Caden Veltkamp

#10 · QB · Florida Atlantic6′5″ · 236 lb · Bowling Green, KY · South Warren

ZPR5743rd of 119 QBs Last gameL 41–48at North Texas · Oct 29

Nextvs UTSAThu Nov 5 · 7:30 pm ET

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 41-48 at North Texas, Oct 29 · 37 of 56 for 452 yards, 5 touchdowns, an interception, a lost fumble · 7 carries for -8 yards

Florida Atlantic’s next game: vs UTSA, Thu Nov 5, 7:30 p.m. ET · ESPN

Florida Atlantic is 5-3 in the eight games played. A precision passer.

Plays most like Houser, Illinois.

Passing yards

2,534

226 of 315, 72%

TD–INT

23–5

8.0 per throw

NCAA rating

160.2

24th of 119

ZPR

43rd of 119

How ZPR works

Up and down: great in 2, shaky or worse in 3.

300 or more passing yards in the last three games.

Best by our grade: Rice. Lowest: at Florida, with 2 interceptions. Best play: Completion for 76 yards, touchdown, against Navy, Q1 14:18. Win chance 46% to 67%.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Florida

L 21–66·Unranked

Shaky

276 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 6 for 1, 1 TD · Interceptions cost about 6 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q2 run added 12 points of win chance. Win chance: 8% to 20%.

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Navy

W 38–30·Unranked

Great

386 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -22 · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 22 points of win chance. Win chance: 60% to 82%.

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Florida International

W 16–10·Unranked

Shaky

202 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -23 · Sacked 3

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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at UL Monroe

W 45–17·Unranked

Solid

Steady all game · 314 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for 2 · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 26 points of win chance. Win chance: 51% to 77%.

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Texas Southern

W 66–10·FCS

Few throws

247 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for 2 · Sacked 1

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

at Army

L 24–56·Unranked

Shaky

318 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 3 for -17 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 24 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 30% to 54%.

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Rice

W 51–49·Unranked

Great

339 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 11 for 5, 1 TD · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 23 points of win chance. Win chance: 61% to 84%.

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at North Texas

L 41–48·Unranked

Solid

452 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for -8 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 31 points of win chance. Win chance: 15% to 46%.

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Season

Gets better after halftime

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. 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

Precision passer

Why this word

Runs2.6 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws8.4 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes71% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks4% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 2.6 carries a game. Closest matches: Houser, Watson, Bailey ’25, Harrell.

Where the throws go

Behind the line18%typical 17%

Short47%typical 47%

Middle19%typical 22%

Deep15%typical 14%

Runs 2.6 times a game; 75% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Houser Illinois · Vertical passer
1,663 yards, 13 TD, 5 INT so far. Both score a lot and are efficient.
Watson Massachusetts · Precision passer
1,025 yards, 8 TD, 2 INT so far. Both complete a lot.
Bailey ’25 NC State 2025 · Rhythm passer
3,105 yards, 25 TD, 9 INT. Both complete a lot and are efficient.
Harrell Charlotte · Precision passer
831 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT so far. Both are efficient and complete a lot.

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

RecordFlorida Atlantic is 5-3.
From the game thread
“Apparently Messer and Veltkamp are best friends and roommates. Pretty cool they transferred together”
Baylor fan, r/CFB game thread · at North Texas, Oct 29

What’s being said

3 stories in the last 30 days, from 1 outlet.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

All 6 stories this season

Worth knowing

Caden Veltkamp was second-team All-Conference USA in 2024 at Western Kentucky.
Caden Veltkamp has 293.5 passing yards a game at home, 340 on the road.

His most important play this season

Q4, 8:26 · Florida Atlantic down 10Caden Veltkamp finds Easton Messer for a 34-yard touchdownFlorida Atlantic at North Texas, week 9Q4, 8:26 · Florida Atlantic 38, North Texas 41Florida Atlantic cut the deficit to 3 in the fourth quarterFlorida Atlantic cut the deficit to 3 in the fourth quarterC.Veltkamp pass complete deep right to E.Messer caught at UNT06, for 34 yards to the UNT00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

All 5 of his plays on video

Caden Veltkamp

QB · Florida Atlantic · #10

Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Played for two head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Tyson Helton and Zach Kittley. First career honor, 2024: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year. On tape: 452 passing yards and 5 passing TD against North Texas, Week 9, 2026.

