Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 41-7vs Colorado | — | — | — | — | — | — |
#4
Nicco Marchiol
Junior quarterback on Northwestern's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 220 lb · Chandler, AZ · Hamilton
Transferred West Virginia → Northwestern for 2026
Recruiting
4★
QB recruit
No. 289 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
Last played in 2026.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior quarterback on Northwestern's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to West Virginia in 2022.
- Transferred from West Virginia to Northwestern in 2026.
Nicco Marchiol
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Four head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs.
19 RUSH YDS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
His career
5 programs, one constant: he played.
2022
- Signed with West Virginia4-star out of Hamilton
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
2 coaches2022
Northwestern
Coaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Northwestern
2025West Virginia
2026Northwestern
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | West Virginia | 66 | 98 | 67.3% | 720 | 7.3 | 2 | 2 | 131.7 | 42 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | West Virginia | 37 | 56 | 66.1% | 434 | 7.8 | 5 | 2 | 153.5 | 55 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 30 | 53 | 56.6% | 247 | 4.7 | 2 | 3 | 96.9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 4 | 13 | 30.8% | 61 | 4.7 | 1 | 0 | 95.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 137 | 220 | 62.3% | 1,462 | 6.6 | 10 | 7 | 126.7 | 46 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northwestern | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | West Virginia | 40 | 57 | 1.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | West Virginia | 40 | 120 | 3.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | West Virginia | 38 | 133 | 3.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | West Virginia | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 125 | 361 | 2.9 | 4 | -- |
Game log
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022West Virginia5-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced
2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy
2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning
2025West Virginia4-8HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
2026Northwestern2-0HC: David Braun · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush tds (20th percentile).
Box-score rates
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Game Manager
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kyron Drones’s 2024 season.
Matches Kyron on
INT rate
Total pass EPA (college ability)
Differs from Kyron on
TD rate (lower)
Completion % (higher)
Rush yards / carry (lower)
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jarret Doege’s path through Troy.
88%match
Matches Jarret on
Height
Yards per attempt
Completion %
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Hank Bachmeier's senior season at Louisiana Tech (2023).
53%match
Differs from Hank on
Class year (lower)
Rush usage (higher)
Weight (higher)
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology