Senior quarterback for Boston College. 2025: 1,196 passing yards, 7 TD, 5 INT.
6′3″ · 218 lb · Duncanville, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
7 TD · 5 INT · 7.9 per attempt
Best game: 204 pass yds, 2 TD, 26 rush yds, vs UConn
The play that turned itSwung Bryant from 49% to 89% to win.Bryant at Florida International · 38-37
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Boston College. 2025: 1,196 passing yards, 7 TD, 5 INT.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Explosive rate: 90th percentile.
The full scouting readAura™ · Him Watch
-15aura tax
48th pctl our passing-value metric (wEPA) QBs · 160 qualified, n=28
— the discourse is fair.Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
Grayson James
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. All-ACC in 2025 was the second honor of his career. The receipt: 288 pass yds, 2 rush yds against Syracuse — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Hafley → Bill O'Brien. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Concern: sack rate (5th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.15101 of 206 QBsSack rate
10.1%195 of 206 QBsSacked on 10.1% of dropbacks (195 of 206) — and still 101 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 54.9% completion on 144 attempts · 33% completion on 18 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 158 | 1.0 | 12.9 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 187 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 110 | 0.5 | 20.6 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 195 | 1.2 | 6.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boston College | 87 | 151 | 57.6% | 1,196 | 7.9 | 7 | 5 | 132.8 | 35 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Boston College | 106 | 166 | 63.9% | 1,202 | 7.2 | 6 | 2 | 134.2 | 54 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 19 | 37 | 51.4% | 218 | 5.9 | 1 | 1 | 104.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 209 | 357 | 58.5% | 1,962 | 5.5 | 11 | 11 | 108.7 | 33 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | 18 | 27 | 66.7% | 162 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 129.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 439 | 738 | 59.5% | 4,740 | 6.4 | 26 | 19 | 119.9 | 40 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boston College | 54 | 65 | 1.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Boston College | 37 | 79 | 2.1 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida International | 21 | 21 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Florida International | 79 | 223 | 2.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida International | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 196 | 400 | 2.0 | 7 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 66–10
vs Fordham
190 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · 9 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 56-point win at home against Fordham.
With D. Lonergan — 268 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 55.3 · -3 rush yds (4 car) · S. Florio — 47 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 63 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 66-10vs Fordham | 5/5 | 190 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 100.0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-48@ Pittsburgh | 2/9 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 23-38vs UConn | 16/28 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 | 53.4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-38@ Louisville | 23/46 | 244 | 3 | 2 | 5.3 | 56.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 10-25vs Notre Dame | 25/37 | 240 | 1 | 2 | 6.5 | 59.8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-45vs SMU | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-12@ Syracuse | 16/24 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 87.5 | Season-high 288 yds |
| Total | 87/151 | 1196 | 7 | 5 | 10.3 | 51.7 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Boston College
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Boston College
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Boston College · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #71 · 2026 recruiting class #53
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Gulbranson’s 2022 season.
Matches Ben on
Differs from Ben on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Hunter Watson’s path through Sam Houston.
Matches Hunter on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Hudson Card's graduate season at Purdue (2024).
Differs from Hudson on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peaked at #150 this season.