Isaac Wilson

#16 · QB · Colorado6′0″ · 210 lb · Draper, UT · Corner Canyon

ZPR6427th of 119 QBs Last gameW 27–24vs Kansas State · Oct 31

Nextat Arizona StateSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 27-24 in overtime vs Kansas State, Oct 31 · 14 of 21 for 185 yards, a touchdown · 6 carries for -4 yards

Colorado’s next game: at Arizona State, Sat Nov 7, 7:30 p.m. ET · ESPN2

Colorado is 1-4 in the five games with 10 or more passes thrown. A mobile passer who throws deeper than most.

Strongest: 13% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 35th best of 158 starters.

Plays most like Green ’25, Arkansas 2025. Drafted in round 6 (No. 182 overall) by Cleveland, 2026.

Passing yards

1,164

91 of 149, 61%

TD–INT

7–7

7.8 per throw

NCAA rating

132.8

84th of 119

ZPR

27th of 119

How ZPR works

Getting better, from solid early to great lately.

0-2 against ranked teams, 273 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Kansas State. Lowest: at Baylor, sacked 3 times. Biggest game: Utah, No. 11. Best play: Completion for 11 yards, touchdown, against Kansas State, overtime 0:00. Win chance 43% to 100%.

Tap a game for its plays

Q1Q2Q3Q4

at Georgia Tech

W 14–13·Unranked

Did not play

Weber State

W 52–21·FCS

Came on in Q4

Came on in the fourth quarter for Kaneal Sweetwyne · -3 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · Sacked 0

at Northwestern

L 7–41·Unranked

Did not play

at Baylor

L 13–23·Unranked

Came on at half

Came on at half for Julian Lewis, down 10-3 · 156 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -11 · Sacked 3

Isaac Wilson doesn't interest himself in mothers like his brother does. He just likes football
Colorado fan

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 36 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 24% to 60%.

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Texas Tech

L 7–29·Ranked #12

Solid

Strong start, faded late · 290 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT · Rush 17 for 42 · Interceptions cost about 17 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 15 points of win chance. Win chance: 12% to 27%.

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Utah

L 24–27·Ranked #11

Solid

256 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 7 for 41 · Interceptions cost about 17 points of win chance · Sacked 0

There’s the Isaac Wilson I was expecting
Colorado fan

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 42 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 9% to 50%.

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at Oklahoma State

L 24–57·Unranked

Great

Strong start, faded late · 280 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 14 for 16, 1 TD · Lost a fumble · Sacked 3

Isaac Wilson legacy quarter
Colorado fan

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 25 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 48% to 73%.

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Kansas State

W 27–24·Unranked

Great

185 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -4 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 13 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 40% to 52%.

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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. 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

Mobile passer

Why this word

Runs6.8 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws10.2 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes60% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws deeper than most and runs some. 6.8 carries a game. Closest matches: Green ’25, Hayes, Raynor, Madsen ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line16%typical 17%

Short38%typical 47%

Middle29%typical 22%

Deep17%typical 14%

Runs 6.8 times a game; 77% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Green ’25 Arkansas 2025 · Dual-threat
2,714 yards, 19 TD, 11 INT. Drafted in round 6 (No. 182 overall) by Cleveland, 2026. Both throw interceptions and run a lot.
Hayes North Dakota State · Gunslinger
1,710 yards, 13 TD, 8 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and throw deep.
Raynor Iowa State · Mobile passer
1,416 yards, 10 TD, 5 INT so far. Both hit big plays and throw interceptions.
Madsen ’25 Boise State 2025 · Gunslinger
2,333 yards, 18 TD, 9 INT. Both throw deep and hit big plays.

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

RecordColorado is 3-5.
Fans after Oklahoma State
Isaac Wilson had to let yall know who he is
Colorado fan

What’s being said

28 stories in the last 30 days, from 13 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Three Keys for Colorado Quarterback Isaac Wilson vs. Oklahoma State

Buffaloes Wire +2 Oct 23

All 61 stories this season

His most important play this season

Overtime, 0:00 · Colorado down 3, takes the leadIsaac Wilson finds Charlie Williams for an 11-yard touchdownKansas State at Colorado, week 9Overtime, 0:00 · Colorado 27, Kansas State 24Overtime touchdown for ColoradoOvertime touchdown for ColoradoI.Wilson pass complete short middle to C.Williams caught at KSU00, for 11 yards to the KSU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWNWatch from this play Big 12 Conference

All 9 of his plays on video

Isaac Wilson

QB · Colorado · #16

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Isaac Wilson takes over from Kaidon Salter at Colorado.

