College Football QB Efficiency, AY/A & PPA Leaders 2023
College Football QB Efficiency, AY/A & PPA Leaders 2023: 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: 2023
- Players: 300
Top 100
| # | Player | Pos | School | Class | G | Att | AY/A | TD% | INT% | PPA/Play | Total PPA | Rush Yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bo Nix | QB | Oregon | SR | 14 | 470 | 11.22 | 9.6% | 0.6% | 0.61 | 259.8 | 234 |
| 2 | Michael Penix Jr. | QB | Washington | SR | 15 | 556 | 9.22 | 6.5% | 2.0% | 0.46 | 242.0 | 8 |
| 3 | Dillon Gabriel | QB | Oklahoma | SR | 12 | 384 | 10.39 | 7.8% | 1.6% | 0.68 | 233.6 | 373 |
| 4 | Jayden Daniels | QB | LSU | SR | 12 | 327 | 13.55 | 12.2% | 1.2% | 0.64 | 209.4 | 1134 |
| 5 | Carson Beck | QB | Georgia | SR | 14 | 417 | 9.95 | 5.8% | 1.4% | 0.52 | 208.8 | 116 |
| 6 | Joey Aguilar | QB | App State | SR | 14 | 459 | 8.64 | 7.2% | 2.2% | 0.46 | 206.5 | 249 |
| 7 | Seth Henigan | QB | Memphis | SR | 13 | 476 | 8.65 | 6.7% | 1.9% | 0.42 | 202.0 | 274 |
| 8 | Jordan McCloud | QB | James Madison | SR | 13 | 413 | 9.49 | 8.5% | 2.4% | 0.52 | 190.6 | 276 |
| 9 | Kyle McCord | QB | Ohio State | SR | 12 | 348 | 9.71 | 6.9% | 1.7% | 0.57 | 188.6 | -65 |
| 10 | Kaidon Salter | QB | Liberty | SR | 14 | 290 | 11.19 | 11.0% | 2.1% | 0.68 | 178.1 | 1089 |
| 11 | Jaxson Dart | QB | Ole Miss | SR | 13 | 359 | 10.03 | 6.4% | 1.4% | 0.47 | 176.7 | 391 |
| 12 | TJ Finley | QB | Texas State | JR | 13 | 414 | 8.60 | 5.8% | 1.9% | 0.43 | 175.7 | 81 |
| 13 | Caleb Williams | QB | USC | JR | 12 | 388 | 10.33 | 7.7% | 1.3% | 0.45 | 175.6 | 115 |
| 14 | Preston Stone | QB | SMU | SR | 12 | 344 | 10.14 | 8.1% | 1.7% | 0.58 | 174.2 | 198 |
| 15 | J.J. McCarthy | QB | Michigan | JR | 15 | 332 | 9.79 | 6.6% | 1.2% | 0.52 | 171.8 | 202 |
| 16 | Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi | QB | Colorado State | SR | 12 | 470 | 6.77 | 4.7% | 3.4% | 0.39 | 171.3 | -31 |
| 17 | Rocco Becht | QB | Iowa State | SR | 13 | 367 | 8.77 | 6.3% | 2.2% | 0.49 | 169.7 | 63 |
| 18 | Austin Reed | QB | Western Kentucky | SR | 12 | 470 | 7.34 | 6.6% | 2.3% | 0.37 | 166.2 | 100 |
| 19 | Jayden Maiava | QB | UNLV | SR | 14 | 353 | 8.43 | 4.8% | 2.8% | 0.50 | 164.4 | 277 |
| 20 | Drake Maye | QB | North Carolina | SO | 12 | 425 | 8.67 | 5.6% | 2.1% | 0.38 | 164.2 | 449 |
| 21 | Brady Cook | QB | Missouri | SR | 13 | 367 | 9.41 | 5.7% | 1.6% | 0.42 | 159.9 | 319 |
| 22 | Taulia Tagovailoa | QB | Maryland | SR | 12 | 437 | 7.74 | 5.7% | 2.5% | 0.36 | 152.7 | 18 |
| 23 | Noah Fifita | QB | Arizona | SR | 12 | 333 | 9.31 | 7.5% | 1.8% | 0.47 | 152.1 | -33 |
