Chandler Fields

#18 · QB · Sr. · Louisiana5′10″ · 204 lb · Metairie, LA · Archbishop Rummel

Chandler Fields: QB · Louisiana · #18.

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Chandler Fields

QB · Louisiana · Sr · #18

Operates within the system without forcing anything. The six seasons at Louisiana span two head coaches: Billy Napier and Michael Desormeaux. A game that shows it: 323 passing yards and 26 rushing yards against Troy — Week 13, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/29Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 29 inside-the-5 carries (6.9%).

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	Louisiana	63	87	72.4%	897	10.3	5	1	175.7	80
2023	Louisiana	96	143	67.1%	1,069	7.5	7	3	141.9	48
2022	Louisiana	106	183	57.9%	1,123	6.1	11	4	124.9	33
2021	Louisiana	9	13	69.2%	106	8.2	1	0	163.1	--
2020	Louisiana	--	6	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	--
2019	Louisiana	3	3	100.0%	16	5.3	0	0	144.8	--
Career		277	435	63.7%	3,211	7.4	24	8	140.2	49

Season	Team
2024	Louisiana	26	88	3.4	2	34
2023	Louisiana	29	−8	−0.3	2	13
2022	Louisiana	36	87	2.4	2	21
2021	Louisiana	3	14	4.7	0	10
2020	Louisiana	1	−6	−6.0	0	--
2019	Louisiana	1	4	4.0	0	4
Career		96	179	1.9	6	34

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 40-10vs Grambling	4/5	55	0	0	11.0	45.7
Wk 2	W 34-10@ Kennesaw State	2/2	8	0	0	4.0	99.4
Wk 11	W 55-19vs Arkansas State	4/5	34	0	0	6.8	99.1
Wk 12	L 22-24vs South Alabama	14/17	185	1	0	10.9	87.9
Wk 13	W 51-30vs Troy	18/24	323	2	0	13.5	75.1	Season-high 323 yds
Wk 14	W 37-23@ UL Monroe	17/26	188	2	1	7.2	67.8
Wk 15	L 3-31vs Marshall	4/8	104	0	0	13.0	76.3
Total		63/87	897	5	1	10.3	—

Signature game

Week 13 · 2024

W 51-30

vs Troy

323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.1 · 26 rush yds (8 car)

Dominant 21-point win at home against Troy.

With R. Williams — 1 defensive TD · N. Torney — 38.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · South Alabama · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +5.97Chandler Fields pass complete to Dre'lyn Washington for 66 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 15 · Marshall · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.94Chandler Fields pass complete to Harvey Broussard for 34 yds to the MRSH 41 for a
Week 14 · UL Monroe · 2nd and 11 · Q3 · EPA +3.72Chandler Fields pass complete to Jacob Bernard for 38 yds to the ULM 30 for a
Week 13 · Troy · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.48Chandler Fields pass complete to Jacob Bernard for 46 yds to the TROY 39 for a
Week 13 · Troy · 3rd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.46Chandler Fields pass complete to Tavion Smith for 20 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 13 · Troy · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Chandler Fields pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 44 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)

4 more plays

Week 15 · Marshall · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.31Chandler Fields pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 47 yds to the MRSH 28 for a
Week 12 · South Alabama · 3rd and 24 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Chandler Fields pass complete to Harvey Broussard for 21 yds to the USA 23
Week 14 · UL Monroe · 3rd and 6 · Q2 · EPA +2.82Chandler Fields pass complete to Lance LeGendre for 6 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)
Week 11 · Arkansas State · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.72Chandler Fields run for 12 yds for a TD (Kenneth Almendares KICK)

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

63/87 (72.4%) · 5 TD · 1 INT

87 of 87 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

10.432 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

3.3%39 of 205 QBs

Rarely sacked (39 of 205 QBs) and still 2 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 yds

49%of completions

31 comp5.0 yds avg2 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

27%of completions

17 comp14.8 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

24%of completions

15 comp32.7 yds avg3 TD

Overall 72.4% completion on 87 attempts · 15 deep completions averaging 32.7 yds.

Teams and coaches

2019Louisiana11-3HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2020Louisiana10-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2021Louisiana13-1HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2022Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Balanced

2023Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

2024Louisiana10-4HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 31 (#114 of 140). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

31Below cohort / limited sample #114 of 140 · 2022?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / dropback (100th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (96th percentile). Concern: pass yards (12th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / dropback#1 / 169 · 100th pct

0.61

Explosive rate#6 / 169 · 96th pct

17.2%

Success rate#12 / 169 · 93rd pct

50.0%

Interception rate#21 / 169 · 88th pct

1.1%

Sack rate#28 / 169 · 83rd pct

3.3%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / att#3 / 165 · 98th pct

10.3

Interceptions#2 / 165 · 98th pct

Completion %#7 / 165 · 96th pct

72.4%

Rush TDs#83 / 165 · 44th pct

Rush yards#103 / 165 · 38th pct

Pass yards#145 / 165 · 12th pct

897

Pass TDs#144 / 165 · 12th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

68th → 100th percentile

Success rate

95th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

23rd → 96th percentile

Sack rate

21st → 83rd percentile

Interception rate

29th → 88th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

2024 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 78 dropbacks

80Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

55.7%98th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.7% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

10.58100th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.6%69th pct of FBS QBs

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

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (12 of 90 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

2024 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	140	0.6	11.0	0.0
Road2g	98.0	1.0	5.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-72g	31.5	0.0	7.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	167	1.0	10.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

Pass share

46.8%

410 pass / 467 run

Plays / game

62.6

14 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

87 pass attempts and 26 carries in 7 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Chandler Fields

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Style of play

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

87 pass attempts and 26 carries in 7 games

Six seasons at Louisiana

2019