Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele

#3 · QB · So. · California6′3″ · 225 lb · Ewa Beach, HI · James Campbell

ZPR4767th of 119 QBs Last gameL 10–31at NC State · Oct 31

Nextat VirginiaSat Nov 14 · time TBA

California has lost five straight in the games played. A short-game passer who rarely runs.

Weakest: 8% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 31st lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Dickens, Northern Illinois.

Passing yards

1,751

178 of 264, 67%

TD–INT

11–6

6.6 per throw

NCAA rating

132.3

86th of 119

ZPR

67th of 119

How ZPR works

Up and down: great in 1, shaky or worse in 3.

0-2 against ranked teams, 188 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Wagner. Lowest: at NC State, with 1 interception and sacked 2 times. Biggest game: at SMU, No. 23.

Tap a game for its plays

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UCLA

L 24–45·Unranked

Solid

271 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 4 for -16 · Interceptions cost about 15 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 27 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 29% to 56%.

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at Syracuse

W 21–18·Unranked

Shaky

182 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for -5 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 23 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 40% to 63%.

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Wagner

W 49–7·FCS

Great

413 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · 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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Clemson

L 10–24·Unranked

Rough

Slow start, strong finish · 119 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 3 for -7 · Interceptions cost about 21 points of win chance · Sacked 2

Sagapolutele has looked slightly off all year. Not a ball knower and the offense as a whole has been dysfunctional, but the worry is creeping in
California fan

Biggest swing: a Q1 incompletion cost the team 19 points of win chance. Win chance: 71% to 52%.

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at UNLV

L 31–39·Unranked

Left in Q2

Last pass came in the second quarter; Jackson Brousseau finished the game · 195 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for -12 · The interception cost about 20 points of win chance · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q1 interception cost the team 20 points of win chance. It flipped the game against the team: 55% to 35%.

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Virginia Tech

W 25–20·Unranked

Did not play

Wake Forest

L 7–41·Ranked #21

Came on in Q3

Came on in the third quarter for Jackson Brousseau · 110 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · Sacked 0

at SMU

L 20–59·Ranked #23

Solid

Strong start, faded late · 265 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for -20 · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 15 points of win chance. Win chance: 54% to 69%.

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at NC State

L 10–31·Unranked

Rough

196 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for -12 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 24 points of win chance. Win chance: 23% to 47%.

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Season

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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. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. 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

Also: stays in the pocket, yards after catch

Why this word

Runs1.1 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws6.6 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes66% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws shorter than most and rarely runs. 1.1 carries a game. Closest matches: Dickens, Lindsey, Moss ’25, Brown.

Where the throws go

Behind the line23%typical 17%

Short45%typical 47%

Middle20%typical 22%

Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 1.1 times a game; 94% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Dickens Northern Illinois · Short-game passer
1,617 yards, 8 TD, 6 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and throw short.
Lindsey Minnesota · Short-game passer
1,592 yards, 10 TD, 6 INT so far. Both throw behind the line a lot and hit few big plays.
Moss ’25 Louisville 2025 · Short-game passer
2,679 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both hit few big plays and rarely run.
Brown Iowa · Short-game passer
1,190 yards, 8 TD, 3 INT so far. Both complete a lot and rarely run.

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

RecordCalifornia is 3-6.
Last gameOct. 31 · a loss to NC State, 196 passing yards.
From the game thread
“**SAGAPOLUTELE only going to copy and paste that once.** **JKS not bad. Should have learned that last year.**”
SMU fan, r/CFB game thread · at SMU, Oct 24
Next gameat Virginia · Sat Nov 14

What’s being said

11 stories in the last 30 days, from 8 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele Expected Back as California Starting QB - College Football News | Fantasy CFB

RotoBaller Oct 22

All 32 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q1, 11:30 · California tiedJaron-Keawe Sagapolutele finds Taimane Purcell for a 91-yard touchdownCalifornia at UNLV, week 5Q1, 11:30 · California 7, UNLV 09191-yard touchdown pass9191-yard touchdown pass91-yard touchdown passJ.Sagapolutele pass complete short right to T.Purcell caught at CAL25, for 91 yards to the UNLV00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play CBS Sports College Football

All 6 of his plays on video

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele

QB · California · #3

Played for two head coaches in two seasons at California. The first one came in 2025: All-ACC. One game to point at: 413 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Wagner — Week 3, 2026.

