#12

Evan Simon

Senior quarterback for Temple. 2025: 2,098 passing yards, 25 TD, 2 INT.

QB · Temple · Sr. · #12

6′3″ · 205 lb · Mount Joy, PA

CFB Index 50 · #68 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Temple for 2026

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Interception rate: 96th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2,098

passing yards · 2025

25 TD · 2 INT · 6.7 per attempt

Backed by 248 yds · 6 TD -- top 0.1% passing TDs game. -- Best game: 267 pass yds, 5 TD, 17 rush yds, at Tulsa

The play that turned itSwung Temple from 20% to 76% to win.Utah State at Temple · 45-29

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Temple. 2025: 2,098 passing yards, 25 TD, 2 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2020.
Transferred from Rutgers to Temple in 2024.

The full story, with sources

Evan Simon

QB · Temple · Sr · #12

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: AAC Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 345 pass yds, 20 rush yds against Navy — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2022Rutgers4-8HC: Greg Schiano · Run-leaning

2023Rutgers7-6HC: Greg Schiano · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Temple3-9HC: Everett Withers · Balanced

2025Temple5-7HC: K.C. Keeler · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #68 of 146?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (96th percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (85th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#8 / 183 · 96th pct

0.7%

EPA / dropback#28 / 183 · 85th pct

0.30

Explosive rate#36 / 183 · 81st pct

11.0%

Success rate#47 / 183 · 74th pct

43.6%

Sack rate#72 / 183 · 61st pct

4.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#8 / 183 · 92nd pct

Pass TDs#19 / 183 · 89th pct

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Rush yards#74 / 183 · 60th pct

191

Pass yards#83 / 183 · 55th pct

2098

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Completion %#113 / 183 · 38th pct

60.5%

Yards / att#120 / 183 · 31st pct

6.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

39th → 85th percentile

Success rate

16th → 74th percentile

Explosive rate

28th → 81st percentile

Sack rate

17th → 61st percentile

Interception rate

97th → 96th 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 · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

174/291 (59.8%) · 25 TD · 2 INT

291 of 314 attempts matched to play-by-play

133 of 291 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

7.4054 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.3%82 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (82 of 206 QBs) and still 54 of 206 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

14% of attempts (18)

61%comp

Air -2.8 · YAC 6.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

50% of attempts (66)

67%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

29% of attempts (38)

45%comp2 INT

Air 14.6 · YAC 5.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

8% of attempts (11)

27%comp

Air 29.6 · YAC -2.7 avg

Overall 59.8% completion on 291 attempts · 27% completion on 11 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 26 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-18 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/105 (1.9%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

-5 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/87 (4.6%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+26 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/88 (6.8%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	170	1.3	7.8	0.2
Road6g	179	2.8	6.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	192	2.2	8.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	158	2.0	5.8	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #68 of 146 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #68 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #10 of 15 American Athletic QBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Temple	190	314	60.5%	2,098	6.7	25	2	141.6	50	--	--
2024	Temple	181	308	58.8%	2,032	6.6	15	9	124.4	25	--	--
2023	Rutgers	2	3	66.7%	30	10.0	1	0	260.7	--	--	--
2022	Rutgers	79	137	57.7%	782	5.7	4	6	106.5	44	--	--
2021	Rutgers	16	28	57.1%	145	5.2	0	1	93.5	--	--	--
Career		468	790	59.2%	5,087	6.4	45	18	127.6	39	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Temple	75	191	2.5	2	--
2024	Temple	87	20	0.2	3	--
2023	Rutgers	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Rutgers	22	-2	-0.1	0	--
2021	Rutgers	8	6	0.8	0	--
Career		192	215	1.1	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 27–21

