#10

Ben Finley

Senior quarterback for Akron. 2025: 2,475 passing yards, 19 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Akron · Sr. · #10

6′3″ · 200 lb · Phoenix, AZ

CFB Index 25 · #132 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Akron for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 12 pm ETat MinnesotaHuntington Bank StadiumMinnesota by 24

The numbers

2,475

passing yards · 2025

19 TD · 9 INT · 6.8 per attempt

The play that turned itSwung Kent State from 33% to 82% to win.Kent State at Akron · 42-35

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Akron. 2025: 2,475 passing yards, 19 TD, 9 INT.

Transferred from California to Akron in 2024.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Interception rate: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

Ben Finley

QB · Akron · Sr · #10

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Ben Finley has played for three head coaches across six seasons and three programs. The receipt: 424 pass yds, 3 pass TD against Kent State — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020NC State8-4HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2021NC State9-3HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2022NC State8-5HC: Dave Doeren · Balanced

2023California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Run-leaning

2024Akron4-8HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

2025Akron5-7HC: Joe Moorhead · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

25Below cohort / limited sample #132 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: success rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#83 / 183 · 55th pct

2.0%

Explosive rate#129 / 183 · 30th pct

7.8%

Sack rate#138 / 183 · 25th pct

6.7%

EPA / dropback#144 / 183 · 22nd pct

0.07

Success rate#145 / 183 · 21st pct

35.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#44 / 183 · 75th pct

Pass yards#64 / 183 · 65th pct

2475

Rush yards#89 / 183 · 52nd pct

130

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Yards / att#110 / 183 · 38th pct

6.8

Interceptions#135 / 183 · 22nd pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 174 · 8th pct

Completion %#173 / 183 · 6th pct

51.4%

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

30th → 22nd percentile

Success rate

23rd → 21st percentile

Explosive rate

36th → 30th percentile

Sack rate

56th → 25th percentile

Interception rate

70th → 55th 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

174/348 (50.0%) · 19 TD · 9 INT

348 of 362 attempts matched to play-by-play

138 of 348 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.94113 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

6.5%151 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (151 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (113 of 206).

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

6% of attempts (8)

50%comp

Air -1.2 · YAC 6.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

41% of attempts (56)

48%comp

Air 4.2 · YAC 3.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

38% of attempts (53)

58%comp3 INT

Air 13.9 · YAC 2.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

15% of attempts (21)

38%comp

Air 26.1 · YAC 13.4 avg

Overall 50.0% completion on 348 attempts · 38% completion on 21 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 26 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-26 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/123 (4.9%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

+11 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 8/113 (7.1%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+19 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 11/99 (11.1%) · 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	240	1.8	7.4	0.8
Road5g	207	1.6	6.4	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	193	1.3	6.3	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	264	2.2	7.7	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

25 · #132 of 146 QBs

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #9 of 12 Mid-American QBs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Akron	186	362	51.4%	2,475	6.8	19	9	121.2	24	--	--
2024	Akron	211	387	54.5%	2,581	6.7	16	9	119.5	29	--	--
2023	California	54	94	57.4%	575	6.1	3	4	110.9	41	--	--
2022	NC State	65	123	52.8%	741	6.0	3	3	106.6	34	--	--
2021	NC State	5	9	55.6%	28	3.1	0	0	81.7	--	--	--
2020	NC State	13	20	65.0%	143	7.2	1	2	121.6	--	--	--
Career		534	995	53.7%	6,543	6.6	42	27	117.4	29	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Akron	69	130	1.9	2	--
2024	Akron	80	51	0.6	0	--
2023	California	12	8	0.7	0	--
2022	NC State	6	-8	-1.3	0	--
2021	NC State	2	7	3.5	0	--
2020	NC State	2	-9	-4.5	0	--
Career		171	179	1.0	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 51–7

vs Duquesne

219 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 22.7 · 13 rush yds (2 car)

Dominant 44-point win at home against Duquesne.

