JD Sprague

QB · Ohio 2015 · #3

Last confirmed: Ohio, 2015. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · Cincinnati, OH

JD Sprague: QB · Ohio · #3.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Dennis GroselBoston College · 2019 · 85% season match
Tommy ArmstrongNebraska · 2014 · 81% season match
Thomas WoodsonAkron · 2015 · 78% season match
Skyler HowardWest Virginia · 2015 · 71% season match
Matt DavisSMU · 2015 · 70% season match

JD Sprague

QB · Ohio · #3

Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. He has spent two seasons in the Ohio quarterback room. A game that shows it: 275 passing yards and 46 rushing yards against Ball State — Week 12, 2015.

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

News and fans

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

Ohio in the news

Norm Niedermeier, Hall of Fame coach, dies at 92Cleveland.com Oct 20
Julian Sayin out indefinitelyThe Columbus Dispatch Oct 20
NCAA sues Ohio governor over eligibility ruleOct 17

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Ohio	63	115	54.8%	917	8.0	7	3	136.6	57
2014	Ohio	98	202	48.5%	1,236	6.1	3	5	99.9	28
Career		161	317	50.8%	2,153	6.8	10	8	113.2	39

Season	Team
2015	Ohio	52	225	4.3	0
2014	Ohio	65	264	4.1	3
Career		117	489	4.2	3

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 45-28@ Idaho	7/9	92	1	0	10.2	78.7
Wk 2	W 21-10vs Marshall	10/20	123	1	0	6.2	27.8
Wk 10	L 24-62@ Bowling Green	10/24	162	0	1	6.8	31.8
Wk 11	W 27-0vs Kent State	1/1	41	1	0	41.0	92.8
Wk 12	W 48-31vs Ball State	15/22	275	3	0	12.5	91.5	Season-high 275 yds
Wk 13	W 26-21@ Northern Illinois	6/11	92	1	0	8.4	78.0
Bowl	L 29-31@ App State	14/28	132	0	2	4.7	27.1
Total		63/115	917	7	3	8.0	—

Signature game

Week 12 · 2015

W 48-31

vs Ball State

275 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 46 rush yds (11 car)

Edged out Ball State at home in a shootout.

With A. Ouellette — 121 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 26 yds · J. Reid — 4 rec · 112 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Bowling Green · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −11.44JD Sprague pass intercepted for a TD Dernard Turner return for 85 yds for a TD, (Tyler Tate KICK)
Week 12 · Ball State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +4.76JD Sprague pass complete to Jordan Reid for 60 yds for a TD, (Josiah Yazdani KICK)
Week 2 · Marshall · 2nd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +4.22JD Sprague pass complete to Sebastian Smith for 38 yds for a TD, (Josiah Yazdani KICK)
Week 13 · Northern Illinois · 4th and 3 · Q1 · EPA +4.11JD Sprague pass complete to Jordan Reid for 28 yds for a TD, (Josiah Yazdani KICK)
Week 10 · Bowling Green · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.68JD Sprague pass complete to Kawmae Sawyer for 25 yds to the BwGrn 38 for a
Week 1 · Idaho · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.56JD Sprague pass complete to Brendan Cope for 65 yds to the Idaho 10 for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Ball State · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.29JD Sprague pass complete to Sebastian Smith for 42 yds to the BalSt 18 for a
Week 11 · Kent State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.24JD Sprague pass complete to Jordan Reid for 41 yds for a TD, (Josiah Yazdani KICK)
Week 1 · App State · 3rd and 16 · Q2 · EPA +3.19JD Sprague run for 18 yds to the Ohio 48 for a
Week 10 · Bowling Green · 4th and 14 · Q3 · EPA +2.87JD Sprague pass complete to Jordan Reid for 17 yds to the BwGrn 11 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

63/115 (54.8%) · 7 TD · 3 INT

114 of 115 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 114 passing plays (63 completions) against the box score's 115 attempts (63 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

7.3240 of 198 QBs

Sack rate

5.0%75 of 198 QBs

Rarely sacked (75 of 198 QBs) and still 40 of 198 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

43%of completions

27 comp5.4 yds avg2 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

37%of completions

23 comp12.4 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

21%of completions

13 comp37.6 yds avg4 TD

Overall 54.8% completion on 115 attempts · 13 deep completions averaging 37.6 yds.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Frank Solich, all run-leaning offenses — 14-11 over that span.

2014Ohio6-6HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

2015Ohio8-5HC: Frank Solich · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (82nd percentile). Strength: interceptions (91st percentile). Concern: rush tds (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#31 / 176 · 82nd pct

45.6%

Explosive rate#48 / 176 · 73rd pct

11.4%

Sack rate#62 / 176 · 65th pct

5.0%

Interception rate#89 / 176 · 50th pct

2.6%

EPA / dropback#91 / 176 · 49th pct

0.19

Box-score rates (7)

Interceptions#11 / 167 · 91st pct

Yards / att#42 / 167 · 74th pct

8.0

Rush yards#60 / 167 · 64th pct

225

Completion %#112 / 167 · 33rd pct

54.8%

Pass TDs#122 / 167 · 25th pct

Pass yards#131 / 167 · 22nd pct

917

Rush TDs#138 / 167 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

11th → 49th percentile

Success rate

10th → 82nd percentile

Explosive rate

39th → 73rd percentile

Sack rate

51st → 65th percentile

Interception rate

57th → 50th percentile

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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2015 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 107 dropbacks

57Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

NCAA passer rating no box-score line yet

Positive-play rate weight 24%

42.4%34th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.8475th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.5%75th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (13 of 120 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

2015 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	146	1.7	19.9	0.0
Road3g	115	0.7	8.5	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	116	0.7	7.0	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	142	1.2	17.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

Frank Solich

Pass share

42.7%

403 pass / 540 run

Plays / game

72.5

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

115 pass attempts and 52 carries in 7 games

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

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