| 24 | Jason Bean | QB | Kansas | SR | 10 | 199 | 10.93 | 9.0% | 3.5% | 0.80 | 152.0 | 282 |
| 25 | Haynes King | QB | Georgia Tech | SR | 13 | 367 | 7.25 | 7.4% | 4.4% | 0.44 | 150.8 | 737 |
| 26 | Jacob Zeno | QB | UAB | SR | 11 | 379 | 8.23 | 5.3% | 2.4% | 0.43 | 150.3 | 168 |
| 27 | Dequan Finn | QB | Toledo | SR | 13 | 317 | 8.47 | 6.9% | 2.8% | 0.51 | 149.6 | 563 |
| 28 | Sam Hartman | QB | Notre Dame | SR | 12 | 301 | 9.33 | 8.0% | 2.7% | 0.49 | 149.1 | 123 |
| 29 | Quinn Ewers | QB | Texas | JR | 12 | 394 | 9.26 | 5.6% | 1.5% | 0.39 | 148.0 | 75 |
| 30 | Tyler Van Dyke | QB | Miami | SR | 11 | 333 | 7.64 | 5.7% | 3.6% | 0.45 | 145.8 | 16 |
| 31 | Chandler Rogers | QB | North Texas | SR | 12 | 422 | 8.86 | 6.9% | 1.2% | 0.34 | 143.7 | 180 |
| 32 | Joe Milton | QB | Tennessee | SR | 12 | 355 | 8.42 | 5.6% | 1.4% | 0.43 | 143.0 | 299 |
| 33 | Diego Pavia | QB | New Mexico State | SR | 15 | 366 | 8.44 | 7.1% | 2.5% | 0.38 | 142.6 | 923 |
| 34 | Alan Bowman | QB | Oklahoma State | SR | 14 | 501 | 6.25 | 3.0% | 2.8% | 0.30 | 141.7 | 24 |
| 35 | Jalen Milroe | QB | Alabama | JR | 13 | 284 | 10.65 | 8.1% | 2.1% | 0.44 | 140.6 | 531 |
| 36 | Jack Plummer | QB | Louisville | SR | 14 | 395 | 7.81 | 5.3% | 3.0% | 0.35 | 140.5 | 34 |
| 37 | Jordan Travis | QB | Florida State | SR | 11 | 324 | 9.43 | 6.2% | 0.6% | 0.42 | 140.2 | 176 |
| 38 | Davis Brin | QB | Georgia Southern | SR | 13 | 552 | 6.17 | 4.3% | 3.4% | 0.26 | 139.3 | -60 |
| 39 | JT Daniels | QB | Rice | SR | 9 | 287 | 8.88 | 7.3% | 2.4% | 0.53 | 139.3 | -65 |
| 40 | Mikey Keene | QB | Fresno State | SR | 12 | 419 | 7.17 | 5.7% | 2.4% | 0.34 | 139.0 | -136 |
| 41 | D.J. Uiagalelei | QB | Oregon State | SR | 12 | 315 | 8.71 | 6.7% | 2.2% | 0.45 | 137.0 | 219 |
| 42 | Cameron Ward | QB | Washington State | SR | 12 | 486 | 8.06 | 5.1% | 1.4% | 0.28 | 136.9 | 122 |
| 43 | Shedeur Sanders | QB | Colorado | SR | 11 | 430 | 8.45 | 6.3% | 0.7% | 0.31 | 136.9 | -77 |
| 44 | Spencer Rattler | QB | South Carolina | SR | 12 | 399 | 8.04 | 4.8% | 2.0% | 0.32 | 136.6 | 102 |
| 45 | Graham Mertz | QB | Florida | SR | 11 | 357 | 8.80 | 5.6% | 0.8% | 0.37 | 133.9 | -63 |
| 46 | Gunnar Watson | QB | Troy | SR | 14 | 438 | 8.74 | 6.2% | 1.4% | 0.29 | 132.4 | -101 |
| 47 | Carter Bradley | QB | South Alabama | SR | 11 | 326 | 8.36 | 5.8% | 2.1% | 0.41 | 132.4 | -44 |
| 48 | E.J. Warner | QB | Temple | SR | 10 | 445 | 6.73 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 0.33 | 130.8 | 7 |
| 49 | Frank Harris | QB | UTSA | SR | 10 | 336 | 7.46 | 5.4% | 2.4% | 0.37 | 125.1 | 323 |
