Hunter Simmons

#15 · QB · Sr. · Wisconsin215 lb · Marion, IL

Hunter Simmons is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wisconsin.

Simmons operates within the system without forcing anything. One game to point at: 177 passing yards against Michigan — Week 6, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

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

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Jaxon PotterOld Dominion · 2026 · 64% season match
Christian VeilleuxPittsburgh · 2023 · 62% season match
Cole PenningtonMarshall · 2023 · 56% season match
Gavin HardisonUTEP · 2023 · 54% season match
Michael Penix Jr.Indiana · 2021 · 53% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Wisconsin	62	118	52.5%	664	5.6	2	7	93.5	40
Career		62	118	52.5%	664	5.6	2	7	93.5	40

Season	Team
2025	Wisconsin	14	−22	−1.6	0	9
Career		14	−22	−1.6	0	9

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 4	L 10-27vs Maryland	7/9	70	1	0	7.8	89.6
Wk 6	L 10-24@ No. 20 Michigan	18/29	177	0	1	6.1	56.2	Season-high 177 yds
Wk 7	L 0-37vs Iowa	8/21	82	0	2	3.9	0.8
Wk 8	L 0-34vs No. 1 Ohio State	6/12	54	0	1	4.5	35.8
Wk 9	L 7-21@ No. 6 Oregon	7/21	86	1	1	4.1	5.1
Wk 11	W 13-10vs No. 24 Washington	2/3	16	0	0	5.3	76.5
Wk 13	W 27-10vs Illinois	2/4	17	0	0	4.3	44.6
Wk 14	L 7-17@ Minnesota	12/19	162	0	2	8.5	20.4
Total		62/118	664	2	7	5.6	—

Signature game

Week 14 · 2025

L 7-17

at Minnesota

162 yds · 0 TD · 2 INT · QBR 20.4

With S. West — 29.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20 · V. Anthony — 4 rec · 92 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 14 · Minnesota · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +5.05Simmons to Anthony II: a 67-yard pass.
Week 9 · Oregon · 3rd and 14 · Q4 · EPA +4.87Simmons to Hilton Jr.: a 42-yard pass.
Week 14 · Minnesota · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA −3.75H.Simmons pass intercepted by J.Nestor at MINN16 J.Nestor return 68 yards (H.Simmons; T.Kekahuna)
Week 8 · Ohio State · 3rd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.72Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 24 yds to the OSU 33 for a Ohio State Penalty, Defensive Offside (John Ferlmann) declined for a
Week 9 · Oregon · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.84Simmons to Kekahuna: an 8-yard pass.
Week 6 · Michigan · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA −2.50Hunter Simmons sacked by Derrick Moore for a loss of 12 yards to the MICH 22

4 more plays

Week 4 · Maryland · 2nd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.42Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 13 yds for a TD (Nathanial Vakos KICK)
Week 7 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.38Hunter Simmons pass complete to Lance Mason for 29 yds to the IOWA 39 for a
Week 7 · Iowa · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA −2.34Hunter Simmons pass intercepted Aaron Graves return for 35 yds to the WIS 1
Week 6 · Michigan · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA −2.08Hunter Simmons pass intercepted Rod Moore return for no gain to the MICH 17

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

62/118 (52.5%) · 2 TD · 7 INT

118 of 118 attempts matched to play-by-play

48 of 118 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

2.93198 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

3.3%37 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (37 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (198 of 206).

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

10% of attempts (5)

60%comp

Air -2.8 · YAC 7.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

67% of attempts (32)

50%comp2 INT

Air 3.6 · YAC 3.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

10% of attempts (5)

40%comp1 INT

Air 16.2 · YAC 7.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

12% of attempts (6)

33%comp

Air 28.8 · YAC 25.0 avg

Overall 52.5% completion on 118 attempts · 67% of attempts thrown 0–9 air yds.

Teams and coaches

2025Wisconsin4-8HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 22 (#139 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

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

22Below cohort / limited sample #139 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 (86th percentile). Concern: interception rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#26 / 183 · 86th pct

3.3%

Success rate#121 / 183 · 34th pct

37.7%

EPA / dropback#167 / 183 · 9th pct

-0.00

Explosive rate#167 / 183 · 9th pct

5.9%

Interception rate#181 / 183 · 1st pct

5.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Rush yards#159 / 183 · 13th pct

-22

Pass yards#163 / 183 · 11th pct

664

Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct

Yards / att#170 / 183 · 7th pct

5.6

Completion %#172 / 183 · 6th pct

52.5%

Pass TDs#176 / 183 · 3rd pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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.

Thin sample: 86 dropbacks

40Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

36.4%2nd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +0.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.8612th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

1.5%97th pct of FBS QBs

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

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (36 of 122 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 · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	47.8	0.2	5.2	0.6
Road3g	142	0.3	6.2	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	110	0.3	5.9	1.0
Weeks 8+5g	67.0	0.2	5.3	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Luke Fickell

Pass share

39.7%

272 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

57.1

12 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

118 pass attempts and 14 carries in 8 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

22 · #139 of 146 QBs · 2025

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #19 of 19 Big Ten QBs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).