#14

Max Cutforth

Junior quarterback for Boise State. 2025: 1,059 passing yards, 4 TD, 5 INT.

QB · Boise State · Jr. · #14

6′2″ · 208 lb · Nampa, ID · Skyview HS

CFB Index 24 · #136 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Boise State for 2026

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The numbers

1,059

passing yards · 2025

4 TD · 5 INT · 6.3 per attempt

Swing playSwung Boise State from 33% to 62% to win.Boise State at Utah State · 25-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 quarterback for Boise State. 2025: 1,059 passing yards, 4 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Boise State in 2023.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Sack rate: 48th percentile.

The full scouting read

Max Cutforth

QB · Boise State · Jr · #14

Operates within the system without forcing anything. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Boise State behind him. 2025 brought the first one: Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 341 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Utah State, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
recruiting profile
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Spencer Danielson, all run-leaning offenses — 21-7 over that span.

2024Boise State12-2HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

2025Boise State9-5HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

24Below cohort / limited sample #136 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / dropback (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#96 / 183 · 48th pct

5.3%

Success rate#134 / 183 · 27th pct

36.6%

Interception rate#143 / 183 · 22nd pct

3.1%

Explosive rate#149 / 183 · 19th pct

6.8%

EPA / dropback#166 / 183 · 10th pct

-0.00

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#53 / 183 · 67th pct

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Pass yards#140 / 183 · 24th pct

1059

Yards / att#143 / 183 · 21st pct

6.3

Completion %#151 / 183 · 17th pct

56.9%

Pass TDs#154 / 183 · 13th pct

Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct

Rush yards#176 / 183 · 4th pct

-73

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

89/161 (55.3%) · 4 TD · 5 INT

161 of 167 attempts matched to play-by-play

129 of 161 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

4.74167 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.1%113 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.1% of dropbacks (113 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (167 of 206).

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

11% of attempts (14)

100%comp

Air -3.1 · YAC 8.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

51% of attempts (66)

56%comp2 INT

Air 4.6 · YAC 3.1 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

29% of attempts (38)

47%comp

Air 13.1 · YAC 1.8 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

9% of attempts (11)

36%comp

Air 30.7 · YAC 8.8 avg

Overall 55.3% completion on 161 attempts · 36% completion on 11 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	86.8	0.2	2.9	0.5
Road5g	142	0.6	8.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	53.8	0.2	6.4	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	198	0.8	5.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

24 · #136 of 146 QBs

Two-star recruit. Now #136 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Pac-12

Based on 2025: #13 of 14 Mountain West QBs — his program moves to the Pac-12 for 2026

How the All-Pac-12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Pac-12.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Boise State	95	167	56.9%	1,059	6.3	4	5	112.1	44	--	--
2024	Boise State	2	2	100.0%	13	6.5	0	0	154.6	--	--	--
Career		97	169	57.4%	1,072	6.3	4	5	112.6	44	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Boise State	17	-73	-4.3	0	--
2024	Boise State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		17	-73	-4.3	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 51–14

vs Eastern Washington

2 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 0.7 · -2 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 37-point win at home against Eastern Washington.

With M. Madsen — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · 35 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · D. Riley — 123 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Washington · 1&6 · Q4 · EPA -4.95Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass intercepted by #0 L.Bryant at WAS00 QB hurried by #11 T.Uiagalelei, Touchback
Week 14 · Utah State · 2&1 · Q3 · EPA +4.83(03:28) Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass complete deep left to #25 Q.Brown caught at USU35, for 66 yards to the USU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:17, 1ST DOWN #14 M.Cutforth pass attempt failed
Week 1 · Washington · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.19Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass intercepted by #41 D.Lynch at WAS34 QB hurried by #2 R.Clark #41 D.Lynch return 57 yards to the BSU09, End Of Play
Week 5 · App State · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -4.00Max Cutforth sacked by Joseph Bakhole for a loss of 9 yards to the APP 20
Week 13 · Colorado State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.44(00:50) Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass complete deep right to #13 C.Penry caught at CSU44, for 21 yards to the CSU44, out of bounds at CSU44, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Washington · 2&15 · Q4 · EPA +3.44Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass complete short left to #5 C.Marshall caught at WAS43, for 28 yards to the WAS30 (#2 R.Clark), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Utah State · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA -3.06(00:34) #14 M.Cutforth sacked for loss of 3 yards to the USU29 (#4 B.Hamblin, #25 C.Joe), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 14 · Utah State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.93(12:38) Shotgun #14 M.Cutforth pass complete short middle to #3 L.Caples caught at BSU42, for 21 yards to the BSU50, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 10 · Fresno State · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.89Chase Penry 10 Yd pass from Max Cutforth (Colton Boomer Kick)
Week 1 · South Florida · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Max Cutforth pass complete to Quinton Brown for 19 yds to the BOIS 47 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 7-34@ South Florida	2/2	31	0	0	15.5	100.0	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 51-14vs Eastern Washington	1/3	2	0	0	0.7	0.7
Wk 4	W 49-37@ Air Force	3/4	34	0	0	8.5	74.4
Wk 5	W 47-14vs App State	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
Wk 10	L 7-30vs Fresno State	14/29	106	1	2	3.7	4.1
Wk 12	L 7-17@ San Diego State	12/18	104	0	0	5.8	34.3
Wk 13	W 49-21vs Colorado State	22/34	239	0	0	7.0	63.1
Wk 14	W 25-24@ Utah State	26/49	341	2	0	7.0	57.7	Season-high 341 yds
Bowl	L 10-38@ Washington	15/27	202	1	3	7.5	11.7
Total		95/167	1059	4	5	6.2	38.4

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

53.3%Completion %

33.3%Conversion/dropback

37.5%Land short of sticks

0INTs

53.3% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 33.3% conversion-per-dropback — 37.5% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

2026 Outlook

Boise State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · Boise State

Returning around him

66% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
1 Boise State player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -8 net (11 in / 19 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Boise State · Last season: 9-5 (AP #25) · Talent rank #74 · 2026 recruiting class #51

DNA match

Player DNA

Pocket Passer

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Finley’s 2022 season.

Ben Finley

73%match

NC State · 2022

Elijah Brown

Stanford · 2025

68%

Nick Starkel

San José State · 2021

66%

Gunnar Watson

Troy · 2021

60%

Cade McNamara

Iowa · 2024

60%

Matches Ben on

INT rate

Height

Rush usage

Differs from Ben on

Class year (lower)

Weight (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Jacob Free’s path through Troy.

Jacob Free

97%match

Troy · 2020

Jack Lausch

Northwestern · 2024

90%

DJ Williams

Southern Illinois · 2025

90%

Rickie Collins

Syracuse · 2025

89%

AJ Swann

App State · 2025

87%

Matches Jacob on

Completion %

Yards per attempt

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Brown's sophomore season at Stanford (2025).

Elijah Brown

68%match

Stanford · 2025

Kirk Francis

Tulsa · 2024

60%

Jake Garcia

Miami · 2022

58%

Nick Starkel

San José State · 2021

All-Mountain West

57%

Gunnar Watson

Troy · 2021

All-Sun Belt

56%

Matches Elijah on

Completion %

Yards / attempt

Rush yards / carry

Differs from Elijah on

INT rate (higher)

Class year (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Max Cutforth

Elijah Brown

Stanford · 2025

68%

Background

CAREER HONORS Old Trapper Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 1, 2025) 3x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) Academic All-Mountain West (Fall 2025) RS SOPHOMORE (2025) Honors: Old Trapper Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Dec. 1)...Academic All-Mounta...

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