#18

Jalen Mayden

Senior quarterback for San Diego State. 2023: 2,031 passing yards, 10 TD, 9 INT.

QB · San Diego State · Sr. · #18

6′3″ · 220 lb · Sachse, TX

CFB Index 38 · #93 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceSan Diego State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DUAL recruit

No. 361 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for San Diego State. 2023: 2,031 passing yards, 10 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Mississippi State in 2018.
Transferred from Mississippi State to San Diego State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at San Diego State, 4,108 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

20183 games

Signed with Mississippi State4-star out of Sachse

2021

The snaps went the other way.

Entered the portal

202210 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#361 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2021–2023

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Mississippi State8-5HC: Joe Moorhead · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023San Diego State4-8HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

38Below cohort / limited sample #93 of 140?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (91st percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (30th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#86 / 177 · 52nd pct

6.0%

Success rate#95 / 177 · 46th pct

41.4%

Explosive rate#110 / 177 · 38th pct

9.3%

Interception rate#111 / 177 · 38th pct

0.7%

EPA / dropback#125 / 177 · 30th pct

0.19

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#17 / 179 · 91st pct

528

Rush TDs#37 / 179 · 77th pct

Completion %#59 / 179 · 67th pct

63.4%

Pass yards#83 / 179 · 54th pct

2031

Pass TDs#109 / 179 · 38th pct

Yards / att#134 / 179 · 24th pct

6.5

Interceptions#133 / 179 · 22nd pct

Fumbles lost#145 / 167 · 10th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

87th → 30th percentile

Success rate

71st → 46th percentile

Explosive rate

74th → 38th percentile

Sack rate

40th → 52nd percentile

Interception rate

8th → 38th percentile

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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

172/268 (64.2%) · 10 TD · 9 INT

268 of 314 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.18155 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

5.1%90 of 212 QBs

Rarely sacked (90 of 212), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (155 of 212).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

57%of completions

98 comp4.7 yds avg2 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

28%of completions

49 comp13.5 yds avg1 TD

Deep

20+ yds

15%of completions

25 comp26.6 yds avg4 TD

Overall 64.2% completion on 268 attempts · 25 deep completions averaging 26.6 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2023 baseline

No situation moves him more than 14 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-14 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/78 (5.1%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

+5 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/105 (2.9%) · league sack rate 5.2% · ~our read

Down 3+

+8 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/78 (11.5%) · league sack rate 9.1% · ~our read

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	170	1.1	6.3	0.6
Road5g	169	0.4	6.5	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	184	0.9	7.0	0.9
Weeks 8+5g	149	0.8	5.5	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

38 · #93 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #93 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	San Diego State	199	314	63.4%	2,031	6.5	10	9	122.5	33	--	--
2022	San Diego State	140	236	59.3%	2,018	8.6	12	10	139.5	71	--	--
2021	San Diego State	5	6	83.3%	50	8.3	1	0	208.3	--	--	--
2018	Mississippi State	1	2	50.0%	9	4.5	0	0	87.8	--	--	--
Career		345	558	61.8%	4,108	7.4	23	19	130.5	51	--	--

Season	Team
2023	San Diego State	128	528	4.1	5	--
2022	San Diego State	69	231	3.3	3	--
2021	San Diego State	4	36	9.0	0	--
2018	Mississippi State	7	32	4.6	0	--
Career		208	827	4.0	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 36–28

vs Idaho State

85 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.8 · 132 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Edged out Idaho State at home in a shootout.

With J. Browning — 43 LONG · 100 PCT · 10 PTS · M. Blake — 58 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 7 · Hawai'i · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +6.52Jalen Mayden pass complete to Mekhi Shaw for 69 yds for a TD (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 13 · Fresno State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +6.46Jalen Mayden run for 70 yds for a TD (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 1 · Idaho State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.37Jalen Mayden run for 56 yds for a TD (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 8 · Nevada · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA -3.99Jalen Mayden run for 2 yds to the NEV 25 Jalen Mayden fumbled, recovered by NEV Jonathan Maldonado
Week 4 · Boise State · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Jalen Mayden pass complete to Brionne Penny for 36 yds to the BOIS 41 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Fresno State · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.66Jalen Mayden pass complete to Baylin Brooks for 28 yds to the FRES 34 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Boise State · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +3.64Jalen Mayden pass complete to Baylin Brooks for 34 yds for a TD (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 7 · Hawai'i · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA -3.59Jalen Mayden run for no gain to the HAW 21
Week 1 · Ohio · 3&12 · Q2 · EPA +3.27Jalen Mayden pass complete to Mark Redman for 13 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 3 · Oregon State · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +3.16Jalen Mayden pass complete to Mark Redman for 24 yds to the ORST 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs Ohio	18/28	164	2	0	5.9	53.0
Wk 1	W 36-28vs Idaho State	13/19	85	0	0	4.5	60.8
Wk 2	L 10-35vs UCLA	19/37	196	1	3	5.3	27.8	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 3	L 9-26@ Oregon State	20/32	256	0	1	8.0	42.0
Wk 4	L 31-34vs Boise State	16/22	241	1	0	11.0	86.5
Wk 5	L 10-49@ Air Force	13/24	122	1	1	5.1	53.0
Wk 7	W 41-34@ Hawai'i	18/24	221	1	1	9.2	35.6
Wk 8	L 0-6vs Nevada	6/14	47	0	0	3.4	3.8
Wk 10	L 24-32vs Utah State	25/39	265	3	1	6.8	42.2	Season-high 265 yds
Wk 11	L 19-22@ Colorado State	19/25	128	0	0	5.1	33.2
Wk 12	L 13-24@ San José State	15/24	117	0	2	4.9	26.5
Wk 13	W 33-18vs Fresno State	17/26	189	1	0	7.3	74.1
Total		199/314	2031	10	9	6.4	44.9

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

57.6%Completion %

27.8%Conversion/dropback

47.4%Land short of sticks

1INTs

57.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 27.8% conversion-per-dropback — 47.4% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

1/22Inside-5 share

1 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (4.5%).