Take Steven Angeli off Syracuse's roster and the first thing you'd miss is No.365 4★, national recruit.
6′3″ · 212 lb · Westfield, NJ
The numbers
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 263 pass yds, 3 TD, -14 rush yds, vs New Hampshire
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior quarterback for Syracuse. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Explosive rate: 61st percentile.
The full scouting readAura™ · Him Watch
+11aura tax
53rd pctl our passing-value metric (wEPA) QBs · 160 qualified, n=86
— the discourse is fair.Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
“Steve Angeli being ranked 44th is very on-brand for Syracuse 🍊”
Steven Angeli
Steven Angeli is a cornerstone for Syracuse — measured against the line he joined.
4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.365
recruiting national rank
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Nunzio Campanile → Fran Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Syracuse | 57 | 103 | 55.3% | 730 | 7.1 | 4 | 5 | 118.0 | 35 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Syracuse | 97 | 155 | 62.6% | 1,317 | 8.5 | 10 | 2 | 152.7 | 64 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 24 | 36 | 66.7% | 268 | 7.4 | 3 | 0 | 156.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 34 | 44 | 77.3% | 504 | 11.5 | 7 | 1 | 221.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 212 | 338 | 62.7% | 2,819 | 8.3 | 24 | 8 | 151.5 | 52 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Syracuse | 14 | -23 | -1.6 | 0 | -- |
| 2025 | Syracuse | 23 | -32 | -1.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 8 | 27 | 3.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 54 | -19 | -0.4 | 1 | -- |
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 66-3vs New Hampshire | 20/29 | 263 | 3 | 0 | 9.1 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | L 18-21vs California | 24/49 | 306 | 1 | 3 | 6.2 | 25.2 | Season-high 306 yds · 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 3 | L 13-27@ Pittsburgh | 13/25 | 161 | 0 | 2 | 6.4 | 33.3 | |
| Total | 57/103 | 730 | 4 | 5 | 7.2 | 29.2 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 66–3
263 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · -14 rush yds (3 car)
Dominant 63-point win at home against New Hampshire.
With D. Samuel Jr. — 2 tackles · 2 solo tackles · U. Hatcher — 11 rush yds (1 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Since week 2: +161 passing yards, +2 interceptions.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: fumbles lost (90th percentile). Concern: success rate (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
4.94110 of 126 QBsSack rate
6.4%94 of 126 QBsSacked on 6.4% of dropbacks (94 of 126) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (110 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 56.3% completion on 103 attempts · 32% completion on 19 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: 95 dropbacks35Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks
--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet
Positive-play rate weight 24%
39.1%8th pct of FBS QBsshare of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.0% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
5.8211th pct of FBS QBssacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
6.5%35th pct of FBS QBsthe input passer rating cannot see · +0.2% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (12 of 107 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 | 284 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 1.5 |
| Road1g | 161 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 2.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 243 | 1.3 | 7.2 | 1.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Fran Brown
Pass share
50.2%
116 pass / 115 run
Plays / game
77.0
3 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Play style
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
CFB Index positional classification
Returning starter at quarterback for a 3-9 Syracuse team that went -10 in the portal.
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Max Wittek’s 2015 season.
Matches Max on
Differs from Max on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Brock Domann’s path through Louisville.
Matches Brock on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Penix Jr.'s senior season at Indiana (2021).
Matches Michael on
Differs from Michael on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #42 this season.