Brendon Lewis

#2 · QB · Sr. · Memphis6′3″ · 210 lb · Melissa, TX

Brendon Lewis is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Memphis.

Lewis extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for five head coaches at three programs in six seasons: Karl Dorrell, Mike Sanford Jr., Ken Wilson, Jeff Choate and Ryan Silverfield. The first one came in 2024: All-Mountain West. On tape: 317 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Tulane, Week 11, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Memphis	253	368	68.8%	2,673	7.3	16	7	140.3	36
2024	Nevada	211	312	67.6%	2,290	7.3	16	7	141.7	45
2023	Nevada	131	236	55.5%	1,313	5.6	2	6	100.0	17
2022	Colorado	15	24	62.5%	92	3.8	0	0	94.7	--
2021	Colorado	149	257	58.0%	1,540	6.0	10	3	118.8	14
2020	Colorado	6	10	60.0%	95	9.5	0	0	139.8	--
Career		765	1,207	63.4%	8,003	6.6	44	23	127.3	30

Season	Team
2025	Memphis	151	660	4.4	9	27
2024	Nevada	157	775	4.9	8	67
2023	Nevada	120	495	4.1	4	31
2022	Colorado	12	43	3.6	0	24
2021	Colorado	98	188	1.9	2	33
2020	Colorado	9	73	8.1	1	44
Career		547	2,234	4.1	24	67

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Chattanooga	22/28	199	1	1	7.1	73.9
Wk 2	W 38-16@ Georgia State	16/20	196	0	0	9.8	85.3
Wk 3	W 28-7@ Troy	17/27	213	1	0	7.9	48.2
Wk 4	W 32-31vs Arkansas	15/30	199	1	1	6.6	61.5
Wk 5	W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic	13/19	196	2	0	10.3	75.1
Wk 6	W 45-7vs Tulsa	22/30	266	3	2	8.9	76.1	3 TD passes
Wk 8	L 24-31@ UAB	9/10	68	0	0	6.8	37.3
Wk 9	W 34-31vs No. 18 South Florida	27/44	307	2	0	7.0	58.0	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Rice	18/22	225	0	0	10.2	91.6
Wk 11	L 32-38vs Tulane	29/34	317	2	1	9.3	63.1	Season-high 317 yds
Wk 12	L 27-31@ East Carolina	32/43	209	1	1	4.9	80.1
Wk 14	L 17-28vs Navy	19/36	172	2	0	4.8	35.9
Bowl	L 7-31vs NC State	14/25	106	1	1	4.2	25.6
Total		253/368	2673	16	7	7.3	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Tulsa	W 45-7 · Graded great · Passing grade only · Steady all game · 266 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT · Rush 14 for 67, 1 TD · Interceptions cost about 14 points of win chance · Sacked 2
Lowest by our grade	NC State	L 7-31 · Graded rough · Passing grade only · Steady all game · 106 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 10 for 47 · Sacked 1
Biggest game	South Florida	No. 18 at kickoff · W 34-31 · Graded solid · 307 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 11 for 35 · Sacked 3
Best play	South Florida	Completion for 10 yards, touchdown, Q4 1:07 · Win chance 46% to 71%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

253/368 (68.8%) · 16 TD · 7 INT

360 of 368 attempts matched to play-by-play

179 of 360 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 360 passing plays (245 completions) against the box score's 368 attempts (253 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.2297 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

6.8%161 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 6.8% of dropbacks (161 of 206) — and still 97 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

22% of attempts (39)

90%comp

Air -3.1 · YAC 8.9 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

46% of attempts (82)

77%comp

Air 4.4 · YAC 3.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

22% of attempts (40)

55%comp

Air 12.8 · YAC 2.6 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

10% of attempts (18)

28%comp2 INT

Air 38.2 · YAC 5.4 avg

Overall 68.8% completion on 368 attempts · 28% completion on 18 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 46 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-31 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/142 (4.2%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

-1 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 11/140 (7.9%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+46 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 10/99 (10.1%) · league sack rate 7.8%

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.

Teams and coaches

2020Colorado4-2HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2021Colorado4-8HC: Karl Dorrell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Colorado1-11HC: Karl Dorrell and Mike Sanford Jr. · Balanced, slow tempo

2023Nevada2-10HC: Ken Wilson · Run-leaning

2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning

2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 51 (#64 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

51Rotational starter #64 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rush yards (91st percentile). Strength: completion % (91st percentile). Concern: sack rate (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#74 / 183 · 60th pct

41.7%

Interception rate#77 / 183 · 58th pct

1.9%

EPA / dropback#92 / 183 · 50th pct

0.18

Explosive rate#134 / 183 · 27th pct

7.5%

Sack rate#144 / 183 · 22nd pct

7.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#17 / 183 · 91st pct

660

Completion %#17 / 183 · 91st pct

68.8%

Rush TDs#21 / 183 · 86th pct

Pass yards#55 / 183 · 70th pct

2673

Pass TDs#63 / 183 · 64th pct

Yards / att#76 / 183 · 57th pct

7.3

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

53rd → 50th percentile

Success rate

56th → 60th percentile

Explosive rate

32nd → 27th percentile

Sack rate

36th → 22nd percentile

Interception rate

46th → 58th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 375 dropbacks

36Zeitgeist Passer Rating112th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 140.3 56th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 56 places lower than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on 7.2% of dropbacks; and the schedule adjustment debits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

44.1%37th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.5431st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

7.0%26th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (12 of 387 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	243	1.8	7.3	0.8
Road6g	184	0.7	8.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	196	1.3	7.8	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	216	1.2	7.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Pass share

46.9%

412 pass / 466 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

368 pass attempts, 151 carries and 1 catch in 13 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

51 · #64 of 146 QBs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #64 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #8 of 15 American Athletic QBs

How the All-AAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Brendon Lewis

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Six seasons, three schools

Moves

2020

2023 12 games

2024 12 games

2025 13 games