2,534 passing yards · 23 passing TD · 1 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Florida Atlantic	226	315	71.7%	2,534	8.0	23	5	160.2	57
2025	Florida Atlantic	345	514	67.1%	3,652	7.1	24	17	135.6	50
2024	Western Kentucky	258	389	66.3%	3,108	8.0	25	10	149.5	74
2023	Western Kentucky	41	54	75.9%	387	7.2	5	1	163.0	45
2022	Western Kentucky	4	4	100.0%	25	6.2	0	0	152.5	--
Career		874	1,276	68.5%	9,706	7.6	77	33	147.1	60

Season	Team
2026	Florida Atlantic	41	−60	−1.5	2	7
2025	Florida Atlantic	81	45	0.6	4	18
2024	Western Kentucky	113	150	1.3	7	25
2023	Western Kentucky	23	76	3.3	0	28
2022	Western Kentucky	--	--	--	--	--
Career		258	211	0.8	13	28

Last game (Wk 9): 452 passing yards, 5 passing TD, 1 interception.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 21-66@ Florida	Shaky	34/52	276	1	2	5.3	—	0	1
Wk 2	W 38-30vs Navy	Great	27/32	386	5	0	12.1	83.4	3	-22	5 TD passes
Wk 3	W 16-10vs Florida International	Shaky	24/36	202	0	0	5.6	31.3	3	-23
Wk 4	W 45-17@ UL Monroe	Solid	29/38	314	2	0	8.3	68.2	0	2	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 5	W 66-10vs Texas Southern		13/16	247	4	0	15.4	86.9	1	2	4 TD passes
Wk 7	L 24-56@ Army	Shaky	33/48	318	3	1	6.6	62.1	1	-17	3 TD passes
Wk 8	W 51-49vs Rice	Great	29/37	339	3	1	9.2	55.4	2	5	3 TD passes
Wk 9	L 41-48@ North Texas	Solid	37/56	452	5	1	8.1	67.6	2	-8	Season-high 452 yds
Total			226/315	2534	23	5	8.0	—	12	-60

The latest game

Oct. 29 · L 41-48 at North Texas

37 of 56 for 452 yards, 5 touchdowns and an interception.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 41-48 at North TexasOct. 29452 yds37 of 56, 5 TD, 1 INTPlay by play just above · 8.1 yds an attempt, 36th in FBS

W 51-49 vs RiceOct. 24339 yds29 of 37, 3 TD, 1 INT9.2 yds an attempt, 16th in FBS

29 of 37 for 339 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

6 more games, with the play by play

L 24-56 at ArmyOct. 17318 yds33 of 48, 3 TD, 1 INT6.6 yds an attempt, 70th in FBS

33 of 48 for 318 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 66-10 vs Texas SouthernOct. 3247 yds13 of 16, 4 TD15.4 yds an attempt, 2nd in FBS

Play by playOn the field

13 of 16 for 247 yards and 4 touchdowns; 15.4 yards an attempt, 2nd-best in FBS that week. Florida Atlantic scored touchdowns on 4 of the 4 drives he played.

4 of 4 of his drives scored
2 of 2 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
1 run for 4 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
TD3 of 4, 64 yds
Second quarterbegan up 28-3
TD3 of 4, 41 yds
TD2 of 2, 67 yds1
TD5 of 6, 75 yds
FinalW 66-10

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

No game thread archived for this game yet.

