Jeff Undercuffler: QB · Akron · #13.
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Jeff Undercuffler
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Two seasons in the Akron quarterback room to date. First career honor, 2023: MAC Offensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 298 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Kent State — Week 10, 2023.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
79.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.6% conversion-per-dropback — 57.9% 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. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 24-21vs Morgan State | 18/25 | 209 | 1 | 3 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 3 | L 3-35@ Kentucky | 6/7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 73.0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-29@ Indiana | 4/7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 2.7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-13vs Buffalo | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17@ Central Michigan | 10/16 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 4.9 | 53.6 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Bowling Green | 22/39 | 234 | 0 | 2 | 6.0 | 11.3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-27vs Kent State | 23/39 | 298 | 2 | 0 | 7.6 | 61.3 | Season-high 298 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 0-19@ Miami (OH) | 20/36 | 156 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 15.1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan | 19/26 | 223 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 86.1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-25vs Ohio | 16/27 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 12.7 | |
| Total | 138/224 | 1378 | 4 | 9 | 6.2 | — |
Week 10 · 2023
W 31-27
vs Kent State
298 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 61.3
A close one, won by 4 at home.
With L. Lingard — 106 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · 2 rec · 49 yds · D. Jackson — 36.6 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
2 seasons under Joe Moorhead, all pass-leaning offenses — 4-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 152 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 1.0 |
| Road6g | 128 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 72.8 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 203 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Pass share
55.5%
423 pass / 339 run
Plays / game
63.5
12 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
224 pass attempts and 26 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at Akron, 1,915 passing yards — the college career is complete.