1,751 passing yards · 11 passing TD · -16 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	California	178	264	67.4%	1,751	6.6	11	6	132.3	47
2025	California	315	491	64.2%	3,446	7.0	18	9	131.5	40
Career		493	755	65.3%	5,197	6.9	29	15	131.8	42

Season	Team
2026	California	22	−72	−3.3	0	5
2025	California	60	−120	−2.0	4	25
Career		82	−192	−2.3	4	25

Last game (Wk 9): 196 passing yards, 1 passing TD, 1 interception.

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	L 24-45vs UCLA	Solid	24/41	271	2	2	6.6	62.5	2	-16
Wk 2	W 21-18@ Syracuse	Shaky	21/34	182	2	0	5.4	54.4	1	-5
Wk 3	W 49-7vs Wagner	Great	27/33	413	3	0	12.5	64.3	0	—	Season-high 413 yds
Wk 4	L 10-24vs Clemson	Rough	16/29	119	0	2	4.1	32.2	2	-7
Wk 5	L 31-39@ UNLV	Left in Q2	19/27	195	1	1	7.2	23.1	2	-12
Wk 7	L 7-41vs No. 21 Wake Forest	Came on in Q3	15/18	110	1	0	6.1	86.6	—	—
Wk 8	L 20-59@ No. 23 SMU	Solid	27/37	265	1	0	7.2	63.7	3	-20
Wk 9	L 10-31@ NC State	Rough	29/45	196	1	1	4.4	15.3	2	-12
Total			178/264	1751	11	6	6.6	—	12	-72

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 10-31 at NC State

29 of 45 for 196 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 10-31 at NC StateOct. 31196 yds29 of 45, 1 TD, 1 INTPlay by play just above · 4.4 yds an attempt, 97th in FBS

L 20-59 at SMUOct. 24265 yds27 of 37, 1 TD7.2 yds an attempt, 51st in FBS

27 of 37 for 265 yards and a touchdown.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

6 more games, with the play by play

L 7-41 vs Wake ForestOct. 17110 yds15 of 18, 1 TD6.1 yds an attempt, 80th in FBS

Play by playOn the field

15 of 18 for 110 yards and a touchdown. He was 2 of 5 on third and fourth down.

1 of 3 of his drives scored
2 of 5 on 3rd and 4th down

Third quarterbegan down 34-0
Punt3 of 3, 16 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 41-0
TD5 of 6, 51 yds1
Downs7 of 9, 43 yds2
FinalL 7-41

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
28-yard touchdown pass to Mason Mini. Fourth quarter, cut it to 41-7.
2
Incomplete on 4th and 5. Fourth quarter, down 41-7. Turnover on downs. Broken up by Wake Forest’s C. Holles.

1020304050

leftmiddleright

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

L 31-39 at UNLVOct. 3195 yds19 of 27, 1 TD, 1 INT7.2 yds an attempt, 61st in FBS

19 of 27 for 195 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 10-24 vs ClemsonSept. 25119 yds16 of 29, 2 INT4.1 yds an attempt, 120th in FBS

Play by playOn the field

16 of 29 for 119 yards and 2 interceptions. California’s last drive ended with his pass intercepted, down 24-10.

1 of 10 of his drives scored
1 of 9 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Int1 of 2, 17 yds12
Downs2 of 4, 10 yds3
Second quarterbegan up 7-0
Punt1 of 1, 1 yds
Missed FG2 of 4, 19 yds
Half0 of 2, 0 yds
Third quarterbegan down 10-7
FG2 of 3, 22 yds
Punt Td1 of 2, 9 yds
Punt1 of 1, 8 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 17-10
Punt4 of 6, 29 yds
Int2 of 4, 4 yds4
FinalL 10-24

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
17-yard completion to Chase Hendricks. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
Intercepted. First quarter, tied 0-0. Picked off by Clemson’s Elliot Washington II.
3
Incomplete to Mason Mini on 4th and 2. First quarter, tied 0-0. Turnover on downs. Broken up by Clemson’s D. Mayo.
4
Intercepted on 4th and 6. Fourth quarter, down 24-10. Picked off by Clemson’s Elliot Washington II.

