Junior quarterback for Arizona. 2023: 1,120 passing yards, 10 TD, 5 INT.
6′0″ · 205 lb · Honolulu, HI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 466 nationally · Signed with Washington State
Statement game484 yds · 6 TDvs Colorado (FBS) · W 43-20
Top 0.1% passing TDs game since 2021.
De Laura has never seen a clean pocket he didn't want to fleer/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 quarterback for Arizona. 2023: 1,120 passing yards, 10 TD, 5 INT.
Jayden de Laura
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 342 pass yds, 44 rush yds against Mississippi State — Week 2, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Arizona, 8,489 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jedd Fisch. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: completion % (96th percentile). Strength: yards / att (88th percentile). Concern: pass yards (27th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 155 | 1.8 | 11.8 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 250 | 1.5 | 6.7 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 267 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 1.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 25.5 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona | 89 | 128 | 69.5% | 1,120 | 8.8 | 10 | 5 | 161.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona | 272 | 435 | 62.5% | 3,685 | 8.5 | 25 | 13 | 146.7 | 67 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Washington State | 227 | 359 | 63.2% | 2,798 | 7.8 | 23 | 9 | 144.8 | 65 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Washington State | 78 | 129 | 60.5% | 886 | 6.9 | 5 | 4 | 124.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 666 | 1,051 | 63.4% | 8,489 | 8.1 | 63 | 31 | 145.1 | 66 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona | 21 | 121 | 5.8 | 3 | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona | 74 | 122 | 1.6 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Washington State | 45 | 77 | 1.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington State | 28 | 34 | 1.2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 168 | 354 | 2.1 | 12 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-3vs Northern Arizona | 18/24 | 285 | 3 | 1 | 11.9 | 34.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 24-31@ Mississippi State | 32/46 | 342 | 2 | 4 | 7.4 | 60.8 | Season-high 342 yds · 4 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 3 | W 31-10vs UTEP | 23/29 | 285 | 3 | 0 | 9.8 | 76.9 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 21-20@ Stanford | 14/26 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 30.9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-10vs UCLA | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-18vs Utah | 2/2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 25.5 | 50.2 | |
| Total | 89/128 | 1120 | 10 | 5 | 10.1 | 42.5 |
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s 2022 season.
Matches Dorian on
Differs from Dorian on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ian Book’s path through Notre Dame.
Matches Ian on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jordan McCloud's senior season at Texas State (2024).
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Differs from Jordan on
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2023
Jayden de Laura finished 57th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.