2020 College Quarterback Rankings

College play-by-play before 2025 does not record where passes went, so depth, direction, ACE and throw maps start in 2025. Counting stats are the official NCAA season lines.

Ranked by EPA per Dropback. Qualified: 15 pass attempts per team game (the NCAA's minimum for passing efficiency). 2020 regular season. Counting stats are the official NCAA lines.

2020 Leaders

EPA per Dropback

1Grayson McCall Coastal Carolina+0.63
2Kaleb Eleby Western Michigan+0.61
3Kyle Trask Florida+0.53
4Mac Jones Alabama+0.51
5Zach Wilson BYU+0.50

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NFL Passer Rating

1Mac Jones Alabama141.0
2Kaleb Eleby Western Michigan136.6
3Zach Wilson BYU135.9
4Grayson McCall Coastal Carolina132.6
5Kyle Trask Florida132.1

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Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt

1Mac Jones Alabama12.28
2Kaleb Eleby Western Michigan12.26
3Zach Wilson BYU11.51
4Grayson McCall Coastal Carolina11.06
5Layne Hatcher Arkansas State10.90

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Completion %

1Mac Jones Alabama76.5%
2Zach Wilson BYU72.9%
3Justin Fields Ohio State72.6%
4Adrian Martinez Nebraska71.5%
5Matt Corral Ole Miss71.4%

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Passing Yards

1Kyle Trask Florida4,125
2Mac Jones Alabama3,739
3Sam Howell North Carolina3,352
4Dillon Gabriel UCF3,300
5Zach Wilson BYU3,226

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Passing Touchdowns

1Kyle Trask Florida43
2Mac Jones Alabama32
3Dillon Gabriel UCF30
4Zach Wilson BYU29
5Brady White Memphis28

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Success Rate

1Zach Wilson BYU61.0%
2Grayson McCall Coastal Carolina60.9%
3Mac Jones Alabama58.8%
4Kyle Trask Florida58.6%
5Kaleb Eleby Western Michigan54.8%

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Game-Winning Drives

1Kedon Slovis USC3
2Bailey Hockman NC State2
3Brady White Memphis2
4Brock Purdy Iowa State2
5D'Eriq King Miami2

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All 2020 College Quarterback Leaderboards

EPA per Dropback Success Rate Total Passing EPA Total QB EPA (Passing + Rushing) First-Down Rate per Dropback Explosive Pass Rate Negative-Play Rate EPA per Dropback, Excluding Garbage Time NFL Passer Rating Completion % Yards per Attempt Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt Adjusted Yards per Attempt Net Yards per Attempt Yards per Completion Touchdown % Interception % TD:INT Ratio Sack % Passing Yards per Game Pass Attempts per Game Passing Yards Passing Touchdowns Completions Pass Attempts Interceptions Thrown Sacks Taken Passing First Downs 20+ Yard Completions 40+ Yard Completions Longest Completion 300-Yard Passing Games 4-Touchdown Games Wins as Starter 3rd-Down Conversion Rate Red Zone Touchdown Rate Clutch EPA per Dropback Clutch Passer Rating Two-Minute Drill EPA per Dropback Game-Winning Drives 4th-Quarter Comebacks Quarterback Rushing Yards Quarterback Rushing EPA Quarterback Rushing Yards Excluding Sacks NCAA Passing Efficiency QB Sneak Conversion Rate Touchdowns Responsible For Total Yards (Passing + Rushing)

ACE Ranking

"Accuracy Compared to Expectation"

ACE needs to know how hard each throw was. College play-by-play records the depth and direction of passes only from 2025, so college ACE starts in 2025.

