JC Evans

#1 · QB · 3rd-year · James Madison6′4″ · 232 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Central

Last gameL 21–24vs Troy · Oct 29

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Left in Q4 vs Troy.

Camden Coleman started James Madison’s last game, L 21-24 in overtime vs Troy, Oct 29.

James Madison’s next game: at Southern Miss, Thu Nov 5, 8:00 p.m. ET · ESPN2

This week

RecordJames Madison is 7-2.
Fans after App State
That’s enough. Put JC Evans in for the rest of the game plz
James Madison fan

What’s being said

4 stories in the last 60 days, from 6 outlets.

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

Camden Coleman, JC Evans making two-quarterback system work for JMU football - Daily News-Record

Culpeper Star-Exponent +2 Oct 20

All 6 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q4, 5:27 · James Madison up 3JC Evans finds Ke'Untae Mosley for a 1-yard touchdownJames Madison at Georgia Southern, week 6Q4, 5:27 · James Madison 27, Georgia Southern 17▲11%James Madison’s chance to win, 84% to 95%▲11%James Madison’s chance to win, 84% to 95%J.Evans pass complete short right to K.Mosley caught at GASO00, for 1 yard to the GASO00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this play Sun Belt Conference

All 5 of his plays on video

JC Evans

QB · James Madison · #1

The three seasons at James Madison span two head coaches: Bob Chesney and Billy Napier. On tape: 72 passing yards and 12 rushing yards against Troy, Week 9, 2026.

370 passing yards · 5 passing TD · 115 rushing yards

Style of play

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

6/26Inside-5 share

6 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (23.1%).

The latest game

Against Troy on Oct. 29: 8 of 10 for 72 yards. In the 5 games drawn here: 26 of 36 for 370 yards.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

L 21-24 vs Troy8 of 10, 72 yds
L 31-34 at App State5 of 7, 99 yds, 1 TD
W 49-22 vs Georgia State4 of 8, 80 yds, 1 TD
W 27-24 at Georgia Southern2 of 2, 58 yds, 2 TD
W 20-13 vs Liberty7 of 9, 61 yds, 1 TD

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

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	James Madison	26	36	72.2%	370	10.3	5	1	198.8
2025	James Madison	--	2	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0
2024	James Madison	1	1	100.0%	1	1.0	1	0	438.4
Career		27	39	69.2%	371	9.5	6	1	194.8

Season	Team
2026	James Madison	34	115	3.4	2	23
2025	James Madison	6	45	7.5	1	12
2024	James Madison	15	80	5.3	1	27
Career		55	240	4.4	4	27

Last game (Wk 9): 72 passing yards, 1 interception.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 20-13vs Liberty	Out after Q3	7/9	61	1	0	6.8	—	0	69
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Georgia Southern	Came in late	2/2	58	2	0	29.0	--	0	15
Wk 7	W 49-22vs Georgia State		4/8	80	1	0	10.0	83.7	0	21
Wk 8	L 31-34@ App State		5/7	99	1	0	14.1	81.9	0	-2	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 9	L 21-24vs Troy		8/10	72	0	1	7.2	21.0	1	12
Total			26/36	370	5	1	10.3	—	1	115

Signature game

Week 7 · 2026

W 49-22

vs Georgia State

80 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 83.7 · 21 rush yds (6 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 27-point win at home against Georgia State.

With M. Scott — 4 rec · 44 yds · 1 TD · 32 rush yds (1 car) · C. Coleman — 185 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 91.5 · 26 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Troy · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −7.47J.Evans pass intercepted by J.Powe at JMU37 J.Powe return 37 yards for a touchdown PENALTY JMU Ineligible Downfield on Pass declined
Week 6 · Georgia Southern · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +6.37Evans to Keller: a 57-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · App State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +5.69Evans to Wisloski: a 70-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Troy · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA −3.77Evans to Harrison: a 14-yard pass.
Week 7 · Georgia State · 2nd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Evans to Keller: a 41-yard pass.
Week 1 · Liberty · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.14J.Evans pass complete deep middle to C.Keller caught at LU 41, for 30 yards to the LU 34 (D.Hopkins)

4 more plays

Week 7 · Georgia State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Evans to Halbert: a 22-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Troy · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +2.83Evans to Grevious: a 19-yard pass.
Week 6 · Georgia Southern · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Evans to Mosley: a 1-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Georgia State · 3rd and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.54J.Evans rush left for 2 yards gain for a touchdown

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Sun Belt
Passing yards	370	177th of 370	22nd of 38
Yards an attempt	10.3	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	5	T-127th of 370	14th of 38
Passer rating	198.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	72.2	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	115	98th of 370	15th of 38
Rushing touchdowns	2	T-71st of 370	T-5th of 38

