Emory Williams

#9 · QB · East Carolina6′5″ · 225 lb · Milton, FL

Passing yards716144th of 159 quarterbacks Last gameW 17–9vs Temple · Oct 31

Nextvs South FloridaFri Nov 6 · 7:30 pm ET

Did not play in East Carolina’s last game.

Mitch Griffis started the last one, W 17-9 vs Temple, Oct 31.

East Carolina’s next game: vs South Florida, Fri Nov 6, 7:30 p.m. ET · ESPN2

East Carolina is 2-2 in the four games with 10 or more passes thrown. A short-game passer.

Weakest: 6.1 yards an attempt, 17th lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Jenkins, UCF.

Passing yards

716

73 of 117, 62%

TD–INT

7–2

6.1 per throw

NCAA rating

130.1

ZPR

not ranked yet

How ZPR works

Graded Solid at UAB, the last full game; up and down: great in 1, shaky or worse in 2.

Lowest game: 143 yards against Rice, a win.

Tap a game for its plays

Q1Q2Q3Q4

at Alabama

L 10–48·Ranked #13

Came on in Q4

Came on in the fourth quarter for Mitch Griffis · 23 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for -2 · Sacked 0

App State

L 24–27·Unranked

Did not play

at Old Dominion

W 20–17·Unranked

Left in Q2

Last pass came in the second quarter; Mitch Griffis finished the game · 22 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -1 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 40 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 35% to 75%.

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North Carolina Central

W 42–9·FCS

Great

341 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 3 for -8 · Lost 2 fumbles · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 10 points of win chance. Win chance: 79% to 90%.

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Rice

W 28–12·Unranked

Rough

Slow start, strong finish · 143 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for 23, 1 TD · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 23 points of win chance. Win chance: 55% to 78%.

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at UAB

L 17–30·Unranked

Solid

Strong start, faded late · 126 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 12 for 42 · The interception cost about 14 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 15 points of win chance. Win chance: 53% to 68%.

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at Memphis

L 34–41·Unranked

Out after Q1

Last pass came in the first quarter; Mitch Griffis took over in the second quarter · 61 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for 19 · Sacked 1

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

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Temple

W 17–9·Unranked

Did not play

Season

Quarter by quarter

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. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. 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

Short-game passer

Also: yards after catch

Why this word

Runs3.8 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws5.9 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes65% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws shorter than most and runs some. 3.8 carries a game. Closest matches: Jenkins, Sagapolutele, Minchey, Brown.

Where the throws go

Behind the line22%typical 17%

Short52%typical 47%

Middle14%typical 22%

Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 3.8 times a game; 58% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Jenkins UCF · Short-game passer
1,181 yards, 11 TD, 4 INT so far. Both throw short and score a lot.
Sagapolutele California · Short-game passer
1,751 yards, 11 TD, 6 INT so far. Both are less efficient and throw short.
Minchey Kentucky · Rhythm passer
1,755 yards, 14 TD, 1 INT so far. Both protect the ball and throw short.
Brown Iowa · Short-game passer
1,190 yards, 8 TD, 3 INT so far. Both throw short.

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

RecordEast Carolina is 4-4.

His most important play this season

Q1, 10:07 · East Carolina tiedEmory Williams finds Nathaniel Joseph for a 3-yard touchdownEast Carolina at UAB, week 7Q1, 10:07 · East Carolina 7, UAB 0East Carolina opened the scoringEast Carolina opened the scoringE.Williams pass complete short middle to R.Joseph Jr. caught at UAB05, for 3 yards to the UAB00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner broke the plane". CALL UPHELD, kick goodWatch from this play

All 2 of his plays on video

Emory Williams

QB · East Carolina · #9

Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Mario Cristobal and Blake Harrell. On tape: 341 passing yards and 3 passing TD against North Carolina Central, Week 4, 2026.

716 passing yards · 7 passing TD · 73 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	East Carolina	73	117	62.4%	716	6.1	7	2	130.1	40
2025	Miami	13	19	68.4%	156	8.2	0	0	137.4	--
2024	Miami	16	26	61.5%	187	7.2	1	1	127.0	--
2023	Miami	44	71	62.0%	470	6.6	3	1	128.7	54
Career		146	233	62.7%	1,529	6.6	11	4	129.9	45

Season	Team
2026	East Carolina	32	73	2.3	1	25
2025	Miami	4	19	4.8	0	10
2024	Miami	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Miami	7	−17	−2.4	0	6
Career		43	75	1.7	1	25

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 10-48@ No. 13 Alabama	Came on in Q4	1/3	23	0	0	7.7	—	—	-2
Wk 3	W 20-17@ Old Dominion	Left in Q2	5/7	22	0	0	3.1	12.4	1	-1
Wk 4	W 42-9vs North Carolina Central	Great	25/36	341	3	1	9.5	29.3	1	-8	Season-high 341 yds
Wk 6	W 28-12vs Rice	Rough	19/31	143	2	0	4.6	35.7	2	23
Wk 7	L 17-30@ UAB	Solid	18/27	126	2	1	4.7	24.2	1	42
Wk 8	L 34-41@ Memphis	Out after Q1	5/13	61	0	0	4.7	47.1	1	19
Total			73/117	716	7	2	6.1	—	6	73

The latest game

Oct. 22 · L 34-41 at Memphis, play by play

5 of 13 for 61 yards. He was 2 of 6 on third and fourth down.

