Henry Colombi

#3 · QB · Sr. · Marshall6′3″ · 220 lb · Hollywood, FL

Henry Colombi: QB · Marshall · #3.

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Henry Colombi

QB · Marshall · Sr · #3

Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Played for three head coaches at three programs in five seasons: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen and Charles Huff. A game that shows it: 338 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Bowling Green — Week 3, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	Marshall	94	128	73.4%	938	7.3	6	4	144.2	37
2021	Texas Tech	95	148	64.2%	1,291	8.7	5	5	141.9	46
2020	Texas Tech	109	166	65.7%	1,065	6.4	8	4	130.6	27
2019	Utah State	20	29	69.0%	221	7.6	2	1	148.8	--
2018	Utah State	33	40	82.5%	239	6.0	0	0	132.7	--
Career		351	511	68.7%	3,754	7.3	21	14	138.5	36

Season	Team
2022	Marshall	43	−18	−0.4	0	11
2021	Texas Tech	36	66	1.8	2	28
2020	Texas Tech	51	103	2.0	1	14
2019	Utah State	14	31	2.2	1	18
2018	Utah State	13	122	9.4	1	37
Career		157	304	1.9	5	37

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 55-3vs Norfolk State	24/26	205	1	1	7.9	24.4
Wk 2	W 26-21@ No. 8 Notre Dame	16/21	145	1	0	6.9	80.3
Wk 3	L 31-34@ Bowling Green	23/34	338	2	1	9.9	44.5	Season-high 338 yds
Wk 4	L 7-16@ Troy	8/13	49	0	0	3.8	11.9
Wk 5	W 28-7vs Gardner-Webb	13/20	138	2	1	6.9	6.3
Wk 7	L 13-23vs Louisiana	9/13	68	0	1	5.2	8.2
Wk 11	W 28-21vs App State	1/1	-5	0	0	-5.0	2.1
Total		94/128	938	6	4	7.3	—

Signature game

Week 2 · 2022

W 26-21

at Notre Dame

145 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.3

A close one, won by 5 on the road.

With J. Mcconnell — 36.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 3 inside the 20 · K. Laborn — 163 rush yds (31 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +6.82H.Colombi pass complete to MSH 22. Catch made by C.McMillan at MSH 22. Gain of 78 yards. C.McMillan for 78 yards, TOUCHDOWN. PENALTY on BGN-BGN, Defensive Offside, 5 yards, declined.
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.05H.Colombi pass complete to MSH 49. Catch made by C.Gammage at MSH 49. Gain of 51 yards. C.Gammage for 51 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 1 · Norfolk State · 2nd and 2 · Q1 · EPA −4.93H.Colombi pass INTERCEPTED at NFS End Zone. Intercepted by T.Long at NFS End Zone. Tackled by MSH at NFS 11.
Week 5 · Gardner-Webb · 2nd and 17 · Q1 · EPA +3.59Henry Colombi pass complete to A.J. Turner for 24 yds for a TD, (Rece Verhoff KICK)
Week 7 · Louisiana · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.52Henry Colombi pass complete to Corey Gammage for 42 yds to the LaLaf 26 for a
Week 3 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −3.46H.Colombi pass INTERCEPTED at BGN 40. Intercepted by T.Simms at BGN 40. Tackled by MSH at BGN 41.

4 more plays

Week 3 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.34H.Colombi pass complete to MSH 47. Catch made by T.Keaton at MSH 47. Gain of 38 yards. Tackled by BGN at BGN 15.
Week 7 · Louisiana · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −3.31Henry Colombi pass intercepted Bralen Trahan return for 25 yds to the LaLaf 40
Week 5 · Gardner-Webb · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +3.15Henry Colombi pass complete to Charles Montgomery for 33 yds to the GrdWb 20 for a
Week 5 · Gardner-Webb · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Henry Colombi pass complete to Charles Montgomery for 12 yds to the GrdWb 38 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

94/128 (73.4%) · 6 TD · 4 INT

128 of 128 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 128 passing plays (91 completions) against the box score's 128 attempts (94 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.58128 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

11.7%196 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 11.7% of dropbacks (196 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (128 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

60%of completions

55 comp4.8 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

32%of completions

29 comp13.1 yds avg2 TD

Deep

20+ yds

8%of completions

7 comp40.9 yds avg3 TD

Overall 73.4% completion on 128 attempts · 60% of completions gained 0–9 yds.

Teams and coaches

2018Utah State11-2HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2019Utah State7-6HC: Gary Andersen · Balanced

2020Texas Tech4-6HC: Matt Wells · Balanced

2021Texas Tech7-6HC: Matt Wells and Sonny Cumbie · Balanced

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (85th percentile). Strength: completion % (99th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (0th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#26 / 169 · 85th pct

1.2%

Success rate#106 / 169 · 38th pct

43.8%

EPA / dropback#165 / 169 · 3rd pct

-0.01

Sack rate#168 / 169 · 1st pct

16.2%

Explosive rate#169 / 169 · 0th pct

3.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#2 / 177 · 99th pct

73.4%

Interceptions#34 / 177 · 76th pct

Fumbles lost#27 / 169 · 68th pct

Yards / att#84 / 177 · 51st pct

7.3

Pass yards#141 / 177 · 21st pct

938

Pass TDs#137 / 177 · 20th pct

Rush yards#144 / 177 · 19th pct

-18

Rush TDs#141 / 177 · 10th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

64th → 3rd percentile

Success rate

66th → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

40th → 0th percentile

Sack rate

58th → 1st percentile

Interception rate

16th → 85th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. 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

2022 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 139 dropbacks

37Zeitgeist Passer Rating95th of 137 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 144.2 48th of 137 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 47 places lower than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on 12.2% of dropbacks; and the schedule adjustment debits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

46.4%55th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.8330th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

12.0%2nd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (4 of 143 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

2022 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	102	0.8	3.8	0.8
Road3g	177	1.0	6.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	157	1.0	6.8	0.7
Weeks 8+1g	-5.0	0.0	-5.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.3%

365 pass / 588 run

Plays / game

73.3

13 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

128 pass attempts and 43 carries in 7 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Henry Colombi

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128 pass attempts and 43 carries in 7 games

Five seasons, three schools

Moves

2022 7 games