George MacIntyre

#12 · QB · So. · Tennessee6′6″ · 208 lb · Franklin, TN · Brentwood Academy

Passing yards728143rd of 160 quarterbacks Last gameL 24–27at South Carolina · Oct 24

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Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 24-27 at South Carolina, Oct 24 · 16 of 23 for 136 yards, a lost fumble · 7 carries for 9 yards

Tennessee’s next game: vs Kentucky, Sat Nov 7, 6:15 p.m. ET · ESPN

This week

RecordTennessee is 6-2, No. 16 in the AP poll (week 10).
From the game thread
“If I'm MacIntyre I'm so mad”
Tennessee fan, r/CFB game thread · at South Carolina, Oct 24

What’s being said

4 stories this week, from 4 outlets.

Stories per day.

How Tennessee players talk about George MacIntyre as unofficial starting quarterback

Knoxville News Sentinel Nov 2

All 110 stories this season

The most important play this season

Q2, 0:12 · Tennessee up 7G. MacIntyre fumbles and Arkansas recoversTennessee at Arkansas, week 6Q2, 0:12 · Tennessee 7, Arkansas 0Tennessee turned it over in the red zoneTennessee turned it over in the red zoneG.MacIntyre rush middle for 3 yards loss to the ARK22 fumbled by G.MacIntyre at ARK20 recovered by ARK Q.Rhodes Jr. at ARK22 Q.Rhodes Jr. return 58 yards to the TEN20 (G.MacIntyre; R.Jackson)Watch from this play

All 3 plays on video

George MacIntyre

QB · Tennessee · #12

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 5

George MacIntyre takes over from Joey Aguilar at Tennessee.

728passing yards2passing TD1rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-31

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The name carries 76th-percentile weight; the snaps grade out 45th. The gap is the open question.

Read the story so far

George MacIntyre arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.151 recruit nationally. George MacIntyre lines up at QB for Tennessee.

On the field, the headline is 728 pass yds, with 2 pass td.

George MacIntyre inherited the QB job from Joey Aguilar (3-star).

The number to watch: -31 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromJoey Aguilar 3★
Pushed byFaizon Brandon 5★
How many games until Faizon Brandon (5★) takes the job from George MacIntyre?

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-05

Style of play

Play style

Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Joel StaveWisconsin · 2015 · 64% season match
Patrick TowlesKentucky · 2015 · 63% season match
Tayven JacksonIndiana · 2023 · 62% season match
Greyson LambertVirginia · 2014 · 61% season match
Quinten DormadyCentral Michigan · 2019 · 60% season match

Career stats

Swipe the table sideways for more columns.

Season	Team
2026	Tennessee	69	103	67.0%	728	7.1	2	3	126.9	44
2025	Tennessee	7	9	77.8%	69	7.7	0	0	142.2	--
Career		76	112	67.9%	797	7.1	2	3	128.2	44

Season	Team
2026	Tennessee	13	−1	−0.1	0	12
2025	Tennessee	--	--	--	--	--
Career		13	−1	−0.1	0	12

Last game (Wk 8): 136 passing yards.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

Swipe the table sideways for more columns.

Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 56-9vs Furman	Came on in Q3	5/7	56	1	0	8.0	—	—	—
Wk 4	L 17-20vs No. 1 Texas	Left in Q2	1/3	6	0	0	2.0	8.3	0	1
Wk 5	W 24-14vs Auburn	Came on in Q2	8/10	86	0	0	8.6	90.5	1	-1
Wk 6	W 24-17@ Arkansas	Solid	18/29	247	1	2	8.5	10.3	1	-6	Season-high 247 yds
Wk 7	W 26-10vs No. 6 Alabama	Shaky	21/31	197	0	1	6.4	41.9	1	-4
Wk 8	L 24-27@ South Carolina	Shaky	16/23	136	0	0	5.9	18.9	2	9
Total			69/103	728	2	3	7.1	—	5	-1

The latest game

Oct. 24 · L 24-27 at South Carolina, play by play

16 of 23 for 136 yards. George MacIntyre ran 4 times for 19 yards, after 3 runs in the other five games combined.