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a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

W 49-7 vs WagnerSept. 19413 yds27 of 33, 3 TD12.5 yds an attempt, 6th in FBS

27 of 33 for 413 yards and 3 touchdowns; 12.5 yards an attempt, 6th-best in FBS that week.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 21-18 at SyracuseSept. 12182 yds21 of 34, 2 TD5.4 yds an attempt, 105th in FBS

21 of 34 for 182 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 24-45 vs UCLASept. 5271 yds24 of 41, 2 TD, 2 INT6.6 yds an attempt, 97th in FBS

24 of 41 for 271 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Wagner	W 49-7 · Graded great · 413 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at NC State	L 10-31 · Graded rough · 196 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for -12 · Sacked 2
Biggest game	at SMU	No. 23 at kickoff · L 20-59 · Graded solid · Strong start, faded late · 265 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for -20 · Sacked 3

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	ACC
Passing yards	1,751	T-46th of 370	11th of 48
Yards an attempt	6.6	T-119th of 152	17th of 19
Touchdown passes	11	T-56th of 370	12th of 48
Passer rating	132.3	102nd of 152	14th of 19
Completion percentage	67.4	31st of 152	6th of 19
Rushing yards	-72	370th of 370	48th of 48
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

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

All ACC quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Kevin Jennings	2,433	21	5	251	9.7
2	Darian Mensah	2,425	25	1	233	10.4
3	Davis Warren	2,203	14	3	308	7.2
4	Giovanni Lopez	2,176	18	1	228	9.5
5	Ethan Grunkemeyer	2,140	17	2	262	8.2
6	Lincoln Kienholz	2,094	12	3	208	10.1
7	Ashton Daniels	1,968	14	11	214	9.2
8	CJ Bailey	1,955	13	4	244	8.0
9	Billy Edwards	1,871	15	5	235	8.0
10	Alberto Mendoza	1,795	10	6	240	7.5
11	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	1,751	11	6	264	6.6
12	Walker Eget	1,641	9	3	215	7.6
13	Beau Pribula	1,587	14	3	212	7.5
14	Mason McKenzie	1,450	8	7	201	7.2
15	Mason Heintschel	1,304	14	1	148	8.8
16	Tait Reynolds	1,287	3	3	211	6.1
17	Steven Angeli	1,186	7	5	171	6.9
18	Holden Geriner	886	4	2	132	6.7
19	Jackson Brousseau	701	3	0	120	5.8
20	Malachi Nelson	532	3	2	70	7.6
21	Amari Odom	391	6	2	47	8.3
22	Corey Dailey	316	3	3	35	9.0
23	Eli Holstein	282	3	0	34	8.3
24	Luke Nickel	204	3	1	20	10.2
25	Dan Mahan	175	3	1	22	8.0
26	Grady Adamson	135	1	0	27	5.0
27	Bryce Baker	127	1	0	14	9.1
28	Ty Hawkins	117	2	0	14	8.4
29	Christopher Vizzina	102	1	2	23	4.4
30	Steele Pizzella	85	0	0	9	9.4
31	Trent Pearman	80	0	2	13	6.2
32	Danny Lauter	74	1	0	11	6.7
33	Femi Babalola	49	0	0	5	9.8
34	Mike Mitchell Jr.	46	0	0	10	4.6
35	Cole Geer	45	1	0	7	6.4
36	Terry Walker III	44	0	0	4	11.0
37	Will Wilson	35	2	0	12	2.9
38	Dereon Coleman	30	0	0	6	5.0
39	Briggs Cherry	24	0	0	2	12.0
40	Miles O'Neill	22	0	0	6	3.7
41	Kevin Sperry	21	0	0	5	4.2
42	Davin Wydner	19	1	0	4	4.8
43	Charlie Fiser	8	0	0	2	4.0
44	Cole Leinart	5	0	0	1	5.0
45	Brock Bradley	0	0	0	1	0.0
46	Charlie Mirer	0	0	1	1	0.0
47	Grayson Wilson	-1	0	0	5	-0.2
48	Ryan Zimmerman	-1	0	0	1	-1.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Passing yards1,75149th among current FBS players over the whole career (5,197).

