Grayson James

#3 · QB · Sr. · Boston College6′3″ · 218 lb · Duncanville, TX

Grayson James is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Boston College.

James operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Butch Davis, Mike MacIntyre and Bill O'Brien. All-ACC in 2025 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 288 passing yards and 2 rushing yards against Syracuse — Week 14, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Boston College	87	151	57.6%	1,196	7.9	7	5	132.8	35
2024	Boston College	106	166	63.9%	1,202	7.2	6	2	134.2	54
2023	Florida International	19	37	51.4%	218	5.9	1	1	104.4	--
2022	Florida International	209	357	58.5%	1,962	5.5	11	11	108.7	33
2021	Florida International	18	27	66.7%	162	6.0	1	0	129.3	--
Career		439	738	59.5%	4,740	6.4	26	19	119.9	40

Season	Team
2025	Boston College	54	65	1.2	0	20
2024	Boston College	37	79	2.1	3	20
2023	Florida International	21	21	1.0	1	18
2022	Florida International	79	223	2.8	3	28
2021	Florida International	5	12	2.4	0	11
Career		196	400	2.0	7	28

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	5/5	190	1	0	38.0	100.0
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	2/9	30	0	1	3.3	3.7
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	16/28	204	2	0	7.3	53.4
Wk 9	L 24-38@ No. 19 Louisville	23/46	244	3	2	5.3	56.0	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 10-25vs No. 12 Notre Dame	25/37	240	1	2	6.5	59.8
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	0/2	0	0	0	0.0	1.7
Wk 14	W 34-12@ Syracuse	16/24	288	0	0	12.0	87.5	Season-high 288 yds
Total		87/151	1196	7	5	7.9	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at Syracuse	W 34-12 · Graded great · Carried by the third quarter · 288 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 2 · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	UConn	L 23-38 · Graded rough · 204 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 17 for 26 · Sacked 7
Biggest game	Notre Dame	No. 12 at kickoff · L 10-25 · Graded shaky · 240 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 13 for -21 · Interceptions cost about 22 points of win chance · Sacked 5

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

87/151 (57.6%) · 7 TD · 5 INT

144 of 151 attempts matched to play-by-play

108 of 144 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 144 passing plays (79 completions) against the box score's 151 attempts (87 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.15101 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

10.1%195 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 10.1% of dropbacks (195 of 206) — and still 101 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

11% of attempts (12)

83%comp

Air -3.4 · YAC 5.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

46% of attempts (50)

64%comp1 INT

Air 4.3 · YAC 3.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

26% of attempts (28)

50%comp2 INT

Air 14.1 · YAC 5.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

17% of attempts (18)

33%comp1 INT

Air 29.0 · YAC 9.8 avg

Overall 57.6% completion on 151 attempts · 33% completion on 18 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2021Florida International1-11HC: Butch Davis · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Pass-leaning

2023Florida International4-8HC: Mike MacIntyre · Balanced

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 20 (#138 of 140). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

20Below cohort / limited sample #138 of 140 · 2022, at Florida International?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score, at Florida International: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: explosive rate (90th percentile). Concern: sack rate (5th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#18 / 183 · 90th pct

12.5%

EPA / dropback#87 / 183 · 53rd pct

0.19

Success rate#124 / 183 · 33rd pct

37.3%

Interception rate#159 / 183 · 13th pct

3.5%

Sack rate#175 / 183 · 5th pct

10.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#44 / 183 · 75th pct

7.9

Interceptions#53 / 183 · 67th pct

Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct

Rush yards#118 / 183 · 36th pct

Pass yards#135 / 183 · 27th pct

1196

Pass TDs#135 / 183 · 25th pct

Completion %#147 / 183 · 20th pct

57.6%

Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

48th → 53rd percentile

Success rate

33rd → 33rd percentile

Explosive rate

59th → 90th percentile

Sack rate

39th → 5th percentile

Interception rate

86th → 13th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 143 dropbacks

35Zeitgeist Passer Rating113th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 132.8 86th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 27 places lower than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on 11.9% of dropbacks.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

41.6%19th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.7% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.8241st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.4 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

11.0%1st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.9% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (18 of 161 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

2025 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	158	1.0	12.9	0.5
Road3g	187	1.0	6.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-72g	110	0.5	20.6	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	195	1.2	6.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Pass share

54.8%

454 pass / 374 run

Plays / game

69.0

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

151 pass attempts and 54 carries in 7 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 1,073 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the ACC as a senior.

Grayson James

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

151 pass attempts and 54 carries in 7 games

Starter

Five seasons, two schools

Moves

2021 6 games

2022 11 games

2024 6 games

2025 7 games