Athan Kaliakmanis

#16 · QB · Sr. · Rutgers6′3″ · 212 lb · Antioch, IL

Athan Kaliakmanis: QB · Rutgers · #16.

Athan Kaliakmanis

QB · Rutgers · Sr · #16

Pushes it downfield on every look. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: P.J. Fleck and Greg Schiano. The first career honor came in 2022: Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 386 passing yards and 11 rushing yards against Washington — Week 7, 2025.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Rutgers in the news

Rutgers QB out for gameThe Detroit News Oct 29
Kaj Sanders, Zahmir Dawud out for season247Sports Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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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	15
2024	Rutgers	92	251	2.7	3	20
2023	Minnesota	74	94	1.3	2	23
2022	Minnesota	34	140	4.1	1	23
Career		296	459	1.6	10	23

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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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 No. 8 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@ No. 1 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	8.5	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Penn State	L 36-40 · Graded great · Slow start, strong finish · 338 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for -1, 1 TD · Sacked 3
Lowest by our grade	at Ohio State	L 9-42 · Graded rough · 81 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -23 · Sacked 3
Biggest game	at Ohio State	No. 1 at kickoff · L 9-42 · Graded rough · 81 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -23 · Sacked 3
Best play	Penn State	Completion for 46 yards, touchdown, Q4 15:00 · Win chance 20% to 42%
Costliest play	Penn State	Fumble, returned for a touchdown, Q4 7:27 · Win chance 65% to 20%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

229/368 (62.2%) · 20 TD · 7 INT

All 368 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 370 passing plays)

134 of 370 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 370 passing plays (225 completions) against the box score's 368 attempts (229 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

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 62.2% completion on 368 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%

Down 2

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

Down 3+

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

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.

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 65 (#37 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

65Quality starter #37 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2025. 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 360 dropbacks

70Zeitgeist Passer Rating28th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 147.7 35th of 142 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

50.1%83rd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.0% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

8.3991st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

8.2%12th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (44 of 404 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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

2025 season

Head Coach

Greg Schiano

Pass share

45.1%

378 pass / 460 run

Plays / game

69.8

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

368 pass attempts and 96 carries in 12 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

65 · #37 of 146 QBs · 2025

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

Athan Kaliakmanis

Fans

Rutgers in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons, two schools, drafted

Moves

2021

2024 13 games

2026