Jacurri Brown

#11 · QB · Rice6′4″ · 227 lb · Valdosta, GA · Lowndes

Passing yards471159th of 159 quarterbacks Last gameL 49–51at Florida Atlantic · Oct 24

Nextat North TexasSat Nov 7 · 4 pm ET

Did not play in Rice’s last game.

Gael Ochoa started the last one, L 49-51 at Florida Atlantic, Oct 24.

Rice’s next game: at North Texas, Sat Nov 7, 4:00 p.m. ET · ESPNU

Worth knowing

Jacurri Brown played at Miami and UCF before joining Rice.

Jacurri Brown

QB · Rice · #11

Played for four head coaches at three programs in five seasons: Mario Cristobal, Gus Malzahn, Scott Frost and Scott Abell. A game that shows it: 128 rushing yards and 121 passing yards against Western Michigan — Week 3, 2026.

471 passing yards · 2 passing TD · 668 rushing yards

Style of play

Play style

Extends plays on the move until something opens up.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Tyrone SwoopesTexas · 2015 · 49% season match
Garrett ShraderSyracuse · 2021 · 47% season match
Caleb HeavnerMiami (OH) · 2026 · 46% season match
Quinn HenicleOld Dominion · 2026 · 45% season match
Justin LamsonStanford · 2023 · 45% season match

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Rice	39	82	47.6%	471	5.7	2	2	99.0	26
2025	UCF	3	5	60.0%	97	19.4	1	1	249.0	--
2024	UCF	34	66	51.5%	387	5.9	1	4	93.6	44
2023	Miami	20	31	64.5%	181	5.8	1	1	117.8	--
2022	Miami	27	47	57.4%	230	4.9	3	3	106.9	38
Career		123	231	53.2%	1,366	5.9	8	11	104.8	34

Season	Team
2026	Rice	118	668	5.7	6	78
2025	UCF	16	142	8.9	2	60
2024	UCF	53	401	7.6	4	67
2023	Miami	15	57	3.8	2	11
2022	Miami	54	223	4.1	0	40
Career		256	1,491	5.8	14	78

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 31-3vs Houston Christian		2/5	11	0	0	2.2	—	0	98
Wk 2	L 0-52@ No. 3 Notre Dame		8/12	64	0	0	5.3	17.8	1	32
Wk 3	L 21-28vs Western Michigan	Solid	11/18	121	1	0	6.7	54.5	1	128	Season-high 121 yds
Wk 4	L 24-38@ Fresno State	Shaky	8/17	119	1	1	7.0	43.4	2	141
Wk 5	L 14-16vs UTSA	Rough	6/14	88	0	0	6.3	79.5	3	96
Wk 6	L 12-28@ East Carolina		2/10	21	0	1	2.1	1.4	1	19
Wk 7	L 17-38vs Tulsa		2/6	47	0	0	7.8	91.5	0	154
Total			39/82	471	2	2	5.7	—	8	668

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

L 21-28

vs Western Michigan

128 rush yds (23 car) · 1 TD · 121 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.5

With C. Durkin — 44 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · M. Mosey — 16 rush yds (1 car) · 1 rec · 5 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Tulsa · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.89J.Brown rush middle for 78 yards gain to the Tulsa00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 4 · Fresno State · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +6.21J.Brown rush right for 50 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 4 · Fresno State · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +4.81Brown to Mosey: a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Tulsa · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +4.66J.Brown rush left for 50 yards gain to the Tulsa00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 2 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA −4.65J.Brown rush left for 6 yards loss to the Rice06 fumbled by J.Brown at Rice06 recovered by UND K.Viliamu-Asa at Rice06, End Of Play
Week 6 · East Carolina · 2nd and 11 · Q4 · EPA −4.50J.Brown pass intercepted by J.Davis at RICE25 broken up by J.Lampley J.Davis return 5 yards, End Of Play

4 more plays

Week 4 · Fresno State · 3rd and 11 · Q3 · EPA −4.45J.Brown sacked for loss of 15 yards (T.Khajavi), fumble by J.Brown recovered by FRES D.Hampsten at RICE19, End Of Play
Week 2 · Notre Dame · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −4.38J.Brown rush right for 4 yards gain fumbled by J.Brown at UND13 forced by K.Kia recovered by UND R.Dunham at UND16, End Of Play
Week 4 · Fresno State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA −4.24J.Brown pass intercepted by S.Harris at FRES31 S.Harris return 8 yards (N.Bledsoe)
Week 5 · UTSA · 4th and 13 · Q4 · EPA −3.97J.Brown rush left for 8 yards gain to the Rice23 (D.White), TURNOVER ON DOWNS

Where he ranks

5th among FBS quarterbacks in rushing yards. 3rd among American Athletic quarterbacks in rushing touchdowns.