4 of 10 drives scored
2 of 8 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
4 runs for 19 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 3, 10 yds1
TD2 of 3, 12 yds
Second quarterbegan down 14-0
TD0 of 1, 0 yds2
TD3 of 3, 29 yds
Third quarterbegan up 21-17
Punt2 of 3, 12 yds
Punt1 of 2, 3 yds
Punt1 of 1, 7 yds
FG3 of 4, 44 yds3
Fourth quarterbegan up 21-17
Downs2 of 2, 13 yds4
Fumble1 of 1, 6 yds
FinalL 24-27

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive this quarterback didn’t playa completion, by its yardsa runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteintercepteda runsacked

1
Incomplete to Braylon Staley on 3rd and 5. First quarter, down 7-0.
2
12-yard run on 3rd and 7. Second quarter, down 14-7. Converted.
3
27-yard completion to Braylon Staley. Fourth quarter, up 21-17.
4
1-yard loss on 4th and 1. Fourth quarter, up 24-17. Turnover on downs.

Game by game

L 24-27 at South CarolinaOct. 24136 yds16 of 23Play by play just above

W 26-10 vs AlabamaOct. 17197 yds21 of 31, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

21 of 31 for 197 yards and an interception. George MacIntyre was 3 of 9 on third and fourth down.

6 of 11 drives scored
3 of 9 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
1 run for -2 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
FG4 of 7, 47 yds12
FG0 of 2, 0 yds
FG2 of 2, 29 yds3
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Second quarterbegan up 9-0
Punt3 of 3, 23 yds
Int0 of 1, 0 yds4
FG4 of 6, 20 yds
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Third quarterbegan up 12-10
TD3 of 3, 25 yds
Punt1 of 1, 9 yds
Fourth quarterbegan up 19-10
TD4 of 4, 44 yds
FinalW 26-10

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive this quarterback didn’t playa completion, by its yardsa runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteintercepteda runsacked

1
14-yard completion to DeSean Bishop on 3rd and 3. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2
Incomplete to Mike Matthews on 3rd and 12. First quarter, tied 0-0. Broken up by Alabama’s B. Hubbard.
3
26-yard completion to Dasaahn Brame. First quarter, up 6-0.
4
Intercepted. Second quarter, up 9-0. Picked off by Alabama’s Ivan Taylor.

102030

leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

4 more games, with the play by play

W 24-17 at ArkansasOct. 10247 yds18 of 29, 1 TD, 2 INTBox score only

18 of 29 for 247 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 24-14 vs AuburnOct. 386 yds8 of 10

Play by playOn the field

8 of 10 for 86 yards. George MacIntyre was 1 of 3 on third and fourth down.

1 of 4 drives scored
1 of 3 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once

Second quarterbegan tied 0-0
Half5 of 5, 38 yds1
Third quarterbegan down 7-3
TD1 of 1, 42 yds2
Fourth quarterbegan up 17-7
Punt1 of 2, 2 yds
Punt1 of 2, 4 yds3
FinalW 24-14

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive this quarterback didn’t playa completion, by its yardsa runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteintercepteda runsacked

1
12-yard completion to Braylon Staley on 3rd and 8. Second quarter, down 7-3. Converted.
2
42-yard completion to Mike Matthews. Third quarter, down 7-3.
3
4-yard completion to Mike Matthews on 3rd and 9. Fourth quarter, up 17-14.

10203042

leftmiddleright

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

L 17-20 vs TexasSept. 266 yds1 of 3

Play by playOn the field

1 of 3 for 6 yards.

0 of 2 drives scored
0 of 2 on 3rd and 4th down
1 run for 1 yds

Second quarterbegan down 7-3
Punt—1
Punt1 of 3, 6 yds23
FinalL 17-20

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive this quarterback didn’t playa completion, by its yardsa runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteintercepteda runsacked

1
1-yard run on 3rd and 8. Second quarter, down 10-3.
2
6-yard completion to Braylon Staley. Second quarter, down 10-3.
3
Incomplete on 3rd and 7. Second quarter, down 10-3.

102030

leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

W 56-9 vs FurmanSept. 556 yds5 of 7, 1 TD

Play by playOn the field

5 of 7 for 56 yards and a touchdown.

2 of 3 drives scored

Third quarterbegan up 28-0
TD4 of 5, 51 yds1
Fourth quarterbegan up 49-3
Fumble0 of 1, 0 yds
TD1 of 1, 5 yds
FinalW 56-9

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive this quarterback didn’t playa completion, by its yardsa runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteintercepteda runsacked

1
22-yard touchdown pass to TK Keys. Third quarter, made it 49-3.

102030

leftmiddleright

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

Signature game

Week 1 · 2026

W 56-9

vs Furman

56 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Dominant 47-point win at home against Furman.