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 -3 to +14 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Hendricks and Strong saw 105 of the 264 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Chase Hendricks	65	50	444	6.4	5.1
Ian Strong	40	25	329	10.9	4.3
Mason Mini	27	16	174	8.1	3.1
Adam Mohammed	18	16	156	-0.1	6.4
Taimane Purcell	18	13	203	7.7	9.7
16 others	80	58	445	4.5	5.7
No receiver charted	16	All six interceptions are among these

Play by play: 264 passes, 178 caught, 1,751 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

178/264 (67.4%) · 11 TD · 6 INT

264 of 264 attempts matched to play-by-play

263 of 264 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.82122 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

4.7%74 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (74 of 185), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (122 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

19% of attempts (51)

96%comp

Air -4.0 · YAC 9.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

49% of attempts (129)

74%comp1 INT

Air 3.7 · YAC 2.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of attempts (56)

39%comp1 INT

Air 13.4 · YAC 7.8 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

10% of attempts (27)

37%comp4 INT

Air 27.1 · YAC 4.0 avg

Overall 67.4% completion on 264 attempts · 37% completion on 27 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2026 baseline

No situation moves him more than 20 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-15 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/78 (5.1%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 2

+20 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/78 (6.4%) · league sack rate 5.0%

Down 3+

-5 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/67 (4.5%) · league sack rate 8.3%

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

2025California7-6HC: Justin Wilcox · Pass-leaning

2026California3-6HC: Tosh Lupoi · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 28 (#134 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

28Below cohort / limited sample #134 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: completion % (80th percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#58 / 157 · 63rd pct

4.7%

Interception rate#83 / 157 · 47th pct

2.3%

Success rate#110 / 157 · 30th pct

39.1%

EPA / dropback#123 / 157 · 22nd pct

0.03

Explosive rate#123 / 157 · 22nd pct

8.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#32 / 159 · 80th pct

67.4%

Pass yards#47 / 159 · 70th pct

1751

Fumbles lost#23 / 142 · 64th pct

Pass TDs#57 / 159 · 60th pct

Interceptions#114 / 159 · 23rd pct

Yards / att#122 / 159 · 22nd pct

6.6

Rush TDs#127 / 159 · 10th pct

Rush yards#159 / 159 · 0th pct

-72

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

48th → 22nd percentile

Success rate

51st → 30th percentile

Explosive rate

69th → 22nd percentile

Sack rate

48th → 63rd percentile

Interception rate

78th → 47th 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 223 dropbacks

47Zeitgeist Passer Rating67th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 132.3 86th of 119 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 19 places higher than passer rating does: the schedule adjustment credits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

46.3%45th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +2.8% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.3440th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.0%62nd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.3% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (53 of 276 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
Home4g	228	1.5	7.3	1.0
Road4g	210	1.2	6.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	215	1.5	7.0	0.8
Weeks 8+2g	230	1.0	5.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tosh Lupoi

Pass share

61.4%

386 pass / 243 run

Plays / game

69.9

9 games

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

California’s two quarterbacks

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	Threw in 8 of 9 games · 178 of 264, 1,751 yds, 11 TD, 6 INT · 6.6 yards an attempt on 264 attempts · ran for -72 yds, 0 TD
Jackson Brousseau	Threw in 5 of 9 games · 75 of 120, 701 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · 5.8 yards an attempt on 120 attempts · ran for 13 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: Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele. Gray: Jackson Brousseau. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4UCLA@ SyracuseWagnerClemson@ UNLVVirginia TechWake Forest@ SMU@ NC State

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Starter

264 pass attempts and 22 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

28 · #134 of 145 QBs

Former four-star. Now #134 at the position.

2026 outlook

Heisman market0.6%implied · #26 in the marketfull market ›

Two seasons at California

2026 is in progress.

2026 California Lupoi
Year 2 · 8 games
2025 California Wilcox
Year 1 · 13 games
Jan 2025 Entered the transfer portal
Oregon to California
High school James Campbell
Ewa Beach, HI · Class of 2025
Four-star, No. 67 in the 2025 class. Signed with Oregon.
Also from James Campbell: Nazaiah Caravallo (Hawai'i), Kamaehu Kopa-Kaawalauole (San José State), Kela Moore (Hawai'i) and 4 more.