How ACE works

Quarterback Rankings, All Qualified Quarterbacks

Rk	Player	Team	GS	Cmp-Att	Yds	TD	INT	Eff	Rate	ANY/A	EPA/DB
1	Grayson McCall	CCU	10	151-218	2,170	23	2	185.9	132.6	11.06	+0.63
2	Kaleb Eleby	WMU	6	97-151	1,700	18	2	195.5	136.6	12.26	+0.61
3	Kyle Trask	FLA	11	285-409	4,125	43	5	186.7	132.1	10.88	+0.53
4	Mac Jones	ALA	11	250-327	3,739	32	4	202.3	141.0	12.28	+0.51
5	Zach Wilson	BYU	11	218-299	3,226	29	3	193.5	135.9	11.51	+0.50
6	Sam Howell	UNC	11	219-317	3,352	27	6	182.2	124.2	10.06	+0.47
7	Nick Starkel	SJSU	7	138-212	1,906	16	4	161.7	111.1	9.25	+0.47
8	Spencer Rattler	OU	10	200-294	2,784	25	7	170.9	116.7	9.21	+0.43
9	Trevor Lawrence	CLEM	9	198-286	2,753	22	4	172.7	119.7	9.91	+0.42
10	Dillon Gabriel	UCF	9	222-361	3,300	30	4	163.5	114.5	9.52	+0.40
11	Layne Hatcher	ARST	0	117-195	2,058	19	2	178.8	124.3	10.90	+0.40
12	Desmond Ridder	CIN	9	162-244	2,090	17	6	156.4	106.1	8.26	+0.36
13	Malik Willis	LIB	9	150-235	2,032	20	4	161.1	112.6	8.52	+0.36
14	Kellen Mond	TA&M	9	171-270	1,976	19	3	145.8	104.2	8.06	+0.35
15	Feleipe Franks	ARK	9	162-237	2,091	17	4	162.8	112.7	7.88	+0.33
16	D'Eriq King	MIA	10	201-316	2,573	22	5	151.8	105.6	7.68	+0.32
17	Kedon Slovis	USC	6	177-262	1,921	17	7	145.2	99.4	6.81	+0.31
18	Tyler Shough	ORE	6	98-157	1,461	13	5	161.5	107.2	8.63	+0.31
19	Davis Mills	STAN	5	127-193	1,510	7	3	140.4	95.1	7.31	+0.31
20	Austin Aune	UNT	3	101-185	1,650	13	4	148.4	99.2	8.99	+0.30
21	Carson Strong	NEV	8	225-325	2,572	21	4	154.6	109.2	7.91	+0.30
22	Shane Buechele	SMU	10	242-367	3,095	23	6	154.2	106.2	8.14	+0.29
23	Sam Hartman	WAKE	8	139-236	1,906	10	1	139.9	97.2	7.59	+0.29
24	Ian Book	ND	11	201-314	2,601	15	2	148.1	103.2	7.98	+0.29
25	Jake Haener	FRES	6	147-228	1,964	14	5	152.7	103.0	7.22	+0.28
26	Phil Jurkovec	BC	9	205-336	2,558	17	5	138.7	95.3	7.35	+0.27
27	Drew Plitt	BALL	6	152-231	1,937	16	6	153.9	104.1	7.63	+0.27
28	Preston Hutchinson	EMU	6	126-198	1,657	12	6	147.9	97.6	7.24	+0.27
29	Justin Fields	OSU	6	119-164	1,521	15	5	174.6	119.0	8.13	+0.27
30	Brady White	MEM	10	230-384	3,092	28	9	146.9	100.1	7.72	+0.26
31	Logan Bonner	ARST	10	156-262	1,863	18	6	137.4	94.7	6.95	+0.26
32	Gavin Hardison	UTEP	7	108-199	1,419	5	5	117.4	74.9	6.12	+0.25
33	Hank Bachmeier	BOIS	5	96-155	1,150	6	2	134.5	92.1	6.72	+0.25
34	Brock Purdy	ISU	11	223-335	2,594	18	9	144.0	96.5	7.18	+0.25
35	Levi Lewis	UL	10	164-273	2,124	17	7	140.8	94.6	7.53	+0.25
36	Matt Corral	MISS	8	202-283	3,010	27	14	182.3	117.1	9.52	+0.24
37	Sam Ehlinger	TEX	9	184-306	2,406	25	5	149.9	105.4	7.88	+0.23
38	Gunnar Watson	TROY	9	211-301	2,141	16	7	142.7	98.2	6.60	+0.22
39	Malik Cunningham	LOU	11	195-303	2,617	20	12	150.8	97.2	7.10	+0.22
40	Tanner Morgan	MINN	6	106-183	1,374	7	5	128.2	83.0	6.26	+0.21
41	Bailey Hockman	NCSU	8	144-226	1,820	12	8	141.8	91.7	6.33	+0.21
42	Connor Bazelak	MIZ	8	218-324	2,366	7	6	132.1	88.1	6.45	+0.21
43	Max Johnson	LSU	2	88-150	1,069	8	1	134.8	95.7	7.11	+0.20
44	Kenny Pickett	PITT	9	204-333	2,408	13	9	129.5	85.0	6.29	+0.20
45	Zac Thomas	APP	11	178-275	2,075	19	11	142.9	93.8	6.25	+0.19
