Ryder Burton

#5 · QB · UAB6′2″ · 200 lb · Springville, UT

ZPR21114th of 119 QBs Last gameL 10–30at South Florida · Oct 31

Nextvs CharlotteSat Nov 7 · 3:30 pm ET

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Came in at South Florida.

Nate Rogers started UAB’s last game, L 10-30 at South Florida, Oct 31.

UAB’s next game: vs Charlotte, Sat Nov 7, 3:30 p.m. ET

UAB is 4-4 in the eight games played. A balanced passer.

Weakest: sacked on 12% of dropbacks, 7th highest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Semonza, Tulane.

Passing yards

1,333

104 of 194, 54%

TD–INT

6–5

6.9 per throw

NCAA rating

116.4

111th of 119

ZPR

114th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 7 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: East Carolina. Lowest: Samford, sacked 2 times. Best play: Completion for 17 yards, touchdown, against East Carolina, Q4 0:35. Win chance 7% to 42%.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Illinois

L 23–42·Unranked

Shaky

219 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 12 for 38, 1 TD · Sacked 1

Ryder Burton giving me hope
UAB fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 26 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 24% to 50%.

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UL Monroe

W 26–20·Unranked

Shaky

Slow start, strong finish · 115 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 10 for 16 · The interception cost about 17 points of win chance · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 38 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 42% to 80%.

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at Louisiana

L 14–21·Unranked

Shaky

Steady all game · 144 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for -13 · Sacked 3

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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Navy

W 24–20·Unranked

Rough

Strong start, faded late · 174 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 6 for -25 · The interception cost about 6 points of win chance · Sacked 4

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 21 points of win chance. Win chance: 59% to 80%.

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Samford

W 33–14·FCS

Rough

139 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for 35 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 9 points of win chance. Win chance: 58% to 67%.

at Memphis

L 13–38·Unranked

Shaky

Carried by the first quarter · 131 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 9 for -8 · The interception cost about 6 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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East Carolina

W 30–17·Unranked

Solid

262 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for -16 · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 53 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 9% to 62%.

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at South Florida

L 10–30·Unranked

Rough

Carried by the first quarter · 149 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for -37 · Lost 2 fumbles · Sacked 5

Biggest swing: a Q2 sack cost the team 8 points of win chance. Win chance: 30% to 22%.

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Season

Steady through the game

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Balanced

Why this word

Runs4.5 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws10.0 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes53% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks12% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 4.5 carries a game. Closest matches: Semonza, Heavner, James ’25, Finley ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line10%typical 17%

Short48%typical 47%

Middle27%typical 22%

Deep15%typical 14%

Runs 4.5 times a game; 56% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Semonza Tulane · Balanced
804 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT so far. Both throw deep and rarely throw behind the line.
Heavner Miami (OH) · Vertical passer
769 yards, 4 TD, 4 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line and miss more.
James ’25 Boston College 2025 · Mobile passer
1,196 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT. Both take sacks and throw deep.
Finley ’25 Akron 2025 · Gunslinger
2,475 yards, 19 TD, 9 INT. Both miss more and rarely throw behind the line.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

RecordUAB is 4-4.

Worth knowing

Ryder Burton played at BYU and West Virginia before joining UAB.

His most important play this season

Q4, 0:35 · UAB down 8Ryder Burton finds Braylon McReynolds for a 17-yard touchdownEast Carolina at UAB, week 7Q4, 0:35 · UAB 15, East Carolina 17▲35%UAB’s chance to win, 7% to 42%▲35%UAB’s chance to win, 7% to 42%Bam McReynolds 17 yd pass from Bam McReynolds (Ryder Burton Run for Two-Point Conversion)Watch from this play

All 7 of his plays on video

Ryder Burton

QB · UAB · #5

On Trialas of Nov 4

Ryder Burton takes over from Jalen Kitna at UAB.

1,333passing yards6passing TD51rushing yards

Passing value per play

+0.17

our model · 2026 · 201 plays

UAB fans keep putting the player's case on trial, week to week.

high confidence43 sources

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

Ryder Burton arrived as a 3-star prospect. Ryder Burton lines up at QB for UAB.

