Broc Lowry

#12 · QB · Western Michigan6′1″ · 210 lb · Canfield, OH

ZPR4375th of 119 QBsLast gameW 23–10vs Bowling Green · Oct 31
Nextat AkronTue Nov 10 · 7 pm ET

Western Michigan is 5-3 in the eight games with 10 or more passes thrown. A mobile passer.

Strongest: an interception on 1.1% of throws, 32nd lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,397

121 of 194, 62%

TD–INT

11–3

7.2 per throw

NCAA rating

138.5

66th of 119

ZPR

43

75th of 119

How ZPR works

Up and down: great in 1, shaky or worse in 4.

Best by our grade: Kent State. Lowest: Boise State, with 1 interception. Biggest game: at Michigan, No. 16. Best play: Run for 5 yards, touchdown, at Buffalo, Q4 6:44. Win chance 37% to 64%.

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Season

Steady through the game

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Mobile passer

Why this word
Runs7.7 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.7 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes61% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks7% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs a lot. 7.7 carries a game. Closest matches: Pribula, Minicucci ’25, Sellers, Locke.

Where the throws go

Behind the line17%typical 17%
Short47%typical 47%
Middle21%typical 22%
Deep14%typical 14%

Runs 7.7 times a game; 84% of starters run less.

Closest in style

PribulaMinicucci ’25SellersLockeThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Pribula Virginia · Mobile passer
    1,587 yards, 14 TD, 3 INT so far. Both take sacks.
  • Minicucci ’25 Delaware 2025 · Mobile passer
    3,671 yards, 23 TD, 7 INT. Both protect the ball.
  • Sellers South Carolina · Dual-threat
    1,849 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT so far. Both run a lot.
  • Locke Sam Houston · Balanced
    1,653 yards, 12 TD, 5 INT so far. Close across the board.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

Worth knowing

  • Broc Lowry was first-team All-MAC in 2025.
  • Broc Lowry has 181.2 passing yards a game at home, 134.4 on the road.

His most important play this season

  1. Q3, 3:14 · Western Michigan down 10Broc Lowry finds Baylin Brooks for a 41-yard touchdownWestern Michigan at Toledo, week 8Q3, 3:14 · Western Michigan 35, Toledo 38Western Michigan cut the deficit to 3 in the third quarterWestern Michigan cut the deficit to 3 in the third quarterB.Lowry pass complete deep middle to B.Brooks caught at TOLEDO08, for 41 yards to the TOLEDO00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play CBS Sports College Football

All 3 of his plays on video

Broc Lowry

QB · Western Michigan · #12

The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Tom Allen and Lance Taylor. First career honor, 2025: MAC Offensive Player of the Year. A game that shows it: 257 passing yards and 52 rushing yards against Kent State — Week 6, 2026.

1,397 passing yards · 11 passing TD · 259 rushing yards