| 50 | John Rhys Plumlee | QB | UCF | SR | 10 | 256 | 8.64 | 5.9% | 3.1% | 0.53 | 124.3 | 505 |
| 51 | Drew Allar | QB | Penn State | SR | 13 | 388 | 7.84 | 6.4% | 0.5% | 0.31 | 123.2 | 210 |
| 52 | Michael Pratt | QB | Tulane | JR | 11 | 283 | 9.26 | 7.8% | 1.8% | 0.42 | 123.1 | 286 |
| 53 | Brayden Schager | QB | Hawai'i | SR | 13 | 525 | 6.54 | 5.0% | 2.7% | 0.26 | 120.0 | 54 |
| 54 | Devin Leary | QB | Kentucky | SR | 13 | 371 | 7.29 | 6.7% | 3.2% | 0.33 | 118.6 | -60 |
| 55 | Darren Grainger | QB | Georgia State | SR | 13 | 358 | 7.57 | 5.6% | 2.0% | 0.34 | 118.2 | 736 |
| 56 | Will Howard | QB | Kansas State | SR | 12 | 358 | 7.47 | 6.7% | 2.8% | 0.32 | 116.5 | 364 |
| 57 | Byrum Brown | QB | South Florida | SR | 13 | 426 | 7.79 | 6.1% | 2.6% | 0.28 | 113.9 | 809 |
| 58 | Chevan Cordeiro | QB | San José State | SR | 13 | 363 | 8.25 | 5.5% | 1.1% | 0.37 | 113.4 | 272 |
| 59 | Kurtis Rourke | QB | Ohio | SR | 11 | 307 | 7.17 | 3.6% | 1.6% | 0.37 | 109.6 | 219 |
| 60 | Donovan Smith | QB | Houston | SR | 12 | 396 | 6.70 | 5.6% | 3.3% | 0.28 | 108.2 | 429 |
| 61 | Dylan Hopkins | QB | New Mexico | SR | 11 | 282 | 6.70 | 3.9% | 3.2% | 0.41 | 105.9 | 124 |
| 62 | Josh Hoover | QB | TCU | SR | 9 | 299 | 7.04 | 5.0% | 3.0% | 0.43 | 104.8 | 5 |
| 63 | Jaylen Raynor | QB | Arkansas State | SR | 11 | 285 | 9.01 | 6.0% | 2.5% | 0.38 | 104.3 | 380 |
| 64 | Keegan Shoemaker | QB | Sam Houston | SR | 11 | 419 | 5.51 | 3.6% | 2.6% | 0.25 | 102.9 | 254 |
| 65 | Garrett Greene | QB | West Virginia | SR | 12 | 278 | 9.16 | 5.8% | 1.4% | 0.39 | 99.0 | 772 |
| 66 | Nick Vattiato | QB | Middle Tennessee | SR | 12 | 428 | 6.92 | 5.4% | 3.0% | 0.23 | 98.4 | 402 |
| 67 | Cade Klubnik | QB | Clemson | SR | 13 | 454 | 6.21 | 4.2% | 2.0% | 0.20 | 91.2 | 182 |
| 68 | Grayson McCall | QB | Coastal Carolina | SR | 7 | 224 | 8.25 | 4.5% | 2.7% | 0.39 | 90.6 | 48 |
| 69 | KJ Jefferson | QB | Arkansas | SR | 12 | 296 | 7.19 | 6.4% | 2.7% | 0.28 | 89.7 | 447 |
| 70 | Hudson Card | QB | Purdue | SR | 11 | 365 | 6.38 | 4.1% | 2.2% | 0.24 | 85.6 | 203 |
| 71 | Jase Bauer | QB | Central Michigan | SR | 12 | 287 | 6.14 | 4.2% | 2.8% | 0.35 | 85.1 | 366 |
| 72 | Ta'Quan Roberson | QB | UConn | SR | 11 | 338 | 6.05 | 3.6% | 1.8% | 0.32 | 84.5 | 120 |
| 73 | Blake Shapen | QB | Baylor | SR | 8 | 298 | 7.76 | 4.4% | 1.0% | 0.31 | 83.8 | 29 |
| 74 | Cooper Legas | QB | Utah State | SR | 9 | 213 | 8.62 | 8.9% | 3.8% | 0.43 | 83.5 | 122 |
| 75 | Emory Jones | QB | Cincinnati | SR | 12 | 322 | 6.61 | 5.6% | 3.1% | 0.26 | 81.7 | 560 |
