New school, new number, same question — and Rickie Collins's early answer at Kennesaw State is No.252 4★, national recruit.
6′2″ · 222 lb · Baton Rouge, LA
How he plays
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up.
Sack rate: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 156 pass yds, 1 TD, 51 rush yds, vs West Georgia
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior quarterback for Kennesaw State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
Aura™ · Him Watch
+40aura tax
12th pctl our passing-value metric (wEPA) QBs · 160 qualified, n=66
— the discourse is fair.Buzz vs Tape
His own fans are far more bullish than the rival fanbase.
Rickie Collins is no joke the worst quarterback I have ever seen in my life. This dude is fucking dogshit
Also worth knowing:
Rickie Collins
Rickie Collins arrives at Kennesaw State with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.252
recruiting national rank
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chandler Burks → Jerry Mack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kennesaw State
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kennesaw State | 62 | 92 | 67.4% | 605 | 6.6 | 2 | 1 | 127.6 | 45 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Syracuse | 97 | 181 | 53.6% | 1,042 | 5.8 | 6 | 10 | 101.8 | 24 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 5 | 5 | 100.0% | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | LSU | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 112.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 166 | 280 | 59.3% | 1,685 | 6.0 | 8 | 11 | 111.4 | 31 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kennesaw State | 31 | 133 | 4.3 | 3 | -- |
| 2025 | Syracuse | 54 | 126 | 2.3 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | LSU | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | LSU | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 92 | 296 | 3.2 | 4 | -- |
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 | W 47-0vs West Georgia | 18/23 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 58.3 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-31vs Georgia State | 22/35 | 260 | 1 | 1 | 7.4 | — | Season-high 260 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 9-42@ Tennessee | 22/34 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 41.9 | |
| Total | 62/92 | 605 | 2 | 1 | 6.6 | 50.1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 47–0
vs West Georgia
156 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.3 · 51 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD
Dominant 47-point win at home against West Georgia.
With T. Morgan — 76 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · M. McKenzie — 40.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +189 passing yards.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: rush tds (95th percentile). Strength: rush yards (84th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (25th 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
6.1888 of 126 QBsSack rate
3.2%39 of 126 QBsRarely sacked (39 of 126), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (88 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 67.7% completion on 93 attempts · 30% completion on 10 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: 62 dropbacks45Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
45.3%47th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -3.0% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
5.8912th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -0.8 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
3.5%83th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.2% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (34 of 96 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 208 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 189 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 202 | 0.7 | 6.6 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jerry Mack
Pass share
51.2%
103 pass / 98 run
Plays / game
67.0
3 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Taysom Hill’s 2016 season.
Matches Taysom on
Differs from Taysom on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jack O'Connell’s path through Stonehill.
Matches Jack on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Nicco Marchiol's senior season at West Virginia (2025).
Differs from Nicco on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #222 this season.