Chubba Purdy

#13 · QB · Sr. · Nevada6′1″ · 205 lb · Queen Creek, AZ · Perry

Chubba Purdy is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Nevada.

Purdy extends plays on the move until something opens up. Played for four head coaches across six seasons and three programs. One game to point at: 165 passing yards and 60 rushing yards against Western Kentucky — Week 4, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Max BrownCharlotte · 2024 · 30% season match
AJ BiancoNevada · 2023 · 24% season match
Justin TomlinGeorgia Southern · 2021 · 22% season match
Rickie CollinsSyracuse · 2025 · 21% season match
Skyler LocklearUTEP · 2025 · 19% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Nevada	44	86	51.2%	577	6.7	3	8	100.4	41
2024	Nevada	18	25	72.0%	239	9.6	1	1	157.5	--
2023	Nebraska	31	57	54.4%	382	6.7	2	3	111.7	56
2022	Nebraska	22	47	46.8%	147	3.1	0	3	60.3	--
2021	Florida State	5	5	100.0%	98	19.6	2	0	396.6	--
2020	Florida State	27	53	50.9%	219	4.1	2	1	94.3	--
Career		147	273	53.8%	1,662	6.1	10	16	105.4	48

Season	Team
2025	Nevada	100	530	5.3	3	58
2024	Nevada	13	60	4.6	0	19
2023	Nebraska	29	180	6.2	1	55
2022	Nebraska	24	73	3.0	2	13
2021	Florida State	1	5	5.0	0	5
2020	Florida State	19	57	3.0	0	21
Career		186	905	4.9	6	58

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 11-46@ No. 2 Penn State	7/15	97	0	1	6.5	38.3
Wk 2	W 20-17vs Sacramento State	12/21	144	0	2	6.9	17.2
Wk 3	L 13-14vs Middle Tennessee	5/7	88	1	1	12.6	49.0
Wk 4	L 16-31@ Western Kentucky	16/30	165	0	2	5.5	31.0	Season-high 165 yds
Wk 6	L 17-20@ Fresno State	0/4	0	0	2	0.0	0.1
Wk 7	L 10-44vs San Diego State	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 8	L 22-24@ New Mexico	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	L 3-24vs Boise State	1/1	3	0	0	3.0	6.5
Wk 11	L 14-51@ Utah State	3/7	80	2	0	11.4	42.4
Wk 12	W 55-10vs San José State	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 13	W 13-7@ Wyoming	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 14	L 17-42vs UNLV	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	67.4
Total		44/86	577	3	8	6.7	—

Signature game

Week 11 · 2025

L 14-51

at Utah State

80 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 42.4 · 45 rush yds (10 car)

With B. Ettridge — 42.5 yards per punt · 6 punts · 56 long · C. Ramseur — 3 rec · 57 yds · 1 TD · 43 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 4 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 4 · Q2 · EPA −4.30Chubba Purdy pass intercepted, touchback. Jaylen Lewis return for no gain
Week 6 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −4.03Chubba Purdy pass intercepted Camryn Bracha return for no gain to the FRES 2
Week 11 · Utah State · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.99Purdy to Ramseur: a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Fresno State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −3.91Chubba Purdy pass intercepted Simeon Harris return for 4 yds to the FRES 34
Week 3 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.61Chubba Purdy pass complete to Ky Woods for 47 yds for a TD (Joe McFadden KICK)
Week 14 · UNLV · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.50C.Purdy rush middle for 58 yards gain (A.Powdrell), out of bounds

4 more plays

Week 3 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.10Chubba Purdy run for 30 yds to the MTSU 33 for a
Week 11 · Utah State · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Purdy to Carpenter: a 34-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Sacramento State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.82Chubba Purdy pass complete to Marcus Bellon for 43 yds to the SAC 25 for a
Week 3 · Middle Tennessee · 1st and 9 · Q4 · EPA −2.62Chubba Purdy pass intercepted Juwon Gaston return for no gain to the MTSU 40

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

44/86 (51.2%) · 3 TD · 8 INT

83 of 86 attempts matched to play-by-play

9 of 83 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 83 passing plays (40 completions) against the box score's 86 attempts (44 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

2.69200 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.5%132 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.5% of dropbacks (132 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (200 of 206).

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

22% of attempts (2)

50%comp

Air -2.5 · YAC 9.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

11% of attempts (1)

100%comp

Air 0.0 · YAC 3.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

22% of attempts (2)

0%comp

Air 13.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

44% of attempts (4)

50%comp

Air 31.8 · YAC 8.0 avg

Overall 51.2% completion on 86 attempts · 44% of attempts thrown 20+ air yds.

Teams and coaches

2020Florida State3-6HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning

2021Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Nebraska4-8HC: Scott Frost and Mickey Joseph · Run-leaning

2023Nebraska5-7HC: Matt Rhule · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Nevada3-10HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning

2025Nevada3-9HC: Jeff Choate · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 28 (#123 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

28Below cohort / limited sample #123 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rush yards (83rd percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (0th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#109 / 183 · 41st pct

8.4%

Sack rate#116 / 183 · 37th pct

5.7%

Success rate#176 / 183 · 4th pct

29.5%

EPA / dropback#183 / 183 · 0th pct

-0.29

Interception rate#183 / 183 · 0th pct

8.4%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#31 / 183 · 83rd pct

530

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Rush TDs#86 / 183 · 49th pct

Interceptions#115 / 183 · 32nd pct

Yards / att#120 / 183 · 31st pct

6.7

Pass TDs#168 / 183 · 7th pct

Pass yards#172 / 183 · 6th pct

577

Completion %#174 / 183 · 5th pct

51.2%

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 74 dropbacks

41Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

40.2%12th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.0215th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.4%70th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.7% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (14 of 88 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	39.2	0.2	5.6	0.5
Road6g	57.0	0.3	5.8	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	82.3	0.2	6.3	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	13.8	0.3	4.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jeff Choate

Pass share

42.6%

306 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

59.9

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

100 carries, 86 pass attempts and 9 catches in 12 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

28 · #123 of 146 QBs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #123 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #11 of 14 Mountain West QBs

How the All-Mountain West base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).