Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi is a quarterback at Michigan who has not played in Michigan's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Colorado State.
Michigan lists 5 quarterbacks this season.
Michigan is 5-3. Next: vs Michigan State, Sat Nov 7.
Fowler-Nicolosi operates within the system without forcing anything. The four seasons span two head coaches: Jay Norvell and Tyson Summers. The first one came in 2023: Mountain West Freshman Player of the Week. On tape: 180 passing yards and 1 passing TD against Washington, Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colorado State | 44 | 82 | 53.7% | 488 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 102.8 | 44 |
| 2024 | Colorado State | 227 | 374 | 60.7% | 2,755 | 7.4 | 14 | 8 | 130.6 | 62 |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 292 | 470 | 62.1% | 3,460 | 7.4 | 22 | 16 | 132.6 | 55 |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 17 | 37 | 45.9% | 194 | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 88.1 | -- |
| Career | 580 | 963 | 60.2% | 6,897 | 7.2 | 38 | 28 | 127.6 | 57 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Colorado State | 14 | −3 | −0.2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2024 | Colorado State | 43 | 80 | 1.9 | 4 | 23 |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 34 | −31 | −0.9 | 1 | 9 |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Career | 96 | 52 | 0.5 | 6 | 23 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-38@ Washington | 17/32 | 180 | 1 | 1 | 5.6 | 56.8 | Season-high 180 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 21-17vs Northern Colorado | 13/25 | 132 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 | 40.1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-17vs UTSA | 14/25 | 176 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12.6 | |
| Total | 44/82 | 488 | 1 | 2 | 6.0 | — |
Week 1 · 2025
L 21-38
at Washington
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 79 passing plays (43 completions) against the box score's 82 attempts (44 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.56171 of 206 QBsSack rate
4.7%99 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (99 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (171 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
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0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 53.7% completion on 82 attempts · 51% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 154 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 180 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 163 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Summers
Pass share
52.1%
393 pass / 362 run
Plays / game
62.9
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
The No. 1,404 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Big Ten.
A stat line in 30 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jay Norvell, Tyson Summers and Kyle Whittingham.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Michigan
