	Georgia Southern	40	385	9.6	2
Career		189	1,309	6.9	10

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 54-0vs Savannah State	7/10	115	2	1	11.5	99.0
Wk 2	W 24-9@ South Alabama	6/9	127	0	0	14.1	79.7	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 3	W 23-21vs UL Monroe	4/14	64	0	0	4.6	48.6
Wk 4	L 31-49@ Western Michigan	4/6	103	2	1	17.2	82.9
Wk 6	L 26-27@ Arkansas State	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	0.2
Wk 7	L 24-35@ Georgia Tech	8/16	66	0	0	4.1	39.5
Wk 12	L 24-30@ Georgia State	11/21	91	0	0	4.3	53.5
Wk 14	W 28-24vs Troy	6/7	48	0	0	6.9	13.6
Total		46/84	614	4	2	7.3	—

Signature game

Week 1 · 2016

W 54-0

vs Savannah State

115 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 99.0 · 53 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 54-point win at home against Savannah State.

With K. Ellison — 70 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.4 · 57 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · M. Breida — 68 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 16 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA −8.33Favian Upshaw pass intercepted for a TD Darius Phillips return for 70 yds for a TD, (Butch Hampton KICK)
Week 1 · Savannah State · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +4.92Upshaw to Fields: a 30-yard pass.
Week 1 · Savannah State · 2nd and 20 · Q1 · EPA +4.55Favian Upshaw run for 33 yds for a TD, (Tyler Bass KICK)
Week 4 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +4.25Favian Upshaw pass complete to Wesley Fields for 44 yds for a TD, (Younghoe Koo KICK)
Week 3 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +4.15Favian Upshaw run for 30 yds to the GASOUTHERN 39 for a UL MONROE Penalty, personal foul (Nick Ingram) to the LaMon 24 for a
Week 1 · Savannah State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −3.91Favian Upshaw pass intercepted Juwuan Tolbert return for no gain to the SavSt 35

4 more plays

Week 2 · South Alabama · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.90Favian Upshaw pass complete to Montay Crockett for 32 yds to the SAlab 39 for a
Week 1 · Savannah State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.61Favian Upshaw pass complete to Montay Crockett for 39 yds to the GASOUTHERN 36 for a SAVANNAH ST Penalty, Defensive pass interference ( Yards) declined for a
Week 12 · Georgia State · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54Favian Upshaw pass complete to Quan Howard for 19 yds to the GEORGIAST 33 for a GEORGIA ST Penalty, targeting (Michael Shaw) to the GeoSt 18 for a
Week 2 · South Alabama · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.48Favian Upshaw pass complete to Obe Fortune for 8 yds to the SAlab 40 for a SOUTH ALABAMA Penalty, personal foul (Randy Allen) to the SAlab 45 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

46/84 (54.8%) · 4 TD · 2 INT

83 of 84 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 83 passing plays (45 completions) against the box score's 84 attempts (46 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.4582 of 193 QBs

Sack rate

5.6%86 of 193 QBs

Rarely sacked (86 of 193 QBs) and still 82 of 193 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

Short

0–9 yds

53%of completions

24 comp6.0 yds avg

Middle

10–19 yds

27%of completions

12 comp13.7 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

20%of completions

9 comp30.8 yds avg2 TD

Overall 54.8% completion on 84 attempts · 9 deep completions averaging 30.8 yds.

Teams and coaches

2014Georgia Southern9-3HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2015Georgia Southern9-4HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2016Georgia Southern5-7HC: Tyson Summers · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: pass yards (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / dropback#62 / 172 · 64th pct

0.25

Explosive rate#63 / 172 · 64th pct

10.8%

Success rate#64 / 172 · 63rd pct

42.0%

Sack rate#74 / 172 · 57th pct

5.7%

Interception rate#85 / 172 · 51st pct

2.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#4 / 167 · 94th pct

Rush yards#40 / 167 · 76th pct

341

Yards / att#81 / 167 · 50th pct

7.3

Rush TDs#77 / 167 · 46th pct

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Completion %#126 / 167 · 25th pct

54.8%

Pass TDs#154 / 167 · 7th pct

Pass yards#162 / 167 · 3rd pct

614

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2016 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 84 dropbacks

48Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

NCAA passer rating no box-score line yet

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.5%53th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.0% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.9237th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.2%49th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.5% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (4 of 88 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	75.7	0.7	7.7	0.3
Road5g	77.4	0.4	7.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	79.2	0.7	8.6	0.3
Weeks 8+2g	69.5	0.0	5.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Tyson Summers

Pass share

34.1%

264 pass / 510 run

Plays / game

64.5

12 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

84 pass attempts and 69 carries in 8 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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