6′4″ · 235 lb · Needham, MA · East Coast Prep
He had 305 passing yards in the 24-20 win over Miami (OH), his best game this season.
Bowling Green is 2-4 in the six games he threw 10 or more passes. A short-game passer.
Plays most like Jackson, Arkansas.
Passing yards
1,201
111 of 167, 66%
TD–INT
7–4
7.2 per throw
NCAA rating
135.9
68th of 103
ZPR
28
93rd of 103
Shaky or worse in 5 of 6.
Best: at Miami (OH). Worst: South Florida, sacked 3 times.
Tap a game for its plays
Tarleton State
L 13–20·FCS
Shaky
262 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 8 for 16 · Sacked 0
Biggest swing: his Q2 run added 15 points of win chance. Win chance: 13% to 28%.
at Nebraska
L 7–56·Unranked
Few throws
84 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 3 for 16 · Sacked 0
No single play moved his team's chance of winning by more than a few points.
at Iowa State
L 7–55·Unranked
Shaky
97 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 1 for 0 · Sacked 0
Biggest swing: his Q1 completion cost his team 24 points of win chance. Win chance: 49% to 26%.
South Florida
L 6–14·Unranked
Rough
122 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for 9 · Sacked 3
Biggest swing: his Q4 completion added 15 points of win chance. Win chance: 8% to 23%.
at Miami (OH)
W 24–20·Unranked
Solid
305 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for 17 · Sacked 1
Biggest swing: his Q4 completion added 22 points of win chance. Win chance: 65% to 87%.
Sacramento State
W 38–10·Unranked
Rough
Slow start, strong finish · 116 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for 49, 1 TD · Sacked 1
Biggest swing: his Q1 interception cost his team 14 points of win chance. It flipped the game against his team: 64% to 50%.
Ball State
L 31–32·Unranked
Shaky
215 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for 17 · Sacked 4
Biggest swing: his Q4 run added 37 points of win chance. It flipped the game for his team: 31% to 68%.
Season
Gets better after halftime
Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for him, 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 him. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of his plays, up helped his 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 his season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense he faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.
Short-game passer
Also: yards after catch
The dot is where he sits among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.
Throws shorter than most and runs some. 3.6 carries a game. Closest matches: Jackson, Boley ’25, Dickens, Moss ’25.
Where his throws go
Runs 3.6 times a game; 57% of starters run more.
Who he is like
Nearer to him means more alike.
Compared with the 145 FBS starters this season for his throws and running, and with 207 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.
Jay Kastantin
Jay Kastantin steps into Drew Pyne's shoes — the gap is the story.
PRODUCES ABOVE PERCEPTION · PCTL GAP
+19
perception vs production percentile · 2026
The production (29th) is outrunning the reputation (10th). The recognition is the thing lagging behind.
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-10-24
Play style
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
64.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.6% conversion-per-dropback — 50.0% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bowling Green | 111 | 167 | 66.5% | 1,201 | 7.2 | 7 | 4 | 135.9 | 28 |
| Career | 111 | 167 | 66.5% | 1,201 | 7.2 | 7 | 4 | 135.9 | 28 |
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bowling Green | 42 | 92 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Career | 42 | 92 | 2.2 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 7): 215 passing yards, 2 passing TD, 1 interception.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-20vs Tarleton State | 24/30 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-56@ Nebraska | 10/16 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 8.4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-55@ Iowa State | 8/17 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | 4.7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-14vs South Florida | 16/28 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 24.5 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20@ Miami (OH) | 25/37 | 305 | 2 | 0 | 8.2 | 66.2 | Season-high 305 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 38-10vs Sacramento State | 11/15 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 7.7 | 54.8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-32vs Ball State | 17/24 | 215 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 18.6 | |
| Total | 111/167 | 1201 | 7 | 4 | 7.2 | — |
Oct. 17 · L 31-32 vs Ball State
17 of 24 for 215 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception.
11 of 15 for 116 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.
25 of 37 for 305 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.
16 of 28 for 122 yards.
Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.
8 of 17 for 97 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.
10 of 16 for 84 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He was 1 of 8 on third and fourth down.
3-yard completion to Brennan Ridley on 3rd and 15. First quarter, tied 0-0.
Intercepted on 3rd and 15. First quarter, down 7-0. Picked off by Nebraska’s D. Jones.
19-yard touchdown pass to Leo Kemp. Fourth quarter, cut it to 35-7.
Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
24 of 30 for 262 yards.
Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.
Week 5 · 2026
W 24-20
at Miami (OH)
305 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.2 · 13 rush yds (5 car)
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
With N. Amachree — 3 rec · 71 yds · 1 TD · 12 rush yds (4 car) · R. Kingston — 38.3 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
85th in passing yards, among all 434 FBS players with a passing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -26 to +16 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 168 passing plays (112 completions) against the box score's 167 attempts (111 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.38100 of 170 QBsSack rate
5.1%89 of 170 QBsSacked on 5.1% of dropbacks (89 of 170) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (100 of 170).
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 66.5% completion on 167 attempts · 15% completion on 13 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 179 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| Road3g | 162 | 1.3 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 172 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eddie George
Pass share
43.2%
174 pass / 229 run
Plays / game
57.6
7 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
167 pass attempts and 42 carries in 7 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Aura™ · Him Watch
Aura compares how much fans talk about him with how well he plays, each ranked among QBs.
−19aura tax
29th percentile our passing-value metric (weighted expected points added) ranked among 358 QBs
— the tape outruns the hype.