2 of 4 of his drives scored
2 of 6 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
3 runs for 22 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 3, 5 yds1
FG1 of 4, 21 yds23
TD3 of 5, 35 yds4
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
FinalL 34-41

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 TJ Engleman on 3rd and 5. First quarter, tied 0-0. Broken up by Memphis’s T. Burton.
2
21-yard completion to Landon Sides. First quarter, tied 0-0.
3
Incomplete to Jason Dickerson on 3rd and 4. First quarter, tied 0-0.
4
8-yard completion to Nathaniel Joseph on 3rd and 9. First quarter, up 3-0.

The season, game by game

L 34-41 at MemphisOct. 2261 yds5 of 13Play by play just above

L 17-30 at UABOct. 15126 yds18 of 27, 2 TD, 1 INTBox score only

18 of 27 for 126 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception.

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

4 more games, with the play by play

W 28-12 vs RiceOct. 10143 yds19 of 31, 2 TDBox score only

19 of 31 for 143 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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

W 42-9 vs North Carolina CentralSept. 26341 yds25 of 36, 3 TD, 1 INTBox score only

25 of 36 for 341 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.

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

W 20-17 at Old DominionSept. 1922 yds5 of 7Box score only

5 of 7 for 22 yards.

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

L 10-48 at AlabamaSept. 523 yds1 of 3

Play by playOn the field

1 of 3 for 23 yards.

0 of 2 of his drives scored
0 of 2 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
1 run for 1 yds

Fourth quarterbegan down 38-10
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Punt1 of 2, 23 yds1
FinalL 10-48

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
23-yard completion to . Fourth quarter, down 48-10.

1020304050

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.

Signature game

Week 4 · 2026

W 42-9

vs North Carolina Central

341 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 29.3

Dominant 33-point win at home against North Carolina Central.

With T. Engleman Jr. — 129 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · 2 rec · 33 yds · 1 TD · T. O'Halloran — 48.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · UAB · 3rd and 5 · Q5 · EPA −10.82E.Williams pass intercepted by D.Gulley at UAB20 D.Gulley return 80 yards for a touchdown
Week 4 · North Carolina Central · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −4.58E.Williams pass intercepted by J.Maxwell at ECU37, End Of Play
Week 7 · UAB · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA −4.28E.Williams rush middle for 0 yards (M.Byard; T.Jackson), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 4 · North Carolina Central · 3rd and 15 · Q2 · EPA −4.22E.Williams sacked for loss of 8 yards (Z.Walters), fumble by E.Williams recovered by NCCU Z.Walters at ECU34, End Of Play
Week 4 · North Carolina Central · 2nd and 4 · Q2 · EPA +3.35Williams to Lorick: a 52-yard pass.
Week 6 · Rice · 2nd and 18 · Q1 · EPA +3.34E.Williams rush middle for 25 yards gain (A.Harnetiaux)

4 more plays

Week 6 · Rice · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.34Williams to Joseph Jr.: a 22-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · UAB · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.10Williams to Quarterman: a 0-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · UAB · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.87Williams to Engleman Jr.: a 16-yard pass.
Week 6 · Rice · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.78Williams to Joseph Jr.: a 6-yard touchdown pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	American Athletic
Passing yards	716	139th of 370	15th of 37
Yards an attempt	6.1	T-138th of 152	13th of 15
Touchdown passes	7	T-103rd of 370	T-7th of 37
Passer rating	130.1	T-105th of 152	9th of 15
Completion percentage	62.4	T-88th of 152	8th of 15
Rushing yards	73	T-128th of 370	17th of 37
Rushing touchdowns	1	T-117th of 370	T-17th of 37

