42Zeitgeist Passer Rating92nd of 142 FBS QBs
NCAA passer rating 145.7 31st of 142 FBS QBs
ZPR ranks him 61 places lower than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and he takes one on 9.7% of dropbacks; and passer rating rewards his low interception count, which ZPR treats as mostly luck.
Positive-play rate weight 24%
40.1%20th pct of FBS QBs
share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.6% schedule adj.Yards per attempt weight 56%
7.3565th pct of FBS QBs
sacks excluded · -0.4 schedule adj.Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)
9.1%8th pct of FBS QBs
the input passer rating cannot see · -0.6% schedule adj.Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (6 of 296 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.