Colton Joseph

#1 · QB · Sr. · Wisconsin6′2″ · 215 lb · Newport Beach, CA · Newport Harbor

ZPR4086th of 119 QBs Last gameL 0–30at Iowa · Oct 31

Nextvs RutgersSat Nov 7 · 4:15 pm ET

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Wisconsin is 5-3 in the eight games played. A run-first quarterback.

Weakest: completes 53% of throws by play-by-play, 11th lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Crowder, Troy.

Passing yards

1,346

104 of 187, 56%

TD–INT

11–5

7.2 per throw

NCAA rating

130.1

89th of 119

ZPR

86th of 119

How ZPR works

Up and down: great in 1, shaky or worse in 4.

No interceptions in the last four games.
2-2 against ranked teams, 144 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Eastern Michigan. Lowest: USC, sacked 2 times. Biggest game: Notre Dame, No. 4. Best play: Completion for 72 yards, touchdown, at Penn State, Q4 1:13. Win chance 18% to 61%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Notre Dame

L 13–41·Ranked #4

Solid

Strong start, faded late · 217 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 12 for 3 · The interception cost about 11 points of win chance · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 32 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 32% to 65%.

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Western Illinois

W 36–9·FCS

Rough

173 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for 33 · Sacked 0

So, Colton Joseph isn't good.
Wisconsin fan

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

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Eastern Michigan

W 54–10·Unranked

Great

362 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 9 for 46, 1 TD · Sacked 0

Great, more Colton Joseph.
Wisconsin fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 run added 16 points of win chance. Win chance: 51% to 67%.

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at Penn State

W 24–20·Ranked #13

Solid

235 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT · Rush 13 for 39, 1 TD · A second-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 44% to 23% · Sacked 1

Colton Joseph does not belong in FBS at all... and shame on the coaching staff for recruiting him
Wisconsin fan

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 66 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 26% to 91%.

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Michigan State

W 31–3·Unranked

Shaky

Passing grade only · 145 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 13 for 141, 1 TD · Sacked 0

Colton Joseph cleans up the two to three mind boggling decisions a game and we will win 9 games
Wisconsin fan

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 13 points of win chance. Win chance: 66% to 79%.

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at UCLA

L 7–17·Ranked #12

Rough

66 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 18 for 71, 1 TD · Sacked 3

Colton Joseph is a deer. He’s fast, will bolt when you least expect it, and he is gonna make some eye poppingly stupid decisions.
Wisconsin fan

Biggest swing: a Q3 run added 22 points of win chance. Win chance: 20% to 42%.

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USC

W 24–7·Ranked #16

Rough

58 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 15 for 32 · Sacked 2

Colton Joseph isn't very good.
Wisconsin fan

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 16 points of win chance. Win chance: 73% to 89%.

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at Iowa

L 0–30·Unranked

Solid

90 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 6 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

Colton Joseph is f------ garbage.
Wisconsin fan

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

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Season

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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; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. 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

Run-first

Why this word

Runs7.9 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws7.4 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes53% 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 a lot. 7.9 carries a game. Closest matches: Crowder, Sellers, Colandrea, Jackson.

Where the throws go

Behind the line22%typical 17%

Short42%typical 47%

Middle25%typical 22%

Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 7.9 times a game; 87% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Crowder Troy · Mobile passer
1,162 yards, 9 TD, 5 INT so far. Both are less efficient and miss more.
Sellers South Carolina · Dual-threat
1,849 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT so far. Both run a lot.
Colandrea Nebraska · Dual-threat
1,824 yards, 15 TD, 7 INT so far. Both miss more.
Jackson Arkansas · Mobile passer
1,673 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT so far. Both throw short and are less efficient.

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

RecordWisconsin is 5-3.
Last gameOct. 31 · a loss to Iowa, 90 passing yards.
Fans after Iowa
There are people out there that actually think it's worth paying Colton Joseph actual money
Wisconsin fan
Next gamevs Rutgers · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

11 stories this week, from 7 outlets.

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

Colton Joseph gets benched as Badgers get embarrassed in another Iowa game

Bucky's 5th Quarter +1 Oct 31

All 94 stories this season

Worth knowing

Colton Joseph had 141 rushing yards in the 31-3 win over Michigan State, the best game of the season so far.
Colton Joseph was second-team All-Sun Belt in 2025 at Old Dominion.