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

All American Athletic quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Tayven Jackson	2,568	22	5	268	9.6
2	Caden Veltkamp	2,534	23	5	315	8.0
3	Marcus Stokes	2,532	25	6	259	9.8
4	Owen McCown	1,751	10	4	243	7.2
5	Baylor Hayes	1,343	10	2	192	7.0
6	Ryder Burton	1,333	6	5	194	6.9
7	Michael Van Buren Jr.	1,273	6	0	181	7.0
8	Ajani Sheppard	1,245	8	3	140	8.9
9	Conner Harrell	831	5	2	108	7.7
10	Kadin Semonza	804	4	2	119	6.8
11	Cole Gonzales	802	3	7	127	6.3
12	Mitch Griffis	753	4	5	126	6.0
13	Trace Johnson	749	2	4	106	7.1
14	Jackson Gutierrez	717	7	1	71	10.1
15	Emory Williams	716	7	2	117	6.1
16	Jacurri Brown	471	2	2	82	5.7
17	Cale Hellums	462	4	2	76	6.1
18	Dexter Williams II	340	3	0	59	5.8
19	Gael Ochoa	160	1	0	16	10.0
20	Chaston Ditta	159	1	0	19	8.4
21	Braxton Woodson	152	0	1	25	6.1
22	Jaxon Smolik	129	1	1	27	4.8
23	Air Noland	83	2	1	9	9.2
24	Zach Mundell	82	0	0	3	27.3
25	Drew Devillier	79	0	0	13	6.1
26	Zeon Chriss	64	0	0	9	7.1
27	Luke Kromenhoek	60	0	0	14	4.3
28	Chris Jimerson Jr.	55	1	0	3	18.3
29	Patrick Crayton Jr.	29	0	0	2	14.5
30	Nate Rogers	24	0	0	5	4.8
31	Jordan Magwood	16	0	0	3	5.3
32	Ethan Washington	13	0	0	2	6.5
33	Bryson Luter	12	0	1	4	3.0
34	Dagan Bruno	10	0	0	1	10.0
35	Jeremiah Daoud	6	0	0	4	1.5
36	Jaylen White	5	0	0	5	1.0
37	Brandon Tennison	0	0	0	2	0.0

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

Touchdown passes7tied for 7th in the American Athletic this season.

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 +21 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Joseph and Sides saw 43 of the 116 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Nathaniel Joseph	31	23	239	5.3	6.7
Landon Sides	12	6	65	14.8	2.2
Jason Dickerson	11	8	78	6.7	8.4
TJ Engleman Jr.	9	7	60	-0.6	9.9
Jeremiah Melvin	9	2	34	15.2	4.5
8 others	31	20	177	4.0	8.9
No receiver charted	13	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 116 passes, 72 caught, 715 yards; the box score counts 117 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

73/117 (62.4%) · 7 TD · 2 INT

116 of 117 attempts matched to play-by-play

112 of 116 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 116 passing plays (72 completions) against the box score's 117 attempts (73 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.78124 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

6.4%122 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 6.4% of dropbacks (122 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (124 of 185).

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

21% of attempts (24)

100%comp

Air -7.3 · YAC 10.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

52% of attempts (58)

59%comp2 INT

Air 5.0 · YAC 5.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of attempts (17)

47%comp

Air 12.8 · YAC 2.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

12% of attempts (13)

31%comp

Air 29.8 · YAC 7.8 avg

Overall 62.4% completion on 117 attempts · 31% completion on 13 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2025Miami13-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2026East Carolina4-4HC: Blake Harrell · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 31 (#123 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

31Below cohort / limited sample #123 of 145 · through 6 games?

13 metrics · season cumulative

through 6 games score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: interceptions (81st percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#58 / 157 · 63rd pct

1.7%

Success rate#90 / 157 · 43rd pct

40.7%

Explosive rate#96 / 157 · 39th pct

9.5%

Sack rate#104 / 157 · 34th pct

6.5%

EPA / dropback#112 / 157 · 29th pct

0.05

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#18 / 159 · 81st pct

Completion %#92 / 159 · 42nd pct

62.4%

Rush yards#96 / 159 · 40th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 142 · 32nd pct

Rush TDs#98 / 159 · 30th pct

Pass TDs#108 / 159 · 28th pct

Yards / att#142 / 159 · 10th pct

6.1

Pass yards#144 / 159 · 10th pct

716

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 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.

Thin sample: 104 dropbacks

40Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

47.0%51st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.0% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.4113th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.6%52nd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (19 of 123 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 · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	242	2.5	7.0	0.5
Road4g	58.0	0.5	5.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	131	1.4	5.9	0.4
Weeks 8+1g	61.0	0.0	4.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

Pass share

45.5%

245 pass / 294 run

Plays / game

67.4

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

East Carolina’s two quarterbacks

Emory Williams	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 73 of 117, 716 yds, 7 TD, 2 INT · 6.1 yards an attempt on 117 attempts · ran for 73 yds, 1 TD
Mitch Griffis	Threw in 7 of 8 games · 69 of 126, 753 yds, 4 TD, 5 INT · 6.0 yards an attempt on 126 attempts · ran for 118 yds, 0 TD

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

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Emory Williams. Gray: Mitch Griffis. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT@ AlabamaApp State@ Old DominionNorth Carolina CentralRice@ UAB@ MemphisTemple

Awards

Player standing · 2026

117 pass attempts and 32 carries in 6 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

31 · #123 of 145 QBs · through 6 games

Three-star recruit. Now #123 at the position.

Emory Williams

Style of play

This week

His most important play this season

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

East Carolina’s two quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

117 pass attempts and 32 carries in 6 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2023 5 games

2026 6 games