1,164passing yards7passing TD88rushing yards

Passing value per play

+0.39

our model · 2026 · 160 plays

Read the story so far

Isaac Wilson arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.280 recruit nationally. Isaac Wilson lines up at QB for Colorado.

On the field, the headline is 1,164 pass yds, with 7 pass td.

Isaac Wilson inherited the QB job from Kaidon Salter (4-star).

The number to watch: +0.39 — passing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromKaidon Salter 4★
Pushed byJulian Lewis 4★
How many games until Julian Lewis (4★) takes the job from Isaac Wilson?

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

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Colorado	91	149	61.1%	1,164	7.8	7	7	132.8	64
2025	Utah	--	1	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	--
2024	Utah	127	225	56.4%	1,510	6.7	10	11	117.7	22
Career		218	375	58.1%	2,674	7.1	17	18	123.4	39

Season	Team
2026	Colorado	49	84	1.7	1	17
2025	Utah	3	3	1.0	0	4
2024	Utah	59	47	0.8	0	48
Career		111	134	1.2	1	48

Last game (Wk 9): 185 passing yards, 1 passing TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 2	W 52-21vs Weber State	Came on in Q4	2/2	-3	0	0	-1.5	--	—	—
Wk 4	L 13-23@ Baylor	Came on at half	12/25	156	1	0	6.2	53.4	3	-11
Wk 5	L 7-29vs No. 12 Texas Tech	Solid	26/44	290	1	3	6.6	54.7	1	42	Season-high 290 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 7	L 24-27vs No. 11 Utah	Solid	18/30	256	2	2	8.5	37.9	0	41
Wk 8	L 24-57@ Oklahoma State	Great	19/27	280	2	2	10.4	49.8	3	16
Wk 9	W 27-24vs Kansas State	Great	14/21	185	1	0	8.8	53.9	2	-4
Total			91/149	1164	7	7	7.8	—	9	84

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 27-24 vs Kansas State, play by play

14 of 21 for 185 yards and a touchdown. He was 5 of 10 on third and fourth down.

4 of 10 of his drives scored
5 of 10 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
4 runs for 9 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 2, 4 yds1
Punt1 of 1, 6 yds2
TD2 of 2, 32 yds3
Second quarterbegan up 7-0
Fumble2 of 3, 25 yds
Punt2 of 3, 15 yds
Third quarterbegan tied 7-7
Punt2 of 3, 33 yds
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
TD2 of 2, 21 yds
TD1 of 2, 38 yds4
Ot quarterbegan tied 21-21
TD1 of 1, 11 yds
FinalW 27-24

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
4-yard completion to Dekalon Taylor on 3rd and 7. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
6-yard completion to Quanell Farrakhan Jr. on 3rd and 8. First quarter, tied 0-0.
3
8-yard completion to DeAndre Moore Jr. on 3rd and 6. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
4
38-yard completion to Joseph Williams on 3rd and 6. Third quarter, tied 14-14. Converted.

The season, game by game

W 27-24 vs Kansas StateOct. 31185 yds14 of 21, 1 TDPlay by play just above

L 24-57 at Oklahoma StateOct. 24280 yds19 of 27, 2 TD, 2 INTBox score only

19 of 27 for 280 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

4 more games, with the play by play

L 24-27 vs UtahOct. 17256 yds18 of 30, 2 TD, 2 INTBox score only

18 of 30 for 256 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 7-29 vs Texas TechOct. 3290 yds26 of 44, 1 TD, 3 INTBox score only

26 of 44 for 290 yards, a touchdown and 3 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 13-23 at BaylorSept. 26156 yds12 of 25, 1 TD

Play by playOn the field

12 of 25 for 156 yards and a touchdown. He was 2 of 9 on third and fourth down.

