Zane Flores

#6 · QB · R-So. · Iowa State6′3″ · 215 lb · Gretna, NE

Zane Flores is a quarterback at Iowa State who has not played in Iowa State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Oklahoma State.

Where Flores comes from

Gretna, NEHometown
GretnaHigh school
About 150 miles from Jack Trice StadiumDistance
Three-star, No. 482 in the 2023 class; signed with Oklahoma State.Recruiting profile

Where Flores fits

The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Flores at QB, No. 1.

Iowa State lists 5 quarterbacks this season.

Iowa State quarterbacks with a game this season

Jaylen Raynor8 games this season
Connor Moberly4 games this season

Iowa State is 4-4. Next: at Baylor, Sat Nov 7.

Similar players

Same class and position

Brock GlennWestern Kentucky · QB · No. 482 in the 2023 class
Luke DuncanNevada · QB · No. 511 in the 2023 class
Tad HudsonNC State · QB · No. 403 in the 2023 class

Also from Gretna, NE

Korver DemmaCentral Michigan · DL
Mason GoldmanNebraska · DL
Blake HawkinsIowa State · DE
Kalvin JanssenWyoming · OL

Flores operates within the system without forcing anything. Arrived at Iowa State from Oklahoma State. On tape: 235 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Kansas, Week 10, 2025.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	155	262	59.2%	1,454	5.5	3	7	104.2	30
Career		155	262	59.2%	1,454	5.5	3	7	104.2	30

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	52	117	2.2	2	27
Career		52	117	2.2	2	27

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 27-7vs UT Martin	13/20	136	0	0	6.8	67.0
Wk 2	L 3-69@ No. 6 Oregon	7/19	67	0	2	3.5	18.8
Wk 4	L 12-19vs Tulsa	25/40	214	0	0	5.4	25.9
Wk 5	L 27-45vs Baylor	23/41	232	0	0	5.7	45.4
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Arizona	9/20	47	0	1	2.4	26.3
Wk 10	L 21-38@ Kansas	22/28	235	2	0	8.4	74.4	Season-high 235 yds
Wk 12	L 6-14vs Kansas State	24/36	233	0	2	6.5	46.6
Wk 13	L 14-17@ UCF	13/28	124	1	1	4.4	55.6
Wk 14	L 13-20vs Iowa State	19/30	166	0	1	5.5	30.1
Total		155/262	1454	3	7	5.5	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Kansas State	L 6-14 · Graded solid · 233 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 5 for 25 · A second-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 66% to 46% · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at Arizona	L 13-41 · Graded rough · 47 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for 31 · Sacked 1
Biggest game	at Oregon	No. 6 at kickoff · L 3-69 · 67 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 6 for -6 · Sacked 0

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

155/262 (59.2%) · 3 TD · 7 INT

258 of 262 attempts matched to play-by-play

126 of 258 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 258 passing plays (149 completions) against the box score's 262 attempts (155 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.09183 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.1%112 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.1% of dropbacks (112 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (183 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

27% of attempts (34)

76%comp1 INT

Air -4.1 · YAC 9.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

44% of attempts (56)

70%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 4.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of attempts (25)

52%comp2 INT

Air 12.8 · YAC 2.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

9% of attempts (11)

36%comp1 INT

Air 25.0 · YAC 2.5 avg

Overall 59.2% completion on 262 attempts · 36% completion on 11 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

+58

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-34 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/98 (4.1%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

-15 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/77 (3.9%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+58 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/77 (6.5%) · league sack rate 7.8%

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Teams and coaches

2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Mike Gundy and Doug Meacham · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 23 (#138 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

23Below cohort / limited sample #138 of 146 · 2025, at Oklahoma State?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score, at Oklahoma State: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: epa / dropback (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#92 / 183 · 50th pct

5.1%

Interception rate#122 / 183 · 34th pct

2.7%

Success rate#150 / 183 · 18th pct

34.9%

Explosive rate#161 / 183 · 12th pct

6.2%

EPA / dropback#165 / 183 · 10th pct

0.01

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#96 / 183 · 48th pct

117

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct

Pass yards#115 / 183 · 37th pct

1454

Completion %#127 / 183 · 31st pct

59.2%

Pass TDs#168 / 183 · 7th pct

Yards / att#172 / 183 · 6th pct

5.5

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 249 dropbacks

30Zeitgeist Passer Rating122nd of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 104.2 139th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 17 places higher than passer rating does: positive plays and yards per attempt come at a higher rate than the box line suggests.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

42.5%25th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.4% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.8712th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.8%46th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.0% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (23 of 272 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	196	0.0	6.0	0.6
Road4g	118	0.8	4.7	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	139	0.0	4.8	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	190	0.8	6.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Doug Meacham

Pass share

47.5%

365 pass / 403 run

Plays / game

64.0

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

262 pass attempts, 52 carries and 2 catches in 9 games

About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

23 · #138 of 146 QBs · 2025, at Oklahoma State

Three-star recruit. Now #138 at the position.