Senior quarterback for Michigan. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 212 lb · Aledo, TX · Aledo
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Interception rate: 99th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
passing yards · 2025
1 TD · 2 INT · 6 per attempt
3 games into 2025 so far -- Backed by 462 yds · 4 TD -- top 1% passing yards game. -- Best game: 180 pass yds, 1 TD, 1 INT, at Washington
The play that turned itSwung Oregon State from 21% to 81% to win.Colorado State at Oregon State · 39-31
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Michigan. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Four seasons at Michigan, two different head coaches: Jay Norvell and Tyson Summers. 2023 brought the first one: Mountain West Freshman Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 180 pass yds, 1 pass TD against Washington, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
FRESHMAN HONORS
Freshman recognition (2023)
1 mention(s)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Michigan
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: interception rate (99th percentile). Strength: interceptions (92nd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (13th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
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.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 54.4% completion on 79 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
Kyle Whittingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| 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 | -- |
| 2024 | Colorado State | 43 | 80 | 1.9 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 34 | -31 | -0.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Colorado State | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 96 | 52 | 0.5 | 6 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| 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 | 36.5 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zach Gibson’s 2022 season.
Matches Zach on
Differs from Zach on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ashton Daniels’s path through Auburn.
Matches Ashton on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Logan Fife's senior season at New Mexico State (2025).
Differs from Logan on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #184 this season.
CAREER HIGHS Rushing • Attempts: 6 - vs. Utah Tech (Sept. 30, 2023) • Yards: 27 - vs. Utah Tech (Sept. 30, 2023) • TDs: 1 - 5x, last vs. Utah State (Nov. 29, 2024) • Long: 23 yards - vs. San Jose State (Oct. 12, 2024) Passing • Attempts: 57 - at Utah State (Oct. 7, 2023) • Completions: 34 - at Co...