Jake Constantine

#10 · QB · Sr. · Rice6′2″ · 200 lb

Jake Constantine: QB · Rice · #10.

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Jake Constantine

QB · Rice · Sr · #10

Operates within the system without forcing anything. One game to point at: 380 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Western Kentucky — Week 11, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Rice in the news

Rashee Rice out for Week 6Draftsharks Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Rice	126	206	61.2%	1,622	7.9	8	7	133.3	59
Career		126	206	61.2%	1,622	7.9	8	7	133.3	59

Season	Team
2021	Rice	30	−7	−0.2	0	12
Career		30	−7	−0.2	0	12

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 3	L 0-58@ Texas	12/15	80	0	0	5.3	36.4
Wk 4	W 48-34vs Texas Southern	18/23	271	1	1	11.8	54.9
Wk 5	W 24-19vs Southern Miss	16/22	192	2	0	8.7	69.5
Wk 7	L 0-45@ UTSA	3/6	21	0	1	3.5	0.3
Wk 9	L 24-30vs North Texas	16/30	242	2	0	8.1	64.9
Wk 10	L 24-31@ Charlotte	19/35	253	0	1	7.2	25.9
Wk 11	L 21-42vs Western Kentucky	28/50	380	1	4	7.6	16.2	Season-high 380 yds · 4 INTs — rough day
Wk 12	L 28-38@ UTEP	14/25	183	2	0	7.3	69.3
Total		126/206	1622	8	7	7.9	—

Signature game

Week 9 · 2021

L 24-30

vs North Texas

242 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.9

With J. Myers — 3 rec · 88 yds · 32 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · C. Mendes — 43.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · UTSA · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA −8.13Jake Constantine pass intercepted for a TD Trevor Harmanson return for 40 yds for a TD (Hunter Duplessis KICK)
Week 4 · Texas Southern · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +5.93Jake Constantine pass complete to Cedric Patterson III for 73 yds for a TD, (Christian VanSickle KICK)
Week 5 · Southern Miss · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +4.58Jake Constantine pass complete to Jake Bailey for 39 yds for a TD, (Christian VanSickle KICK)
Week 9 · North Texas · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +4.30Jake Constantine pass complete to Jordan Myers for 58 yds to the NoTex 30 for a
Week 4 · Texas Southern · 2nd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.28Jake Constantine pass complete to Cedric Patterson III for 31 yds to the TexSo 49 for a
Week 9 · North Texas · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Jake Constantine pass complete to Jake Bailey for 36 yds to the Rice 47 for a

4 more plays

Week 10 · Charlotte · 2nd and 22 · Q4 · EPA +3.26Jake Constantine pass complete to Jake Bailey for 29 yds to the Charl 15 for a
Week 9 · North Texas · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.92Jake Constantine pass complete to Jake Bailey for 17 yds for a TD (Christian VanSickle KICK)
Week 9 · North Texas · 2nd and 12 · Q4 · EPA +2.91Jake Constantine pass complete to Cedric Patterson III for 12 yds for a TD (Christian VanSickle KICK)
Week 12 · UTEP · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Jake Constantine pass complete to Cedric Patterson III for 33 yds for a TD, (Christian VanSickle KICK)

Teams and coaches

2021Rice4-8HC: Mike Bloomgren · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 31 (#97 of 126). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

31Below cohort / limited sample #97 of 126 · 2021?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: success rate (82nd percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (93rd percentile). Concern: interception rate (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#30 / 167 · 82nd pct

50.9%

EPA / dropback#50 / 167 · 70th pct

0.34

Sack rate#78 / 167 · 54th pct

6.0%

Explosive rate#95 / 167 · 43rd pct

9.2%

Interception rate#118 / 167 · 29th pct

2.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 159 · 93rd pct

Yards / att#60 / 169 · 62nd pct

7.9

Completion %#87 / 169 · 48th pct

61.2%

Interceptions#87 / 169 · 42nd pct

Pass yards#100 / 169 · 41st pct

1622

Pass TDs#109 / 169 · 34th pct

Rush yards#125 / 169 · 26th pct

-7

Rush TDs#133 / 169 · 11th pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Sack rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Interception rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 141 dropbacks

59Zeitgeist Passer Rating51st of 133 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 133.3 82nd of 133 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 31 places higher than passer rating does: positive plays and yards per attempt come at a higher rate than the box line suggests.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

50.9%81st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

8.0068th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.9%55th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.0% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (20 of 161 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

2021 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	271	1.5	9.1	1.2
Road4g	134	0.5	5.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	141	0.8	7.3	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	264	1.2	7.5	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Mike Bloomgren

Pass share

42.0%

343 pass / 473 run

Plays / game

68.0

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

206 pass attempts and 30 carries in 8 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

31 · #97 of 126 QBs · 2021

Jake Constantine

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

206 pass attempts and 30 carries in 8 games

Two seasons, two schools