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Gavin Frakes

Senior quarterback for Northwestern. 2022: 736 passing yards, 4 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Northwestern · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 235 lb · Norman, OK · Norman North

CFB Index 24 · #131 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Northwestern for 2026

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The story

4 quarterback for Northwestern. 2022: 736 passing yards, 4 TD, 7 INT.

Signed with New Mexico State in 2022.
Transferred from Virginia to Northwestern in 2025.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

QB recruit

Signed with New Mexico State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

Gavin Frakes

QB · Northwestern · Sr · #13

Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. He got to Northwestern by way of Virginia. One game to point at: 143 pass yds, 15 rush yds against Nevada — Week 1, 2022.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022New Mexico State7-6HC: Jerry Kill · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

24Below cohort / limited sample #131 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sack rate (81st percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (92nd percentile). Concern: interception rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#33 / 169 · 81st pct

3.7%

EPA / dropback#135 / 169 · 20th pct

0.13

Explosive rate#141 / 169 · 17th pct

7.4%

Success rate#155 / 169 · 9th pct

38.9%

Interception rate#168 / 169 · 1st pct

7.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 169 · 92nd pct

Rush yards#76 / 177 · 57th pct

143

Rush TDs#84 / 177 · 45th pct

Interceptions#97 / 177 · 41st pct

Yards / att#123 / 177 · 30th pct

6.7

Pass TDs#157 / 177 · 10th pct

Pass yards#162 / 177 · 9th pct

736

Completion %#166 / 177 · 6th pct

50.0%

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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

52/100 (52.0%) · 4 TD · 7 INT

100 of 110 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

4.02184 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.3%57 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (57 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (184 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

48%of completions

25 comp4.0 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

33%of completions

17 comp12.8 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

19%of completions

10 comp34.0 yds avg2 TD

Overall 52.0% completion on 100 attempts · 10 deep completions averaging 34.0 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	91.3	0.7	9.5	0.3
Road5g	37.6	0.0	5.4	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	73.9	0.6	6.1	0.9
Weeks 8+4g	54.8	0.0	10.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

24 · #131 of 140 QBs

Unranked recruit. Now #131 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	New Mexico State	55	110	50.0%	736	6.7	4	7	105.5	34	--	--
Career		55	110	50.0%	736	6.7	4	7	105.5	34	--	--

Season	Team
2022	New Mexico State	33	143	4.3	2	--
Career		33	143	4.3	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Nevada · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +4.41Gavin Frakes pass complete to Justice Powers for 67 yds to the Nevad 17 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Nevada · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA -3.96Gavin Frakes pass intercepted, touchback. Tyson Williams return for no gain
Week 4 · Hawai'i · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.79Gavin Frakes pass complete to Justice Powers for 28 yds to the Hawa 41 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.65G.Frakes pass complete to NMS 23. Catch made by T.Brooks at NMS 23. Gain of 62 yards. Tackled by LAM at LAM 15.
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.46Gavin Frakes pass complete to Jordin Parker for 36 yds to the Wisc 1 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Missouri · 3&14 · Q4 · EPA +3.40Gavin Frakes pass complete to Trevor Stephens for 18 yds to the Misso 30 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · New Mexico · 1&22 · Q1 · EPA +3.28Gavin Frakes pass complete to Ahmonte Watkins for 22 yds for a TD, (Brett Money KICK)
Week 11 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -2.93G.Frakes steps back to pass. G.Frakes sacked at NMS 41 for -10 yards (B.Tita)
Week 4 · Hawai'i · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.86Gavin Frakes run for 20 yds for a TD, (Brett Money KICK)
Week 7 · New Mexico · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Gavin Frakes pass complete to Kordell David for 31 yds for a TD, (Brett Money KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 12-23vs Nevada	9/13	143	1	1	11.0	87.7	Season-high 143 yds
Wk 1	L 0-38@ Minnesota	2/7	43	0	1	6.1	5.8	Season-high 143 yds
Wk 2	L 13-20@ UTEP	1/5	11	0	1	2.2	0.1
Wk 3	L 7-66@ Wisconsin	3/10	66	0	2	6.6	1.8
Wk 4	W 45-26vs Hawai'i	8/14	81	1	1	5.8	98.4
Wk 5	L 7-21vs Florida International	5/13	54	0	0	4.2	31.6
Wk 7	W 21-9vs New Mexico	10/17	119	2	0	7.0	48.8
Wk 9	W 23-13@ Massachusetts	7/13	29	0	0	2.2	13.3
Wk 11	W 51-14vs Lamar	3/4	93	0	0	23.3	49.4
Wk 12	L 14-45@ Missouri	2/4	39	0	1	9.8	93.7
Wk 14	W 65-3vs Valparaiso	5/10	58	0	0	5.8	—
Total		55/110	736	4	7	7.6	43.1

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Northwestern

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · Northwestern

Returning around him

88% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
2 Northwestern players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +9 net (17 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52

DNA match

Player DNA

Scrambler

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

His 2022 production profile sits closest to Nevan Cremascoli’s 2022 season.

Nevan Cremascoli

63%match

Northern Illinois · 2022

Gavin Wimsatt

Rutgers · 2022

58%

Sean Chambers

Wyoming · 2021

57%

Matt Myers

Buffalo · 2021

52%

D.J. Mack Jr.

Old Dominion · 2021

50%

Matches Nevan on

Completion %

Height

Differs from Nevan on

Rush usage (higher)

Weight (higher)

TD rate (lower)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Breylin Smith’s path through Central Arkansas.

Breylin Smith

87%match

Central Arkansas · 2021

Brady Olson

Central Connecticut · 2025

85%

Deacon Hill

Utah Tech · 2024

84%

Devin Kargman

Kent State · 2025

84%

Jack Salopek

Western Michigan · 2023

81%

Matches Breylin on

Completion %

Yards per attempt

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Nevan Cremascoli's freshman season at Northern Illinois (2022).

Nevan Cremascoli

66%match

Northern Illinois · 2022

AJ Bianco

Nevada · 2023

63%

Heinrich Haarberg

Nebraska · 2023

56%

D.J. Mack Jr.

Old Dominion · 2021

53%

Steven Krajewski

UConn · 2021

52%

Matches Nevan on

Completion %

Differs from Nevan on

Rush usage (higher)

Weight (higher)

TD rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Gavin Frakes

Nevan Cremascoli

Northern Illinois · 2022

63%

AJ Bianco

Nevada · 2023

63%

Max Brown

Charlotte · 2024

52%

Background

2025 Redshirt Junior: Did not see game action. 2024 Junior (at Virginia): Did not see game action as a junior. 2023 Sophomore (at New Mexico State): Did not see game action. 2022 First-Year (at New Mexico State): Played in 11 games, making five starts under center as a true first-year … Totaled 7...

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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

202211 games

2024

2025

2022 snapshot

Passing profile

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Scrambler

Players who play like Gavin Frakes

Background