College Football QB Efficiency, AY/A & PPA Leaders 2021
College Football QB Efficiency, AY/A & PPA Leaders 2021: market share, efficiency and CFBD predicted points added for qualified FBS players, filterable by conference and class, linked to prospect and NFL player pages. Qualified players only: 195+ pass attempts.
Team details
- Season: 2021
- Players: 300
Top 100
| # | Player | Pos | School | Class | G | Att | AY/A | TD% | INT% | PPA/Play | Total PPA | Rush Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bailey Zappe | QB | Western Kentucky | SR | 14 | 686 | 9.78 | 9.0% | 1.6% | 0.48 | 277.8 | 17 |
| 2 | C.J. Stroud | QB | Ohio State | JR | 12 | 441 | 11.44 | 10.0% | 1.4% | 0.64 | 268.1 | -20 |
| 3 | Tanner Mordecai | QB | SMU | SR | 12 | 454 | 8.52 | 8.6% | 2.6% | 0.55 | 236.6 | 202 |
| 4 | Bryce Young | QB | Alabama | JR | 15 | 547 | 10.05 | 8.6% | 1.3% | 0.44 | 235.8 | 0 |
| 5 | Carson Strong | QB | Nevada | SO | 12 | 524 | 8.68 | 6.9% | 1.5% | 0.41 | 218.7 | -208 |
| 6 | Sam Hartman | QB | Wake Forest | SR | 14 | 508 | 8.62 | 7.7% | 2.8% | 0.42 | 218.2 | 363 |
| 7 | Brennan Armstrong | QB | Virginia | SR | 11 | 501 | 9.21 | 6.2% | 2.0% | 0.43 | 214.2 | 256 |
| 8 | Will Rogers | QB | Mississippi State | JR | 13 | 683 | 7.40 | 5.3% | 1.3% | 0.33 | 212.8 | -97 |
| 9 | Kenny Pickett | QB | Pittsburgh | SR | 13 | 497 | 9.75 | 8.5% | 1.4% | 0.43 | 207.8 | 241 |
| 10 | Logan Bonner | QB | Utah State | SR | 14 | 430 | 8.86 | 8.4% | 2.8% | 0.51 | 193.3 | 66 |
| 11 | Jake Haener | QB | Fresno State | SR | 13 | 490 | 8.88 | 6.7% | 1.8% | 0.39 | 188.3 | 5 |
| 12 | Aidan O'Connell | QB | Purdue | 12 | 440 | 8.58 | 6.4% | 2.5% | 0.45 | 184.9 | -120 | |
| 13 | Grayson McCall | QB | Coastal Carolina | SR | 11 | 241 | 13.60 | 11.2% | 1.2% | 0.73 | 180.1 | 290 |
| 14 | Chase Brice | QB | App State | SR | 14 | 390 | 8.67 | 6.9% | 2.8% | 0.45 | 173.8 | 149 |
| 15 | Frank Harris | QB | UTSA | SR | 14 | 398 | 8.66 | 6.8% | 1.5% | 0.43 | 172.1 | 566 |
| 16 | Taulia Tagovailoa | QB | Maryland | SR | 13 | 474 | 8.20 | 5.5% | 2.3% | 0.39 | 170.9 | 77 |
| 17 | Seth Henigan | QB | Memphis | SR | 11 | 393 | 8.81 | 6.4% | 2.0% | 0.41 | 167.0 | 147 |
| 18 | Clayton Tune | QB | Houston | SR | 14 | 421 | 8.78 | 7.1% | 2.4% | 0.36 | 161.9 | 154 |
| 19 | Payton Thorne | QB | Michigan State | SR | 13 | 389 | 8.56 | 6.9% | 2.6% | 0.43 | 161.8 | 181 |
| 20 | Jack Coan | QB | Notre Dame | SR | 13 | 385 | 8.66 | 6.5% | 1.8% | 0.39 | 160.8 | -100 |
| 21 | Kaleb Eleby | QB | Western Michigan | SO | 13 | 362 | 9.58 | 6.4% | 1.7% | 0.43 | 156.7 | 64 |
