Cale Hellums

#3 · QB · Sr. · Army5′11″ · 208 lb · Tomball, TX

Nextvs Air ForceSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

Started again at Memphis, the first start since Florida Atlantic, week 7.

L 22-49 at Memphis, Oct 31: 4 of 7 for 40 yards, a touchdown, an interception · 13 carries for 34 yards, a rushing touchdown.

Army’s next game: vs Air Force, Sat Nov 7, 7:30 p.m. ET · CBS

Worth knowing

Cale Hellums has 140 rushing yards a game at home, 78.5 on the road.

His most important play this season

Q4, 1:41 · Army down 3, takes the leadCale Hellums runs 3 yards for a touchdownArmy at Temple, week 4Q4, 1:41 · Army 21, Temple 171:41Go-ahead touchdown for Army with 1:41 left1:41Go-ahead touchdown for Army with 1:41 leftGo-ahead touchdown for Army with 1:41 leftC.Hellums rush right for 3 yards gain to the TEM00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this play

All 10 of his plays on video

Cale Hellums

QB · Army · #3

Extends plays on the move until something opens up. Third year in the same quarterback room at Army. One game to point at: 151 passing yards and 55 rushing yards against Louisiana Tech — Week 5, 2026.

462 passing yards · 4 passing TD · 874 rushing yards

Style of play

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

23/273rd/4th & short

19/27Inside-5 share

23 of 27 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (85.2%). 19 of the team's 27 inside-the-5 carries (70.4%).

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Thomas CastellanosBoston College · 2023 · 43% season match
Bryson DailyArmy · 2023 · 43% season match
Diego PaviaNew Mexico State · 2022 · 36% season match
Caden CreelJacksonville State · 2025 · 35% season match
Garrett GreeneWest Virginia · 2024 · 32% season match

The latest game

Against Memphis on Oct. 31: 4 of 7 for 40 yards. In the 8 games drawn here: 43 of 76 for 462 yards.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

L 22-49 at Memphis4 of 7, 40 yds, 1 TD
W 38-35 at Tulsa7 of 12, 64 yds
W 56-24 vs Florida Atlantic1 of 2, 2 yds
W 20-17 vs Tulane3 of 6, 19 yds
L 29-31 at Louisiana Tech12 of 24, 151 yds, 1 TD
W 21-17 at Temple3 of 6, 36 yds
L 24-28 vs South Florida9 of 10, 91 yds, 2 TD
W 59-3 vs Bryant4 of 9, 59 yds

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

Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Army	43	76	56.6%	462	6.1	4	2	119.7	41
2025	Army	47	87	54.0%	694	8.0	4	3	129.3	53
2024	Army	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		90	163	55.2%	1,156	7.1	8	5	124.8	47

Season	Team
2026	Army	172	874	5.1	17	58
2025	Army	305	1,215	4.0	18	50
2024	Army	7	28	4.0	0	10
Career		484	2,117	4.4	35	58

Last game (Wk 9): 40 passing yards, 1 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	W 59-3vs Bryant		4/9	59	0	0	6.6	—	0	87
Wk 2	L 24-28vs South Florida		9/10	91	2	0	9.1	65.1	1	55
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Temple		3/6	36	0	0	6.0	85.3	0	104
Wk 5	L 29-31@ Louisiana Tech	Solid	12/24	151	1	1	6.3	54.7	1	55	Season-high 151 yds
Wk 6	W 20-17vs Tulane		3/6	19	0	0	3.2	76.9	0	223
Wk 7	W 56-24vs Florida Atlantic		1/2	2	0	0	1.0	--	0	195
Wk 8	W 38-35@ Tulsa	Shaky	7/12	64	0	0	5.3	60.7	1	121
Wk 9	L 22-49@ Memphis		4/7	40	1	1	5.7	17.3	0	34
Total			43/76	462	4	2	6.1	—	3	874

Signature game

Week 7 · 2026

W 56-24

vs Florida Atlantic

195 rush yds (25 car) · 5 TD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Florida Atlantic.