2 of 8 of his drives scored
2 of 9 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
3 runs for 6 yds

Third quarterbegan down 10-3
Punt1 of 4, 20 yds12
Punt2 of 3, 8 yds
Punt1 of 4, 9 yds
FG2 of 3, 42 yds3
TD4 of 5, 50 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 13-6
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
Fumble1 of 1, 20 yds
Downs1 of 3, 7 yds4
FinalL 13-23

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
20-yard completion to Joseph Williams on 3rd and 17. Third quarter, down 10-3. Converted.
2
Incomplete to Quentin Gibson on 3rd and 7. Third quarter, down 10-3.
3
27-yard completion to Joseph Williams. Third quarter, down 13-3.
4
Incomplete to Ernest Campbell on 4th and 17. Fourth quarter, down 23-13. Turnover on downs. Broken up by Baylor’s D. Turner.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

W 52-21 vs Weber StateSept. 12-3 yds2 of 2Box score only

2 of 2 for -3 yards.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Kansas State	W 27-24 · Graded great · 185 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -4 · Sacked 2
Lowest by our grade	at Baylor	L 13-23 · Graded solid · 156 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -11 · Sacked 3
Biggest game	Utah	No. 11 at kickoff · L 24-27 · Graded solid · 256 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 7 for 41 · Interceptions cost about 17 points of win chance · Sacked 0
Most talked about	at Oklahoma State	Fans named the quarterback more in this game than in any other, L 24-57 · Graded great · Strong start, faded late · 280 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 14 for 16, 1 TD · Lost a fumble · Sacked 3
Best play	Kansas State	Completion for 11 yards, touchdown, overtime 0:00 · Win chance 43% to 100%

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big 12
Passing yards	1,164	106th of 370	16th of 42
Yards an attempt	7.8	T-58th of 152	10th of 17
Touchdown passes	7	T-103rd of 370	15th of 42
Passer rating	132.8	T-99th of 152	15th of 17
Completion percentage	61.1	102nd of 152	12th of 17
Rushing yards	84	119th of 370	15th of 42
Rushing touchdowns	1	T-117th of 370	T-17th of 42

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All Big 12 quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Drew Mestemaker	2,649	25	7	281	9.4
2	Noah Fifita	2,464	19	4	269	9.2
3	Jaden Craig	2,207	11	6	269	8.2
4	Conner Weigman	2,052	20	2	233	8.8
5	Devon Dampier	1,876	18	7	227	8.3
6	JC French	1,773	13	3	213	8.3
7	Bear Bachmeier	1,750	12	4	214	8.2
8	D.J. Lagway	1,671	13	4	242	6.9
9	Michael Hawkins Jr.	1,598	11	2	159	10.1
10	Will Hammond	1,561	6	6	205	7.6
11	Isaiah Marshall	1,506	11	7	196	7.7
12	Jaylen Raynor	1,416	10	5	186	7.6
13	Cutter Boley	1,360	13	5	173	7.9
14	Avery Johnson	1,301	10	3	187	7.0
15	Keyone Jenkins	1,181	11	4	180	6.6
16	Isaac Wilson	1,164	7	7	149	7.8
17	Julian Lewis	733	6	2	95	7.7
18	Nate Bennett	568	5	2	61	9.3
19	Alonza Barnett	477	2	1	65	7.3
20	Mikey Keene	448	2	0	61	7.3
21	Cole Ballard	381	1	1	43	8.9
22	Blake Barnett	265	3	0	33	8.0
23	Jake Fette	224	2	0	50	4.5
24	Jacob Knuth	201	1	0	42	4.8
25	Byrd Ficklin	192	2	0	20	9.6
26	Thomas Castellanos	189	4	1	29	6.5
27	Sawyer Anderson	112	0	2	15	7.5
28	Kaneal Sweetwyne	105	0	0	17	6.2
29	Connor Moberly	83	0	0	19	4.4
30	Keisean Henderson	83	2	0	8	10.4
31	Chase Jenkins	65	0	0	3	21.7
32	Broderick Vehrs	61	1	0	8	7.6
33	Jyron Hughley	27	1	0	1	27.0
34	Scotty Fox Jr.	27	0	0	4	6.8
35	Edward Griffin	19	0	1	6	3.2
36	Liam O'Brien	18	0	0	5	3.6
37	Treyson Bourguet	15	0	1	3	5.0
38	Samaj Jones	9	0	0	2	4.5
39	Kaleb Annett	6	0	0	3	2.0
40	Dillon Duff	2	0	0	1	2.0
41	Adam Schobel	0	0	0	1	0.0
42	Kirk Francis	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from +8 to +18 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Williams and Moore saw 82 of the 149 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Joseph Williams	55	35	456	9.1	5.6
DeAndre Moore Jr.	27	16	278	12.3	6.3
Quanell Farrakhan Jr.	18	14	139	9.8	2.5
Ernest Campbell	8	4	29	20.6	0.0
Dekalon Taylor	7	7	62	-0.9	9.7
11 others	27	15	215	6.6	9.3
No receiver charted	7	All six interceptions are among these