With F. Brandon — 226 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · 68 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · M. Matthews — 4 rec · 132 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −6.11G.MacIntyre sacked for loss of 4 yards (D.Stewart), fumble by G.MacIntyre recovered by USC T.Durojaiye at UTK34, End Of Play. UTK is challenging the ruling on the field - "Fumble". CALL UPHELD
Week 6 · Arkansas · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA −4.85G.MacIntyre pass intercepted by S.Lewis at ARK31 QB hurried by C.Harrison S.Lewis return 11 yards, End Of Play
Week 7 · Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −4.79G.MacIntyre pass intercepted by I.Taylor at TENN28 broken up by Y.Pierre I.Taylor return 14 yards (D.Brame), out of bounds. D.Sanders Jr. injured on the play
Week 8 · South Carolina · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA −4.39G.MacIntyre rush middle for 1 yard loss (F.Johnson; M.Clark), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 6 · Arkansas · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.95MacIntyre to Brame: a 68-yard pass.
Week 5 · Auburn · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.56MacIntyre to Matthews: a 42-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 6 · Arkansas · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.21MacIntyre to Matthews: a 33-yard pass.
Week 6 · Arkansas · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.09MacIntyre to Staley: a 22-yard pass.
Week 6 · Arkansas · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.01MacIntyre to Matthews: a 19-yard pass.
Week 7 · Alabama · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.67MacIntyre to Matthews: a 19-yard pass.

Where the stats rank

Stat	Player	Nation	SEC
Passing yards	728	137th of 370	16th of 41
Yards an attempt	7.1	T-95th of 153	13th of 18
Touchdown passes	2	T-174th of 370	T-18th of 41
Passer rating	126.9	110th of 153	15th of 18
Completion percentage	67.0	T-36th of 153	T-6th of 18
Rushing yards	-1	T-301st of 370	37th of 41
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All SEC quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Trinidad Chambliss	2,189	18	8	296	7.4
2	Sam Leavitt	2,171	17	8	256	8.5
3	Keelon Russell	2,057	15	5	221	9.3
4	Austin Simmons	1,935	16	2	239	8.1
5	Lanorris Sellers	1,849	16	7	243	7.6
6	John Mateer	1,835	13	7	247	7.4
7	Kenny Minchey	1,755	14	1	232	7.6
8	Arch Manning	1,730	15	7	217	8.0
9	KJ Jackson	1,673	7	5	249	6.7
10	Gunner Stockton	1,671	16	4	181	9.2
11	Byrum Brown	1,557	9	7	246	6.3
12	Jared Curtis	1,489	8	8	197	7.6
13	Kamario Taylor	1,460	17	4	159	9.2
14	Marcel Reed	1,388	8	8	222	6.3
15	Aaron Philo	1,367	9	5	156	8.8
16	George MacIntyre	728	2	3	103	7.1
17	Faizon Brandon	697	7	1	101	6.9
18	Tramell Jones Jr.	579	4	3	89	6.5
19	Parker Puckett	390	1	2	74	5.3
20	Blaze Berlowitz	386	1	1	53	7.3
21	Ryan Puglisi	252	2	0	31	8.1
22	Landen Clark	235	1	0	32	7.3
23	AJ Hill	181	1	0	28	6.5
24	Brady Hart	143	2	1	21	6.8
25	Tristan Ti'a	137	0	0	16	8.6
26	Cutter Woods	100	1	1	17	5.9
27	AJ Swann	97	0	0	15	6.5
28	Husan Longstreet	95	0	0	10	9.5
29	Matt Zollers	87	0	0	13	6.7
30	Deuce Knight	68	0	1	8	8.5
31	Ryan Montgomery	66	1	0	6	11.0
32	Karle Lacey Jr.	63	0	0	9	7.0
33	Ryan Staub	27	0	0	3	9.0
34	Lucian Anderson III	24	0	0	2	12.0
35	Austin Mack	23	0	0	4	5.8
36	Nick Evers	18	0	0	2	9.0
37	Whit Muschamp	18	0	0	2	9.0
38	Hezekiah Millender	17	0	0	1	17.0
39	Whitt Newbauer	6	0	0	1	6.0
40	Bowe Bentley	0	0	0	1	0.0
41	Callum Wither	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -0 to +21 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Staley and Matthews saw 52 of the 103 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Braylon Staley	28	18	138	4.0	5.8
Mike Matthews	24	19	269	5.5	9.4
Dasaahn Brame	16	10	150	5.8	11.9
Radarious Jackson	5	4	32	7.8	3.8
DeSean Bishop	5	4	26	-2.8	8.5
8 others	20	14	113	3.7	6.2
No receiver charted	5	All three interceptions are among these

Play by play: 103 passes, 69 caught, 728 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

69/103 (67.0%) · 2 TD · 3 INT

103 of 103 attempts matched to play-by-play

103 of 103 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.68130 of 186 QBs

Sack rate

4.6%70 of 186 QBs

Rarely sacked (70 of 186), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (130 of 186).

