Gavin Hardison

#2 · QB · Sr. · UTEP6′3″ · 215 lb · Hobbs, NM

Gavin Hardison: QB · UTEP · #2.

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Gavin Hardison

QB · UTEP · Sr · #2

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Fifth year in the same quarterback room at UTEP. The first one came in 2021: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 228 passing yards against Arizona — Week 3, 2023.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/26Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (7.7%).

Fans

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

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2023	UTEP	73	129	56.6%	947	7.3	5	7	120.2	42
2022	UTEP	166	316	52.5%	2,076	6.6	11	8	114.1	28
2021	UTEP	198	357	55.5%	3,218	9.0	18	13	140.5	74
2020	UTEP	108	199	54.3%	1,419	7.1	5	5	117.4	28
2019	UTEP	27	61	44.3%	335	5.5	1	0	95.8	43
Career		572	1,062	53.9%	7,995	7.5	40	33	123.3	45

Season	Team
2023	UTEP	34	−8	−0.2	2	16
2022	UTEP	66	76	1.2	1	29
2021	UTEP	46	−44	−1.0	0	27
2020	UTEP	26	−30	−1.2	0	14
2019	UTEP	14	−7	−0.5	0	9
Career		186	−13	−0.1	3	29

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 14-17@ Jacksonville State	17/29	208	1	2	7.2	33.9
Wk 1	W 28-14vs Incarnate Word	10/13	94	2	0	7.2	58.4
Wk 2	L 7-38@ Northwestern	17/25	192	1	2	7.7	49.4
Wk 3	L 10-31@ Arizona	15/31	228	0	0	7.4	34.1	Season-high 228 yds
Wk 4	L 28-45vs UNLV	14/31	225	1	3	7.3	24.2	3 INTs — rough day
Total		73/129	947	5	7	7.3	—

Signature game

Week 1 · 2023

W 28-14

vs Incarnate Word

94 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.4 · 19 rush yds (5 car)

With D. Hankins — 174 rush yds (24 car) · 1 rec · 11 yds · J. Sloan — 47 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Northwestern · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA −4.06Gavin Hardison run for a loss of 1 yard to the NU 10
Week 3 · Arizona · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +3.57Gavin Hardison pass complete to Torrance Burgess Jr. for 51 yds to the ARIZ 13 for a
Week 2 · Northwestern · 4th and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.50Gavin Hardison pass complete to Tyrin Smith for 21 yds to the NU 46 for a
Week 4 · UNLV · 3rd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +3.47Gavin Hardison pass complete to Marcus Bellon for 20 yds to the UNLV 22 for a
Week 4 · UNLV · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +3.42Gavin Hardison pass complete to Torrance Burgess Jr. for 26 yds to the UNLV 36 for a
Week 2 · Northwestern · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.36Gavin Hardison pass complete to Jeremiah Ballard for 36 yds to the NU 36 for a

4 more plays

Week 4 · UNLV · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +3.28Gavin Hardison pass complete to Marcus Bellon for 14 yds to the UNLV 43 for a
Week 4 · UNLV · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +3.22Gavin Hardison pass complete to Kelly Akharaiyi for 29 yds to the UNLV 30 for a
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +3.08Gavin Hardison pass complete to Kelly Akharaiyi for 32 yds for a TD, (Buzz Flabiano KICK)
Week 1 · Incarnate Word · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.05Gavin Hardison pass complete to Tyrin Smith for 24 yds for a TD (Buzz Flabiano KICK)

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

73/129 (56.6%) · 5 TD · 7 INT

118 of 129 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 118 passing plays (71 completions) against the box score's 129 attempts (73 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.52180 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

9.2%183 of 212 QBs

Sacked on 9.2% of dropbacks (183 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (180 of 212).

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

34 comp5.4 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

25%of completions

18 comp13.0 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

27%of completions

19 comp26.9 yds avg3 TD

Overall 56.6% completion on 129 attempts · 19 deep completions averaging 26.9 yds.

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 19-38 over that span.

2019UTEP1-11HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2020UTEP3-5HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2021UTEP7-6HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2022UTEP5-7HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

2023UTEP3-9HC: Dana Dimel · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 27 (#123 of 140). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2023 season

27Below cohort / limited sample #123 of 140 · 2022?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (95th percentile). Strength: interception rate (84th percentile). Concern: sack rate (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#10 / 177 · 95th pct

16.1%

Interception rate#1 / 177 · 84th pct

0.0%

EPA / dropback#37 / 177 · 79th pct

0.40

Success rate#97 / 177 · 45th pct

41.2%

Sack rate#156 / 177 · 12th pct

9.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#24 / 167 · 71st pct

Yards / att#83 / 179 · 53rd pct

7.3

Interceptions#98 / 179 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#90 / 179 · 41st pct

Completion %#138 / 179 · 23rd pct

56.6%

Pass yards#143 / 179 · 20th pct

947

Pass TDs#146 / 179 · 17th pct

Rush yards#149 / 179 · 17th pct

-8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

27th → 79th percentile

Success rate

36th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

33rd → 95th percentile

Sack rate

49th → 12th percentile

Interception rate

60th → 84th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2023. 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

2023 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 118 dropbacks

42Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.9%41st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.3539th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

9.4%9th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.7% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (13 of 131 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

2023 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	160	1.5	7.2	1.5
Road3g	209	0.7	7.4	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	189	1.0	7.4	1.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2023 season

Head Coach

Dana Dimel

Pass share

42.6%

330 pass / 445 run

Plays / game

64.6

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

129 pass attempts and 34 carries in 5 games

About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Gavin Hardison

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Style of play

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

129 pass attempts and 34 carries in 5 games

Six seasons at UTEP

2021 12 games