Take John Alan Richter off Toledo's roster and the first thing you'd miss is 877 team passing yards leader.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Gray, GA · Jones County
The numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Backed by 429 yds · 4 TD -- top 1% passing yards game.
The play that turned itSwung Toledo from 14% to 66% to win.Temple at Toledo · 49-48
Toledo ties the game at 42-42, needing two plays to score the tying touchdown after recovering the onsides kick.r/CFB game thread · ▲ 1His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior quarterback for Toledo. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Sack rate: 86th percentile.
The full scouting readJohn Alan Richter
John Alan Richter is a cornerstone for Toledo — measured against the line he joined.
TEAM PASSING YARDS LEADER
877
Team leader in passing yards (877).
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jason Candle, Robert Weiner, and Mike Jacobs. Multi-era developmental context.
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 | L 20-30@ Michigan State | 12/21 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 9.3 | 65.4 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-10vs Central Connecticut | 15/24 | 252 | 3 | 0 | 10.5 | 59.1 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 3 | W 49-48vs Temple | 36/51 | 429 | 4 | 0 | 8.4 | 62.8 | Season-high 429 yds |
| Total | 63/96 | 877 | 9 | 1 | 9.4 | 62.4 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 63–10
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +429 passing yards, +4 passing TD.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: sack rate (86th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (83rd percentile). Concern: rush yards (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
10.1418 of 126 QBsSack rate
2.0%22 of 126 QBsRarely sacked (22 of 126 QBs) and still 18 of 126 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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 64.9% completion on 97 attempts · 44% completion on 16 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: 91 dropbacks70Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
50.8%86th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.0% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
8.7796th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
2.4%93th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.2% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (6 of 97 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 | 340 | 3.5 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 196 | 2.0 | 9.3 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 292 | 3.0 | 9.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Jacobs
Pass share
53.9%
103 pass / 88 run
Plays / game
63.7
3 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
CFB Index positional classification
The No. 2,202 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mid-American as a junior.
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Ben Bryant’s 2022 season.
Matches Ben on
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Andrew Indorf’s path through Towson.
Andrew Indorf
Matches Andrew on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dante Moore's senior season at Oregon (2026).
Matches Dante on
Differs from Dante on
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #205 this season.
2025 Played in three games...Completed 17-25 passes for 153 yards and three touchdowns...10-14 for 93 yards and two TDs vs. Morgan State...Missed remainder of season following injury suffered vs. Akron on Sept. 27. 2024 Made first career start in 13-6 victory at Northern Illinois, throwing for…