Jackson Sharman

#8 · QB · Sacramento State6′1″ · 195 lb · Torrance, CA · Torrance West

ZPR18118th of 119 QBs Last gameW 31–10vs Kent State · Oct 30

Nextvs ToledoWed Nov 4 · 7 pm ET

Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 31-10 vs Kent State, Oct 30 · 14 of 25 for 117 yards, a lost fumble · 5 carries for -8 yards

Sacramento State is 2-6 in the eight games played. A short-game passer who rarely runs.

Weakest: 2% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 1st lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Pinnick, Washington State.

Passing yards

1,374

137 of 244, 56%

TD–INT

8–6

5.6 per throw

NCAA rating

109.4

116th of 119

ZPR

118th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 6 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: North Dakota State. Lowest: at Bowling Green, sacked 3 times.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Eastern Michigan

L 17–28·Unranked

Did not play

Mississippi Valley State

W 52–0·FCS

Shaky

247 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT · Rush 3 for 1 · The interception cost about 11 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 13 points of win chance. Win chance: 66% to 80%.

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at Fresno State

L 3–49·Unranked

Shaky

150 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for -8 · The interception cost about 7 points of win chance · Sacked 0

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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North Dakota State

L 10–31·Unranked

Solid

Slow start, strong finish · 238 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 1 for 5 · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q4 interception added 30 points of win chance. Win chance: 4% to 35%.

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Massachusetts

L 6–35·Unranked

Solid

Strong start, faded late · 221 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for -24 · The interception cost about 7 points of win chance · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q1 sack cost the team 9 points of win chance. Win chance: 33% to 24%.

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at Bowling Green

L 10–38·Unranked

Rough

Steady all game · 145 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for 0 · Sacked 3

Sharman is gonna haunt me forever
Sacramento State fan

Biggest swing: a Q1 incompletion cost the team 11 points of win chance. It flipped the game against the team: 60% to 49%.

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Ohio

L 7–48·Unranked

Rough

69 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 1 for -5 · Sacked 1

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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at Ball State

L 17–34·Unranked

Rough

187 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -19 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 36 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 24% to 60%.

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Kent State

W 31–10·Unranked

Rough

Steady all game · 117 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -8 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 9 points of win chance. Win chance: 29% to 38%.

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Season

Quarter by quarter

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

Short-game passer

Why this word

Runs1.8 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws7.2 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes56%FewerMore

Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws shorter than most and rarely runs. 1.8 carries a game. Closest matches: Pinnick, Brown ’25, Johnson ’25, Hudson ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line11%typical 17%

Short58%typical 47%

Middle20%typical 22%

Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 1.8 times a game; 87% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Pinnick Washington State · Mobile passer
952 yards, 3 TD, 5 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and throw short.
Brown ’25 Stanford 2025 · Pocket passer
829 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT. Both rarely throw behind the line and throw short.
Johnson ’25 Oregon State 2025 · Short-game passer
501 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT. Both throw interceptions and rarely run.
Hudson ’25 Coastal Carolina 2025 · Balanced
1,253 yards, 6 TD, 7 INT. Both miss more and score less.

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

RecordSacramento State is 2-7.
Fans after Kent State
Letting Sharman throw the ball with a 14 point lead is football terrorism. Just run the ball and chew clock.
Sacramento State fan

Jackson Sharman

QB · Sacramento State · #8

One game to point at: 247 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Mississippi Valley State — Week 1, 2026.

1,374 passing yards · 8 passing TD · 1 rushing yards

The latest game

Against Kent State on Oct. 30: 5 carries for -8 yards. In the 7 games drawn here: 36 carries for -53 yards.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

W 31-10 vs Kent State5 carries, -8 yds
L 17-34 at Ball State5 carries, -19 yds
L 10-38 at Bowling Green10 carries, 0 yds
L 6-35 vs Massachusetts7 carries, -24 yds
L 10-31 vs North Dakota State1 carry, 5 yds
L 3-49 at Fresno State5 carries, -8 yds
W 52-0 vs Mississippi Valley State3 carries, 1 yds

a carry, by its yardsa loss, below the linea catcha touchdown

Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Sacramento State	137	244	56.1%	1,374	5.6	8	6	109.4	18
Career		137	244	56.1%	1,374	5.6	8	6	109.4	18