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55-yard touchdown pass to Kelby Valsin. Second quarter, made it 42-3.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

W 45-17 at UL MonroeSept. 26314 yds29 of 38, 2 TD8.3 yds an attempt, tied for 49th in FBS

29 of 38 for 314 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 16-10 vs Florida InternationalSept. 19202 yds24 of 365.6 yds an attempt, 106th in FBS

24 of 36 for 202 yards.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 38-30 vs NavySept. 12386 yds27 of 32, 5 TDBig game · 12.1 yds an attempt, 13th in FBS

A big game: 27 of 32 for 386 yards and 5 touchdowns.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 21-66 at FloridaSept. 5276 yds34 of 52, 1 TD, 2 INT5.3 yds an attempt, 115th in FBS

34 of 52 for 276 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Rice	W 51-49 · Graded great · 339 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 11 for 5, 1 TD · Sacked 2
Lowest by our grade	at Florida	L 21-66 · Graded shaky · 276 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 6 for 1, 1 TD · Interceptions cost about 6 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 0
Best play	Navy	Completion for 76 yards, touchdown, Q1 14:18 · Win chance 46% to 67%

Where he ranks

3rd among FBS quarterbacks in passing yards. 4th among FBS quarterbacks in touchdown passes.

Stat	His	Nation	American Athletic
Passing yards	2,534	3rd of 370	2nd of 37
Yards an attempt	8.0	T-49th of 152	4th of 15
Touchdown passes	23	4th of 370	2nd of 37
Passer rating	160.2	25th of 152	3rd of 15
Completion percentage	71.7	7th of 152	2nd of 15
Rushing yards	-60	367th of 370	37th of 37
Rushing touchdowns	2	T-71st of 370	T-10th of 37

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All American Athletic quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Tayven Jackson	2,568	22	5	268	9.6
2	Caden Veltkamp	2,534	23	5	315	8.0
3	Marcus Stokes	2,532	25	6	259	9.8
4	Owen McCown	1,751	10	4	243	7.2
5	Baylor Hayes	1,343	10	2	192	7.0
6	Ryder Burton	1,333	6	5	194	6.9
7	Michael Van Buren Jr.	1,273	6	0	181	7.0
8	Ajani Sheppard	1,245	8	3	140	8.9
9	Conner Harrell	831	5	2	108	7.7
10	Kadin Semonza	804	4	2	119	6.8
11	Cole Gonzales	802	3	7	127	6.3
12	Mitch Griffis	753	4	5	126	6.0
13	Trace Johnson	749	2	4	106	7.1
14	Jackson Gutierrez	717	7	1	71	10.1
15	Emory Williams	716	7	2	117	6.1
16	Jacurri Brown	471	2	2	82	5.7
17	Cale Hellums	462	4	2	76	6.1
18	Dexter Williams II	340	3	0	59	5.8
19	Gael Ochoa	160	1	0	16	10.0
20	Chaston Ditta	159	1	0	19	8.4
21	Braxton Woodson	152	0	1	25	6.1
22	Jaxon Smolik	129	1	1	27	4.8
23	Air Noland	83	2	1	9	9.2
24	Zach Mundell	82	0	0	3	27.3
25	Drew Devillier	79	0	0	13	6.1
26	Zeon Chriss	64	0	0	9	7.1
27	Luke Kromenhoek	60	0	0	14	4.3
28	Chris Jimerson Jr.	55	1	0	3	18.3
29	Patrick Crayton Jr.	29	0	0	2	14.5
30	Nate Rogers	24	0	0	5	4.8
31	Jordan Magwood	16	0	0	3	5.3
32	Ethan Washington	13	0	0	2	6.5
33	Bryson Luter	12	0	1	4	3.0
34	Dagan Bruno	10	0	0	1	10.0
35	Jeremiah Daoud	6	0	0	4	1.5
36	Jaylen White	5	0	0	5	1.0
37	Brandon Tennison	0	0	0	2	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Passing yards2,5342nd in the American Athletic this season; 7th among current FBS players over the whole career (9,706).

Touchdown passes232nd in the American Athletic this season; tied for 4th among current FBS players over the whole career (77).