Play by play: 149 passes, 91 caught, 1,179 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

91/149 (61.1%) · 7 TD · 7 INT

149 of 149 attempts matched to play-by-play

148 of 149 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.90120 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

5.7%108 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 5.7% of dropbacks (108 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (120 of 185).

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

17% of attempts (25)

84%comp

Air -3.1 · YAC 9.9 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

39% of attempts (57)

67%comp1 INT

Air 5.1 · YAC 4.1 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

28% of attempts (41)

63%comp1 INT

Air 13.7 · YAC 5.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

17% of attempts (25)

24%comp4 INT

Air 27.7 · YAC 5.8 avg

Overall 61.1% completion on 149 attempts · 24% completion on 25 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2024Utah5-7HC: Kyle Whittingham · Balanced

2025Utah11-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2026Colorado3-5HC: Deion Sanders · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 47 (#71 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

47Rotational starter #71 of 145 · through 6 games?

13 metrics · season cumulative

through 6 games score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: interception rate (8th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#56 / 157 · 65th pct

11.4%

EPA / dropback#68 / 157 · 57th pct

0.20

Success rate#72 / 157 · 54th pct

43.2%

Sack rate#92 / 157 · 42nd pct

5.7%

Interception rate#145 / 157 · 8th pct

4.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#23 / 142 · 64th pct

Yards / att#61 / 159 · 62nd pct

7.8

Rush yards#91 / 159 · 43rd pct

Completion %#106 / 159 · 34th pct

61.1%

Pass yards#110 / 159 · 31st pct

1164

Rush TDs#98 / 159 · 30th pct

Pass TDs#108 / 159 · 28th pct

Interceptions#133 / 159 · 12th 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 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 141 dropbacks

64Zeitgeist Passer Rating27th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 132.8 84th of 119 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 57 places higher than passer rating does: passer rating charges 200 points per interception and the season ZPR does not count the five picks (each game's grade word does); and the schedule adjustment credits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

53.3%90th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +2.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

8.3275th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.9%63rd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -1.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (15 of 156 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

2026 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	182	1.0	5.6	1.2
Road2g	218	1.5	8.3	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	175	1.0	5.0	1.2
Weeks 8+2g	232	1.5	9.6	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Pass share

48.2%

264 pass / 284 run

Plays / game

68.5

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Colorado’s quarterbacks

Isaac Wilson	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 91 of 149, 1,164 yds, 7 TD, 7 INT · 7.8 yards an attempt on 149 attempts · ran for 84 yds, 1 TD
Julian Lewis	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 61 of 95, 733 yds, 6 TD, 2 INT · 7.7 yards an attempt on 95 attempts · ran for -45 yds, 1 TD
Kaneal Sweetwyne	Threw in 3 of 8 games · 11 of 17, 105 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 6.2 yards an attempt on 17 attempts · ran for 23 yds, 1 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Isaac Wilson. Gray: Julian Lewis, Kaneal Sweetwyne. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT@ Georgia TechWeber State@ Northwestern@ BaylorTexas TechUtah@ Oklahoma StateKansas State

Awards

Player standing · 2026

149 pass attempts, 49 carries and 2 catches in 6 games

About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

47 · #71 of 145 QBs · through 6 games

Former four-star. Now #71 at the position.

Isaac Wilson

Style of play

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

In the news across his career

What fans said

Latest stories

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Colorado’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

149 pass attempts, 49 carries and 2 catches in 6 games

Three seasons, two schools

Moves

2024 9 games

2025

2026 6 games