Austin Simmons

#13 · QB · Missouri6′4″ · 220 lb · Miami, FL · Moore Haven

ZPR5742nd of 119 QBs Last gameW 34–10at Arkansas · Oct 31

Nextvs TexasSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 34-10 at Arkansas, Oct 31 · 20 of 31 for 179 yards, 2 touchdowns · 3 carries for 3 yards. Started all eight of Missouri’s games.

Missouri’s next game: vs Texas, Sat Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. ET · ESPN

Missouri is 6-2 in the eight games played. A vertical passer who rarely runs.

Strongest: an interception on 0.4% of throws, 5th lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Warren, Stanford.

Passing yards

1,935

151 of 239, 63%

TD–INT

16–2

8.1 per throw

NCAA rating

151.6

36th of 119

ZPR

42nd of 119

How ZPR works

Up and down: great in 2, shaky or worse in 4.

1-2 against ranked teams, 325 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Florida. Lowest: Texas A&M, with 1 interception. Biggest game: Florida, No. 8.

Tap a game for its plays

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Arkansas-Pine Bluff

W 54–14·FCS

Solid

252 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for -2 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 15 points of win chance. Win chance: 65% to 80%.

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at Kansas

W 38–21·Unranked

Great

292 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for 8 · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 23 points of win chance. Win chance: 57% to 81%.

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Troy

W 27–17·Unranked

Shaky

Strong start, faded late · 91 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for 3 · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 14 points of win chance. Win chance: 68% to 82%.

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at Mississippi State

L 24–31·Ranked #24

Solid

295 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 0 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 26 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 41% to 67%.

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Florida

W 45–17·Ranked #8

Great

340 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 1 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 14 points of win chance. Win chance: 68% to 83%.

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Texas A&M

W 27–6·Unranked

Rough

147 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for 24 · The interception cost about 12 points of win chance · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 19 points of win chance. Win chance: 59% to 78%.

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at Ole Miss

L 3–31·Ranked #9

Fans talked about this game

Shaky

Steady all game · 339 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 3 for -8 · The interception cost about 5 points of win chance · Sacked 1

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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at Arkansas

W 34–10·Unranked

Shaky

Carried by the third quarter · 179 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 3 · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q2 incompletion cost the team 14 points of win chance. Win chance: 70% to 56%.

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Season

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How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Vertical passer

Also: stays in the pocket

Why this word

Runs1.5 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws10.7 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes62% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks3% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws deeper than most and rarely runs. 1.5 carries a game. Closest matches: Warren, Carr, Mandal, Hayes.

Where the throws go

Behind the line13%typical 17%

Short39%typical 47%

Middle31%typical 22%

Deep17%typical 14%

Runs 1.5 times a game; 89% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Warren Stanford · Pocket passer
2,203 yards, 14 TD, 3 INT so far. Both rarely run and rarely throw behind the line.
Carr Notre Dame · Balanced
1,849 yards, 18 TD, 1 INT so far. Both rarely run and protect the ball.
Mandal Fresno State · Balanced
1,595 yards, 10 TD, 2 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line and are efficient.
Hayes Tulsa · Balanced
1,343 yards, 10 TD, 2 INT so far. Both avoid sacks and protect the ball.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

RecordMissouri is 6-2, No. 19 in the AP poll (week 10).
What fans say
Over the last few games, Missouri fans have been high on Simmons.
“Austin Simmons I love you”
“Austin Simmons may be the best quarterback of all time”
“Austin Simmons actually threw a 90mph fastball to basically a 6th O-Lineman dude is a menace.”
From r/CFB game thread. Read by AI.

What’s being said

3 stories this week, from 3 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Cole Cubelic raves about Austin Simmons after performance vs. Arkansas

Saturday Down South Nov 3

All 71 stories this season

Worth knowing

Austin Simmons spent three seasons at Ole Miss before this one.

