Grant Rohach

QB · Buffalo 2016 · #19

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

6′2″ · Moorpark, CA

Grant Rohach: QB · Buffalo · #19.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Grant Rohach

QB · Buffalo · #19

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. On tape: 334 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Bowling Green, Week 13, 2016.

How he plays

Play style

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

News and fans

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

Buffalo in the news

Buffalo QB out for seasonBuffalo News Oct 6

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	46	84	54.8%	628	7.5	2	2	120.7	34
2014	Iowa State	27	54	50.0%	283	5.2	2	1	102.5	--
Career		73	138	52.9%	911	6.6	4	3	113.6	34

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	35	44	1.3
2014	Iowa State	8	−11	−1.4
Career		43	33	0.8

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 16-22vs UAlbany	3/9	52	0	2	5.8	2.9
Wk 3	L 14-38@ Nevada	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	2.1
Wk 5	L 3-35@ Boston College	1/2	-1	0	0	-0.5	1.4
Wk 10	L 10-34@ Ohio	1/2	6	0	0	3.0	41.4
Wk 11	L 24-35vs Miami (OH)	9/13	97	0	0	7.5	87.8
Wk 12	L 0-38@ No. 14 Western Michigan	12/22	140	0	0	6.4	12.5
Wk 13	L 19-27@ Bowling Green	20/35	334	2	0	9.5	62.6	Season-high 334 yds
Total		46/84	628	2	2	7.5	—

Signature game

Week 13 · 2016

L 19-27

at Bowling Green

334 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 62.6

With K. DeWeen — 41.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 48 long · M. McGill — 6 rec · 142 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −3.95Grant Rohach run for no gain to the WMich 37 Grant Rohach fumbled, forced by Keion Adams, recovered by WMich Caleb Bailey , return for 1 yd to the WMich 37
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 24 yds to the BwGrn 47 for a
Week 12 · Western Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.13Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 27 yds to the WMich 47 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.00Grant Rohach pass complete to Jacob Martinez for 19 yds to the BwGrn 38 for a
Week 1 · UAlbany · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.88Grant Rohach pass complete to Malcolm Robinson for 18 yds to the Alban 32 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.75Grant Rohach run for 15 yds to the 50 yard line for a

4 more plays

Week 13 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 19 · Q4 · EPA +2.66Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 30 yds to the Buff 41 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Grant Rohach pass complete to Jacob Martinez for 31 yds for a TD, (Two-Point Conversion failed )
Week 11 · Miami (OH) · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.48Grant Rohach pass complete to Tyler Mabry for 25 yds to the MiaOh 28 for a
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.46Grant Rohach pass complete to Marcus McGill for 52 yds to the BwGrn 7 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%) · 2 TD · 2 INT

84 of 84 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.24134 of 193 QBs

Sack rate

11.6%183 of 193 QBs

Sacked on 11.6% of dropbacks (183 of 193) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (134 of 193).

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

Short

0–9 yds

46%of completions

21 comp4.7 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

26%of completions

12 comp14.1 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

28%of completions

13 comp27.7 yds avg1 TD

Overall 54.8% completion on 84 attempts · 13 deep completions averaging 27.7 yds.

Teams and coaches

2014Iowa State2-10HC: Paul Rhoads · Pass-leaning

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

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: explosive rate (96th percentile). Strength: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: sack rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#7 / 172 · 96th pct

15.5%

Interception rate#81 / 172 · 53rd pct

2.4%

Success rate#88 / 172 · 49th pct

40.0%

EPA / dropback#92 / 172 · 47th pct

0.18

Sack rate#164 / 172 · 5th pct

11.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#4 / 167 · 94th pct

Yards / att#67 / 167 · 58th pct

7.5

Fumbles lost#69 / 163 · 45th pct

Rush yards#115 / 167 · 31st pct

Completion %#126 / 167 · 25th pct

54.8%

Rush TDs#133 / 167 · 10th pct

Pass yards#160 / 167 · 4th pct

628

Pass TDs#164 / 167 · 1st 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

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

Thin sample: 75 dropbacks

34Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

NCAA passer rating no box-score line yet

Positive-play rate weight 24%

34.4%1th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.9% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.1445th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

14.1%0th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.8% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (20 of 95 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 · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	74.5	0.0	6.7	1.0
Road5g	95.8	0.4	3.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	17.0	0.0	1.8	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	144	0.5	6.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2016 season

Head Coach

Lance Leipold

Pass share

48.8%

397 pass / 417 run

Plays / game

67.8

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

84 pass attempts and 35 carries in 7 games

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

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Grant Rohach

Players he’s like

How he plays

News and fans

Buffalo in the news

Where to follow him

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

84 pass attempts and 35 carries in 7 games

Five seasons, two schools

His moves

2012