Senior quarterback for UTEP. 2024: 540 passing yards, 4 TD, 3 INT.
6′1″ · 195 lb · Los Alamitos, CA
The story
4 quarterback for UTEP. 2024: 540 passing yards, 4 TD, 3 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearCade McConnell
Pushes it downfield on every look. Two seasons at UTEP, two different head coaches: Dana Dimel and Scotty Walden. The receipt on tape: 220 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Colorado State, Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dana Dimel → Scotty Walden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (88th percentile). Concern: pass yards (4th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.37101 of 205 QBsSack rate
6.6%131 of 205 QBsSacked on 6.6% of dropbacks (131 of 205) — and still 101 of 205 in Adjusted ANY/A.
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 54.5% completion on 66 attempts · 61% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 204 | 1.0 | 7.3 | 1.0 |
| Road3g | 112 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 135 | 1.0 | 7.9 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scotty Walden
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-40@ Nebraska | 3/7 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 18.3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-27@ Colorado State | 19/29 | 220 | 2 | 0 | 7.6 | 26.0 | Season-high 220 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 21-41vs Sam Houston | 15/28 | 204 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 | 14.8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-44@ Western Kentucky | 3/7 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 13.7 | 34.5 | |
| Total | 40/71 | 540 | 4 | 3 | 7.9 | 23.4 |
Play style
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
UTEP
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · UTEP
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UTEP · Last season: 2-10 · Talent rank #102 · 2026 recruiting class #92
Player DNA
Elite arm talent, pushing downfield. Completion rate is the variable.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Trey Lowe III’s 2022 season.
Matches Trey on
Differs from Trey on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tim DeMorat’s path through Fordham.
Tim DeMorat
Matches Tim on
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kirk Francis's freshman season at Tulsa (2023).
Matches Kirk on
Differs from Kirk on
Player DNA