| 22 | Chris Reynolds | QB | Charlotte | SR | 11 | 338 | 8.27 | 7.7% | 2.7% | 0.47 | 155.3 | 174 |
| 23 | Devin Leary | QB | NC State | SR | 12 | 431 | 9.07 | 8.1% | 1.2% | 0.34 | 151.1 | -73 |
| 24 | Hank Bachmeier | QB | Boise State | SR | 12 | 401 | 7.78 | 5.0% | 2.0% | 0.37 | 149.7 | -20 |
| 25 | Brock Purdy | QB | Iowa State | SR | 13 | 407 | 7.88 | 4.7% | 2.0% | 0.41 | 148.9 | 238 |
| 26 | Tyler Van Dyke | QB | Miami | SR | 10 | 324 | 9.76 | 7.7% | 1.9% | 0.47 | 148.8 | 57 |
| 27 | Gavin Hardison | QB | UTEP | SR | 13 | 357 | 8.38 | 5.0% | 3.6% | 0.54 | 147.0 | -44 |
| 28 | Spencer Sanders | QB | Oklahoma State | SR | 13 | 391 | 6.90 | 5.1% | 3.1% | 0.36 | 146.3 | 668 |
| 29 | Chance Nolan | QB | Oregon State | SR | 13 | 318 | 8.20 | 6.0% | 3.1% | 0.45 | 144.7 | 286 |
| 30 | Rocky Lombardi | QB | Northern Illinois | SR | 13 | 343 | 7.40 | 4.4% | 2.3% | 0.43 | 143.9 | 472 |
| 31 | Hendon Hooker | QB | Tennessee | SR | 13 | 302 | 11.36 | 10.3% | 1.0% | 0.46 | 141.5 | 620 |
| 32 | Malik Cunningham | QB | Louisville | SR | 13 | 337 | 9.05 | 5.6% | 1.8% | 0.43 | 139.0 | 1031 |
| 33 | Stetson Bennett | QB | Georgia | SR | 14 | 287 | 10.90 | 10.1% | 2.4% | 0.48 | 138.7 | 259 |
| 34 | Todd Centeio | QB | Colorado State | SR | 12 | 380 | 7.39 | 3.9% | 2.6% | 0.36 | 138.2 | 439 |
| 35 | Brett Gabbert | QB | Miami (OH) | SR | 10 | 299 | 9.69 | 8.7% | 2.0% | 0.44 | 132.1 | 151 |
| 36 | Emory Jones | QB | Florida | SR | 13 | 346 | 7.31 | 5.5% | 3.8% | 0.41 | 132.0 | 759 |
| 37 | Desmond Ridder | QB | Cincinnati | SR | 14 | 387 | 9.24 | 7.8% | 2.1% | 0.34 | 131.6 | 355 |
| 38 | Dorian Thompson-Robinson | QB | UCLA | SR | 11 | 283 | 9.04 | 7.4% | 2.1% | 0.45 | 130.6 | 609 |
| 39 | Max Johnson | QB | LSU | SR | 12 | 373 | 8.27 | 7.2% | 1.6% | 0.34 | 128.0 | -41 |
| 40 | Adrian Martinez | QB | Nebraska | SR | 11 | 306 | 8.80 | 4.6% | 3.3% | 0.40 | 127.0 | 525 |
| 41 | Holton Ahlers | QB | East Carolina | SR | 12 | 414 | 7.33 | 4.3% | 2.4% | 0.30 | 124.7 | 204 |
| 42 | Jayden de Laura | QB | Washington State | JR | 12 | 359 | 7.95 | 6.4% | 2.5% | 0.38 | 124.2 | 77 |
| 43 | Jarret Doege | QB | West Virginia | SR | 13 | 417 | 6.93 | 4.6% | 2.9% | 0.29 | 123.2 | -141 |
| 44 | KJ Jefferson | QB | Arkansas | SR | 13 | 294 | 9.92 | 7.1% | 1.4% | 0.41 | 121.2 | 664 |
| 45 | Anthony Brown | QB | Oregon | SR | 14 | 390 | 7.78 | 4.6% | 1.8% | 0.31 | 120.9 | 658 |
| 46 | Max Duggan | QB | TCU | SR | 10 | 227 | 9.24 | 7.0% | 2.6% | 0.56 | 120.7 | 352 |
| 47 | Matt Corral | QB | Ole Miss | SO | 13 | 386 | 9.13 | 5.2% | 1.3% | 0.32 | 117.8 | 614 |
| 48 | Jaren Hall | QB | BYU | JR | 10 | 296 | 9.32 | 6.8% | 1.7% | 0.37 | 115.1 | 307 |