On the field, the headline is 1,333 pass yds, with 6 pass td.

Ryder Burton inherited the QB job from Jalen Kitna (3-star).

UAB fans keep putting the player's case on trial, week to week.

The number to watch: +0.17 — passing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromJalen Kitna 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	UAB	104	194	53.6%	1,333	6.9	6	5	116.4	21
2025	UAB	62	98	63.3%	708	7.2	7	5	137.3	40
Career		166	292	56.8%	2,041	7.0	13	10	123.4	27

Season	Team
2026	UAB	70	−10	−0.1	1	20
2025	UAB	32	−4	−0.1	2	19
Career		102	−14	−0.1	3	20

Last game (Wk 9): 149 passing yards.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 23-42@ Illinois	Shaky	18/31	219	1	1	7.1	71.0	1	38
Wk 2	W 26-20vs UL Monroe	Shaky	8/16	115	1	1	7.2	30.5	3	16
Wk 3	L 14-21@ Louisiana	Shaky	15/25	144	0	1	5.8	10.3	3	-13
Wk 4	W 24-20vs Navy	Rough	13/20	174	1	1	8.7	34.2	4	-25
Wk 5	W 33-14vs Samford	Rough	8/18	139	1	0	7.7	45.2	2	35
Wk 6	L 13-38@ Memphis	Shaky	10/20	131	0	1	6.6	8.3	1	-8
Wk 7	W 30-17vs East Carolina	Solid	19/37	262	2	0	7.1	47.3	3	-16	Season-high 262 yds
Wk 9	L 10-30@ South Florida	Rough	13/27	149	0	0	5.5	10.0	5	-37
Total			104/194	1333	6	5	6.9	—	22	-10

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 10-30 at South Florida

13 of 27 for 149 yards.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	East Carolina	W 30-17 · Graded solid · 262 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for -16 · Sacked 3
Lowest by our grade	Samford	W 33-14 · Graded rough · 139 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for 35 · Sacked 2
Best play	East Carolina	Completion for 17 yards, touchdown, Q4 0:35 · Win chance 7% to 42%

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	American Athletic
Passing yards	1,333	91st of 370	6th of 37
Yards an attempt	6.9	T-107th of 152	10th of 15
Touchdown passes	6	T-119th of 370	T-9th of 37
Passer rating	116.4	T-137th of 152	12th of 15
Completion percentage	53.6	T-145th of 152	14th of 15
Rushing yards	-10	T-336th of 370	35th of 37
Rushing touchdowns	1	T-117th of 370	T-17th of 37

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All American Athletic quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Tayven Jackson	2,568	22	5	268	9.6
2	Caden Veltkamp	2,534	23	5	315	8.0
3	Marcus Stokes	2,532	25	6	259	9.8
4	Owen McCown	1,751	10	4	243	7.2
5	Baylor Hayes	1,343	10	2	192	7.0
6	Ryder Burton	1,333	6	5	194	6.9
7	Michael Van Buren Jr.	1,273	6	0	181	7.0
8	Ajani Sheppard	1,245	8	3	140	8.9
9	Conner Harrell	831	5	2	108	7.7
10	Kadin Semonza	804	4	2	119	6.8
11	Cole Gonzales	802	3	7	127	6.3
12	Mitch Griffis	753	4	5	126	6.0
13	Trace Johnson	749	2	4	106	7.1
14	Jackson Gutierrez	717	7	1	71	10.1
15	Emory Williams	716	7	2	117	6.1
16	Jacurri Brown	471	2	2	82	5.7
17	Cale Hellums	462	4	2	76	6.1
18	Dexter Williams II	340	3	0	59	5.8
19	Gael Ochoa	160	1	0	16	10.0
20	Chaston Ditta	159	1	0	19	8.4
21	Braxton Woodson	152	0	1	25	6.1
22	Jaxon Smolik	129	1	1	27	4.8
23	Air Noland	83	2	1	9	9.2
24	Zach Mundell	82	0	0	3	27.3
25	Drew Devillier	79	0	0	13	6.1
26	Zeon Chriss	64	0	0	9	7.1
27	Luke Kromenhoek	60	0	0	14	4.3
28	Chris Jimerson Jr.	55	1	0	3	18.3
29	Patrick Crayton Jr.	29	0	0	2	14.5
30	Nate Rogers	24	0	0	5	4.8
31	Jordan Magwood	16	0	0	3	5.3
32	Ethan Washington	13	0	0	2	6.5
33	Bryson Luter	12	0	1	4	3.0
34	Dagan Bruno	10	0	0	1	10.0
35	Jeremiah Daoud	6	0	0	4	1.5
36	Jaylen White	5	0	0	5	1.0
37	Brandon Tennison	0	0	0	2	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Passing yards1,3336th in the American Athletic this season.