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

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

30% of attempts (31)

87%comp

Air -2.5 · YAC 9.1 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

45% of attempts (46)

70%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 5.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of attempts (21)

43%comp2 INT

Air 13.6 · YAC 12.9 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

5% of attempts (5)

20%comp1 INT

Air 23.8 · YAC 0.0 avg

Overall 67.0% completion on 103 attempts · 45% of attempts thrown 0–9 air yds.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Josh Heupel — 14-7 over that span.

2025Tennessee8-5HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced

2026Tennessee6-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 34 (#113 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

34Below cohort / limited sample #113 of 145 · through 6 games?

13 metrics · season cumulative

through 6 games score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: interception rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#45 / 158 · 72nd pct

45.4%

Sack rate#54 / 158 · 66th pct

4.6%

EPA / dropback#82 / 158 · 48th pct

0.17

Explosive rate#111 / 158 · 30th pct

8.7%

Interception rate#119 / 158 · 25th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#37 / 160 · 77th pct

67.0%

Interceptions#43 / 160 · 68th pct

Yards / att#98 / 160 · 38th pct

7.1

Fumbles lost#80 / 143 · 33rd pct

Rush yards#132 / 160 · 18th pct

-1

Pass yards#143 / 160 · 11th pct

728

Rush TDs#128 / 160 · 10th pct

Pass TDs#154 / 160 · 2nd pct

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

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 101 dropbacks

44Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

46.2%45th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.7721st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.5%71st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.5% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (7 of 108 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

2026 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	86.2	0.2	6.2	0.2
Road2g	192	0.5	7.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	118	0.4	6.7	0.6
Weeks 8+1g	136	0.0	5.9	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Pass share

37.5%

207 pass / 345 run

Plays / game

69.0

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Tennessee’s quarterbacks

George MacIntyre	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 69 of 103, 728 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT · 7.1 yards an attempt on 103 attempts · ran for -1 yds, 0 TD
Faizon Brandon	Threw in 5 of 8 games · 61 of 101, 697 yds, 7 TD, 1 INT · 6.9 yards an attempt on 101 attempts · ran for 130 yds, 3 TD
Ryan Staub	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 3 of 3, 27 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 9.0 yards an attempt on 3 attempts

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: George MacIntyre. Gray: Faizon Brandon, Ryan Staub. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Furman@ Georgia TechKennesaw StateTexasAuburn@ ArkansasAlabama@ South Carolina

Awards

Player standing · 2026

103 pass attempts and 13 carries in 6 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

34 · #113 of 145 QBs · through 6 games

Former four-star. Now #113 at the position.

Two seasons at Tennessee

2026 is in progress.

2026 Tennessee Heupel
Year 2 · 6 games
2025 Tennessee Heupel
Year 1 · 2 games
High school Brentwood Academy
Brentwood, TN · Class of 2025
Four-star, No. 151 in the 2025 class. Signed with Tennessee.
Also from Brentwood Academy: Noah Josey (Virginia), Kolbe Harmon (Duke), Easton Jointer (Miami (OH)) and 3 more.

Season by season

George MacIntyre

Tennessee · Shares passes with a teammate

Four-star, No. 151 in the 2025 class. Brentwood Academy, Brentwood, TN.

In 2026 George MacIntyre threw 103 of Tennessee's 207 passes, in six of eight games.

Passing seasons on file
Year	School	Passes	Yards	TD	INT
2025	Tennessee	9	69	0	0
2026	Tennessee	103	728	2	3

Of 49 four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools with under 100 passes in their first season, 23 threw 100 or more passes in their fourth season

Four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools whose first season on an FBS roster was 2015 to 2021. MacIntyre is in the same spot now: four-star, under 100 passes in a first season. Here is where each of the 49 stood in their fourth season. Press a row to see the names.

