Take Isaiah Marshall off Kansas's roster and the first thing you'd miss is 649 team passing yards leader.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Southfield, MI · Southfield A&T HS
The numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far
Swing playSwung Kansas from 59% to 84% to win.Missouri at Kansas · 38-21
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Sophomore quarterback for Kansas. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up.
Explosive rate: 55th percentile.
The full scouting readBuzz vs Tape
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
Kansas Jayhawks football shake up fall camp as DeAndre Harper, Marcus Calvin, and rising standout receivers earn praise from Lance Leipold. With competition heating up for key spots—especially at quarterback between Isaiah Marshall and…
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Isaiah Marshall
Isaiah Marshall is a cornerstone for Kansas — measured against the line he joined.
TEAM PASSING YARDS LEADER
649
Team leader in passing yards (649).
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
Career arc
Badges
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-6vs Long Island University | 14/19 | 246 | 2 | 0 | 12.9 | 80.7 | Season-high 246 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 21-38vs Missouri | 13/30 | 168 | 2 | 2 | 5.6 | 19.6 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-24vs Arizona State | 17/33 | 235 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 58.3 | |
| Total | 44/82 | 649 | 5 | 3 | 8.5 | 52.9 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 51–6
246 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.7 · 49 rush yds (7 car)
Dominant 45-point win at home against Long Island University.
With C. Ballard — 90 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.2 · 14 rush yds (1 car) · N. McMillan — 6 rec · 130 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +235 passing yards, +1 passing TD, +1 interception.
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Lance Leipold, all run-leaning offenses — 6-9 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: rush yards (80th percentile). Concern: success rate (13th 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
6.6278 of 126 QBsSack rate
5.7%84 of 126 QBsSacked on 5.7% of dropbacks (84 of 126) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (78 of 126).
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 54.2% completion on 83 attempts · 42% completion on 12 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Zeitgeist Passer Rating
2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.
Thin sample: 72 dropbacks51Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
37.9%5th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.3% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
7.4867th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
3.0%88th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.2% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (16 of 88 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. Scaled against the 2025 FBS population until enough 2026 QBs qualify. How ZPR is built.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 216 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 216 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
41.2%
89 pass / 127 run
Plays / game
72.0
3 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.
Play style
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Justin Thomas’s 2015 season.
Matches Justin on
Differs from Justin on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Cade McConnell’s path through UTEP.
Tim DeMorat
Matches Cade on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to MJ Morris's sophomore season at NC State (2023).
Matches MJ on
Differs from MJ on
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #38 this season.
NAME PRONUNCIATION Get to Know Isaiah... At what age did you start playing football and how did you get into football? I started playing at five years old. My family is football players so they put me into football. Who was your favorite player growing up and who do you model your game after?…