Senior quarterback for UCF. 2019: 167 passing yards, 2 TD, 0 INT.
6′2″ · 222 lb · Hackensack, NJ
Recruiting
DUAL recruit
No. 46 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
Statement game21 car · 207 yds · 4 TDat Boston College (FBS) · W 49-20
Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for UCF. 2019: 167 passing yards, 2 TD, 0 INT.
Brandon Wimbush
Brandon Wimbush has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 168 pass yds, 20 rush yds against Florida A&M, Week 1, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 2,774 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: George O'Leary, Scott Frost, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (93rd percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 41.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 41.8 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UCF | 13 | 24 | 54.2% | 167 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 140.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 54 | 102 | 52.9% | 719 | 7.0 | 4 | 6 | 113.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 135 | 274 | 49.3% | 1,871 | 6.8 | 16 | 6 | 121.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 3 | 5 | 60.0% | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 88.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 205 | 405 | 50.6% | 2,774 | 6.8 | 22 | 12 | 120.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UCF | 11 | 48 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 68 | 256 | 3.8 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | 140 | 804 | 5.7 | 14 | -- |
| 2015 | Notre Dame | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 226 | 1,204 | 5.3 | 16 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Florida A&M | 12/23 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 | 81.3 | Season-high 168 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 45-27vs Stanford | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-35@ Pittsburgh | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-21vs UConn | 1/1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1.0 | 22.5 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-29vs Houston | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 13/24 | 167 | 2 | 0 | 3.1 | 51.9 |
Final Heisman position · 2019
Brandon Wimbush finished 197th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.