JC French

#4 · QB · Cincinnati6′1″ · 205 lb · Roswell, GA · Blessed Trinity Catholic

Cincinnati is 5-3 in the eight games played. A chain-mover.

Strongest: an interception on 0.5% of throws, 11th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,773

143 of 213, 67%

TD–INT

13–3

8.3 per throw

NCAA rating

154.4

33rd of 119

ZPR

61

36th of 119

How ZPR works

One rough passing grade, at Arizona.

  • 1-1 against ranked teams, 218 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Kansas State. Lowest: at Arizona, sacked 3 times. Biggest game: Utah, No. 6.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

Gets better after halftime

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

Chain-mover

Also: mobile, accurate, short passer

Why this word
Runs6.6 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws7.3 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes70% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks7% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 6.6 carries a game. Closest matches: Weigman, Grunkemeyer, Baker, Jackson.

Where the throws go

Behind the line18%typical 17%
Short50%typical 47%
Middle22%typical 22%
Deep10%typical 14%

Runs 6.6 times a game; 75% of starters run less.

Closest in style

WeigmanGrunkemeyerBakerJacksonThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Weigman Houston · Chain-mover
    2,052 yards, 20 TD, 2 INT so far. Both score a lot and are efficient.
  • Grunkemeyer Virginia Tech · Rhythm passer
    2,140 yards, 17 TD, 2 INT so far. Both complete a lot and protect the ball.
  • Baker Louisiana Tech · Rhythm passer
    1,327 yards, 13 TD, 1 INT so far. Both score a lot and complete a lot.
  • Jackson Texas State · Dual-threat
    1,933 yards, 18 TD, 5 INT so far. Both are efficient and score a lot.

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

  • RecordCincinnati is 5-3.
  • Last gameOct. 31 · a loss to Utah, 263 passing yards.
  • Fans after Utah

    French just deciding to take a killshot for no good reason. lol.

    Cincinnati fan

  • Next gameat Houston · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

8 stories in the last 30 days, from 10 outlets.

Oct 6: 1Oct 8: 1Oct 24: 4Oct 25: 1Oct 31: 1L 42-45 at West VirginiaLW 37-24 vs Texas TechWL 25-49 vs UtahLOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 4
Oct 6: 1Oct 8: 1Oct 24: 4Oct 25: 1Oct 31: 1L 42-45 at West VirginiaLW 37-24 vs Texas TechWL 25-49 vs UtahLOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 4
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

All 27 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • JC French has 7 rushing touchdowns, tied for 7th among FBS quarterbacks.
  • JC French has 3 interceptions in 213 throws, the 8th-fewest among FBS quarterbacks.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 4:55 · Cincinnati breaks the tieJC French finds Isaiah Johnson for a 51-yard touchdownCincinnati at West Virginia, week 7Q2, 4:55 · Cincinnati 14, West Virginia 75151-yard touchdown pass5151-yard touchdown pass51-yard touchdown passJ.French IV pass complete short right to I.Johnson caught at CIN49, for 51 yards to the WVU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Runner was inbounds". CALL UPHELD, kick goodWatch from this play Big 12 Conference

All 11 of his plays on video

JC French

QB · Cincinnati · #4

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

JC French takes over from Brendan Sorsby at Cincinnati.

1,773passing yards13passing TD291rushing yards

Passing value per play

+0.40

our model · 2026 · 180 plays

Read the story so far

JC French arrived as a 3-star prospect. JC French lines up at QB for Cincinnati.

On the field, the headline is 1,773 pass yds, with 13 pass td.

JC French inherited the QB job from Brendan Sorsby (3-star).

The number to watch: +0.40 — passing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromBrendan Sorsby 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04