Season by season

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele

California · Leads the team in passes

Four-star, No. 67 in the 2025 class. James Campbell, Ewa Beach, HI.

In 2026 Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele threw 264 of California's 386 passes, in eight of nine games.

Passing seasons on file
Year	School	Passes	Yards	TD	INT
2025	California	492	3,454	18	9
2026	California	264	1,751	11	6

Of 22 four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools who threw 100 or more passes in their first season, 18 threw 100 or more passes in their fourth season

Four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools whose first season on an FBS roster was 2015 to 2021. Sagapolutele is in the same spot now: four-star, 100 or more passes in a first season. Here is where each of the 22 stood in their fourth season. Press a row to see the names.

18Threw 100 or more passesAt a different school: seven of 18

Jake Browning, Washington, first season 2015. Passes in the fourth season: 386.
Drew Lock, Missouri, first season 2015. Passes in the fourth season: 437.
Kyle Shurmur, Vanderbilt, first season 2015. Passes in the fourth season: 406.
Shane Buechele, Texas, first season 2016. Passes in the fourth season: 490. At a different school.
Sam Ehlinger, Texas, first season 2017. Passes in the fourth season: 306.
Jarrett Guarantano, Tennessee, first season 2017. Passes in the fourth season: 166.
Kellen Mond, Texas A&M, first season 2017. Passes in the fourth season: 270.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 283.
Adrian Martinez, Nebraska, first season 2018. Passes in the fourth season: 306.
Jayden Daniels, Arizona State, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 388. At a different school.
Ryan Hilinski, South Carolina, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 256. At a different school.
Max Duggan, TCU, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 419.
Garrett Shrader, Mississippi State, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 317. At a different school.
Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 368.
Devin Leary, NC State, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 193.
John Rhys Plumlee, Ole Miss, first season 2019. Passes in the fourth season: 346. At a different school.
Max Johnson, LSU, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 190. At a different school.
Jaxson Dart, USC, first season 2021. Passes in the fourth season: 398. At a different school.

2On a roster, under 100 passesAt a different school: one of two

Jake Bentley, South Carolina, first season 2016. Passes in the fourth season: 30.
Jeff Sims, Georgia Tech, first season 2020. Passes in the fourth season: 47. At a different school.

0No roster listing

2Drafted

Jake Fromm, Georgia, first season 2017. Drafted No. 167 overall in 2020.
Sam Howell, North Carolina, first season 2019. Drafted No. 144 overall in 2022.

The furthest path up

This marks an edge of the group, not a usual path.

Furthest up: Sam Howell

North Carolina, first season 2019. Drafted No. 144 overall in 2022.

How to read this

The group is every one of the four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools with 100 or more passes in a first season on an FBS roster, first seasons 2015 to 2021. A quarterback counts under “Threw 100 or more passes” when the passes in the fourth season, at any FBS school, add to 100 or more. “No roster listing” means no FBS roster listed the quarterback as a QB that season. A missing listing does not say why a listing stops, and rosters below FBS are still being filled in. “Drafted” means picked in a draft held before the fourth season. Quarterbacks whose name matches a second QB id are left out. Furthest up is the highest draft pick in the group, or with no draft pick, the most passes in the fourth season. The low edge is a count of quarterbacks with no roster listing in the fourth season. Counts are from box scores and rosters on our list. Seasons before 2022 predate today's transfer rules.

Moves

Transferred from Oregon to California, Jan 5, 2025.

Honored in a first season.

The week the volume broke through — put up 413 yds vs Wagner.Wagner · W 49-72026

2025 13 games

Signed with OregonFour-star, out of James Campbell
Transferred to Californiafrom Oregon
All-ACC

Coaching lineage · 2025–2026

2 coaches

2025

Justin Wilcox

California

2026

Tosh Lupoi

California

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Justin Wilcox → Tosh Lupoi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele

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Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele

Of 22 four-star quarterbacks at Power Four schools who threw 100 or more passes in their first season, 18 threw 100 or more passes in their fourth season

The furthest path up

Furthest up: Sam Howell

Moves

2025 13 games