Todd Centeio

Senior quarterback for James Madison. 2022: 2,692 passing yards, 25 TD, 5 INT.

QB · James Madison · Sr. · #1

6′0″ · 222 lb · Palm Beach Gardens, FL

CFB Index 71 · #27 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceJames Madison 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 886 nationally · Signed with Temple

Statement game527 yds · 5 TDat Hawai'i (FBS) · L 45-50

Top 0.1% passing yards game since 2021.

Todd "Two Gloves" Centeior/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for James Madison. 2022: 2,692 passing yards, 25 TD, 5 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2017.
Transferred from Colorado State to James Madison in 2022.
Named Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at James Madison, 6,386 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Temple3-star out of Dwyer

202210 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltsecond
Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Yearwinner
Sun Belt Newcomer of the Yearwinner

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#886 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2017–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

8 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT · 2ND TEAM

All-Sun Belt 2nd team (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2022

1 coach

2017–2021

—

James Madison

2022

Curt Cignetti

James Madison

era →

Played his entire career under Curt Cignetti.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

2020Colorado State1-3HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning

2021Colorado State3-9HC: Steve Addazio · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022James Madison8-3HC: Curt Cignetti · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

71Quality starter #27 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (99th percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#3 / 169 · 99th pct

16.3%

EPA / dropback#12 / 169 · 93rd pct

0.45

Success rate#19 / 169 · 89th pct

52.5%

Sack rate#50 / 169 · 71st pct

4.4%

Interception rate#60 / 169 · 65th pct

1.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#3 / 177 · 98th pct

9.5

Rush TDs#22 / 177 · 86th pct

Pass TDs#25 / 177 · 85th pct

Rush yards#37 / 177 · 79th pct

366

Pass yards#55 / 177 · 69th pct

2692

Completion %#62 / 177 · 65th pct

63.6%

Interceptions#52 / 177 · 65th pct

Fumbles lost#83 / 169 · 38th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

61st → 93rd percentile

Success rate

41st → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

82nd → 99th percentile

Sack rate

42nd → 71st percentile

Interception rate

30th → 65th 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

173/273 (63.4%) · 25 TD · 5 INT

273 of 283 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

9.744 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.4%61 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (61 of 206 QBs) and still 4 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

46%of completions

79 comp5.7 yds avg4 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

28%of completions

48 comp14.0 yds avg6 TD

Deep

20+ yds

27%of completions

46 comp30.7 yds avg10 TD

Overall 63.4% completion on 273 attempts · 46 deep completions averaging 30.7 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	254	3.4	9.6	0.2
Road5g	284	1.6	9.1	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	296	2.8	9.4	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	229	2.0	9.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #27 of 140 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #27 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	James Madison	180	283	63.6%	2,692	9.5	25	5	169.1	78	--	--
2021	Colorado State	229	380	60.3%	2,958	7.8	15	10	133.4	56	--	--
2020	Colorado State	14	36	38.9%	207	5.8	1	1	90.8	--	--	--
2019	Temple	30	45	66.7%	368	8.2	4	1	160.2	--	--	--
2018	Temple	11	17	64.7%	141	8.3	2	0	173.2	--	--	--
2017	Temple	2	2	100.0%	20	10.0	0	0	184.0	--	--	--
Career		466	763	61.1%	6,386	8.4	47	17	147.3	65	--	--

Season	Team
2022	James Madison	95	366	3.9	7	--
2021	Colorado State	131	439	3.4	2	--
2020	Colorado State	24	101	4.2	0	--
2019	Temple	43	142	3.3	0	--
2018	Temple	20	82	4.1	1	--
2017	Temple	4	-2	-0.5	0	--
Career		317	1,128	3.6	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 63–7

vs Norfolk State

165 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.5 · 29 rush yds (4 car)

Dominant 56-point win at home against Norfolk State.

With K. Thornton — 7 rec · 102 yds · 2 TD · A. Barnett — 14 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.6 · 16 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Arkansas State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +4.14Todd Centeio pass complete to Terrance Greene Jr. for 41 yds to the ArkSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Georgia State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.11Todd Centeio pass complete to Terrance Greene Jr. for 62 yds to the GeoSt 1 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Texas State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.08Todd Centeio pass complete to Solomon Vanhorse for 46 yds to the TexSt 25 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Arkansas State · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.93Todd Centeio pass complete to Kris Thornton for 54 yds to the ArkSt 19 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.74Todd Centeio pass complete to Kris Thornton for 27 yds to the CCaro 40 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Todd Centeio pass complete to Devin Ravenel for 43 yds to the CCaro 34 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.62Todd Centeio pass complete to Kris Thornton for 51 yds to the GeoSo 24 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Coastal Carolina · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.60Todd Centeio pass complete to Reggie Brown for 34 yds for a TD, (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 7 · Georgia Southern · 3&14 · Q1 · EPA +3.58Todd Centeio run for 17 yds for a TD, (Camden Wise KICK)
Week 11 · Old Dominion · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +3.53Todd Centeio pass complete to Kris Thornton for 48 yds to the ODU 31 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 44-7vs Middle Tennessee	21/33	287	6	0	8.7	84.7	6 TD passes
Wk 2	W 63-7vs Norfolk State	12/17	165	3	0	9.7	89.5	3 TD passes
Wk 4	W 32-28@ App State	16/28	204	2	0	7.3	71.4
Wk 5	W 40-13vs Texas State	15/25	257	0	1	10.3	85.4
Wk 6	W 42-20@ Arkansas State	28/37	394	4	0	10.6	82.2	4 TD passes
Wk 7	L 38-45@ Georgia Southern	28/48	468	2	3	9.8	61.5	Season-high 468 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 10	L 10-34@ Louisville	4/15	52	0	0	3.5	18.4
Wk 11	W 37-3@ Old Dominion	18/21	304	0	1	14.5	82.7
Wk 12	W 42-40vs Georgia State	21/27	274	4	0	10.1	81.9	4 TD passes
Wk 13	W 47-7vs Coastal Carolina	17/32	287	4	0	9.0	76.4	4 TD passes
Total		180/283	2692	25	5	9.3	73.4

How he plays

Play style

Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

25.0%Completion %

18.9%Conversion/dropback

12.5%Land short of sticks

0INTs

25.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 18.9% conversion-per-dropback — 12.5% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design