Touchdown passes6tied for 9th in the American Athletic this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +7 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Smith and Reid saw 80 of the 194 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
CJ Smith	46	21	403	15.3	2.2
EJ Reid	34	23	179	6.8	3.1
Tiaquelin Mims	32	21	352	9.8	7.5
Sean Persson	11	3	36	9.1	5.3
Kaleb Brown	10	4	67	13.8	3.2
9 others	49	31	279	4.6	4.4
No receiver charted	12	All four interceptions are among these

Play by play: 194 passes, 104 caught, 1,322 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

104/194 (53.6%) · 6 TD · 5 INT

All 194 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 196 passing plays)

191 of 196 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 196 passing plays (105 completions) against the box score's 194 attempts (104 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.84151 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

11.4%175 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 11.4% of dropbacks (175 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (151 of 185).

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

10% of attempts (19)

74%comp

Air -3.1 · YAC 8.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

49% of attempts (94)

54%comp1 INT

Air 4.9 · YAC 3.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

27% of attempts (51)

57%comp

Air 13.0 · YAC 4.9 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

14% of attempts (27)

30%comp3 INT

Air 29.6 · YAC 1.4 avg

Overall 53.6% completion on 194 attempts · 30% completion on 27 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2025UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer and Alex Mortensen · Balanced

2026UAB4-4HC: Alex Mortensen · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 27 (#135 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

27Below cohort / limited sample #135 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sack rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#100 / 157 · 37th pct

2.6%

EPA / dropback#124 / 157 · 21st pct

0.02

Explosive rate#131 / 157 · 17th pct

7.7%

Success rate#134 / 157 · 15th pct

36.2%

Sack rate#149 / 157 · 5th pct

11.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#94 / 159 · 41st pct

1333

Interceptions#87 / 159 · 37th pct

Rush TDs#98 / 159 · 30th pct

Yards / att#110 / 159 · 29th pct

6.9

Pass TDs#123 / 159 · 21st pct

Rush yards#139 / 159 · 13th pct

-10

Fumbles lost#114 / 142 · 12th pct

Completion %#151 / 159 · 5th pct

53.6%

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

39th → 21st percentile

Success rate

76th → 15th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 17th percentile

Sack rate

5th → 5th percentile

Interception rate

2nd → 37th 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

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 183 dropbacks

21Zeitgeist Passer Rating114th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 116.4 111th of 119 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

40.4%9th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.6619th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.4 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

12.1%0th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.1% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (38 of 221 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

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	172	1.2	7.7	0.5
Road4g	161	0.2	6.2	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	169	0.9	7.2	0.7
Weeks 8+1g	149	0.0	5.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Pass share

37.8%

199 pass / 327 run

Plays / game

65.8

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

UAB’s two quarterbacks

Ryder Burton	Threw in all 8 games · 104 of 194, 1,333 yds, 6 TD, 5 INT · 6.9 yards an attempt on 194 attempts · ran for -10 yds, 1 TD
Nate Rogers	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 2 of 5, 24 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 4.8 yards an attempt on 5 attempts · ran for 52 yds, 1 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Ryder Burton. Gray: Nate Rogers. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT@ IllinoisUL Monroe@ LouisianaNavySamford@ MemphisEast Carolina@ South Florida

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

194 pass attempts and 70 carries in 8 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

27 · #135 of 145 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #135 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #13 of 15 American Athletic QBs

How the All-AAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).

Starter

The No. 1,564 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the American Athletic.

Ryder Burton

Style of play

This week

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

UAB’s two quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

Four seasons, three schools

Moves

2023

2024

2025 8 games