Trey Owens

New school, new number, same question — and Trey Owens's early answer at Arkansas State is No.299 4★, national recruit.

QB · Arkansas State · Jr. · #9

6′5″ · 220 lb · Houston, TX

Transferred Texas → Arkansas State for 2026

The numbers

593

passing yards · 2026 · through week 3

3 games into 2026 so far

The play that turned itSwung Arkansas State from 25% to 55% to win.Arkansas State at Memphis · 42-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Junior quarterback for Arkansas State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2024.
Transferred from Texas to Arkansas State in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Rush yards: 66th percentile.

The full scouting read

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Trey Owens

QB · Arkansas State · Jr · #9

Filling the Shoesas of 2026-09-22

Trey Owens arrives at Arkansas State with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.

593PASS YDS3PASS TD82RUSH YDS

4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT

No.299

recruiting national rank

Read the story so far

Trey Owens arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.299 recruit nationally. He lines up at QB for Arkansas State.

On the field, the headline is 593 pass yds, with 3 pass td.

He inherited the QB job from Jaylen Raynor.

The number to watch: No.299 — 4★ · national recruit.

QB successionlow bar

Inherited fromJaylen Raynor

Why nowHe changed programs heading into 2026 — a fresh fit to prove out.

season totals
recruiting national rank
throne-line + Filling-the-Shoes

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-22

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	Arkansas State	45	71	63.4%	593	8.4	3	4	136.2	51	--	--
2024	Texas	2	4	50.0%	19	4.8	0	0	89.9	--	--	--
Career		47	75	62.7%	612	8.2	3	4	133.7	51	--	--

Season	Team
2026	Arkansas State	17	82	4.8	--
2024	Texas	1	3	3.0	--
Career		18	85	4.7	--

Game log

Game by game

Trey Owens's 2026 production

Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.

Source CFB Zeitgeist · player_game_stats + power_ratings_weekly

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 24-42@ Memphis	21/30	325	1	4	10.8	—	Season-high 325 yds · 4 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 52-7vs West Georgia	13/17	135	2	0	7.9	34.0
Wk 3	L 7-31@ TCU	11/24	133	0	0	5.5	35.0
Total		45/71	593	3	4	8.1	34.5

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026

W 52–7

vs West Georgia

135 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 34.0 · -9 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 45-point win at home against West Georgia.

With C. Cobb — 17 rush yds (1 car) · C. Van Andel — 10 points · 25 long · 100 percent on field goals

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Memphis · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08(03:35) Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass complete short right to #5 K.Clay caught at ASU37, for 75 yards to the MEM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:26, 1ST DOWN #34 C.Van Andel kick attempt good (H: #90 D.Vuckovic, LS: #88 R.Smith)
Week 1 · Memphis · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA -4.68(07:33) #9 T.Owens pass intercepted by #22 Z.Ruffin at MEM21 QB hurried by #93 J.Ishmael, End Of Play
Week 1 · Memphis · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA -4.13(02:31) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass intercepted by #3 D.Smith at MEM18 broken up by #5 A.Foster #3 D.Smith return 26 yards to the MEM44, out of bounds at MEM44
Week 1 · Memphis · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA -3.97(08:19) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass intercepted by #5 A.Foster at MEM22 #5 A.Foster return 11 yards to the MEM33 (#3 H.Summers)
Week 2 · West Georgia · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.80(05:33) Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass complete deep right to #10 J.Bonelli caught at UWG00, for 30 yards to the UWG00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:28, 1ST DOWN #34 C.Van Andel kick attempt good (H: #90 D.Vuckovic, LS: #88 R.Smith)
Week 1 · Memphis · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA -3.35(11:31) Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass intercepted by #3 D.Smith at MEM07 QB hurried by #22 Z.Ruffin #3 D.Smith return 0 yards to the MEM07, End Of Play
Week 1 · Memphis · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.85(10:52) Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass complete short middle to #10 J.Bonelli caught at ASU36, for 20 yards to the ASU45 (#5 A.Foster), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · TCU · 2&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.79(01:20) No Huddle-Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass complete deep middle to #17 J.Bush caught at TCU24, for 46 yards to the TCU01 (#22 J.Lester), 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · West Georgia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.76(12:56) Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass complete short right to #2 C.Cobb caught at UWG35, for 28 yards to the UWG00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:50, 1ST DOWN #34 C.Van Andel kick attempt good (H: #90 D.Vuckovic, LS: #88 R.Smith)
Week 3 · TCU · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.58(14:52) Shotgun #9 T.Owens pass complete short middle to #10 J.Bonelli caught at ASU45, for 10 yards to the ASU46 (#15 D.Hidrogo), 1ST DOWN

2026 snapshot

Since week 2: +133 passing yards.

Season context · Team result + system

2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced

2026Arkansas State1-2HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: pass yards (3rd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#22 / 64 · 66th pct

Yards / att#25 / 64 · 60th pct

8.4

Fumbles lost#9 / 39 · 49th pct

Completion %#40 / 64 · 38th pct

63.4%

Rush TDs#40 / 64 · 20th pct

Pass TDs#53 / 64 · 13th pct

Interceptions#55 / 64 · 12th pct

Pass yards#63 / 64 · 3rd pct

593

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

45/71 (63.4%) · 3 TD · 4 INT

71 of 71 attempts matched to play-by-play

71 of 71 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.5797 of 126 QBs

Sack rate

7.8%108 of 126 QBs

Sacked on 7.8% of dropbacks (108 of 126) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (97 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

21% of attempts (15)

87%comp1 INT

Air -3.5 · YAC 8.4 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

39% of attempts (28)

71%comp

Air 4.4 · YAC 4.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

17% of attempts (12)

50%comp1 INT

Air 13.2 · YAC 13.8 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

23% of attempts (16)

38%comp2 INT

Air 28.0 · YAC 5.8 avg

Overall 63.4% completion on 71 attempts · 38% completion on 16 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Passer rating

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

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

Thin sample: 70 dropbacks

51Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

--NCAA passer ratingno box-score line yet

Positive-play rate weight 24%

45.9%52th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.3963th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -1.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

7.2%23th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -1.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (7 of 77 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 3 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home1g	135	2.0	7.9	0.0
Road2g	229	0.5	8.2	2.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	198	1.0	8.1	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

Pass share

42.0%

71 pass / 98 run

Plays / game

56.3

3 games

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2024

20263 games