23Threw 100 or more passesAt a different school: 11 of 23

Brandon Wimbush, Notre Dame, first season 2015. Passes in the fourth season: 102.
Austin Kendall, Oklahoma, first season 2016. Passes in the fourth season: 304. At a different school.
Myles Brennan, LSU, first season 2017. Passes in the fourth season: 124.
Matt Corral, Ole Miss, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 380.
Emory Jones, Florida, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 310.
Tanner Mordecai, Oklahoma, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 454. At a different school.
Sean Clifford, Penn State, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 396.
Graham Mertz, Wisconsin, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 286.
Taulia Tagovailoa, Alabama, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 391. At a different school.
Jacob Zeno, Baylor, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 102. At a different school.
KJ Jefferson, Arkansas, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 300.
Connor Bazelak, Missouri, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 425. At a different school.
Tyler Shough, Oregon, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 177. At a different school.
Casey Thompson, Texas, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 274. At a different school.
Hudson Card, Texas, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 365. At a different school.
Haynes King, Texas A&M, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 367. At a different school.
Tyler Van Dyke, Miami, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 333.
Jalen Milroe, Alabama, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 319.
Behren Morton, Texas Tech, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 463.
Jake Garcia, Miami, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 181. At a different school.
Luke Altmyer, Ole Miss, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 347. At a different school.
Garrett Nussmeier, LSU, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 524.
Miller Moss, USC, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 362.

19On a roster, under 100 passesAt a different school: 15 of 19

Dillon Sterling-Cole, Arizona State, first season 2016. Passes in the fourth season: none.
Braxton Burmeister, Oregon, first season 2017. Passes in the fourth season: 84. At a different school.
Kasim Hill, Maryland, first season 2017. Passes in the fourth season: none. At a different school.
Justin Rogers, TCU, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 59. At a different school.
Phil Jurkovec, Notre Dame, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 96. At a different school.
Joe Milton III, Michigan, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 62. At a different school.
Jack West, Stanford, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 30.
Quincy Patterson, Virginia Tech, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: none.
Jalen Mayden, Mississippi State, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: six. At a different school.
Taisun Phommachanh, Clemson, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: five. At a different school.
Ta'Quan Roberson, Penn State, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: two. At a different school.
James Foster, Texas A&M, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 28. At a different school.
Harrison Bailey, Tennessee, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: five. At a different school.
Drew Pyne, Notre Dame, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 49. At a different school.
Jacolby Criswell, North Carolina, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 27. At a different school.
Chubba Purdy, Florida State, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 57. At a different school.
Shane Illingworth, Oklahoma State, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 27. At a different school.
Hunter Dekkers, Iowa State, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: none.
Gavin Wimsatt, Rutgers, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 39. At a different school.

5No roster listing

2Drafted

Anthony Richardson, Florida, first season 2020. Drafted No. 4 overall in 2023.
Drake Maye, North Carolina, first season 2021. Drafted No. 3 overall in 2024.

The furthest path up, and the low edge

These two mark the edges of the group, not a usual path.

Furthest up: Drake Maye

North Carolina, first season 2021. Drafted No. 3 overall in 2024.

The low edge

Of the 49, five had no roster listing in the fourth season. Our rosters cannot say why a listing stops.

How to read this

The group is every one of the four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools with under 100 passes in a first season on an FBS roster, first seasons 2015 to 2021. A quarterback counts under “Threw 100 or more passes” when the passes in the fourth season, at any FBS school, add to 100 or more. “No roster listing” means no FBS roster listed the quarterback as a QB that season. A missing listing does not say why a listing stops, and rosters below FBS are still being filled in. “Drafted” means picked in a draft held before the fourth season. Quarterbacks whose name matches a second QB id are left out. Furthest up is the highest draft pick in the group, or with no draft pick, the most passes in the fourth season. The low edge is a count of quarterbacks with no roster listing in the fourth season. Counts are from box scores and rosters on our list. Seasons before 2022 predate today's transfer rules.

How often quarterbacks like this changed schools

In 2023 to 2025, Group of Five quarterbacks with 100 or more passes in a season who had thrown 50 or more the year before: 40 of 72 changed schools the next year. Those who had thrown fewer than 50: 18 of 72.

Quarterbacks with 100 or more passes and above-average play (ZPR 50 or higher), 2021 to 2025 seasons: at the lowest third of programs on 247 talent, 30 of 62 changed schools the next year. At the rest, 45 of 172.

Both count only quarterbacks who threw a pass the next season. These are counts from past seasons and say nothing about any one quarterback.

2025

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Of 49 four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools with under 100 passes in their first season, 23 threw 100 or more passes in their fourth season

The furthest path up, and the low edge

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The low edge

How often quarterbacks like this changed schools

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