| 76 | Fernando Mendoza | QB | California | JR | 9 | 243 | 6.33 | 5.8% | 4.1% | 0.34 | 80.6 | 86 |
| 77 | Chandler Morris | QB | TCU | SR | 7 | 202 | 7.64 | 5.9% | 2.5% | 0.45 | 80.4 | 249 |
| 78 | Rocky Lombardi | QB | Northern Illinois | SR | 13 | 327 | 6.66 | 3.4% | 2.1% | 0.25 | 80.0 | 131 |
| 79 | Anthony Colandrea | QB | Virginia | SR | 8 | 246 | 7.37 | 5.3% | 3.7% | 0.37 | 78.6 | 225 |
| 80 | Cam Fancher | QB | Marshall | SR | 10 | 308 | 6.13 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 0.28 | 75.8 | 273 |
| 81 | Connor Bazelak | QB | Bowling Green | SR | 11 | 277 | 6.71 | 4.3% | 2.5% | 0.28 | 75.6 | -82 |
| 82 | Cole Snyder | QB | Buffalo | SR | 12 | 372 | 5.28 | 3.5% | 2.4% | 0.26 | 75.5 | 88 |
| 83 | Luke Altmyer | QB | Illinois | SR | 9 | 270 | 6.27 | 4.8% | 3.7% | 0.27 | 75.2 | 282 |
| 84 | Garrett Shrader | QB | Syracuse | SR | 11 | 214 | 7.86 | 6.1% | 2.8% | 0.34 | 74.7 | 460 |
| 85 | Ben Bryant | QB | Northwestern | SR | 9 | 277 | 6.49 | 4.7% | 2.2% | 0.27 | 71.2 | -33 |
| 86 | Keyone Jenkins | QB | Florida International | SR | 11 | 332 | 6.47 | 3.3% | 3.3% | 0.21 | 70.2 | 50 |
| 87 | Taylen Green | QB | Boise State | SR | 13 | 212 | 7.39 | 5.2% | 4.2% | 0.36 | 69.9 | 436 |
| 88 | Andrew Peasley | QB | Wyoming | SR | 12 | 266 | 8.14 | 7.5% | 1.9% | 0.29 | 69.0 | 419 |
| 89 | Thomas Castellanos | QB | Boston College | SR | 13 | 330 | 5.88 | 4.5% | 4.2% | 0.24 | 69.0 | 1113 |
| 90 | Tanner Mordecai | QB | Wisconsin | SR | 10 | 314 | 6.58 | 2.9% | 1.3% | 0.21 | 67.1 | 303 |
| 91 | Hank Bachmeier | QB | Louisiana Tech | SR | 9 | 269 | 7.56 | 3.7% | 1.9% | 0.27 | 67.1 | 47 |
| 92 | Billy Wiles | QB | Southern Miss | SR | 11 | 290 | 6.28 | 3.8% | 2.4% | 0.24 | 64.6 | 27 |
| 93 | Kyron Drones | QB | Virginia Tech | SR | 13 | 285 | 8.03 | 6.0% | 1.1% | 0.22 | 63.0 | 818 |
| 94 | Grant Wilson | QB | Old Dominion | SR | 12 | 312 | 6.82 | 5.4% | 2.6% | 0.19 | 62.7 | 292 |
| 95 | Will Rogers | QB | Mississippi State | SR | 8 | 237 | 7.11 | 5.1% | 1.7% | 0.27 | 61.8 | -13 |
| 96 | Brennan Armstrong | QB | NC State | SR | 12 | 262 | 6.44 | 4.2% | 2.7% | 0.23 | 58.8 | 665 |
| 97 | Jalen Mayden | QB | San Diego State | SR | 12 | 314 | 5.82 | 3.2% | 2.9% | 0.21 | 58.2 | 528 |
| 98 | Hayden Wolff | QB | Western Michigan | SR | 8 | 226 | 6.37 | 3.5% | 2.2% | 0.28 | 57.6 | 17 |
| 99 | Ashton Daniels | QB | Stanford | SR | 12 | 327 | 6.44 | 3.4% | 2.4% | 0.18 | 57.3 | 296 |
| 100 | Mitch Griffis | QB | Wake Forest | SR | 9 | 207 | 6.57 | 4.3% | 3.9% | 0.25 | 57.0 | 128 |
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