Senior quarterback for Kentucky. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′4″ · 230 lb · Buford, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
2 INT · 4.1 per attempt
3 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 149 pass yds, 9 rush yds, vs Ole Miss
Swing playSwung Texas A&M from 55% to 79% to win.Texas A&M at LSU · 27-24
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Kentucky. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
Zach Calzada
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 149 pass yds, 9 rush yds against Ole Miss — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (92nd percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
2.22204 of 206 QBsSack rate
3.3%43 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (43 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (204 of 206).
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
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 49.1% completion on 55 attempts · 40% of attempts thrown negative air yds.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 117 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 117 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-16vs Toledo | 10/23 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 25.8 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30vs Ole Miss | 15/30 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 30.1 | Season-high 149 yds |
| Wk 13 | L 17-45@ Vanderbilt | 3/5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 7.0 | |
| Total | 28/58 | 238 | 0 | 2 | 3.2 | 21.0 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (5.9%).
2026 Outlook
Kentucky
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Kentucky
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kentucky · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #23 · 2026 recruiting class #60
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Spencer Petras’s 2021 season.
Matches Spencer on
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Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Michael Alaimo’s path through Kent State.
Matches Michael on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Grayson Loftis's sophomore season at Duke (2023).
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Differs from Grayson on
Player DNA