Isaiah Marshall

#8 · QB · R-So. · Kansas6′0″ · 210 lb · Southfield, MI

Did not play in Kansas’s last game.

Cole Ballard started the last one, L 16-22 at TCU, Oct 31.

Kansas’s next game: vs UCF, Sat Nov 7, 3:45 p.m. ET · ESPN2

Kansas is 3-4 in the seven games played. A scrambler who throws deeper than most.

Strongest: 15% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 17th best of 158 starters. Weakest: completes 54% of throws, 15th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,506

105 of 196, 54%

TD–INT

11–7

7.7 per throw

NCAA rating

129.5

90th of 119

ZPR

54

48th of 119

How ZPR works

Graded Shaky against Baylor, the last full game; up and down: great in 2, shaky or worse in 3.

  • 0-2 against ranked teams, 250 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: at Utah. Lowest: Missouri, with 2 interceptions and sacked 2 times. Biggest game: at Utah, No. 12. Best play: Completion for 15 yards, touchdown, against Baylor, Q4 1:13. Win chance 41% to 68%. Costliest play: Interception, returned for a touchdown, against Baylor, Q3 13:29. Win chance 60% to 33%.

Tap a game for its plays

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at TCU

L 16–22·Unranked

Did not play

Season

Fades after halftime

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; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. 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

Scrambler

Also: deep thrower, big-play arm

Why this word
Runs9.9 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws13.0 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes54%FewerMore
Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws deeper than most and runs a lot. 9.9 carries a game. Closest matches: Denegal ’25, Roggow, Raynor, Curtis.

Where the throws go

Behind the line14%typical 17%
Short29%typical 47%
Middle32%typical 22%
Deep25%typical 14%

Runs 9.9 times a game; 92% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Denegal ’25RoggowRaynorCurtisThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Denegal ’25 San Diego State 2025 · Vertical passer
    1,810 yards, 9 TD, 8 INT. Both throw interceptions and are less efficient.
  • Roggow Akron · Balanced
    1,343 yards, 7 TD, 10 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line and throw interceptions.
  • Raynor Iowa State · Mobile passer
    1,416 yards, 10 TD, 5 INT so far. Both hit big plays and rarely throw behind the line.
  • Curtis Vanderbilt · Mobile passer
    1,489 yards, 8 TD, 8 INT so far. Both throw interceptions.

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

  • RecordKansas is 3-5.
  • What fans say

    Over the last few games, Kansas fans have been down on Marshall.

    “Man, Isaiah Marshall just ain’t it”

    From r/CFB game thread. Read by AI.

What’s being said

8 stories this week, from 7 outlets.

Oct 30: 2Oct 31: 2Nov 1: 1Nov 2: 2Nov 3: 1L 16-22 at TCULOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Oct 30: 2Oct 31: 2Nov 1: 1Nov 2: 2Nov 3: 1L 16-22 at TCULOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

All 89 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Isaiah Marshall has 403 rushing yards, already past last season's 160.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 1:48 · Kansas breaks the tieIsaiah Marshall finds Nik McMillan for a 20-yard touchdownMissouri at Kansas, week 2Q2, 1:48 · Kansas 14, Missouri 7Kansas took the lead in the second quarterKansas took the lead in the second quarterI.Marshall pass complete deep left to N.McMillan caught at MU00, for 20 yards to the MU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playCFB ON FOX

All 8 of his plays on video

Isaiah Marshall

QB · Kansas · #8

Two seasons in the Kansas quarterback room to date. One game to point at: 333 passing yards and 21 rushing yards against Utah — Week 6, 2026.

1,506 passing yards · 11 passing TD · 403 rushing yards