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Messer and Valsin saw 173 of the 318 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Easton Messer	90	72	891	7.6	6.3
Kelby Valsin	83	61	757	9.7	3.7
Dom Henry	53	38	435	11.5	2.6
Branden Hoch	23	12	136	9.5	1.7
Antonio Johnson	12	8	43	4.8	4.0
10 others	47	37	281	3.5	6.1
No receiver charted	10	All five interceptions are among these

Play by play: 318 passes, 229 caught, 2,543 yards; the box score counts 315 attempts. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

226/315 (71.7%) · 23 TD · 5 INT

All 315 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 318 passing plays)

313 of 318 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 318 passing plays (229 completions) against the box score's 315 attempts (226 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

8.0838 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

4.5%68 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (68 of 185 QBs) and still 38 of 185 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

18% of attempts (55)

95%comp

Air -3.8 · YAC 8.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

48% of attempts (150)

75%comp2 INT

Air 4.8 · YAC 3.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of attempts (66)

59%comp1 INT

Air 13.7 · YAC 2.7 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of attempts (42)

50%comp2 INT

Air 28.1 · YAC 4.9 avg

Overall 71.7% completion on 315 attempts · 50% completion on 42 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2026 baseline

No situation moves him more than 65 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-21 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/113 (5.3%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 2

-19 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/99 (3.0%) · league sack rate 5.0%

Down 3+

+65 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/65 (4.6%) · league sack rate 8.3%

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

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2023Western Kentucky8-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Western Kentucky8-6HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2025Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2026Florida Atlantic5-3HC: Zach Kittley · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 62 (#35 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

62Quality starter #35 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (91st percentile). Strength: pass yards (98th percentile). Concern: rush yards (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#15 / 157 · 91st pct

50.8%

EPA / dropback#32 / 157 · 80th pct

0.34

Interception rate#46 / 157 · 71st pct

1.6%

Sack rate#51 / 157 · 68th pct

4.5%

Explosive rate#83 / 157 · 47th pct

10.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#4 / 159 · 98th pct

2534

Pass TDs#5 / 159 · 97th pct

Completion %#7 / 159 · 96th pct

71.7%

Yards / att#52 / 159 · 66th pct

8.0

Rush TDs#57 / 159 · 52nd pct

Interceptions#87 / 159 · 37th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 142 · 32nd pct

Rush yards#156 / 159 · 2nd pct

-60

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

60th → 80th percentile

Success rate

47th → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

47th → 47th percentile

Sack rate

72nd → 68th percentile

Interception rate

18th → 71st percentile

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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 277 dropbacks

57Zeitgeist Passer Rating43rd of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 160.2 24th of 119 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 19 places lower than passer rating does: the schedule adjustment debits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

51.9%84th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -3.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.5147th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.7 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.2%59th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.8% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (52 of 329 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

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	294	3.0	10.6	0.2
Road4g	340	2.8	7.1	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	290	2.5	8.9	0.5
Weeks 8+2g	396	4.0	8.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Pass share

55.1%

337 pass / 275 run

Plays / game

76.5

8 games

Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.

Florida Atlantic’s quarterbacks

Caden Veltkamp	Threw in all 8 games · 226 of 315, 2,534 yds, 23 TD, 5 INT · 8.0 yards an attempt on 315 attempts · ran for -60 yds, 2 TD
Drew Devillier	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 7 of 13, 79 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 6.1 yards an attempt on 13 attempts · ran for 1 yds, 0 TD
Jeremiah Daoud	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 4, 6 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 1.5 yards an attempt on 4 attempts · ran for 16 yds, 0 TD
Jordan Magwood	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 3, 16 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 5.3 yards an attempt on 3 attempts · ran for 4 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Caden Veltkamp. Gray: Drew Devillier, Jordan Magwood, Jeremiah Daoud. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ FloridaNavyFlorida International@ UL MonroeTexas Southern@ ArmyRice@ North Texas

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

315 pass attempts and 41 carries in 8 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Surprisingly productive for a quarterback with no award recognition yet — top-7% completion rate, top-5% overall passing production.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

62 · #35 of 145 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #35 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #9 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%).

Caden Veltkamp

Style of play

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

In the news across his career

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Florida Atlantic’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

Impact starter

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2022

2024 13 games

2025 12 games