| 49 | Ben Bryant | QB | Eastern Michigan | SR | 13 | 408 | 7.56 | 3.4% | 1.7% | 0.29 | 114.3 | -43 |
| 50 | Connor Bazelak | QB | Missouri | SR | 11 | 377 | 6.29 | 4.2% | 2.9% | 0.32 | 113.8 | -23 |
| 51 | Daniel Richardson | QB | Central Michigan | JR | 13 | 316 | 9.00 | 7.6% | 1.9% | 0.41 | 112.9 | -38 |
| 52 | Davis Brin | QB | Tulsa | SR | 13 | 410 | 7.06 | 4.4% | 3.9% | 0.28 | 111.0 | 75 |
| 53 | Cameron Rising | QB | Utah | SR | 13 | 320 | 8.34 | 6.2% | 1.6% | 0.36 | 110.7 | 499 |
| 54 | Will Levis | QB | Kentucky | SR | 13 | 353 | 7.71 | 6.8% | 3.7% | 0.31 | 108.8 | 376 |
| 55 | Dustin Crum | QB | Kent State | SR | 14 | 382 | 8.82 | 5.2% | 1.6% | 0.28 | 108.6 | 703 |
| 56 | Casey Thompson | QB | Texas | SR | 12 | 261 | 8.38 | 9.2% | 3.4% | 0.41 | 108.4 | 157 |
| 57 | Jake Bentley | QB | South Alabama | SR | 10 | 303 | 8.11 | 5.6% | 2.6% | 0.40 | 106.4 | -8 |
| 58 | Dylan Hopkins | QB | UAB | SR | 13 | 235 | 9.87 | 7.7% | 3.0% | 0.49 | 105.9 | 19 |
| 59 | Cade McNamara | QB | Michigan | SR | 14 | 327 | 7.97 | 4.6% | 1.8% | 0.32 | 105.4 | 26 |
| 60 | Malik Willis | QB | Liberty | JR | 13 | 339 | 8.43 | 8.0% | 3.5% | 0.28 | 103.8 | 878 |
| 61 | Caleb Williams | QB | Oklahoma | JR | 11 | 211 | 10.20 | 10.0% | 1.9% | 0.59 | 101.3 | 442 |
| 62 | Austin Kendall | QB | Louisiana Tech | SR | 7 | 243 | 7.16 | 5.3% | 3.7% | 0.41 | 99.4 | 157 |
| 63 | Sean Clifford | QB | Penn State | SR | 13 | 428 | 7.40 | 4.9% | 1.9% | 0.21 | 98.4 | 163 |
| 64 | Sam Howell | QB | North Carolina | JR | 12 | 347 | 9.02 | 6.9% | 2.6% | 0.26 | 97.3 | 828 |
| 65 | Grant Wells | QB | Marshall | SR | 13 | 445 | 7.34 | 3.6% | 2.9% | 0.35 | 97.3 | 56 |
| 66 | Chevan Cordeiro | QB | Hawai'i | SR | 11 | 353 | 7.47 | 4.8% | 3.1% | 0.27 | 94.0 | 342 |
| 67 | Layne Hatcher | QB | Arkansas State | SR | 11 | 341 | 6.50 | 5.6% | 3.8% | 0.31 | 93.3 | -54 |
| 68 | Tanner Morgan | QB | Minnesota | SR | 13 | 249 | 7.39 | 4.0% | 3.6% | 0.36 | 93.3 | -9 |
| 69 | Skylar John Thompson | QB | Kansas State | SR | 10 | 233 | 9.33 | 5.2% | 1.7% | 0.42 | 93.1 | 4 |
| 70 | Dylan Morris | QB | Washington | SR | 11 | 363 | 6.06 | 3.9% | 3.3% | 0.28 | 91.6 | -25 |
| 71 | Levi Lewis | QB | Louisiana | SR | 14 | 391 | 8.02 | 5.1% | 1.0% | 0.23 | 90.1 | 343 |
| 72 | Tanner McKee | QB | Stanford | JR | 10 | 315 | 7.34 | 4.8% | 2.2% | 0.29 | 89.5 | 8 |
| 73 | Bo Nix | QB | Auburn | JR | 10 | 323 | 7.37 | 3.4% | 0.9% | 0.27 | 88.0 | 168 |
| 74 | Kedon Slovis | QB | USC | SR | 9 | 297 | 6.78 | 3.7% | 2.7% | 0.30 | 85.8 | -36 |