Stat	His	Nation	American Athletic
Passing yards	471	161st of 370	16th of 37
Yards an attempt	5.7	148th of 152	15th of 15
Touchdown passes	2	T-173rd of 370	T-17th of 37
Passer rating	99.0	152nd of 152	15th of 15
Completion percentage	47.6	152nd of 152	15th of 15
Rushing yards	668	5th of 370	3rd of 37
Rushing touchdowns	6	T-16th of 370	3rd of 37

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

All American Athletic quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Tayven Jackson	2,568	22	5	268	9.6
2	Caden Veltkamp	2,534	23	5	315	8.0
3	Marcus Stokes	2,532	25	6	259	9.8
4	Owen McCown	1,751	10	4	243	7.2
5	Baylor Hayes	1,343	10	2	192	7.0
6	Ryder Burton	1,333	6	5	194	6.9
7	Michael Van Buren Jr.	1,273	6	0	181	7.0
8	Ajani Sheppard	1,245	8	3	140	8.9
9	Conner Harrell	831	5	2	108	7.7
10	Kadin Semonza	804	4	2	119	6.8
11	Cole Gonzales	802	3	7	127	6.3
12	Mitch Griffis	753	4	5	126	6.0
13	Trace Johnson	749	2	4	106	7.1
14	Jackson Gutierrez	717	7	1	71	10.1
15	Emory Williams	716	7	2	117	6.1
16	Jacurri Brown	471	2	2	82	5.7
17	Cale Hellums	462	4	2	76	6.1
18	Dexter Williams II	340	3	0	59	5.8
19	Gael Ochoa	160	1	0	16	10.0
20	Chaston Ditta	159	1	0	19	8.4
21	Braxton Woodson	152	0	1	25	6.1
22	Jaxon Smolik	129	1	1	27	4.8
23	Air Noland	83	2	1	9	9.2
24	Zach Mundell	82	0	0	3	27.3
25	Drew Devillier	79	0	0	13	6.1
26	Zeon Chriss	64	0	0	9	7.1
27	Luke Kromenhoek	60	0	0	14	4.3
28	Chris Jimerson Jr.	55	1	0	3	18.3
29	Patrick Crayton Jr.	29	0	0	2	14.5
30	Nate Rogers	24	0	0	5	4.8
31	Jordan Magwood	16	0	0	3	5.3
32	Ethan Washington	13	0	0	2	6.5
33	Bryson Luter	12	0	1	4	3.0
34	Dagan Bruno	10	0	0	1	10.0
35	Jeremiah Daoud	6	0	0	4	1.5
36	Jaylen White	5	0	0	5	1.0
37	Brandon Tennison	0	0	0	2	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 -4 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Clark and Jackson saw 37 of the 82 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Jordan Clark	23	14	159	6.5	4.2
Barry Jackson Jr.	14	7	102	14.4	0.7
Braylen Walker	13	5	40	11.5	4.6
Ben Grice	9	6	64	11.1	2.7
Max Mosey	7	2	45	13.3	23.5
7 others	13	5	61	15.1	3.0
No receiver charted	3	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 82 passes, 39 caught, 471 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

39/82 (47.6%) · 2 TD · 2 INT

82 of 82 attempts matched to play-by-play

82 of 82 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

3.72177 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

10.9%174 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 10.9% of dropbacks (174 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (177 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 (8)

88%comp

Air -3.2 · YAC 9.6 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

46% of attempts (38)

50%comp1 INT

Air 5.1 · YAC 3.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

22% of attempts (18)

50%comp1 INT

Air 13.3 · YAC 0.8 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

22% of attempts (18)

22%comp

Air 27.3 · YAC 4.8 avg

Overall 47.6% completion on 82 attempts · 22% completion on 18 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023Miami7-6HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2024UCF4-8HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-heavy

2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced

2026Rice1-7HC: Scott Abell · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 46 (#79 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

46Rotational starter #79 of 145 · through 7 games?

13 metrics · season cumulative

through 7 games score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: rush yards (98th percentile). Strength: rush tds (91st percentile). Concern: success rate (2nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#94 / 157 · 40th pct

2.4%

Explosive rate#136 / 157 · 14th pct

7.3%

Sack rate#148 / 157 · 6th pct

10.9%

EPA / dropback#154 / 157 · 2nd pct

-0.27

Success rate#155 / 157 · 2nd pct

28.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#3 / 159 · 98th pct

668

Rush TDs#12 / 159 · 91st pct

Interceptions#18 / 159 · 81st pct

Yards / att#154 / 159 · 3rd pct

5.7

Pass TDs#153 / 159 · 3rd pct

Fumbles lost#137 / 142 · 2nd pct

Pass yards#159 / 159 · 0th pct

471

Completion %#159 / 159 · 0th pct

47.6%

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.

Thin sample: 83 dropbacks

26Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

34.4%1st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +0.7% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.764th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

9.4%4th pct of FBS QBs

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

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (8 of 91 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 · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	66.8	0.2	5.8	0.0
Road3g	68.0	0.3	4.8	0.7

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	67.3	0.3	5.3	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Abell

Pass share

20.2%

100 pass / 394 run

Plays / game

61.8

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Rice’s quarterbacks

Jacurri Brown	Threw in 7 of 8 games · 39 of 82, 471 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · 5.7 yards an attempt on 82 attempts · ran for 668 yds, 6 TD
Gael Ochoa	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 8 of 16, 160 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · 10.0 yards an attempt on 16 attempts · ran for 278 yds, 5 TD
Patrick Crayton Jr.	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 2, 29 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 14.5 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 45 yds, 0 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: Jacurri Brown. Gray: Gael Ochoa, Patrick Crayton Jr.. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Houston Christian@ Notre DameWestern Michigan@ Fresno StateUTSA@ East CarolinaTulsa@ Florida Atlantic

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Starter

118 carries and 82 pass attempts in 7 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

46 · #79 of 145 QBs · through 7 games

Jacurri Brown

This week

Worth knowing

Style of play

Similar players

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Rice’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

Starter

Five seasons, three schools

Moves

2024 9 games

2026 7 games