His most important play this season

Q2, 12:58 · Missouri down 3, takes the leadAustin Simmons finds Cayden Lee for a 32-yard touchdownTexas A&M at Missouri, week 6Q2, 12:58 · Missouri 7, Texas A&M 3▼41%Missouri’s chance to win, 69% to 28%▼41%Missouri’s chance to win, 69% to 28%Cayden Lee 32 yd pass from Austin Simmons (Blake Craig Kick)Watch from this play

All 16 of his plays on video

Austin Simmons

QB · Missouri · #13

On Trialas of Nov 4

Austin Simmons takes over from Beau Pribula at Missouri.

1,935passing yards16passing TD34rushing yards

Passing value per play

+0.41

our model · 2026 · 202 plays

Missouri fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.

medium confidence45 sources

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

Austin Simmons arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.292 recruit nationally. Austin Simmons lines up at QB for Missouri.

On the field, the headline is 1,935 pass yds, with 16 pass td.

Austin Simmons inherited the QB job from Beau Pribula (3-star).

Missouri fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.

The number to watch: +0.41 — passing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromBeau Pribula 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Missouri	151	239	63.2%	1,935	8.1	16	2	151.6	57
2025	Ole Miss	45	75	60.0%	744	9.9	4	5	147.6	70
2024	Ole Miss	19	32	59.4%	282	8.8	2	0	154.0	--
Career		215	346	62.1%	2,961	8.6	22	7	151.0	60

Season	Team
2026	Missouri	22	29	1.3	0	13
2025	Ole Miss	22	71	3.2	1	14
2024	Ole Miss	5	14	2.8	0	9
Career		49	114	2.3	1	14

Last game (Wk 9): 179 passing yards, 2 passing TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 54-14vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff	Solid	17/19	252	4	0	13.3	96.8	1	-2	4 TD passes
Wk 2	W 38-21@ Kansas	Great	19/29	292	3	0	10.1	86.4	0	8	3 TD passes
Wk 3	W 27-17vs Troy	Shaky	10/19	91	1	0	4.8	21.8	0	3
Wk 4	L 24-31@ No. 24 Mississippi State	Solid	23/39	295	3	0	7.6	75.4	2	0	3 TD passes
Wk 5	W 45-17vs No. 8 Florida	Great	23/30	340	2	0	11.3	91.5	2	1	Season-high 340 yds
Wk 6	W 27-6vs Texas A&M	Rough	14/28	147	1	1	5.3	45.5	0	24
Wk 7	L 3-31@ No. 9 Ole Miss	Shaky	25/44	339	0	1	7.7	63.2	1	-8
Wk 9	W 34-10@ Arkansas	Shaky	20/31	179	2	0	5.8	54.7	0	3
Total			151/239	1935	16	2	8.1	—	6	29

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 34-10 at Arkansas

20 of 31 for 179 yards and 2 touchdowns.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

W 34-10 at ArkansasOct. 31179 yds20 of 31, 2 TDPlay by play just above

L 3-31 at Ole MissOct. 17339 yds25 of 44, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

25 of 44 for 339 yards and an interception. Missouri’s last drive ended with his pass intercepted, down 31-3.

1 of 11 of his drives scored
6 of 19 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
1 run for 4 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
FG5 of 6, 61 yds1
Punt2 of 4, 19 yds
Second quarterbegan down 7-3
Punt1 of 2, 8 yds
Missed FG1 of 2, 43 yds2
Punt2 of 7, 24 yds
Third quarterbegan down 21-3
Punt4 of 6, 31 yds
Downs1 of 3, 15 yds3
Punt1 of 2, 22 yds
Punt2 of 3, 16 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 21-3
Punt2 of 3, 28 yds
Int4 of 6, 72 yds4
FinalL 3-31

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
22-yard completion to Caleb Goodie on 3rd and 4. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2
43-yard completion to Cayden Lee on 3rd and 13. Second quarter, down 14-3. Converted.
3
Incomplete to Cayden Lee on 4th and 6. Third quarter, down 21-3. Turnover on downs. Broken up by Ole Miss’s W. Echoles.
4
Intercepted on 4th and 4. Fourth quarter, down 31-3. Picked off by Ole Miss’s Landon Barnes.

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a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

6 more games, with the play by play

W 27-6 vs Texas A&MOct. 10147 yds14 of 28, 1 TD, 1 INTBox score only

14 of 28 for 147 yards, a touchdown and an interception.