Zeb Noland
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 225 pass yds, 1 pass TD against East Carolina — Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 1,945 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Muschamp → Shane Beamer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: interception rate (90th). Strength: interceptions (95th). Concern: success rate (15th).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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
Adjusted ANY/A
7.1280 of 204 QBsSack rate
8.7%175 of 204 QBsSacked on 8.7% of dropbacks (175 of 204) — and still 80 of 204 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 54.3% completion on 94 attempts · 9 deep completions averaging 38.1 yds.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 97.3 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 105 | 0.3 | 14.1 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 120 | 1.5 | 13.8 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 63.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Career stats
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 53 | 95 | 55.8% | 690 | 7.3 | 7 | 1 | 139.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Iowa State | 70 | 110 | 63.6% | 722 | 6.6 | 4 | 1 | 129.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 36 | 66 | 54.5% | 533 | 8.1 | 2 | 1 | 129.4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 159 | 271 | 58.7% | 1,945 | 7.2 | 13 | 3 | 132.6 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 18 | -25 | -1.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Iowa State | 7 | -13 | -1.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Iowa State | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 26 | -47 | -1.8 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois | 13/21 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 5.8 | 78.0 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ East Carolina | 13/24 | 225 | 1 | 1 | 9.4 | 38.6 | Season-high 225 yds |
| Wk 3 | L 13-40@ Georgia | 1/2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 94.2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Vanderbilt | 5/8 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 | 90.8 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-44@ Texas A&M | 7/12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 21.1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-30vs Clemson | 11/22 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 33.9 | |
| Total | 50/89 | 608 | 6 | 1 | 10.3 | 59.4 |
How he plays
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: interception rate (90th). Strength: interceptions (95th). Concern: success rate (15th).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Hudson Card’s 2021 season.
Matches Hudson on
Differs from Hudson on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to AJ Swann's sophomore season at Vanderbilt (2022).
Matches AJ on
Differs from AJ on
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2017–2021Up 29% from first season to most-recent.