#16

Athan Kaliakmanis

Former quarterback at Rutgers. 2025: 3,124 passing yards, 20 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Rutgers · Sr. · #16

6′3″ · 212 lb · Antioch, IL

CFB Index 65 · #37 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceDrafted by Washington — Rd 7, Pick 7, #223 overall

The numbers

3,124

passing yards · 2025

20 TD · 7 INT · 8.5 per attempt

Best game: 338 pass yds, 3 TD, -1 rush yds, vs Penn State

The play that turned itSwung Rutgers from 35% to 75% to win.Minnesota at Rutgers · 26-19

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Rutgers. 2025: 3,124 passing yards, 20 TD, 7 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Minnesota in 2021.
Transferred from Minnesota to Rutgers in 2024.
Drafted round 7 by the Washington in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Pushes it downfield on every look.

Interception rate: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

How it ended

Four seasons at Rutgers, 8,604 passing yards — drafted at #223 overall by Washington.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

The week the volume broke through — put up 84 yds vs Illinois.Illinois · L 31-382024

2021

Signed with Minnesota4-star out of Antioch

202413 games

Entered the portal

2026

Drafted by Washingtonround 7, pick 223

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#349 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2022–2025

NFL

NFL Draft

R7 · #223

Washington · 2026

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2022)

1 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2022–2025

1 coach

2022–2025

Greg Schiano

Rutgers

Played his entire career under Greg Schiano.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Washington2026 NFL rookie season

#223Rd 7 · Pick 7

Washington2026 NFL rookie season

View college career stats ↓

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Minnesota9-4HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy

2023Minnesota6-7HC: P.J. Fleck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2025Rutgers5-7HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #37 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (90th percentile). Strength: success rate (89th percentile). Concern: sack rate (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#19 / 183 · 90th pct

1.1%

Success rate#20 / 183 · 89th pct

46.5%

EPA / dropback#44 / 183 · 76th pct

0.28

Explosive rate#45 / 183 · 76th pct

10.5%

Sack rate#160 / 183 · 13th pct

8.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#21 / 183 · 88th pct

8.5

Pass yards#29 / 183 · 84th pct

3124

Pass TDs#42 / 183 · 77th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 183 · 59th pct

Completion %#94 / 183 · 49th pct

62.2%

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct

Rush yards#162 / 183 · 12th pct

-26

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

50th → 76th percentile

Success rate

65th → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

16th → 76th percentile

Sack rate

74th → 13th percentile

Interception rate

70th → 90th percentile

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 · True throw depth (charted plays)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

225/370 (60.8%) · 20 TD · 7 INT

370 of 368 attempts matched to play-by-play

134 of 370 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

7.5146 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

8.5%180 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks (180 of 206) — and still 46 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

9% of attempts (12)

92%comp

Air -2.9 · YAC 8.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

47% of attempts (63)

63%comp1 INT

Air 4.5 · YAC 3.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

24% of attempts (32)

59%comp

Air 13.7 · YAC 4.7 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

20% of attempts (27)

48%comp

Air 32.2 · YAC 8.7 avg

Overall 60.8% completion on 370 attempts · 48% completion on 27 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 24 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-24 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/152 (5.9%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

+20 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 12/125 (9.6%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+12 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 10/89 (11.2%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~our read

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	257	2.0	9.8	0.7
Road5g	266	1.2	7.6	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	298	1.8	8.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	223	1.5	8.8	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #37 of 146 QBs

Former four-star. Now #37 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Rutgers	229	368	62.2%	3,124	8.5	20	7	147.7	70	--	--
2024	Rutgers	213	395	53.9%	2,696	6.8	18	7	122.8	41	--	--
2023	Minnesota	156	294	53.1%	1,838	6.3	14	9	115.2	38	--	--
2022	Minnesota	60	111	54.1%	946	8.5	3	4	127.4	70	--	--
Career		658	1,168	56.3%	8,604	7.4	55	27	129.1	52	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Rutgers	96	-26	-0.3	4	--
2024	Rutgers	92	251	2.7	3	--
2023	Minnesota	74	94	1.3	2	--
2022	Minnesota	34	140	4.1	1	--
Career		296	459	1.6	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 60–10

vs Norfolk State

309 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 37.2 · 4 rush yds (4 car)

Dominant 50-point win at home against Norfolk State.

With J. Benjamin — 68 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · K. Duff — 6 rec · 119 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Purdue · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +6.37(07:43) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass complete deep left to #8 K.Duff caught at PUR33, for 72 yards to the PUR00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:33, 1ST DOWN #44 J.Patel kick attempt good (H: #22 R.McCann, LS: #99 M.O’Connor)
Week 7 · Washington · 2&4 · Q4 · EPA -4.67Athan Kaliakmanis pass intercepted, touchback. Ephesians Prysock return for no gain
Week 11 · Maryland · 2&4 · Q1 · EPA -4.66(07:53) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass intercepted by #13 L.Scruggs at MD01 #13 L.Scruggs return 0 yards to the MD01 (#9 I.Strong)
Week 11 · Maryland · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +4.41(11:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass complete deep left to #8 K.Duff caught at MD25, for 49 yards to the MD15 (#14 J.Glasker), 1ST DOWN
Week 14 · Penn State · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +4.23(06:09) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass complete deep left to #8 K.Duff caught at PSU38, for 42 yards to the PSU36, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.18Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to DT Sheffield for 54 yds for a TD (Jai Patel KICK)
Week 14 · Penn State · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.80(07:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass complete deep right to #8 K.Duff caught at PSU44, for 33 yards to the PSU44, out of bounds at PSU44, 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Purdue · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.77(09:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass complete short middle to #8 K.Duff caught at RUT43, for 39 yards to the PUR36 (#4 H.Hines; #21 T.Ra-El), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Washington · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Athan Kaliakmanis pass complete to Antwan Raymond for 48 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)
Week 9 · Purdue · 2&19 · Q4 · EPA +3.68(09:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #16 A.Kaliakmanis pass complete deep right to #8 K.Duff caught at PUR16, for 37 yards to the PUR16, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Ohio	18/23	252	2	0	11.0	72.0	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 2	W 45-17vs Miami (OH)	26/36	259	4	0	7.2	86.3	4 TD passes
Wk 3	W 60-10vs Norfolk State	18/26	309	1	0	11.9	37.2
Wk 4	L 28-38vs Iowa	24/40	330	0	1	8.3	77.2
Wk 5	L 28-31@ Minnesota	21/34	249	2	1	7.3	51.1
Wk 7	L 19-38@ Washington	31/50	386	2	1	7.7	59.2	Season-high 386 yds
Wk 8	L 10-56vs Oregon	8/25	79	0	2	3.2	11.0
Wk 9	W 27-24@ Purdue	19/27	359	1	0	13.3	64.9
Wk 10	L 13-35@ Illinois	25/45	253	1	0	5.6	60.3
Wk 11	W 35-20vs Maryland	13/20	229	4	2	11.5	97.8	4 TD passes
Wk 13	L 9-42@ Ohio State	10/20	81	0	0	4.1	27.4
Wk 14	L 36-40vs Penn State	16/22	338	3	0	15.4	74.3	3 TD passes
Total		229/368	3124	20	7	8.9	59.9

How he plays

Play style

Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

56.2%Completion %

25.0%Conversion/dropback

50.0%Land short of sticks

2INTs

56.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.0% conversion-per-dropback — 50.0% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

10/133rd/4th & short

6/28Inside-5 share

10 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.9%). 6 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (21.4%).