#10

Cole Snyder

Former quarterback at Eastern Michigan. 2024: 2,676 passing yards, 15 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #10

6′2″ · 205 lb · Lakewood, NY

CFB Index 32 · #105 of 137 QBsHigh confidenceEastern Michigan 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1716 nationally · Signed with Rutgers

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Eastern Michigan. 2024: 2,676 passing yards, 15 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Eastern Michigan, 7,716 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2019

Signed with Rutgers3-star out of Southwestern Senior

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1716 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

1 coach

2019

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

2021–2024

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Rutgers2-10HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Rutgers5-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2022Buffalo7-6HC: Maurice Linguist · Run-leaning

2023Buffalo3-9HC: Maurice Linguist · Balanced

2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

32Below cohort / limited sample #105 of 137?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#72 / 169 · 57th pct

42.0%

Interception rate#107 / 169 · 37th pct

2.4%

Sack rate#115 / 169 · 32nd pct

7.1%

EPA / dropback#133 / 169 · 22nd pct

0.12

Explosive rate#154 / 169 · 9th pct

6.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#45 / 165 · 73rd pct

322

Pass yards#56 / 165 · 66th pct

2676

Rush TDs#50 / 165 · 66th pct

Pass TDs#76 / 165 · 52nd pct

Completion %#106 / 165 · 35th pct

59.5%

Interceptions#108 / 165 · 32nd pct

Yards / att#125 / 165 · 24th pct

6.7

Fumbles lost#111 / 159 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

47th → 22nd percentile

Success rate

46th → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

25th → 9th percentile

Sack rate

73rd → 32nd percentile

Interception rate

84th → 37th 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

222/368 (60.3%) · 15 TD · 9 INT

368 of 402 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.61137 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

6.5%130 of 205 QBs

Sacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (130 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (137 of 205).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

58%of completions

128 comp4.6 yds avg2 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

32%of completions

72 comp13.6 yds avg2 TD

Deep

20+ yds

10%of completions

22 comp34.2 yds avg3 TD

Overall 60.3% completion on 368 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 34.2 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline

+67

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-42 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 8/135 (5.9%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

-4 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/108 (5.6%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 3+

+67 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/92 (6.5%) · league sack rate 8.1% · ~our read

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	250	1.7	7.0	0.8
Road6g	196	0.8	6.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	195	0.7	6.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	251	1.8	6.9	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

32 · #105 of 137 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #105 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Eastern Michigan	239	402	59.5%	2,676	6.7	15	9	123.2	38	--	--
2023	Buffalo	203	372	54.6%	2,109	5.7	13	9	108.9	36	--	--
2022	Buffalo	248	417	59.5%	2,766	6.6	15	7	123.7	35	--	--
2021	Rutgers	18	28	64.3%	130	4.6	1	0	115.1	--	--	--
2019	Rutgers	3	3	100.0%	35	11.7	0	0	198.0	--	--	--
Career		711	1,222	58.2%	7,716	6.3	44	25	119.0	36	--	--

Season	Team
2024	Eastern Michigan	136	322	2.4	4	--
2023	Buffalo	67	88	1.3	1	--
2022	Buffalo	104	145	1.4	4	--
2021	Rutgers	15	42	2.8	0	--
2019	Rutgers	1	6	6.0	0	--
Career		323	603	1.9	9	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2024

W 36–0

vs Saint Francis

101 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 16.3 · 12 rush yds (8 car)

Dominant 36-point win at home against Saint Francis.

With Z. Griffin — 1 rec · 89 yds · 1 TD · M. Tomasek — 46 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +6.27Markus Allen 78 Yd pass from Cole Snyder (Jesus Gomez Kick)
Week 8 · Central Michigan · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.86Cole Snyder pass complete to Terry Lockett Jr. for 49 yds for a TD (Cole Snyder pass to Joey Mattord for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 5 · Kent State · 1&7 · Q3 · EPA -4.80Cole Snyder run for a loss of 1 yard to the KENT 8 Cole Snyder fumbled, recovered by EMU Cole Snyder Snyder,Cole rush middle for loss of 1 yard to the KSU08, fumble by Snyder,Cole recovered by EMU Snyder,Cole, Snyder,Cole rush (Baka,Josh).
Week 9 · Akron · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +4.71Cole Snyder pass complete to Terry Lockett Jr. for 79 yds to the AKR 19 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.47Cole Snyder pass intercepted, touchback. Solomon Brown return for no gain
Week 12 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.30Cole Snyder pass intercepted Ben McNaboe return for no gain to the OHIO 25
Week 13 · Buffalo · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.29Cole Snyder pass complete to Markus Allen for 47 yds to the BUF 26 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Ohio · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +4.13Cole Snyder pass complete to Oran Singleton for 44 yds to the OHIO 25 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Massachusetts · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +3.87Cole Snyder pass complete to Oran Singleton for 33 yds to the MASS 37 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Toledo · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.73Cole Snyder pass complete to Terry Lockett Jr. for 36 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion failed)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 28-14@ Massachusetts	17/29	241	1	0	8.3	68.8
Wk 2	L 9-30@ Washington	16/27	129	0	0	4.8	27.8
Wk 3	W 37-34vs Jacksonville State	26/37	273	2	0	7.4	63.9	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 4	W 36-0vs Saint Francis	9/19	101	0	0	5.3	16.3
Wk 5	W 52-33@ Kent State	26/33	213	1	0	6.5	43.8
Wk 7	L 14-38vs Miami (OH)	27/42	211	0	1	5.0	50.8
Wk 8	W 38-34vs Central Michigan	17/38	300	3	1	7.9	28.1	3 TD passes
Wk 9	L 21-25@ Akron	28/47	346	2	0	7.4	52.1	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 10	L 28-29vs Toledo	24/45	265	2	1	5.9	56.8
Wk 12	L 10-35@ Ohio	18/30	155	1	3	5.2	7.1	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 13	L 20-37vs Buffalo	24/33	351	3	2	10.6	32.6	Season-high 351 yds
Wk 14	L 18-26@ Western Michigan	7/22	91	0	1	4.1	12.6
Total		239/402	2676	15	9	6.5	38.4

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

47.4%Completion %

28.6%Conversion/dropback

33.3%Land short of sticks

1INTs

47.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.6% conversion-per-dropback — 33.3% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

8/33Inside-5 share

8 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (24.2%).