Season	Team
2026	Sacramento State	37	−58	−1.6	0	10
Career		37	−58	−1.6	0	10

Last game (Wk 9): 117 passing yards.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 52-0vs Mississippi Valley State	Shaky	18/28	247	4	1	8.8	20.1	0	1	Season-high 247 yds
Wk 2	L 3-49@ Fresno State	Shaky	15/31	150	0	1	4.8	—	0	-8
Wk 3	L 10-31vs North Dakota State	Solid	25/41	238	1	2	5.8	41.8	0	5
Wk 4	L 6-35vs Massachusetts	Solid	24/43	221	0	1	5.1	15.8	3	-24
Wk 6	L 10-38@ Bowling Green	Rough	13/28	145	1	0	5.2	28.4	3	0
Wk 7	L 7-48vs Ohio	Rough	11/21	69	0	1	3.3	9.6	1	-5
Wk 8	L 17-34@ Ball State	Rough	17/27	187	2	0	6.9	38.8	2	-19
Wk 9	W 31-10vs Kent State	Rough	14/25	117	0	0	4.7	16.0	1	-8
Total			137/244	1374	8	6	5.6	—	10	-58

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	North Dakota State	L 10-31 · Graded solid · Slow start, strong finish · 238 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 1 for 5 · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at Bowling Green	L 10-38 · Graded rough · Steady all game · 145 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for 0 · Sacked 3

Where he ranks

Pass yards1,37486thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Pass TDs8tied for 97thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Yards / att5.6155thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Completion %56.1%139thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Interceptions6tied for 114thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Rush yards-58155thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Fumbles lost3tied for 114thAmong 142 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

1546th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position

Passing yards1,3746th in the Mid-American this season.

Touchdown passes8tied for 8th in the Mid-American this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -21 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Coleman and Smith saw 116 of the 245 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Matthew Coleman	63	37	448	8.7	2.9
Onterrio Smith Jr.	53	23	257	11.8	6.2
Raiden Brown	36	20	175	8.7	2.7
Jordan Williams	18	12	105	7.9	2.1
Isaiah Ene	14	13	84	0.1	6.3
11 others	52	33	308	6.3	3.8
No receiver charted	9	All six interceptions are among these

Play by play: 245 passes, 138 caught, 1,377 yards; the box score counts 244 attempts. 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

137/244 (56.1%) · 8 TD · 6 INT

All 244 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 245 passing plays)

244 of 245 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 245 passing plays (138 completions) against the box score's 244 attempts (137 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

4.65158 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

4.3%64 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (64 of 185), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (158 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

10% of attempts (25)

84%comp

Air -5.2 · YAC 9.9 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

55% of attempts (133)

64%comp2 INT

Air 3.9 · YAC 2.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of attempts (51)

43%comp3 INT

Air 13.3 · YAC 1.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

14% of attempts (35)

26%comp1 INT

Air 27.7 · YAC 5.4 avg

Overall 56.1% completion on 244 attempts · 26% completion on 35 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2026Sacramento State2-7HC: Alonzo Carter · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 18 (#145 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

18Below cohort / limited sample #145 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: explosive rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#49 / 157 · 69th pct

4.3%

Interception rate#95 / 157 · 40th pct

2.4%

Success rate#134 / 157 · 15th pct

36.2%

EPA / dropback#137 / 157 · 13th pct

-0.02

Explosive rate#154 / 157 · 2nd pct

4.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#86 / 159 · 46th pct

1374

Pass TDs#97 / 159 · 36th pct

Interceptions#114 / 159 · 23rd pct

Completion %#139 / 159 · 13th pct

56.1%

Fumbles lost#114 / 142 · 12th pct

Rush TDs#127 / 159 · 10th pct

Yards / att#155 / 159 · 3rd pct

5.6

Rush yards#155 / 159 · 3rd pct

-58

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 180 dropbacks

18Zeitgeist Passer Rating118th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 109.4 116th of 119 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

38.6%5th pct of FBS QBs

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

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.151st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.4%55th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (74 of 254 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 · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	178	1.0	5.5	1.0
Road3g	161	1.0	5.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	178	1.0	5.5	1.0
Weeks 8+2g	152	1.0	5.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alonzo Carter

Pass share

51.8%

300 pass / 279 run

Plays / game

64.3

9 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Starter

244 pass attempts and 37 carries in 8 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

18 · #145 of 145 QBs

Unranked recruit. Now #145 at the position.

Jackson Sharman

Style of play

This week

What fans said

In the game threads

Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Three seasons, two schools

2023