Sophomore quarterback for Arizona. 2021: 536 passing yards, 2 TD, 3 INT.
6′6″ · 230 lb · Gilbert, AZ
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 860 nationally · Signed with Washington State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 quarterback for Arizona. 2021: 536 passing yards, 2 TD, 3 INT.
Gunner Cruz
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 336 pass yds, 1 pass TD against BYU — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arizona, 570 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Sumlin → Jedd Fisch. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: interceptions (86th percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (3rd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
3.78189 of 204 QBsSack rate
8.8%177 of 204 QBsSacked on 8.8% of dropbacks (177 of 204) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (189 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 67.4% completion on 92 attempts · 66% of completions gained 0–9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 151 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 0.7 |
| Road1g | 82.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 134 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Brennan
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arizona | 61 | 93 | 65.6% | 536 | 5.8 | 2 | 3 | 114.6 | 28 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Washington State | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | 34 | 4.9 | 1 | 0 | 159.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 66 | 100 | 66.0% | 570 | 5.7 | 3 | 3 | 117.8 | 28 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Arizona | 19 | -21 | -1.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Washington State | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 21 | -18 | -0.9 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-24vs BYU | 34/45 | 336 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 55.0 | Season-high 336 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 14-38vs San Diego State | 10/19 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 3.7 | 24.8 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-34vs UCLA | 4/7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 15.0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-34@ Colorado | 13/22 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 3.7 | 27.7 | |
| Total | 61/93 | 536 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 | 30.6 |
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jacob Sirmon’s 2021 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jacob Sirmon's sophomore season at Central Michigan (2021).
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Player DNA