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 36 attempts of the 90 needed after 9 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Sun Belt quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Trey Owens	1,940	11	6	233	8.3
2	Deuce Bailey	1,935	19	6	236	8.2
3	Max Johnson	1,928	11	2	279	6.9
4	Malachi Singleton	1,915	9	4	237	8.1
5	Camden Coleman	1,743	16	4	238	7.3
6	Lunch Winfield	1,457	6	5	196	7.4
7	Cameran Brown	1,356	14	5	166	8.2
8	Blake Baker	1,327	13	1	149	8.9
9	Landry Lyddy	1,326	8	4	201	6.6
10	Aidan Armenta	1,316	9	3	187	7.0
11	Jared Hollins	1,195	9	4	156	7.7
12	Will Crowder	1,162	9	5	183	6.3
13	Carlos Del Rio-Wilson	1,080	6	5	148	7.3
14	Quinn Henicle	648	4	4	98	6.6
15	Zion Turner	608	2	3	92	6.6
16	Jaxon Potter	495	0	4	83	6.0
17	Trey Kukuk	494	4	2	76	6.5
18	Ayden Pereira	463	4	3	73	6.3
19	Bishop Davenport	450	3	0	59	7.6
20	Ethan Hampton	419	2	4	75	5.6
21	Ryan Huff	394	2	1	62	6.4
22	JC Evans	370	5	1	36	10.3
23	Austin Carlisle	360	3	3	67	5.4
24	Turner Helton	275	1	1	38	7.2
25	Tucker Kilcrease	252	1	0	46	5.5
26	Henry Hasselbeck	172	2	1	26	6.6
27	Khalil Wilkins	122	0	0	14	8.7
28	Arrington Maiden	111	2	0	8	13.9
29	Daniel Beale	90	0	1	10	9.0
30	Weston Bryan	26	0	0	8	3.2
31	Gavin Nuckolls	20	0	0	3	6.7
32	Tommy Ulatowski	20	0	0	5	4.0
33	TJ Stanley	19	0	0	3	6.3
34	Tanner Vibabul	16	0	0	1	16.0
35	Tre Guerra	11	0	0	4	2.8
36	Jackson Bradley	3	0	0	3	1.0
37	John White	0	0	0	2	0.0
38	Landon Graves	0	0	0	3	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 -10 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Scott and Keller saw 10 of the 36 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Corey Scott	6	5	27	8.8	0.8
Cole Keller	4	4	134	17.2	16.2
Jeremiah Harrison	4	3	25	3.2	5.3
Braeden Wisloski	4	2	78	13.2	15.0
George Pettaway	4	1	5	-1.0	5.0
8 others	13	11	87	5.8	2.6
No receiver charted	1	The interception is among these

Play by play: 36 passes, 26 caught, 356 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

2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning

2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy

2026James Madison7-2HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

37Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (98th percentile). Strength: completion % (97th percentile).

Box-score rates

Yards / att#4 / 159 · 98th pct

10.3

Completion %#6 / 159 · 97th pct

72.2%

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 · 5 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	71.0	0.7	8.0	0.3
Road2g	78.5	1.5	21.6	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	66.3	1.3	15.3	0.0
Weeks 8+2g	85.5	0.5	10.7	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Pass share

45.5%

283 pass / 339 run

Plays / game

69.1

9 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

James Madison’s quarterbacks

JC Evans	Threw in 5 of 9 games · 26 of 36, 370 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT · 10.3 yards an attempt on 36 attempts · ran for 115 yds, 2 TD
Camden Coleman	Threw in all 9 games · 146 of 238, 1,743 yds, 16 TD, 4 INT · 7.3 yards an attempt on 238 attempts · ran for 116 yds, 2 TD
Arrington Maiden	Threw in 1 of 9 games · 7 of 8, 111 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · 13.9 yards an attempt on 8 attempts · ran for 23 yds, 0 TD
Tanner Vibabul	Threw in 1 of 9 games · 1 of 1, 16 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 16.0 yards an attempt on 1 attempt

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: JC Evans. Gray: Camden Coleman, Arrington Maiden, Tanner Vibabul. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OTLibertyWagner@ San Diego State@ Old DominionMarshall@ Georgia SouthernGeorgia State@ App StateTroy

Awards

Player standing · 2026

36 pass attempts and 34 carries in 5 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 1,826 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Sun Belt.

JC Evans

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

Style of play

In the news in the last 60 days

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

In the news across his career

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

James Madison’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

36 pass attempts and 34 carries in 5 games

Starter

Three seasons at James Madison

2024 3 games