His most important play this season

Q4, 1:13 · Wisconsin down 3, takes the leadColton Joseph finds Jacob Harris for a 72-yard touchdownWisconsin at Penn State, week 4Q4, 1:13 · Wisconsin 24, Penn State 201:13Go-ahead touchdown for Wisconsin with 1:13 left1:13Go-ahead touchdown for Wisconsin with 1:13 leftGo-ahead touchdown for Wisconsin with 1:13 leftC.Joseph pass complete short middle to J.Harris caught at WIS47, for 72 yards to the PSU00 touchdown,, kick goodWatch from this playBig Ten Football

All 9 of his plays on video

Colton Joseph

QB · Wisconsin · #1

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Colton Joseph takes over from Hunter Simmons at Wisconsin.

1,346passing yards11passing TD371rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-23

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The name carries 72nd-percentile weight; the snaps grade out 49th. The gap is the open question.

Read the story so far

Colton Joseph arrived as a 3-star prospect. Colton Joseph lines up at QB for Wisconsin.

On the field, the headline is 1,346 pass yds, with 11 pass td.

Colton Joseph inherited the QB job from Hunter Simmons.

The number to watch: -23 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromHunter Simmons
Pushed byCarter Smith 4★
How many games until Carter Smith (4★) takes the job from Colton Joseph?

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Wisconsin	104	187	55.6%	1,346	7.2	11	5	130.1	40
2025	Old Dominion	173	288	60.1%	2,619	9.1	21	10	153.6	75
2024	Old Dominion	133	222	59.9%	1,623	7.3	11	5	133.2	50
Career		410	697	58.8%	5,588	8.0	43	20	140.8	57

Season	Team
2026	Wisconsin	91	371	4.1	4	47
2025	Old Dominion	157	1,011	6.4	13	78
2024	Old Dominion	114	647	5.7	11	39
Career		362	2,029	5.6	28	78

Last game (Wk 9): 90 passing yards.

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 13-41vs No. 4 Notre Dame	Solid	19/30	217	1	1	7.2	81.8	0	3
Wk 2	W 36-9vs Western Illinois	Rough	12/22	173	1	0	7.9	28.6	0	33
Wk 3	W 54-10vs Eastern Michigan	Great	23/33	362	3	1	11.0	73.1	0	46	Season-high 362 yds
Wk 4	W 24-20@ No. 13 Penn State	Solid	18/38	235	2	3	6.2	30.1	1	39	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 5	W 31-3vs Michigan State	Shaky	9/20	145	3	0	7.3	91.1	0	141	3 TD passes
Wk 7	L 7-17@ No. 12 UCLA	Rough	6/16	66	0	0	4.1	29.8	3	71
Wk 8	W 24-7vs No. 16 USC	Rough	12/14	58	1	0	4.1	35.1	2	32
Wk 9	L 0-30@ Iowa	Solid	5/14	90	0	0	6.4	16.9	1	6
Total			104/187	1346	11	5	7.2	—	7	371

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 0-30 at Iowa, play by play

5 of 14 for 90 yards. He was 1 of 7 on third and fourth down.

0 of 7 of his drives scored
1 of 7 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
6 runs for 11 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 1, 2 yds1
Punt1 of 4, 14 yds
Second quarterbegan down 10-0
Downs2 of 3, 59 yds2
Fumble—
Third quarterbegan down 20-0
Punt1 of 3, 15 yds
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
FinalL 0-30

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

1
2-yard completion to Jacob Harris on 3rd and 12. First quarter, down 3-0.
2
41-yard completion to Jaylon Domingeaux. Second quarter, down 10-0.

The season, game by game

L 0-30 at IowaOct. 3190 yds5 of 14Play by play just above

W 24-7 vs USCOct. 2458 yds12 of 14, 1 TDBox score only

12 of 14 for 58 yards and a touchdown.

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

6 more games, with the play by play

L 7-17 at UCLAOct. 1766 yds6 of 16

Play by playOn the field

6 of 16 for 66 yards. He was 2 of 9 on third and fourth down.

