Jack Layne

#2 · QB · 5th-year · New Mexico6′2″ · 209 lb · Lake Oswego, OR

Jack Layne is a quarterback at New Mexico who has not played in New Mexico's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.

Where Layne comes from

Lake Oswego, ORHometown
Lake OswegoHigh school
About 1,100 miles from University Stadium (NM)Distance
Two-star, No. 2,723 in the 2022 class; signed with Idaho.Recruiting profile
On the New Mexico roster since 2025Roster

Where Layne fits

New Mexico lists 6 quarterbacks this season.

New Mexico quarterbacks with a game this season

Toa Faavae8 games this season
James Laubstein6 games this season
Luke Moga4 games this season

New Mexico is 7-1, No. 22 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: at Nevada, Fri Nov 6.

Similar players

Same class and position

Nathan HayesNorth Dakota State · QB · No. 2723 in the 2022 class
Tommy UlatowskiApp State · QB · No. 2977 in the 2022 class

Also from Lake Oswego, OR

Gabriel MotschenbacherNew Mexico · QB
Dylan LayneOregon State · LB
Jake ReichleOregon State · RB
Aiden KehmArkansas State · OL

Layne operates within the system without forcing anything. Arrived at New Mexico from Idaho. One game to point at: 344 passing yards and 1 rushing TD against San José State — Week 6, 2025.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	New Mexico	213	327	65.1%	2,486	7.6	13	10	136.0	41
Career		213	327	65.1%	2,486	7.6	13	10	136.0	41

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico	87	152	1.7	4	54
Career		87	152	1.7	4	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34@ No. 14 Michigan	31/47	208	1	3	4.4	55.1	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 32-22vs Idaho State	13/21	155	0	0	7.4	35.0
Wk 3	W 35-10@ UCLA	12/16	152	2	0	9.5	74.5
Wk 5	W 38-20vs New Mexico State	23/30	303	4	0	10.1	71.7	4 TD passes
Wk 6	L 28-35@ San José State	28/40	344	0	3	8.6	53.5	Season-high 344 yds · 3 INTs — rough day
Wk 7	L 25-41@ Boise State	7/17	115	1	2	6.8	20.3
Wk 8	W 24-22vs Nevada	14/22	138	0	0	6.3	27.4
Wk 9	W 33-14vs Utah State	17/22	183	1	0	8.3	64.0
Wk 10	W 40-35@ UNLV	17/22	342	3	1	15.5	70.0	3 TD passes
Wk 12	W 20-17vs Colorado State	13/25	226	0	0	9.0	73.9
Wk 13	W 20-3@ Air Force	10/15	105	0	0	7.0	59.0
Wk 14	W 23-17vs San Diego State	14/25	127	1	0	5.1	36.4
Bowl	L 17-20vs Minnesota	14/25	88	0	1	3.5	22.8
Total		213/327	2486	13	10	7.6	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	New Mexico State	W 38-20 · Graded great · 303 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 13 · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at Air Force	W 20-3 · Graded rough · Strong start, faded late · 105 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 8 for 24, 1 TD · Sacked 3
Biggest game	at Michigan	No. 14 at kickoff · L 17-34 · Graded shaky · 208 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT · Rush 5 for -12 · Sacked 0
Best play	San Diego State	Completion for 25 yards, touchdown, overtime 0:00 · Win chance 46% to 78%
Costliest play	at UNLV	Interception, Q2 2:20 · Win chance 65% to 37%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

213/327 (65.1%) · 13 TD · 10 INT

296 of 327 attempts matched to play-by-play

105 of 296 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 296 passing plays (189 completions) against the box score's 327 attempts (213 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.12102 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

7.1%166 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 7.1% of dropbacks (166 of 206) — and still 102 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

18% of attempts (19)

95%comp

Air -2.3 · YAC 8.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

46% of attempts (48)

58%comp1 INT

Air 3.9 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

25% of attempts (26)

62%comp

Air 15.1 · YAC 5.9 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

11% of attempts (12)

42%comp

Air 26.4 · YAC 3.4 avg

Overall 65.1% completion on 327 attempts · 42% completion on 12 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 43 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-24 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 12/118 (10.2%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

-8 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/97 (6.2%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+43 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/82 (3.7%) · 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

2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 41 (#88 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

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

41Rotational starter #88 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: explosive rate (87th percentile). Concern: sack rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#25 / 183 · 87th pct

11.5%

Success rate#86 / 183 · 52nd pct

40.8%

EPA / dropback#90 / 183 · 51st pct

0.19

Interception rate#121 / 183 · 34th pct

2.7%

Sack rate#154 / 183 · 16th pct

7.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#54 / 183 · 70th pct

65.1%

Yards / att#57 / 183 · 68th pct

7.6

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Pass yards#63 / 183 · 66th pct

2486

Rush TDs#67 / 183 · 59th pct

Rush yards#83 / 183 · 55th pct

152

Pass TDs#80 / 183 · 55th pct

Interceptions#153 / 183 · 14th 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.

After 296 dropbacks

41Zeitgeist Passer Rating98th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 136.0 70th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 28 places lower than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on 7.1% of dropbacks.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

41.3%18th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.2056th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

8.0%14th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.9% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (25 of 321 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	189	1.0	7.7	0.0
Road6g	211	1.2	8.6	1.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	195	1.1	7.2	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	187	0.8	8.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

Pass share

43.3%

350 pass / 459 run

Plays / game

62.2

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

327 pass attempts, 87 carries and 1 catch in 13 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

41 · #88 of 146 QBs · 2025

Two-star recruit. Now #88 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #8 of 14 Mountain West QBs

How the All-Mountain West base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Starter

The No. 2,723 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mountain West.

Jack Layne

Where Layne comes from

Where Layne fits

New Mexico quarterbacks with a game this season

Similar players

Same class and position

Also from Lake Oswego, OR

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Starter

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2022

2025 13 games