Senior quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2026: 711 passing yards, 4 TD, 3 INT.
6′2″ · 186 lb · Centreville, VA · Westfield
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
Best game: 279 pass yds, 2 TD, -13 rush yds, vs Sacramento State
The play that turned itSwung Eastern Michigan from 10% to 50% to win.Long Island University at Eastern Michigan · 28-23
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2026: 711 passing yards, 4 TD, 3 INT.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Sack rate: 57th percentile.
The full scouting readAura™ · Him Watch
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71st pctl our passing-value metric (wEPA) QBs · 160 qualified, n=11
— the tape outruns the hype.Buzz vs Tape
His production sits in the 72nd percentile among qualified QBs this season, well ahead of 13th-percentile attention — a gap of 59 points between tape and volume.
Noah Kim
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Noah Kim has played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. In 2023 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 279 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Sacramento State — Week 1, 2026.
711 PASS YDS · 4 PASS TD · -1 RUSH YDS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 83 | 135 | 61.5% | 711 | 5.3 | 4 | 3 | 111.1 | 36 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 247 | 402 | 61.4% | 2,817 | 7.0 | 18 | 11 | 129.6 | 50 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 30 | 56 | 53.6% | 333 | 5.9 | 4 | 1 | 123.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 91 | 160 | 56.9% | 1,090 | 6.8 | 6 | 6 | 119.0 | 48 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 14 | 19 | 73.7% | 174 | 9.2 | 3 | 0 | 202.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 465 | 772 | 60.2% | 5,125 | 6.6 | 35 | 21 | 125.5 | 47 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 17 | -17 | -1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 79 | 186 | 2.4 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 27 | 53 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 137 | 227 | 1.7 | 8 | -- |
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 · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 27/38 | 279 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 | 59.6 | Season-high 279 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 24/43 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 22.5 | Season-high 279 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ Michigan State | 16/26 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 66.3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-54@ Wisconsin | 16/28 | 140 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 40.4 | |
| Total | 83/135 | 711 | 4 | 3 | 5.2 | 47.2 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 28–17
279 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.6 · -13 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
With D. Hull — 42.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20 · N. Devereaux — 6 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +140 passing yards, +1 passing TD, +2 interceptions.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: rush tds (84th percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (2nd 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
4.28116 of 126 QBsSack rate
4.3%58 of 126 QBsRarely sacked (58 of 126), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (116 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 61.5% completion on 135 attempts · 19% 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.
Low confidence: 133 dropbacks36Zeitgeist Passer Rating4th of 5 FBS QBs
111.1NCAA passer rating5th of 5 FBS QBs
Positive-play rate weight 24%
41.6%19th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.5% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
5.7510th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
4.0%76th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.3% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (8 of 141 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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 226 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Road2g | 129 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 178 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
56.1%
137 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
61.0
4 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #4 of 12 Mid-American QBs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Returning starter at quarterback for a 4-8 Eastern Michigan team that went -14 in the portal. The No. 1,245 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mid-American as a senior.
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Trevor Siemian’s 2014 season.
Matches Trevor on
Differs from Trevor on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi’s path through Colorado State.
Matches Brayden on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nick Vattiato's graduate season at Middle Tennessee (2025).
Matches Nick on
Differs from Nick on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #233 this season.
EMU: 2026: Named one of the team’s five captains for the season…Selected to the 2026 Phil Steele MAC Third Team (QB)…2025: The E Gridiron Group named quarterback Noah Kim the Newcomer of the Year for his offensive performance…Started all 12 games…Completed 247-of-402 passes for 2,817 yards with…