vs UTSA

181 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.9 · 23 rush yds (5 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With D. Atton — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 52 LONG · H. Smith — 74 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Tulsa · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -4.15(01:58) Shotgun #6 E.Simon rush right for 1 yard gain to the Tulsa01 (#0 R.Coney; #16 D.Robinson), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 2 · Howard · 3&13 · Q2 · EPA +4.12Evan Simon pass complete to Xavier Irvin for 46 yds to the HOW 10 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · North Texas · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.88(07:36) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 E.Simon pass complete deep middle to #17 J.Bermudez caught at UNT42, for 34 yards to the UNT42 QB hurried by #94 J.Williams (#12 P.Smith-Young), 1ST DOWN
Week 7 · Navy · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Evan Simon pass complete to Kajiya Hollawayne for 46 yds to the NAVY 22 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · UTSA · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Evan Simon pass complete to Peter Clarke for 36 yds to the UTSA 37 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Tulane · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.45(14:43) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 E.Simon pass complete short right to #17 J.Bermudez caught at TUL30, for 13 yards to the TUL30, out of bounds at TUL30, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Pass completion". CALL UPHELD
Week 7 · Navy · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +3.38Evan Simon pass complete to JoJo Bermudez for 30 yds to the NAVY 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Massachusetts · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.32Evan Simon pass complete to Peter Clarke for 29 yds for a TD (Carl Hardin KICK)
Week 2 · Howard · 2&2 · Q2 · EPA -3.17Evan Simon sacked by CJ Wesley for a loss of 9 yards to the TEM 45
Week 7 · Navy · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.12Evan Simon pass complete to JoJo Bermudez for 26 yds for a TD (Carl Hardin KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10@ Massachusetts	19/25	248	6	0	9.9	95.8	6 TD passes
Wk 2	W 55-7vs Howard	8/10	174	3	0	17.4	92.1	3 TD passes
Wk 3	L 3-42vs Oklahoma	13/25	75	0	0	3.0	17.6
Wk 4	L 24-45@ Georgia Tech	13/32	127	1	0	4.0	37.9
Wk 6	W 27-21vs UTSA	16/25	181	2	0	7.2	70.9
Wk 7	L 31-32vs Navy	25/36	345	1	0	9.6	80.2	Season-high 345 yds
Wk 8	W 49-14@ Charlotte	15/22	194	3	0	8.8	76.9	3 TD passes
Wk 9	W 38-37@ Tulsa	24/35	267	5	0	7.6	72.0	5 TD passes
Wk 10	L 14-45vs East Carolina	11/20	80	0	1	4.0	29.0
Wk 11	L 13-14@ Army	15/25	157	1	0	6.3	72.4
Wk 13	L 13-37vs Tulane	21/32	168	2	0	5.3	49.1
Wk 14	L 25-52@ North Texas	10/27	82	1	1	3.0	22.8
Total		190/314	2098	25	2	7.2	59.7

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

55.6%Completion %

31.2%Conversion/dropback

40.0%Land short of sticks

1INTs

55.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 31.2% conversion-per-dropback — 40.0% 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

3/17Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 17 inside-the-5 carries (17.6%).

2026 Outlook

Temple

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Quarterback · Temple

Returning around him

37% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
Transfer portal: -3 net (23 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Temple · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #80 · 2026 recruiting class #68

DNA match

Player DNA

Pocket Passer

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to N'Kosi Perry’s 2022 season.

N'Kosi Perry

66%match

Florida Atlantic · 2022

Andrew Peasley

Wyoming · 2023

58%

Avery Johnson

Kansas State · 2025

57%

Matt McDonald

Bowling Green · 2022

57%

Ethan Garbers

UCLA · 2023

56%

Matches N'Kosi on

Total pass EPA (college ability)

Height

Differs from N'Kosi on

TD rate (higher)

Weight (higher)

INT rate (lower)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Bryce Archie’s path through South Florida.

Bryce Archie

87%match

South Florida · 2024

Ashton Daniels

Auburn · 2025

85%

Zach Wilcke

Charlotte · 2025

84%

Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi

Colorado State · 2025

83%

Jacob Free

Troy · 2020

83%

Matches Bryce on

Height

Yards per attempt

Recruiting rating

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Braylon Braxton's graduate season at Southern Miss (2025).

Braylon Braxton

45%match

Southern Miss · 2025

All-Sun Belt

Hajj-Malik Williams

UNLV · 2024

All-Mountain West

37%

Ben Finley

Akron · 2024

33%

Brendon Lewis

Memphis · 2025

All-Mountain West

33%

Joe Fagnano

UConn · 2025

30%

Matches Braylon on

Yards / attempt

Height

Differs from Braylon on

Weight (lower)

TD rate (higher)

INT rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Evan Simon

Ben Finley

California · 2023

84%

Aidan Armenta

UL Monroe · 2025

77%

Joey Labas

Central Michigan · 2024

69%

Davis Warren

Michigan · 2024

68%

Carter Jones

Nevada · 2025

68%

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #126

Final rank

#308

Avg #237.0

Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #126 this season.

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Evan Simon

Attention percentile: 4th · Production percentile: 64th

2020

20249 games

2025 snapshot

Passing profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pocket Passer

Players who play like Evan Simon

Heisman trajectory

Peak #126