Ben Bryant

Senior quarterback for Northwestern. 2023: 1,807 passing yards, 13 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Northwestern · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 220 lb · La Grange, IL

CFB Index 38 · #94 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceNorthwestern 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 734 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Northwestern. 2023: 1,807 passing yards, 13 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2018.
Transferred from Cincinnati to Northwestern in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Northwestern, 8,213 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

4 programs, one constant: he played.

2018

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Lyons Township

202112 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

202211 games

Entered the portal

20239 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#734 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018–2022

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

2023

David Braun

Northwestern

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Cincinnati9-4HC: Luke Fickell · Balanced

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #94 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sack rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#76 / 177 · 56th pct

42.9%

Interception rate#82 / 177 · 54th pct

0.4%

EPA / dropback#94 / 177 · 47th pct

0.25

Explosive rate#129 / 177 · 27th pct

8.5%

Sack rate#148 / 177 · 17th pct

9.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#24 / 167 · 71st pct

Rush TDs#49 / 179 · 67th pct

Completion %#72 / 179 · 60th pct

62.5%

Pass TDs#80 / 179 · 54th pct

Interceptions#77 / 179 · 52nd pct

Pass yards#94 / 179 · 48th pct

1807

Yards / att#134 / 179 · 24th pct

6.5

Rush yards#156 / 179 · 13th pct

-33

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

75th → 47th percentile

Success rate

45th → 56th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 27th percentile

Sack rate

47th → 17th percentile

Interception rate

61st → 54th 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 · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

168/256 (65.6%) · 13 TD · 6 INT

256 of 277 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.37145 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

8.6%175 of 212 QBs

Sacked on 8.6% of dropbacks (175 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (145 of 212).

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

Short

0–9 yds

60%of completions

101 comp4.9 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

27%of completions

46 comp13.4 yds avg5 TD

Deep

20+ yds

12%of completions

21 comp32.0 yds avg5 TD

Overall 65.6% completion on 256 attempts · 21 deep completions averaging 32.0 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2023 baseline

+81

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-56 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/88 (10.2%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

+1 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/75 (8.0%) · league sack rate 5.2% · ~our read

Down 3+

+81 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 8/60 (13.3%) · league sack rate 9.1% · ~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

2023 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	217	1.6	7.2	0.2
Road4g	180	1.2	5.8	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	191	1.3	5.8	0.5
Weeks 8+3g	220	1.7	8.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #94 of 140 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #94 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Northwestern	173	277	62.5%	1,807	6.5	13	6	128.4	46	--	--
2022	Cincinnati	214	349	61.3%	2,732	7.8	21	7	142.9	40	--	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	279	408	68.4%	3,121	7.6	14	7	140.5	49	--	--
2020	Cincinnati	11	14	78.6%	90	6.4	1	0	156.1	--	--	--
2019	Cincinnati	29	51	56.9%	388	7.6	1	2	119.4	--	--	--
2018	Cincinnati	6	8	75.0%	75	9.4	0	1	128.8	--	--	--
Career		712	1,107	64.3%	8,213	7.4	50	23	137.4	45	--	--

Season	Team
2023	Northwestern	60	-33	-0.6	4	--
2022	Cincinnati	47	-118	-2.5	0	--
2021	Eastern Michigan	87	-43	-0.5	2	--
2020	Cincinnati	6	65	10.8	1	--
2019	Cincinnati	22	35	1.6	1	--
2018	Cincinnati	2	-4	-2.0	0	--
Career		224	-98	-0.4	8	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Minnesota · 2&15 · Q2 · EPA +7.14Ben Bryant pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 80 yds for a TD (Jack Olsen KICK)
Week 12 · Purdue · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.86Ben Bryant pass complete to Cam Johnson for 52 yds for a TD (Jack Olsen KICK)
Week 11 · Wisconsin · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.72Ben Bryant pass complete to A.J. Henning for 23 yds for a TD (Jack Olsen KICK)
Week 5 · Penn State · 3&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Ben Bryant pass complete to Cam Porter for 17 yds to the PSU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Minnesota · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Ben Bryant pass complete to Bryce Kirtz for 23 yds to the MINN 37 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Purdue · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.37Ben Bryant pass complete to Cam Johnson for 31 yds to the PUR 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Wisconsin · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.36Ben Bryant pass complete to Cam Johnson for 24 yds for a TD (Jack Olsen KICK)
Week 2 · UTEP · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +3.34Ben Bryant pass complete to Cam Johnson for 43 yds to the NU 49 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Purdue · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.31Ben Bryant pass intercepted Dillon Thieneman return for no gain to the PUR 23
Week 11 · Wisconsin · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.22Ben Bryant pass complete to A.J. Henning for 41 yds to the WIS 37 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 7-24@ Rutgers	20/36	169	0	2	4.7	17.2
Wk 2	W 38-7vs UTEP	11/17	116	1	0	6.8	41.3
Wk 3	L 14-38@ Duke	17/34	123	1	1	3.6	24.3
Wk 4	W 37-34vs Minnesota	33/49	396	4	0	8.1	67.5	Season-high 396 yds
Wk 5	L 13-41vs Penn State	14/25	122	0	0	4.9	33.0
Wk 11	W 24-10@ Wisconsin	18/26	195	2	0	7.5	94.1
Wk 12	W 23-15vs Purdue	13/24	230	1	1	9.6	39.5
Wk 13	W 45-43@ Illinois	24/32	234	2	2	7.3	76.0
Bowl	W 14-7vs Utah	23/34	222	2	0	6.5	74.5
Total		173/277	1807	13	6	6.6	51.9

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology