Jackson Sharman

#8 · QB · Sacramento State6′1″ · 195 lb · Torrance, CA · Torrance West

ZPR17119th of 119 QBsLast gameL 17–20vs Toledo · Nov 4
Nextat Central MichiganWed Nov 11 · time TBA

Out at half vs Toledo; Brian Salazar played the second half.

L 17-20 vs Toledo, Nov 4. 8 of 15 for 113 yards, a touchdown, a lost fumble in the first half.

Sacramento State’s next game: at Central Michigan, Wed Nov 11, 12:00 a.m. ET · ESPNU

Sacramento State is 2-7 in the nine games played. A balanced passer who rarely runs.

Weakest: 3% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 1st lowest of 159 starters.

Passing yards

1,487

145 of 259, 56%

TD–INT

9–6

5.7 per throw

NCAA rating

111.0

115th of 119

ZPR

17

119th of 119

How ZPR works

Graded Rough against Kent State, the last full game; shaky or worse in 6 of 9 graded games.

Best by our grade: North Dakota State. Lowest: at Bowling Green, sacked 3 times.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Eastern Michigan

L 17–28·Unranked

Did not play

Season

Quarter by quarter

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Balanced

Why this word
Runs1.7 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws7.4 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes56%FewerMore
Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and rarely runs. 1.7 carries a game. Closest matches: Pinnick, Brown ’25, Crowder, Johnson ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line11%typical 17%
Short57%typical 47%
Middle20%typical 22%
Deep12%typical 14%

Runs 1.7 times a game; 87% of starters run more.

Closest in style

PinnickBrown ’25CrowderJohnson ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Pinnick Washington State · Mobile passer
    952 yards, 3 TD, 5 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and throw short.
  • Brown ’25 Stanford 2025 · Pocket passer
    829 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Both rarely throw behind the line and throw short.
  • Crowder Troy · Mobile passer
    1,162 yards, 9 TD, 5 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and miss more.
  • Johnson ’25 Oregon State 2025 · Short-game passer
    501 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT. Both rarely run and throw interceptions.

Compared with the 159 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 220 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordSacramento State is 2-8.
  • Fans after Kent State

    Letting Sharman throw the ball with a 14 point lead is football terrorism. Just run the ball and chew clock.

    Sacramento State fan

Jackson Sharman

QB · Sacramento State · #8

One game to point at: 247 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Mississippi Valley State — Week 1, 2026.

1,487 passing yards · 9 passing TD · 1 rushing yards