Haynes King

#10 · QB · Sr. · Georgia Tech6′3″ · 215 lb · Longview, TX

Haynes King is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Tech.

On Trialas of Nov 4

Haynes King is on trial in Georgia Tech's fan jury — the eye test against the résumé.

PASS YDS · 2,500-YD CLUB

2,951

2951 passing yards — clears the 2,500-QB volume bar.

Georgia Tech fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.

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Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

Haynes King arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.131 recruit nationally. Haynes King lines up at QB for Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech fans can't agree whether the tape backs the reputation.

The number to watch: 2,951 — pass yds · 2,500-yd club.

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Georgia Tech	252	361	69.8%	2,951	8.2	14	6	147.9	77
2024	Georgia Tech	196	269	72.9%	2,114	7.9	14	2	154.6	78
2023	Georgia Tech	226	367	61.6%	2,842	7.7	27	16	142.2	59
2022	Texas A&M	104	187	55.6%	1,220	6.5	7	6	116.4	41
2021	Texas A&M	22	35	62.9%	300	8.6	2	3	136.6	--
2020	Texas A&M	2	4	50.0%	59	14.8	1	1	206.4	--
Career		802	1,223	65.6%	9,486	7.8	65	34	142.7	66

Season	Team
2025	Georgia Tech	185	953	5.2	15	45
2024	Georgia Tech	126	577	4.6	11	30
2023	Georgia Tech	120	737	6.1	10	71
2022	Texas A&M	29	89	3.1	1	31
2021	Texas A&M	6	24	4.0	0	14
2020	Texas A&M	6	43	7.2	0	22
Career		472	2,423	5.1	37	71

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ Colorado	13/20	143	0	1	7.2	89.1
Wk 3	W 24-21vs No. 12 Clemson	20/28	211	0	0	7.5	69.1
Wk 4	W 45-24vs Temple	13/18	161	2	0	8.9	65.7
Wk 5	W 30-29@ Wake Forest	28/42	243	1	0	5.8	73.9
Wk 7	W 35-20vs Virginia Tech	20/24	213	1	0	8.9	92.8
Wk 8	W 27-18@ Duke	14/21	205	0	0	9.8	85.9
Wk 9	W 41-16vs Syracuse	25/31	304	3	0	9.8	93.2	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 36-48@ NC State	25/35	408	2	1	11.7	84.2	Season-high 408 yds
Wk 12	W 36-34@ Boston College	26/34	371	1	0	10.9	74.6
Wk 13	L 28-42vs Pittsburgh	27/41	257	2	2	6.3	33.9
Wk 14	L 9-16vs No. 4 Georgia	19/27	181	0	1	6.7	63.2
Bowl	L 21-25vs No. 12 BYU	22/40	254	2	1	6.4	82.8
Total		252/361	2951	14	6	8.2	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at NC State	L 36-48 · Graded great · Passing grade only · 408 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 20 for 103, 2 TD · Sacked 2
Lowest by our grade	at Colorado	W 27-20 · Graded solid · Passing grade only · 143 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 19 for 156, 3 TD · Sacked 1
Biggest game	Georgia	No. 4 at kickoff · L 9-16 · Graded solid · 181 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 10 for 39 · Sacked 1
Best play	Clemson	Completion for 1 yards, touchdown, Q4 10:02 · Win chance 50% to 85%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

252/361 (69.8%) · 14 TD · 6 INT

352 of 361 attempts matched to play-by-play

166 of 352 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 352 passing plays (242 completions) against the box score's 361 attempts (252 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

7.8130 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

2.7%27 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (27 of 206 QBs) and still 30 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

26% of attempts (43)

88%comp

Air -3.2 · YAC 11.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

48% of attempts (80)

75%comp1 INT

Air 3.7 · YAC 6.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

13% of attempts (21)

52%comp1 INT

Air 12.6 · YAC 7.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of attempts (22)

50%comp2 INT

Air 30.6 · YAC 5.0 avg

Overall 69.8% completion on 361 attempts · 50% completion on 22 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 35 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-17 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/135 (3.0%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

-7 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/126 (2.4%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+35 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/92 (3.3%) · league sack rate 7.8%

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.

Teams and coaches

2020Texas A&M9-1HC: Jimbo Fisher · Run-leaning

2021Texas A&M8-4HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2022Texas A&M5-7HC: Jimbo Fisher · Balanced

2023Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2024Georgia Tech7-6HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

2025Georgia Tech9-4HC: Brent Key · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 82 (#8 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

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

82All-Conference level #8 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: sack rate (91st percentile). Strength: success rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#17 / 183 · 91st pct

2.8%

Success rate#17 / 183 · 91st pct

47.2%

Explosive rate#19 / 183 · 90th pct

12.2%

EPA / dropback#21 / 183 · 89th pct

0.36

Interception rate#21 / 183 · 89th pct

1.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#6 / 183 · 97th pct

Rush yards#7 / 183 · 96th pct

953

Completion %#10 / 183 · 95th pct

69.8%

Yards / att#32 / 183 · 83rd pct

8.2

Pass yards#40 / 183 · 78th pct

2951

Pass TDs#77 / 183 · 58th pct

Interceptions#70 / 183 · 56th pct

Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

96th → 89th percentile

Success rate

98th → 91st percentile

Explosive rate

38th → 90th percentile

Sack rate

96th → 91st percentile

Interception rate

96th → 89th 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 347 dropbacks

77Zeitgeist Passer Rating12th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 147.9 34th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 22 places higher than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on only 2.9% of dropbacks.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

50.9%86th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.1% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

8.1086th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

3.7%81st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.8% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (15 of 362 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	229	1.6	8.3	0.4
Road5g	274	0.8	9.1	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	204	1.0	7.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	288	1.3	9.2	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Brent Key

Pass share

46.1%

391 pass / 457 run

Plays / game

65.2

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

The All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #8 of 146 FBS quarterbacks by CFB Zeitgeist Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

82 · #8 of 146 QBs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #8 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #1 of 17 ACC QBs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).

Haynes King

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2020

2023 13 games

2024 11 games

2025 12 games