Gunner Stockton

#14 · QB · 5th-year · Georgia6′1″ · 215 lb · Tiger, GA · Rabun County

ZPR6721st of 119 QBsHeismanNo. 4in our modelLast gameW 27–8vs Florida · Oct 31
Nextat Ole MissSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

Georgia is 7-1 in the eight games played. A rhythm passer.

Strongest: 9.2 yards an attempt, 16th best of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,671

130 of 181, 72%

TD–INT

16–4

9.2 per throw

NCAA rating

174.1

6th of 119

ZPR

67

21st of 119

How ZPR works

Boom or bust: great in 4, shaky or worse in 3.

  • 2-0 against ranked teams, 175 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: at Alabama. Lowest: Florida. Biggest game: at Alabama, No. 6. Costliest play: Fumble, against Auburn, Q4 0:58. Win chance 89% to 65%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

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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. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. 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

Rhythm passer

Also: explosive runner, yards after catch

Why this word
Runs3.9 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws7.8 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes73% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 3.9 carries a game. Closest matches: Jennings, Moore ’25, Harrell, Mensah ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line33%typical 17%
Short34%typical 47%
Middle17%typical 22%
Deep15%typical 14%

Runs 3.9 times a game; 56% of starters run more.

Closest in style

JenningsMoore ’25HarrellMensah ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Jennings SMU · Precision passer
    2,433 yards, 21 TD, 5 INT so far. Both score a lot and complete a lot.
  • Moore ’25 Oregon 2025 · Rhythm passer
    3,565 yards, 30 TD, 10 INT. Both score a lot and complete a lot.
  • Harrell Charlotte · Precision passer
    831 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT so far. Both throw short and are efficient.
  • Mensah ’25 Duke 2025 · Rhythm passer
    3,973 yards, 34 TD, 6 INT. Both hit big plays and are efficient.

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

  • RecordGeorgia is 7-1, No. 2 in the AP poll (week 10).
  • Last gameOct. 31 · a win over Florida, 101 passing yards.
  • Fans after Florida

    Their best receiver having the same last name as our QB is throwing me every time they say Stockton.

    Georgia fan

  • Next gameat Ole Miss · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

7 stories this week, from 6 outlets.

Oct 29: 2Oct 31: 2Nov 1: 1Nov 2: 1Nov 3: 1W 27-8 vs FloridaWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Oct 29: 2Oct 31: 2Nov 1: 1Nov 2: 1Nov 3: 1W 27-8 vs FloridaWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Georgia QB Gunner Stockton posts career-low in win over Florida

UGA Wire +1 Nov 2

All 132 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Gunner Stockton is rated 90 overall in EA College Football 27, tied for 8th among the game's quarterbacks.

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 0:58 · Georgia tiedG. Stockton fumbles and Auburn recoversAuburn at Georgia, week 7Q4, 0:58 · Georgia 24, Auburn 24▼24%Georgia’s chance to win, 89% to 65%▼24%Georgia’s chance to win, 89% to 65%G.Stockton rush middle for 2 yards gain to the AUB44 fumbled by G.Stockton at AUB48 forced by C.Sigler recovered by AUB S.Smith-Reed at AUB44, End Of PlayWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 18 of his plays on video

The story

As of

In his first year as the starter he threw for 2,894 yards with 24 touchdowns and only five interceptions, ran for 462 more and ten scores, and carried Georgia to a second straight SEC title and the No. 3 Playoff seed. Todd McShay's read was that he "shows up in clutch moments" and has "carried that team while the defense lagged behind" — high praise for a quarterback most national lists slot as a game-manager. The season ended one round too early, a 39-34 CFP quarterfinal loss to Ole Miss. So the in-state veteran came back for what should be his final college year, now a fringe-Heisman and preseason-award name. The forward stakes are the wall itself: Georgia has the program, the recruiting, and the standard, but Stockton's job is to push it past the quarterfinal it just lost. His ten rushing touchdowns are the weapon defenses underrate — and 2026 is his bid to turn "does everything right" into a national championship.

Read the rest of the story

Update (Oct. 28, 2026): Georgia lost 27-24 to Auburn on Oct. 17 as a 19.5-point favorite and is 6-1, No. 3 in the AP poll. Stockton threw for 272 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in the loss and ran seven times for 40 yards. He has 1,570 passing yards, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions this season.

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