1 of 8 of his drives scored
2 of 9 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked 3 times
13 runs for 53 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 2, 3 yds1
Punt2 of 2, 29 yds23
Second quarterbegan down 3-0
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Missed FG2 of 4, 21 yds
Third quarterbegan down 10-0
TD0 of 1, 0 yds
Punt1 of 3, 13 yds4
Fourth quarterbegan down 10-7
Downs0 of 2, 0 yds
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
FinalL 7-17

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

1
6-yard run on 3rd and 3. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2
6-yard completion to Darrion Dupree on 3rd and 16. First quarter, down 3-0.
3
23-yard completion to Jaylon Domingeaux on 3rd and 25. First quarter, down 3-0.
4
Incomplete to Jacob Harris on 3rd and 10. Third quarter, down 10-7.

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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 31-3 vs Michigan StateOct. 3145 yds9 of 20, 3 TD

Play by playOn the field

9 of 20 for 145 yards and 3 touchdowns. He was 8 of 14 on third and fourth down.

5 of 9 of his drives scored
8 of 14 on 3rd and 4th down
13 runs for 141 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
TD2 of 3, 22 yds123
TD1 of 2, 15 yds
Second quarterbegan up 14-0
FG3 of 7, 35 yds
Punt1 of 2, 10 yds
Third quarterbegan up 17-3
TD—4
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Punt1 of 4, 17 yds
Punt—
Fourth quarterbegan up 24-3
TD1 of 1, 46 yds
FinalW 31-3

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

1
8-yard run on 3rd and 2. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2
8-yard run on 3rd and 6. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
3
20-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Harris on 3rd and 7. First quarter, made it 7-0.
4
47-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 3. Third quarter, made it 24-3.

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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 24-20 at Penn StateSept. 26235 yds18 of 38, 2 TD, 3 INT

Play by playOn the field

18 of 38 for 235 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He was 5 of 15 on third and fourth down.

4 of 13 of his drives scored
5 of 15 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
10 runs for 30 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Punt1 of 2, 11 yds
Second quarterbegan down 3-0
Int1 of 2, 18 yds1
Int0 of 2, 0 yds2
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
TD3 of 4, 41 yds
Third quarterbegan down 17-7
Punt3 of 6, 20 yds
FG1 of 2, 1 yds
Punt1 of 2, 2 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 20-10
Punt1 of 4, 1 yds
Int0 of 1, 0 yds3
TD5 of 7, 44 yds
TD2 of 4, 97 yds4
FinalW 24-20

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

1
Intercepted on 3rd and 2. Second quarter, down 3-0. Picked off by Penn State’s Josiah Zayas.
2
Intercepted on 3rd and 13. Second quarter, down 10-0. Picked off by Penn State’s Daryus Dixson.
3
Intercepted. Fourth quarter, down 20-10. Picked off by Penn State’s Tony Rojas.
4
72-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Harris on 3rd and 13. Fourth quarter, made it 24-20.

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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 54-10 vs Eastern MichiganSept. 19362 yds23 of 33, 3 TD, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

23 of 33 for 362 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception. He was 7 of 11 on third and fourth down.

7 of 9 of his drives scored
7 of 11 on 3rd and 4th down
9 runs for 46 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Downs2 of 5, 32 yds12
Int0 of 1, 0 yds3
FG6 of 8, 76 yds
Second quarterbegan down 7-3
TD3 of 4, 50 yds
TD1 of 1, 75 yds4
TD1 of 1, 32 yds
TD3 of 4, 37 yds
Third quarterbegan up 31-7
FG2 of 3, 25 yds
Fourth quarterbegan up 35-7
TD5 of 6, 35 yds
FinalW 54-10

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

1
Incomplete to Tyrell Henry on 3rd and 4. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
Incomplete to Tyrell Henry on 4th and 4. First quarter, tied 0-0. Turnover on downs.
3
Intercepted. First quarter, down 7-0. Picked off by Eastern Michigan’s Rayquan Adkins.
4
75-yard touchdown pass to Chris Brooks Jr.. Second quarter, made it 17-7.

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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 36-9 vs Western IllinoisSept. 12173 yds12 of 22, 1 TDBox score only

12 of 22 for 173 yards and a touchdown.

