Marcus Childers

QB · Northern Illinois 2019 · #15

Last confirmed: Northern Illinois, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′1″ · 215 lb · Adairsville, GA

Marcus Childers: QB · Northern Illinois · #15.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Kevin EllisonGeorgia Southern · 2015 · 54% season match
Ryan GrahamNorthern Illinois · 2016 · 54% season match

Marcus Childers

QB · Northern Illinois · Jr · #15

Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Marcus Childers has been at Northern Illinois through two head coaches in three seasons. On tape: 144 passing yards and 27 rushing yards against Miami (OH), Week 8, 2019.

How he plays

Play style

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

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

3/20Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (15.0%).

News and fans

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

Northern Illinois in the news

NIU holds memorial for former presidentOct 14

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Northern Illinois	48	82	58.5%	474	5.8	6	3	123.9	38
2018	Northern Illinois	213	370	57.6%	2,000	5.4	15	10	110.9	21
2017	Northern Illinois	152	265	57.4%	1,674	6.3	16	5	126.6	41
Career		413	717	57.6%	4,148	5.8	37	18	118.2	30

Season	Team
2019	Northern Illinois	59	366	6.2	5
2018	Northern Illinois	176	496	2.8	6
2017	Northern Illinois	143	473	3.3	5
Career		378	1,335	3.5	16

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 2	L 17-35@ No. 13 Utah	1/2	6	0	0	3.0	93.2
Wk 3	L 8-44@ Nebraska	3/5	28	0	0	5.6	27.3
Wk 7	W 39-36@ Ohio	1/1	3	0	0	3.0	100.0
Wk 8	L 24-27@ Miami (OH)	14/23	144	1	0	6.3	78.7	Season-high 144 yds
Wk 9	W 49-0vs Akron	7/9	71	3	0	7.9	69.5	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 10-48@ Central Michigan	1/2	8	0	0	4.0	2.8
Wk 12	W 31-28@ Toledo	3/3	29	0	0	9.7	—
Wk 13	L 17-45vs Eastern Michigan	12/26	99	1	3	3.8	—	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 14	W 17-14vs Western Michigan	6/11	86	1	0	7.8	—
Total		48/82	474	6	3	5.8	—

Signature game

Week 8 · 2019

L 24-27

at Miami (OH)

144 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.7 · 27 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD

With M. Ference — 41.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 56 long · R. Bowers — 91 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.5

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Western Michigan · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.78Marcus Childers pass complete to Tyrice Richie for 71 yds for a TD (John Richardson KICK)
Week 12 · Toledo · 4th and 1 · Q2 · EPA +4.95Marcus Childers run for 40 yds for a TD (John Richardson KICK)
Week 7 · Ohio · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.01Marcus Childers run for 70 yds to the Ohio 7 for a
Week 14 · Western Michigan · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA −3.50Marcus Childers run for 7 yds to the WMich 22 Marcus Childers fumbled, forced by Justin Tranquill, recovered by WMich Ali Fayad
Week 13 · Eastern Michigan · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA −3.46Marcus Childers pass intercepted Brody Hoying return for 48 yds to the NoIll 22
Week 8 · Miami (OH) · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.31Marcus Childers run for 16 yds to the MiaOh 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Akron · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Marcus Childers pass complete to Mitchell Brinkman for 18 yds for a TD, (John Richardson KICK)
Week 13 · Eastern Michigan · 4th and 3 · Q4 · EPA +3.06Marcus Childers pass complete to Daniel Crawford for 9 yds for a TD (John Richardson KICK)
Week 8 · Miami (OH) · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.02Marcus Childers pass complete to Michael Love for 38 yds to the MiaOh 1 for a
Week 13 · Eastern Michigan · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +2.83Marcus Childers pass complete to Daniel Crawford for 13 yds to the NoIll 46 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

48/82 (58.5%) · 6 TD · 3 INT

80 of 82 attempts matched to play-by-play

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 80 passing plays (47 completions) against the box score's 82 attempts (48 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.85159 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

6.8%128 of 205 QBs

Sacked on 6.8% of dropbacks (128 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (159 of 205).

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

Short

0–9 yds

66%of completions

31 comp4.6 yds avg3 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

23%of completions

11 comp12.8 yds avg2 TD

Deep

20+ yds

11%of completions

5 comp36.6 yds avg1 TD

Overall 58.5% completion on 82 attempts · 66% of completions gained 0–9 yds.

Teams and coaches

2017Northern Illinois8-5HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2018Northern Illinois8-6HC: Rod Carey · Run-leaning

2019Northern Illinois5-7HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#118 / 189 · 38th pct

7.0%

EPA / dropback#138 / 189 · 27th pct

0.11

Success rate#143 / 189 · 24th pct

36.0%

Interception rate#163 / 189 · 14th pct

3.8%

Explosive rate#168 / 189 · 11th pct

6.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#27 / 177 · 79th pct

Rush yards#39 / 177 · 78th pct

366

Rush TDs#37 / 177 · 77th pct

Fumbles lost#66 / 166 · 47th pct

Completion %#118 / 177 · 33rd pct

58.5%

Pass TDs#140 / 177 · 19th pct

Yards / att#154 / 177 · 12th pct

5.8

Pass yards#174 / 177 · 2nd pct

474

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

6th → 27th percentile

Success rate

23rd → 24th percentile

Explosive rate

6th → 11th percentile

Sack rate

13th → 38th percentile

Interception rate

51st → 14th 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

2019 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 71 dropbacks

38Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

NCAA passer rating no box-score line yet

Positive-play rate weight 24%

36.7%6th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.1515th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

8.1%26th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.3% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (15 of 86 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

2019 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	85.3	1.7	6.5	1.0
Road6g	36.3	0.2	5.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	12.3	0.0	3.9	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	72.8	1.0	6.6	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Thomas Hammock

Pass share

45.7%

370 pass / 440 run

Plays / game

67.5

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

82 pass attempts and 59 carries in 9 games

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

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