| 75 | Hayden Wolff | QB | Old Dominion | SR | 10 | 253 | 7.19 | 4.0% | 2.8% | 0.37 | 85.2 | -92 |
| 76 | Chase Garbers | QB | California | JR | 11 | 348 | 7.16 | 4.6% | 2.3% | 0.27 | 85.1 | 456 |
| 77 | Braxton Burmeister | QB | Virginia Tech | SR | 12 | 255 | 8.08 | 5.5% | 1.6% | 0.31 | 85.0 | 521 |
| 78 | N'Kosi Perry | QB | Florida Atlantic | SR | 12 | 345 | 8.28 | 5.8% | 2.0% | 0.34 | 83.2 | 149 |
| 79 | Gerry Bohannon | QB | Baylor | SR | 12 | 275 | 8.16 | 6.5% | 2.5% | 0.33 | 81.2 | 323 |
| 80 | Darren Grainger | QB | Georgia State | SR | 13 | 228 | 8.40 | 8.3% | 1.8% | 0.36 | 80.9 | 646 |
| 81 | Max Bortenschlager | QB | Florida International | SR | 12 | 342 | 8.11 | 5.6% | 3.5% | 0.34 | 80.6 | -250 |
| 82 | Michael Pratt | QB | Tulane | JR | 11 | 328 | 7.44 | 6.4% | 2.4% | 0.24 | 79.5 | 154 |
| 83 | Jayden Daniels | QB | Arizona State | SR | 13 | 301 | 7.08 | 3.3% | 3.3% | 0.25 | 78.1 | 710 |
| 84 | Gunnar Holmberg | QB | Duke | SR | 11 | 324 | 6.60 | 2.2% | 2.5% | 0.29 | 76.1 | 167 |
| 85 | Graham Mertz | QB | Wisconsin | SR | 13 | 284 | 5.86 | 3.5% | 3.9% | 0.26 | 72.8 | -25 |
| 86 | Dequan Finn | QB | Toledo | SR | 13 | 250 | 9.35 | 7.2% | 0.8% | 0.29 | 72.2 | 501 |
| 87 | Brady McBride | QB | Texas State | JR | 7 | 244 | 5.32 | 4.9% | 4.1% | 0.28 | 71.0 | 141 |
| 88 | Drew Plitt | QB | Ball State | SR | 13 | 411 | 6.40 | 4.4% | 1.5% | 0.20 | 70.9 | 131 |
| 89 | Kyle Vantrease | QB | Buffalo | 10 | 262 | 6.68 | 3.1% | 2.3% | 0.32 | 70.0 | 115 | |
| 90 | Zach Calzada | QB | Texas A&M | SR | 12 | 328 | 6.46 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 0.21 | 66.6 | -9 |
| 91 | Timmy McClain | QB | South Florida | SR | 11 | 262 | 6.39 | 1.9% | 2.7% | 0.24 | 65.1 | 238 |
| 92 | Gunnar Watson | QB | Troy | SR | 8 | 228 | 6.99 | 3.5% | 1.8% | 0.28 | 62.7 | -64 |
| 93 | Kurtis Rourke | QB | Ohio | SR | 10 | 261 | 6.60 | 4.2% | 2.7% | 0.23 | 61.1 | 327 |
| 94 | Jake Constantine | QB | Rice | SR | 8 | 206 | 7.12 | 3.9% | 3.4% | 0.37 | 54.8 | -7 |
| 95 | Nick Starkel | QB | San José State | SR | 7 | 248 | 6.09 | 3.6% | 2.8% | 0.22 | 48.6 | -71 |
| 96 | Lucas Johnson | QB | San Diego State | SR | 12 | 223 | 6.65 | 5.4% | 1.8% | 0.21 | 47.5 | 181 |
| 97 | Will Plummer | QB | Arizona | SO | 10 | 267 | 4.96 | 2.2% | 3.4% | 0.20 | 46.0 | 138 |
| 98 | Austin Aune | QB | North Texas | JR | 13 | 295 | 5.99 | 3.1% | 3.1% | 0.18 | 45.9 | 325 |
| 99 | Mikey Keene | QB | UCF | SR | 11 | 272 | 6.62 | 6.2% | 2.2% | 0.17 | 44.0 | -36 |
| 100 | D.J. Uiagalelei | QB | Clemson | SR | 13 | 374 | 5.28 | 2.4% | 2.7% | 0.11 | 42.2 | 316 |
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