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

L 13-41 vs Notre DameSept. 6217 yds19 of 30, 1 TD, 1 INTBox score only

19 of 30 for 217 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

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	Eastern Michigan	W 54-10 · Graded great · 362 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 9 for 46, 1 TD · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	USC	W 24-7 · Graded rough · 58 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 15 for 32 · Sacked 2
Biggest game	Notre Dame	No. 4 at kickoff · L 13-41 · Graded solid · Strong start, faded late · 217 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 12 for 3 · The interception cost about 11 points of win chance · Sacked 0
Best play	at Penn State	Completion for 72 yards, touchdown, Q4 1:13 · Win chance 18% to 61%

Where he ranks

Leads Big Ten quarterbacks in rushing yards. Tied for 2nd among Big Ten quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns.

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	1,346	87th of 370	12th of 50
Yards an attempt	7.2	T-88th of 152	T-15th of 22
Touchdown passes	11	T-56th of 370	T-8th of 50
Passer rating	130.1	T-105th of 152	18th of 22
Completion percentage	55.6	T-137th of 152	21st of 22
Rushing yards	371	23rd of 370	1st of 50
Rushing touchdowns	4	T-38th of 370	T-2nd of 50

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

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

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

Passing yards1,34644th among current FBS players over the whole career (5,588).

Touchdown passes11tied for 8th in the Big Ten this season; tied for 33rd among current FBS players over the whole career (43).

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 -15 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Henry and Harris saw 73 of the 186 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Tyrell Henry	47	28	343	4.5	8.8
Jacob Harris	26	17	264	7.7	8.5
Eugene Hilton Jr.	25	13	133	9.4	4.0
Chris Brooks Jr.	22	14	245	9.2	9.0
Darrion Dupree	10	8	77	-0.4	12.2
8 others	48	24	293	8.7	3.4
No receiver charted	8	All four interceptions are among these

Play by play: 186 passes, 104 caught, 1,355 yards; the box score counts 187 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

104/187 (55.6%) · 11 TD · 5 INT

187 of 187 attempts matched to play-by-play

186 of 187 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

6.6388 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

4.6%70 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (70 of 185 QBs) and still 88 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

23% of attempts (42)

71%comp1 INT

Air -4.1 · YAC 12.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of attempts (79)

57%comp

Air 4.6 · YAC 4.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

24% of attempts (45)

42%comp2 INT

Air 13.9 · YAC 5.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

11% of attempts (20)

50%comp1 INT

Air 28.6 · YAC 6.6 avg

Overall 55.6% completion on 187 attempts · 50% completion on 20 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2025Old Dominion10-3HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-heavy

2026Wisconsin5-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 52 (#57 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

52Rotational starter #57 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (88th percentile). Concern: completion % (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#53 / 157 · 67th pct

4.6%

Explosive rate#79 / 157 · 50th pct

10.2%

Success rate#87 / 157 · 45th pct

40.9%

EPA / dropback#107 / 157 · 32nd pct

0.08

Interception rate#109 / 157 · 31st pct

2.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#19 / 159 · 88th pct

371

Rush TDs#28 / 159 · 79th pct

Fumbles lost#23 / 142 · 64th pct

Pass TDs#57 / 159 · 60th pct

Pass yards#90 / 159 · 44th pct

1346

Yards / att#91 / 159 · 41st pct

7.2

Interceptions#87 / 159 · 37th pct

Completion %#143 / 159 · 10th pct

55.6%

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

91st → 32nd percentile

Success rate

70th → 45th percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 50th percentile

Sack rate

58th → 67th percentile

Interception rate

51st → 31st 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 171 dropbacks

40Zeitgeist Passer Rating86th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 130.1 89th of 119 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

42.7%20th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.8% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.9427th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.7%68th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.6% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (23 of 194 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	184	2.0	7.6	0.2
Road3g	130	0.7	5.6	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	200	1.7	7.3	0.8
Weeks 8+2g	74.0	0.5	5.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

43.5%

200 pass / 260 run

Plays / game

57.5

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Wisconsin’s two quarterbacks

Colton Joseph	Threw in all 8 games · 104 of 187, 1,346 yds, 11 TD, 5 INT · 7.2 yards an attempt on 187 attempts · ran for 371 yds, 4 TD
Ryan Hopkins	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 8 of 13, 93 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · 7.2 yards an attempt on 13 attempts · ran for 9 yds, 0 TD

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 1,915 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Big Ten as a senior.

Colton Joseph

Style of play

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

In the news this week

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

Latest stories

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

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Wisconsin’s two quarterbacks

Awards

All-Conference

Starter

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2023

2025 12 games

2026 8 games