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2025 College Clutch EPA per Dropback Leaders

2025 is a partial season for depth and direction: the play-by-play started recording where passes went in Week 9.

EPA per dropback in the 4th quarter or overtime with the score within 8 points. This matches FootballKickingStats.com's clutch definition on purpose.

The 2025 leaders: Jacob Clark (+0.67), Athan Kaliakmanis (+0.62), Gunner Stockton (+0.58).

Clutch EPA per Dropback

Minimum to rank: cl db >= 3 × team games. 44 players.

RkPlayerPosTeamAttDropbacksClutch EPA/DB
1Jacob ClarkQBMOST341424+0.67
2Athan KaliakmanisQBRUTG368410+0.62
3Gunner StocktonQBUGA355401+0.58
4Haynes KingQBGT321367+0.53
5Fernando MendozaQBIU316398+0.50
6Kevin JenningsQBSMU422462+0.41
7Trinidad ChamblissQBMISS333456+0.40
8Logan FifeQBNMSU361404+0.36
9Darian MensahQBDUKE449512+0.35
10Joe FagnanoQBCONN412412+0.34
11Walker EgetQBSJSU393393+0.31
12Drake LindseyQBMINN361396+0.29
13Blake ShapenQBMSST304326+0.29
14Jaron-Keawe SagapoluteleQBCAL452523+0.28
15Robby AshfordQBWAKE289323+0.26
16Noah FifitaQBARIZ386447+0.25
17Beau PribulaQBMIZ270288+0.23
18Marcel ReedQBTA&M338381+0.23
19Conner WeigmanQBHOU319370+0.21
20Lunch WinfieldQBUL180222+0.19
21Josh HooverQBTCU413422+0.18
22Micah AlejadoQBHAW384433+0.17
23Dylan RaiolaQBNEB250276+0.17
24John MateerQBOU356416+0.16
25Anthony ColandreaQBUNLV387427+0.15
26Ty SimpsonQBALA428496+0.15
27Amari OdomQBKENN256299+0.14
28Nicholas VattiatoQBMTSU357368+0.11
29Miller MossQBLOU356398+0.08
30Carson BeckQBMIA353473+0.07
31Jaylen RaynorQBARST469535+0.06
32Ta'Quan RobersonQBBUF356376+0.05
33Rocco BechtQBISU337351+0.05
34Maalik MurphyQBORST276287-0.03
35Ben FinleyQBAKR362378-0.05
36JJ KohlQBAPP216221-0.06
37Nick MinicucciQBDEL484526-0.10
38Avery JohnsonQBKSU341348-0.17
39Cade KlubnikQBCLEM353398-0.17
40Chandler MorrisQBUVA398441-0.19
41Malik WashingtonQBMD473469-0.28
42Ethan VaskoQBLIB266266-0.33
43Preston StoneQBNU339378-0.35
44Owen McCownQBUTSA381400-0.36

More 2025 College Quarterback Leaderboards

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