D'Eriq King

#1 · QB · Sr. · Miami5′11″ · 195 lb · Manvel, TX

D'Eriq King: QB · Miami · #1.

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D'Eriq King

QB · Miami · Sr · #1

Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Played for five head coaches across six seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2020: ACC Quarterback Player of the Week. One game to point at: 388 passing yards and 7 rushing yards against Michigan State — Week 3, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/23Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (8.7%).

Fans

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

Miami in the news

Kenton Dopson reclassifies to 2026Nov 2
NC State fires Dave DoerenOct 29
Former Miami Hurricanes Hall of Famer diedYardbarker Oct 25
2027 LB Aston Whiteside flips to MiamiOct 22

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Miami	81	122	66.4%	767	6.3	3	4	120.8	51
2020	Miami	211	329	64.1%	2,686	8.2	23	5	152.7	58
2019	Houston	58	110	52.7%	663	6.0	6	2	117.7	21
2018	Houston	219	345	63.5%	2,982	8.6	36	6	167.0	69
2017	Houston	90	139	64.7%	1,260	9.1	7	2	154.6	60
2016	Houston	2	3	66.7%	20	6.7	1	0	232.7	--
Career		661	1,048	63.1%	8,378	8.0	76	19	150.5	57

Season	Team
2021	Miami	40	96	2.4	0	29
2020	Miami	130	538	4.1	4	56
2019	Houston	55	312	5.7	6	35
2018	Houston	111	674	6.1	14	64
2017	Houston	72	379	5.3	8	46
2016	Houston	15	56	3.7	0	27
Career		423	2,055	4.9	32	64

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 13-44vs No. 1 Alabama	23/30	179	1	2	6.0	54.6
Wk 2	W 25-23vs App State	20/33	200	0	0	6.1	45.4
Wk 3	L 17-38vs Michigan State	38/59	388	2	2	6.6	50.2	Season-high 388 yds
Total		81/122	767	3	4	6.3	—

Signature game

Week 3 · 2021

L 17-38

vs Michigan State

388 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 50.2

With L. Hedley — 49 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20 · C. Rambo — 12 rec · 156 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Alabama · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA −4.21D'Eriq King run for no gain to the Alab 1
Week 1 · Alabama · 4th and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.93D'Eriq King pass complete to Key'Shawn Smith for 20 yds to the Alab 35 for a
Week 3 · Michigan State · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −3.86D'Eriq King run for 10 yds to the MchSt 29 D'Eriq King fumbled, forced by Jeff Pietrowski, recovered by MchSt Quavaris Crouch
Week 2 · App State · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.41D'Eriq King pass complete to Charleston Rambo for 33 yds to the AppSt 22 for a
Week 2 · App State · 2nd and 11 · Q2 · EPA +3.33D'Eriq King run for 29 yds to the AppSt 45 for a
Week 3 · Michigan State · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.20D'Eriq King pass complete to Charleston Rambo for 14 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)

4 more plays

Week 2 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −3.19D'Eriq King run for a loss of 12 yards to the MiaFl 41
Week 1 · Alabama · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.05D'Eriq King pass complete to Mike Harley for 17 yds to the Alab 44 for a
Week 3 · Michigan State · 4th and 2 · Q2 · EPA +2.87D'Eriq King pass complete to Charleston Rambo for 3 yds for a TD (Andres Borregales KICK)
Week 2 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.82D'Eriq King pass complete to Key'Shawn Smith for 36 yds to the 50 yard line for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

81/122 (66.4%) · 3 TD · 4 INT

All 122 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 123 passing plays)

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 123 passing plays (81 completions) against the box score's 122 attempts (81 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.54176 of 204 QBs

Sack rate

6.9%134 of 204 QBs

Sacked on 6.9% of dropbacks (134 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (176 of 204).

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

Short

0–9 yds

65%of completions

53 comp4.9 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

25%of completions

20 comp14.2 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

10%of completions

8 comp27.4 yds avg1 TD

Overall 66.4% completion on 122 attempts · 8 deep completions averaging 27.4 yds.

Teams and coaches

2016Houston9-4HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Houston7-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced

2018Houston8-5HC: Major Applewhite · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Houston4-8HC: Dana Holgorsen · Run-leaning

2020Miami8-3HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Miami7-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#57 / 167 · 66th pct

48.5%

Sack rate#101 / 167 · 40th pct

6.8%

EPA / dropback#108 / 167 · 36th pct

0.21

Interception rate#130 / 167 · 22nd pct

3.0%

Explosive rate#147 / 167 · 12th pct

6.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#31 / 169 · 82nd pct

66.4%

Interceptions#33 / 169 · 76th pct

Rush yards#86 / 169 · 49th pct

Yards / att#136 / 169 · 20th pct

6.3

Fumbles lost#125 / 159 · 14th pct

Pass yards#151 / 169 · 11th pct

767

Rush TDs#133 / 169 · 11th pct

Pass TDs#157 / 169 · 6th pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Sack rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Interception rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. 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

2021 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 109 dropbacks

51Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

51.6%85th pct of FBS QBs

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

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.9431st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.3%65th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -2.0% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (23 of 132 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

2021 season · 3 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	294	1.0	6.3	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	256	1.0	6.2	1.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Jess Simpson

Pass share

53.7%

462 pass / 399 run

Plays / game

71.8

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

122 pass attempts and 40 carries in 3 games

More passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

D'Eriq King

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Style of play

Fans

Miami in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

122 pass attempts and 40 carries in 3 games

Six seasons, two schools

2016 9 games