Davis Brin

Senior quarterback for Georgia Southern. 2023: 3,781 passing yards, 24 TD, 19 INT.

QB · Georgia Southern · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 210 lb · Boerne, TX

CFB Index 37 · #96 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceGeorgia Southern 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

PRO recruit

No. 1285 nationally · Signed with Tulsa

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Georgia Southern. 2023: 3,781 passing yards, 24 TD, 19 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulsa in 2018.
Transferred from Tulsa to Georgia Southern in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Georgia Southern, 9,441 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Tulsa3-star out of Champion

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1285 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2020

Chad Lunsford

Georgia Southern

2021

Kevin Whitley

Georgia Southern

era →

2022–2023

Clay Helton

Georgia Southern

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Chad Lunsford, Kevin Whitley, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Tulsa3-9HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-heavy

2020Tulsa6-3HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Tulsa7-6HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Tulsa5-7HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced

2023Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #96 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: pass yards (97th percentile). Strength: pass tds (85th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (25th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#46 / 177 · 74th pct

45.2%

Sack rate#65 / 177 · 64th pct

4.8%

EPA / dropback#89 / 177 · 50th pct

0.27

Interception rate#97 / 177 · 45th pct

0.6%

Explosive rate#133 / 177 · 25th pct

8.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#6 / 179 · 97th pct

3781

Pass TDs#24 / 179 · 85th pct

Completion %#35 / 179 · 80th pct

65.6%

Yards / att#116 / 179 · 34th pct

6.8

Rush TDs#124 / 179 · 23rd pct

Fumbles lost#145 / 167 · 10th pct

Rush yards#165 / 179 · 8th pct

-60

Interceptions#179 / 179 · 0th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

70th → 50th percentile

Success rate

52nd → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

85th → 25th percentile

Sack rate

8th → 64th percentile

Interception rate

52nd → 45th 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

353/536 (65.9%) · 24 TD · 19 INT

536 of 552 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.54139 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

5.2%91 of 212 QBs

Rarely sacked (91 of 212), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (139 of 212).

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

206 comp4.8 yds avg8 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

29%of completions

101 comp13.2 yds avg7 TD

Deep

20+ yds

13%of completions

46 comp30.8 yds avg9 TD

Overall 65.9% completion on 536 attempts · 46 deep completions averaging 30.8 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2023 baseline

+62

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-34 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/185 (4.9%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

-6 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/165 (3.0%) · league sack rate 5.2% · ~our read

Down 3+

+62 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 12/119 (10.1%) · league sack rate 9.1% · ~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

2023 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	282	2.2	7.0	0.8
Road7g	298	1.6	6.9	2.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	319	2.0	6.8	1.7
Weeks 8+6g	258	1.7	7.1	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Clay Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #96 of 140 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #96 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Southern	362	552	65.6%	3,781	6.8	24	19	130.6	41	--	--
2022	Tulsa	148	250	59.2%	2,138	8.6	17	8	147.1	51	--	--
2021	Tulsa	243	410	59.3%	3,254	7.9	18	16	132.6	58	--	--
2020	Tulsa	19	29	65.5%	268	9.2	2	0	165.9	--	--	--
2018	Tulsa	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		772	1,241	62.2%	9,441	7.6	61	43	135.4	49	--	--

Season	Team
2023	Georgia Southern	74	-60	-0.8	1	--
2022	Tulsa	48	-77	-1.6	2	--
2021	Tulsa	68	75	1.1	1	--
2020	Tulsa	4	11	2.8	1	--
2018	Tulsa	1	--	0.0	0	--
Career		195	-51	-0.3	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 34–0

vs The Citadel

244 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 43.3 · -1 rush yds (3 car)

Dominant 34-point win at home against The Citadel.

With J. White — 125 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD · K. Hood — 5 rec · 45 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Georgia State · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +6.99Davis Brin pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 76 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 8 · UL Monroe · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.14Davis Brin pass complete to Derwin Burgess Jr. for 52 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +5.90Davis Brin pass complete to Derwin Burgess Jr. for 65 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 11 · Marshall · 2&9 · Q2 · EPA +4.52Davis Brin pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 47 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +4.43Davis Brin pass complete to Derwin Burgess Jr. for 68 yds to the WIS 4 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Wisconsin · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA -4.34Davis Brin run for a loss of 3 yards to the WIS 14 Davis Brin fumbled, recovered by WIS Maema Njongmeta
Week 10 · Texas State · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA -4.24Davis Brin run for 1 yd to the TXST 6 Davis Brin fumbled, recovered by GASO Brian Holloway No Huddle-Shotgun Brin,Davis rush middle for 1 yard loss to the TXST06 fumbled by Brin,Davis at TXST07 recovered by TXST Holloway,Brian at TXST06, End Of Play. The previous play is under review. The ruling on the field stands.
Week 1 · Ohio · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +4.03Davis Brin pass complete to Dalen Cobb for 39 yds to the OHIO 22 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA -3.90Davis Brin pass complete to Derwin Burgess Jr. for 20 yds Derwin Burgess Jr. fumbled, recovered by OHIO Roman Parodie , return for 30 yds to the OHIO 40
Week 7 · James Madison · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.87Davis Brin sacked for a loss of 18 yards to the GASO 46

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 34-0vs The Citadel	27/36	244	2	1	6.8	43.3	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 49-35vs UAB	38/47	318	2	1	6.8	76.1
Wk 3	L 14-35@ Wisconsin	33/52	383	1	5	7.4	40.6	Season-high 383 yds · 5 INTs — rough day
Wk 4	W 40-3@ Ball State	34/46	344	4	0	7.5	83.8	4 TD passes
Wk 5	W 38-28vs Coastal Carolina	34/56	322	3	0	5.8	50.3	3 TD passes
Wk 7	L 13-41@ James Madison	31/52	271	0	2	5.2	58.0
Wk 8	W 38-28vs UL Monroe	20/36	240	2	2	6.7	30.9
Wk 9	W 44-27vs Georgia State	22/35	334	3	1	9.5	44.8	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 24-45@ Texas State	18/27	195	1	1	7.2	4.2
Wk 11	L 33-38@ Marshall	29/54	307	3	0	5.7	42.1	3 TD passes
Wk 12	L 17-20vs Old Dominion	20/35	235	1	0	6.7	43.3
Wk 13	L 27-55@ App State	24/34	238	0	3	7.0	40.8	3 INTs — rough day
Bowl	L 21-41@ Ohio	32/42	350	2	3	8.3	18.8
Total		362/552	3781	24	19	7.0	44.4

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

61.5%Completion %

27.8%Conversion/dropback

53.1%Land short of sticks

0INTs

61.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.8% conversion-per-dropback — 53.1% 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

3/22Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (13.6%).