With J. Gant — 161 rush yds (13 car) · 3 TD · J. Castle — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · UAB · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Ben Finley pass complete to Israel Polk for 75 yds for a TD (Owen Wiley KICK)
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08(03:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete deep right to #5 I.Polk caught at BGSU38, for 75 yards to the BGSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:42, 1ST DOWN #47 M.Schramm kick attempt good (H: #34 B.Johnson, LS: #30 J.Dennis)
Week 6 · Central Michigan · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +4.53Ben Finley pass complete to Kyan Mason for 62 yds to the CMU 19 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kent State · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +4.35(00:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete deep right to #2 M.Williams caught at KENT04, for 30 yards to the KENT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:10, 1ST DOWN #47 M.Schramm kick attempt good (H: #34 B.Johnson, LS: #30 J.Dennis)
Week 7 · Miami (OH) · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA -3.85Ben Finley pass intercepted Adam Trick return for 9 yds to the M-OH 10
Week 8 · Ball State · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.69Ben Finley pass complete to Kyan Mason for 37 yds for a TD (Matthew Schramm KICK)
Week 9 · Buffalo · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.45(05:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete short left to #2 M.Williams caught at AKR40, for 32 yards to the BUFF42 (#9 K.Bradley), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Miami (OH) · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.31Ben Finley pass complete to Marcel Williams for 19 yds to the M-OH 35 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · UAB · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Ben Finley pass complete to Kyan Mason for 32 yds to the UAB 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Bowling Green · 1&15 · Q1 · EPA +3.24(07:29) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley rush middle for 40 yards gain to the BGSU25 (#8 J.McClendon), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 0-10vs Wyoming	16/38	139	0	1	3.7	7.9
Wk 2	L 0-68@ Nebraska	7/21	54	0	0	2.6	36.2
Wk 3	L 28-31@ UAB	19/35	282	2	0	8.1	29.2	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 4	W 51-7vs Duquesne	13/23	219	2	1	9.5	22.7
Wk 6	W 28-22vs Central Michigan	18/29	252	3	1	8.7	66.6	3 TD passes
Wk 7	L 7-20vs Miami (OH)	21/39	211	1	1	5.4	30.7
Wk 8	L 28-42@ Ball State	22/40	291	3	2	7.3	24.4	3 TD passes
Wk 9	W 24-16@ Buffalo	17/32	230	2	1	7.2	65.5
Wk 11	W 44-10vs Massachusetts	12/20	197	2	0	9.9	85.7
Wk 12	L 35-42vs Kent State	32/59	424	3	1	7.2	20.6	Season-high 424 yds
Wk 13	W 19-16@ Bowling Green	9/26	176	1	1	6.8	16.8
Total		186/362	2475	19	9	6.9	36.9

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

45.7%Completion %

19.2%Conversion/dropback

52.4%Land short of sticks

4INTs

45.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 19.2% conversion-per-dropback — 52.4% 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

2026 Outlook

Akron

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Quarterback · Akron

Returning around him

92% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
Transfer portal: -3 net (15 in / 18 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Akron · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #132

DNA match

Player DNA

Pocket Passer

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Ben Finley’s 2024 season.

Ben Finley

72%match

Akron · 2024

Athan Kaliakmanis

Minnesota · 2023

NFL Rd 7

72%

Gavin Hardison

UTEP · 2022

70%

Billy Wiles

Southern Miss · 2023

65%

Ethan Hampton

Northern Illinois · 2024

61%

Matches Ben on

Total pass EPA (college ability)

EPA / dropback (adj)

Differs from Ben on

TD rate (higher)

Completion % (lower)

Rush yards / carry (higher)

Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Bailey Fisher’s path through Gardner-Webb.

Bailey Fisher

96%match

Gardner-Webb · 2022

Matt Myers

Buffalo · 2021

88%

J.D. Head

Louisiana Tech · 2021

86%

CJ Ogbonna

Buffalo · 2024

84%

Jordon Brookshire

San Diego State · 2021

84%

Matches Bailey on

Completion %

Yards per attempt

Player DNA

Players who play like Ben Finley

Evan Simon

Temple · 2024

78%

Joey Labas

Central Michigan · 2024

76%

Max Cutforth

Boise State · 2025

73%

Malachi Nelson

UTEP · 2025

72%

Ben Finley

Akron · 2025

72%

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

Ben Finley

20236 games

202412 games

2025 snapshot

Passing profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pocket Passer

Players who play like Ben Finley