James Laubstein

#12 · QB · 6th-year · New Mexico6′3″ · 209 lb · Bethany, CT

Last gameW 21–16at San José State · Oct 31

Nextat NevadaFri Nov 6 · 9 pm ET

James Laubstein is a quarterback at New Mexico who has played in 6 of New Mexico's 8 games this season, most recently Oct 17 against Hawai'i.

New Mexico is 7-1, No. 22 in the AP poll (week 10).

Second year in the New Mexico quarterback room.

0 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 88 rushing yards

Style of play

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

10/123rd/4th & short

4/25Inside-5 share

10 of 12 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (83.3%). 4 of the team's 25 inside-the-5 carries (16.0%).

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	New Mexico	--	1	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0.0
2025	New Mexico	11	17	64.7%	96	5.6	2	151.0
Career		11	18	61.1%	96	5.3	2	142.6

Season	Team
2026	New Mexico	20	88	4.4	5	14
2025	New Mexico	59	363	6.2	1	58
Career		79	451	5.7	6	58

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 38-7vs Central Michigan		Carried 6 times, no pass attempts						—	18
Wk 2	W 70-7vs Mercyhurst		Carried once, no pass attempts						—	0
Wk 3	L 6-14@ No. 24 Oklahoma	Left in Q2	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	--	0	3	Season-high 0 yds
Wk 4	W 42-18@ New Mexico State		Carried 4 times, no pass attempts						—	17
Wk 5	W 61-7vs UTEP		Carried 7 times, no pass attempts						—	38
Wk 7	W 21-10@ Hawai'i		Carried once, no pass attempts						—	12
Total			0/1	0	0	0	0.0	—	0	88

Signature game

Week 4 · 2026

W 42-18

at New Mexico State

17 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 24-point win on the road against New Mexico State.

With T. Faavae — 174 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.3 · 57 rush yds (11 car) · B. George — 3 rec · 102 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Mercyhurst · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA −4.26J.Laubstein rush left for 0 yards (C.Scharriter), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 5 · UTEP · 4th and 2 · Q1 · EPA −4.06J.Laubstein rush middle for 1 yard gain (G.Hawkins), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 4 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.63J.Laubstein rush middle for 9 yards gain for a touchdown, PENALTY NMSU Offside declined
Week 5 · UTEP · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.62J.Laubstein rush left for 14 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.45J.Laubstein rush middle for 1 yard gain for a touchdown
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 4th and 1 · Q1 · EPA +2.24J.Laubstein rush middle for 3 yards gain (Q.Bird; J.Alston)

4 more plays

Week 5 · UTEP · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +2.22J.Laubstein rush middle for 5 yards gain (S.Smith; I.Bogerty)
Week 1 · Central Michigan · 2nd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.21J.Laubstein rush middle for 3 yards gain for a touchdown S.Humphrey rush attempt Successful
Week 4 · New Mexico State · 4th and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.09J.Laubstein rush middle for 5 yards gain (F.Fualema)
Week 5 · UTEP · 3rd and 1 · Q1 · EPA +1.44J.Laubstein rush middle for 10 yards gain (A.Hutchinson; D.Williams)

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Mountain West
Passing yards	0	T-352nd of 370	T-25th of 26
Yards an attempt	0.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	0.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	0.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	88	115th of 370	8th of 26
Rushing touchdowns	5	T-25th of 370	T-5th of 26

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 1 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Mountain West quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Micah Alejado	2,186	9	6	337	6.5
2	Luke Weaver	1,810	11	8	242	7.5
3	Nathan Hayes	1,710	13	8	228	7.5
4	Jackson Arnold	1,660	13	4	212	7.8
5	Taron Dickens	1,617	8	6	247	6.5
6	Toa Faavae	888	5	7	101	8.8
7	EJ Colson	687	7	5	99	6.9
8	Carter Jones	654	3	2	89	7.3
9	AJ Bianco	397	2	3	71	5.6
10	Liam Szarka	296	1	4	38	7.8
11	Luke Duncan	265	2	5	55	4.8
12	Luke Moga	248	3	0	38	6.5
13	Daniel Rolovich	193	1	0	26	7.4
14	Evan Medders	92	2	0	14	6.6
15	Robert McDaniel	48	0	0	13	3.7
16	Trey Drake	35	0	0	4	8.8
17	Brady Davidson	27	0	0	6	4.5
18	Braesen Leon	22	0	0	1	22.0
19	Jalen Macon	20	0	1	13	1.5
20	Josh Johnson	20	0	0	4	5.0
21	Bjorn Jurgensen	13	0	0	8	1.6
22	Alex Orji	9	0	1	5	1.8
23	Preston Brown	4	0	0	4	1.0
24	Reeve Slone	4	0	2	4	1.0
25	James Laubstein	0	0	0	1	0.0
26	Kemper Hodges	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 -24 to +10 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

The play by play charts 1 throws.

Receiver	Targets, caught	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
No receiver charted		1

Play by play: 1 passes, 0 caught, 0 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Jason Eck — 16-5 over that span.

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

2026New Mexico7-1HC: Jason Eck · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 33. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

33Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / att (0th percentile).

Box-score rates

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

0.0

Completion %#160 / 160 · 0th pct

0.0%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Road3g	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

Pass share

28.9%

142 pass / 349 run

Plays / game

61.4

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

New Mexico’s quarterbacks

James Laubstein	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 0 of 1, 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 0.0 yards an attempt on 1 attempt · ran for 88 yds, 5 TD
Toa Faavae	Threw in all 8 games · 58 of 101, 888 yds, 5 TD, 7 INT · 8.8 yards an attempt on 101 attempts · ran for 285 yds, 2 TD
Luke Moga	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 23 of 38, 248 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · 6.5 yards an attempt on 38 attempts · ran for -11 yds, 1 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: James Laubstein. Gray: Luke Moga, Toa Faavae. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Central MichiganMercyhurst@ Oklahoma@ New Mexico StateUTEP@ Hawai'iNorth Dakota State@ San José State

Awards

Player standing · 2026

20 carries and 1 pass attempt in 6 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

Returning starter at quarterback for a 9-4 New Mexico team that went +0 in the portal.