2,900 pass YDS, 2,500-yd club is what Kadin Semonza has put on film since landing at Tulane — the bet is starting to settle.
5′11″ · 195 lb · Huntington Beach, CA · Mission Viejo
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.
The numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 165 pass yds, 1 TD, -27 rush yds, at Kansas State
The play that turned itSwung Ohio from 35% to 85% to win.Ball State at Ohio · 42-21
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior quarterback for Tulane. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Buzz vs Tape
His own fans read him warmer than the wider college football conversation does — a gap of 22.8 points in belief.
Good to have them back: https://www.nola.com/sports/tulane/fear ... e1bb0.html Quarterback Zeon Chriss-Gremillion took the first series in the opening 11-on-11 drill, followed by Dagan Bruno, Kadin Semonza and Trace Johnson. … Lucas ripped…
Kadin Semonza
Kadin Semonza arrives at Tulane with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
PASS YDS · 2,500-YD CLUB
2,900
2900 passing yards — clears the 2,500-QB volume bar.
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Slade Nagle, Jon Sumrall, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tulane | 38 | 69 | 55.1% | 517 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 127.6 | 44 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Ball State | 275 | 427 | 64.4% | 2,900 | 6.8 | 25 | 10 | 136.1 | 40 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ball State | 50 | 82 | 61.0% | 480 | 5.9 | 3 | 5 | 110.0 | 28 | -- | -- |
| Career | 363 | 578 | 62.8% | 3,897 | 6.7 | 30 | 15 | 131.4 | 39 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tulane | 21 | -34 | -1.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Ball State | 54 | -81 | -1.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Ball State | 17 | 10 | 0.6 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 92 | -105 | -1.1 | 2 | -- |
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 3-17@ Duke | 11/21 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-24vs South Alabama | 14/22 | 212 | 1 | 0 | 9.6 | 30.9 | Season-high 212 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 20-31@ Kansas State | 13/26 | 165 | 1 | 0 | 6.3 | 63.2 | |
| Total | 38/69 | 517 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 47.0 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–24
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +165 passing yards, +1 passing TD.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (93rd percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (90th percentile). Concern: pass yards (2nd percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.3186 of 126 QBsSack rate
11.5%124 of 126 QBsSacked on 11.5% of dropbacks (124 of 126) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (86 of 126).
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 55.1% completion on 69 attempts · 33% completion on 12 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: 66 dropbacks44Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
36.4%2th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected pointsYards per attempt weight 56%
7.2859th pct of FBS QBssacks excludedSack rate weight 21% (penalty)
7.6%19th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot seeOpponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (11 of 77 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 212 | 1.0 | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 152 | 0.5 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 172 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
47.9%
78 pass / 85 run
Plays / game
54.3
3 games
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
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. 1,814 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the American Athletic as a junior.
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Chase Cunningham’s 2022 season.
Matches Chase on
Differs from Chase on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Chase Cunningham’s path through Middle Tennessee.
Parker McKinney
Matches Chase on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Micah Alejado's sophomore season at Hawai'i (2025).
Matches Micah on
Differs from Micah on
Player DNA
2025: Did not appear in any games … Named Academic All-Conference (7/29). Prior to Tulane: Transferred to Tulane in the spring of 2025 from Ball State 2024: Named the MAC Freshman of the Year after completing his first full college season, throwing for 2,904 yards and completing 64.4 percent of…