46	Michael Pratt	TULN	8	127-228	1,638	18	5	137.7	95.6	6.42	+0.19
47	Clayton Tune	HOU	7	150-247	1,832	13	7	134.7	89.3	6.64	+0.18
48	Stetson Bennett	UGA	5	85-154	1,164	8	6	128.0	80.7	6.35	+0.17
49	Michael Penix Jr.	IU	6	123-219	1,649	14	4	136.9	94.0	7.55	+0.17
50	Jarret Doege	WVU	9	221-344	2,383	13	3	133.2	93.4	6.64	+0.17
51	Sean Clifford	PSU	8	151-250	1,877	16	9	137.4	90.0	6.33	+0.16
52	Adrian Martinez	NEB	6	108-151	1,055	4	3	135.0	91.3	5.79	+0.16
53	Chris Reynolds	CLT	6	96-175	1,305	8	2	130.3	89.3	6.74	+0.15
54	Chevan Cordeiro	HAW	8	180-289	1,947	11	6	127.3	86.1	5.56	+0.14
55	Cornelious Brown IV	GAST	9	162-274	2,046	14	9	132.1	85.8	6.70	+0.14
56	Asher O'Hara	MTSU	9	192-288	1,960	12	8	132.0	88.3	5.60	+0.13
57	Zach Smith	TLSA	8	121-217	1,599	12	8	128.5	82.3	6.01	+0.13
58	Peyton Ramsey	NU	8	147-246	1,451	9	8	114.9	75.1	4.76	+0.13
59	Frank Harris	UTSA	8	146-229	1,422	10	5	126.0	86.5	5.69	+0.13
60	Jarrett Guarantano	TENN	7	103-166	1,112	6	4	125.4	83.7	5.56	+0.13
61	Bo Nix	AUB	10	189-314	2,122	11	7	124.1	82.8	5.72	+0.10
62	Spencer Petras	IOWA	8	140-245	1,569	9	5	119.0	80.1	5.73	+0.10
63	Grant Wells	MRSH	9	152-250	1,977	18	9	143.8	94.7	7.31	+0.10
64	Alan Bowman	TTU	6	148-229	1,584	10	7	131.0	86.6	6.33	+0.10
65	Brennan Armstrong	UVA	9	157-268	2,116	18	11	138.9	89.1	6.52	+0.09
66	Desmond Trotter	USA	10	160-247	1,917	11	4	141.4	96.5	6.28	+0.09
67	Henry Colombi	TTU	4	109-166	1,065	8	4	130.6	89.6	5.40	+0.08
68	Ross Bowers	NIU	6	123-212	1,365	10	2	125.8	89.1	6.28	+0.08
69	Max Duggan	TCU	9	145-239	1,764	9	4	131.7	89.0	6.32	+0.07
70	Spencer Sanders	OKST	8	128-206	1,702	10	8	139.8	88.3	6.71	+0.07
71	Colby Suits	ULM	8	151-248	1,537	8	7	117.9	77.6	5.07	+0.06
72	Jacob Free	TROY	2	88-152	1,051	6	5	122.4	78.6	5.55	+0.04
73	Luke Anthony	LT	8	138-221	1,479	16	5	138.0	96.7	5.77	+0.04
74	Will Rogers	MSST	5	220-316	1,828	10	7	124.2	85.5	4.82	+0.04
75	Charlie Brewer	BAY	9	198-321	1,958	14	8	122.3	83.1	4.96	+0.04
76	Tyrrell Pigrome	WKU	9	154-264	1,435	9	0	115.2	84.7	5.47	+0.04
77	Will Howard	KSU	7	90-168	1,178	8	10	116.3	67.0	4.93	+0.03
78	Rocky Lombardi	MSU	6	84-158	1,090	8	9	116.4	68.3	4.91	+0.03
79	Collin Hill	SC	8	124-211	1,393	6	6	117.9	76.2	4.84	+0.03
80	Holton Ahlers	ECU	7	165-269	1,927	18	9	136.9	91.4	6.13	+0.03
81	Noah Vedral	RUTG	7	133-217	1,251	9	7	117.0	77.6	4.26	+0.02
82	Brady McBride	TXST	8	172-282	1,928	17	7	133.4	91.1	6.06	+0.02
83	Terry Wilson	UK	9	111-177	1,092	7	4	123.1	83.8	5.26	+0.01
84	Jordan McCloud	USF	6	120-194	1,341	9	2	133.2	93.6	6.32	-0.02
85	Ken Seals	VAN	8	184-282	1,913	12	8	130.6	87.1	5.67	-0.02
86	Chase Brice	DUKE	10	192-351	2,162	10	15	107.3	65.0	4.12	-0.03
87	Graham Mertz	WIS	6	107-176	1,108	8	5	123.0	82.3	5.16	-0.06
88	Jeff Sims	GT	10	141-257	1,881	13	13	122.9	74.1	5.17	-0.10
89	Rex Culpepper	SYR	5	94-190	1,028	9	8	102.1	64.1	4.03	-0.16
90	K.J. Costello	MSST	5	134-209	1,283	6	11	114.6	68.7	3.74	-0.17
91	Jalon Daniels	KU	6	76-152	718	1	4	86.6	54.7	2.37	-0.17

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