With B. Luter — 78 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · J. Rendina — 86 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +6.05C.Hellums rush left for 58 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 2 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −5.86Hellums to Mundell: a 14-yard pass.
Week 8 · Tulsa · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +5.05C.Hellums rush left for 41 yards gain to the Tulsa00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 6 · Tulane · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +4.53C.Hellums rush middle for 58 yards gain to the Tulane00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 9 · Memphis · 2nd and 13 · Q4 · EPA −4.25C.Hellums pass intercepted by C.Logan Jr. at AWP31 C.Logan Jr. return 5 yards, out of bounds at AWP26
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 4th and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.94Hellums to Anderson: a 26-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 8 · Tulsa · 4th and 4 · Q1 · EPA −3.88Hellums to Mundell: a 0-yard pass.
Week 1 · Bryant · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.80C.Hellums rush right for 37 yards gain to the Bryant00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 1 · Bryant · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.62C.Hellums rush middle for 27 yards gain to the Bryant00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 5 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.54C.Hellums rush left for 22 yards gain (S.Fongang), out of bounds

Where he ranks

Leads the nation in rushing touchdowns. 2nd among FBS quarterbacks in rushing yards.

Stat	His	Nation	American Athletic
Passing yards	462	165th of 370	17th of 37
Yards an attempt	6.1	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	4	T-134th of 370	T-12th of 37
Passer rating	119.7	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	56.6	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	874	2nd of 370	2nd of 37
Rushing touchdowns	17	1st of 370	1st of 37

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 76 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

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.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -8 to +7 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Howard and Anderson saw 36 of the 76 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Samari Howard	18	13	131	8.2	5.2
Brady Anderson	18	9	118	15.2	2.6
Zach Mundell	15	10	111	13.1	3.9
Parker Poloskey	5	3	28	9.8	1.0
Tobi Olawole	4	2	15	7.2	2.0
7 others	12	6	59	14.9	0.7
No receiver charted	4	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 76 passes, 43 caught, 462 yards. 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

43/76 (56.6%) · 4 TD · 2 INT

76 of 76 attempts matched to play-by-play

76 of 76 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.45135 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

5.0%84 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (84 of 185), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (135 of 185).

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

8% of attempts (6)

100%comp

Air -2.2 · YAC 5.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

43% of attempts (33)

79%comp1 INT

Air 5.9 · YAC 2.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

25% of attempts (19)

37%comp

Air 12.5 · YAC 3.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

24% of attempts (18)

22%comp1 INT

Air 29.7 · YAC 3.0 avg

Overall 56.6% completion on 76 attempts · 22% completion on 18 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 24-11 over that span.

2024Army12-2HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2025Army7-6HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

2026Army5-3HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 64 (#31 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #31 of 145?

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / dropback (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#68 / 157 · 57th pct

5.0%

Success rate#78 / 157 · 51st pct

42.5%

Interception rate#106 / 157 · 32nd pct

2.6%

Explosive rate#125 / 157 · 21st pct

7.9%

EPA / dropback#143 / 157 · 9th pct

-0.07

Box-score rates

Completion %#138 / 159 · 14th pct

56.6%

Yards / att#142 / 159 · 10th pct

6.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

93rd → 9th percentile

Success rate

23rd → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

97th → 21st percentile

Sack rate

93rd → 57th percentile

Interception rate

10th → 32nd 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.

Thin sample: 77 dropbacks

41Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

47.2%52nd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.9% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.774th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

3.1%88th pct of FBS QBs

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

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (3 of 80 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	42.8	0.5	5.0	0.0
Road4g	72.8	0.5	5.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	59.7	0.5	5.4	0.2
Weeks 8+2g	52.0	0.5	5.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Monken

Pass share

16.6%

85 pass / 427 run

Plays / game

64.0

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Army’s quarterbacks

Cale Hellums	Threw in all 8 games · 43 of 76, 462 yds, 4 TD, 2 INT · 6.1 yards an attempt on 76 attempts · ran for 874 yds, 17 TD
Bryson Luter	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 2 of 4, 12 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · 3.0 yards an attempt on 4 attempts · ran for 177 yds, 1 TD
Zach Mundell	Threw in 3 of 8 games · 2 of 3, 82 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 27.3 yards an attempt on 3 attempts · ran for 267 yds, 3 TD
Ethan Washington	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 2, 13 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 6.5 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 14 yds, 1 TD

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Starter

172 carries and 76 pass attempts in 8 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

64 · #31 of 145 QBs

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #6 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%).

Cale Hellums

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

Style of play

Similar players

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

In the news across his career

What fans said

In the game threads

Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Army’s quarterbacks

Awards

Starter

Four seasons at Army