Junior quarterback for Sacramento State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Torrance, CA
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Sack rate: 99th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 247 pass yds, 4 TD, 1 INT, vs Mississippi Valley State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior quarterback for Sacramento State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Jackson Sharman
Operates within the system without forcing anything. One game to point at: 247 pass yds, 4 pass TD against Mississippi Valley State — Week 1, 2026.
635 PASS YDS · 5 PASS TD · 1 RUSH YDS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Badges
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sacramento State | 58 | 100 | 58.0% | 635 | 6.3 | 5 | 4 | 119.8 | 39 | -- | -- |
| Career | 58 | 100 | 58.0% | 635 | 6.3 | 5 | 4 | 119.8 | 39 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sacramento State | 9 | -2 | -0.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 9 | -2 | -0.2 | 0 | -- |
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 52-0vs Mississippi Valley State | 18/28 | 247 | 4 | 1 | 8.8 | 20.1 | Season-high 247 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 3-49@ Fresno State | 15/31 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | — | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-31vs North Dakota State | 25/41 | 238 | 1 | 2 | 5.8 | 41.8 | |
| Total | 58/100 | 635 | 5 | 4 | 6.5 | 30.9 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 52–0
247 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 20.1 · 1 rush yds (3 car)
Dominant 52-point win at home against Mississippi Valley State.
With M. Coleman — 6 rec · 141 yds · 3 TD · H. Adams — 41.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +238 passing yards, +1 passing TD, +2 interceptions.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: sack rate (99th percentile). Concern: interception rate (10th 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
5.5599 of 126 QBsSack rate
0.0%1 of 126 QBsRarely sacked (1 of 126), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (99 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 58.4% completion on 101 attempts · 33% completion on 18 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: 58 dropbacks39Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
41.1%16th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -3.8% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
4.450th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -1.0 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
0.3%99th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.3% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (42 of 100 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 242 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 1.5 |
| Road1g | 150 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 212 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alonzo Carter
Pass share
56.1%
147 pass / 115 run
Plays / game
65.5
4 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Mike Fafaul’s 2016 season.
Matches Mike on
Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Chubba Purdy’s path through Nevada.
Matches Chubba on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kirk Francis's junior season at Tulsa (2025).
Matches Kirk on
Differs from Kirk on