Jeremy Hecklinski

#10 · QB · 3rd-year · Iowa5′11″ · 201 lb · Marietta, GA · Walton

Last gameW 30–0vs Wisconsin · Oct 31

Nextat NorthwesternSat Nov 7 · 7:30 pm ET

Did not play in Iowa’s last game.

Hank Brown started the last one, W 30-0 vs No. 25 Wisconsin, Oct 31.

Iowa’s next game: at Northwestern, Sat Nov 7, 7:30 p.m. ET · FOX

This week

RecordIowa is 6-2, No. 21 in the AP poll (week 10).
Fans after Wisconsin
Hecklinski not getting a sniff up 30
Iowa fan

What’s being said

28 stories in the last 30 days, from 19 outlets.

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

Kirk Ferentz announces Jeremy Hecklinski as Iowa starting QB vs. Minnesota

ESPN +2 Oct 20

All 58 stories this season

A play of his this season

Q2, 7:40 · Iowa up 20Jeremy Hecklinski finds Xavier Williams for an 8-yard touchdownNorthern Illinois at Iowa, week 1Q2, 7:40 · Iowa 27, Northern Illinois 0Jeremy Hecklinski's first career touchdown passJeremy Hecklinski's first career touchdown passJ.Hecklinski pass complete short left to X.Williams caught at NIU10, for 8 yards to the NIU00 touchdown, kick goodWatch from this play

Jeremy Hecklinski

QB · Iowa · #10

Arrived at Iowa from Wake Forest. A game that shows it: 202 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Washington — Week 6, 2026.

472 passing yards · 4 passing TD · 16 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Iowa	41	67	61.2%	472	7.0	4	2	134.1	57
2025	Iowa	2	2	100.0%	8	4.0	0	0	133.6	--
Career		43	69	62.3%	480	7.0	4	2	134.1	57

Season	Team
2026	Iowa	2	5	2.5	0	16
2025	Iowa	1	6	6.0	1	6
Career		3	11	3.7	1	16

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 40-0vs Northern Illinois		7/16	76	1	1	4.8	—	0	16
Wk 3	W 55-0vs Northern Iowa	Came on in Q2	6/11	65	0	0	5.9	9.0	—	-11
Wk 5	L 14-31vs No. 5 Ohio State	Came on in Q4	5/5	67	0	0	13.4	95.1	—	—
Wk 6	W 41-24@ Washington	Great	14/19	202	3	0	10.6	88.6	0	—	Season-high 202 yds
Wk 8	L 10-13@ Minnesota	Left in Q2	9/16	62	0	1	3.9	21.8	0	—
Total			41/67	472	4	2	7.0	—	0	5

The latest game

Oct. 24 · L 10-13 at Minnesota, play by play

9 of 16 for 62 yards and an interception. He was 2 of 6 on third and fourth down.

1 of 5 of his drives scored
2 of 6 on 3rd and 4th down

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds1
Int6 of 7, 54 yds234
Punt1 of 2, 1 yds
Second quarterbegan down 3-0
Punt2 of 5, 7 yds
FG0 of 1, 0 yds
FinalL 10-13

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
Incomplete to Addison Ostrenga on 3rd and 6. First quarter, tied 0-0. Broken up by Minnesota’s J. Gerlach.
2
7-yard completion to DJ Vonnahme on 3rd and 6. First quarter, down 3-0. Converted.
3
14-yard completion to R. Vander. First quarter, down 3-0.
4
Intercepted. First quarter, down 3-0. Picked off by Minnesota’s Joey Gerlach.

The season, game by game

L 10-13 at MinnesotaOct. 2462 yds9 of 16, 1 INTPlay by play just above

W 41-24 at WashingtonOct. 9202 yds14 of 19, 3 TDBox score only

14 of 19 for 202 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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

3 more games, with the play by play

L 14-31 vs Ohio StateOct. 367 yds5 of 5

Play by playOn the field

5 of 5 for 67 yards.

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

Fourth quarterbegan down 24-6
TD5 of 5, 67 yds1
FinalL 14-31

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
18-yard completion to R. Vander. Fourth quarter, down 31-6.

10203040

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.

W 55-0 vs Northern IowaSept. 1965 yds6 of 11

Play by playOn the field

6 of 11 for 65 yards. He was 0 of 3 on third and fourth down.

1 of 4 of his drives scored
0 of 3 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once

Second quarterbegan up 21-0
Punt1 of 1, 2 yds
TD4 of 5, 46 yds
Third quarterbegan up 42-0
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
Punt1 of 3, 17 yds1
FinalW 55-0

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 Mason Woods. Third quarter, up 49-0.

10203040

leftmiddlerightno spot

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 40-0 vs Northern IllinoisSept. 576 yds7 of 16, 1 TD, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

7 of 16 for 76 yards, a touchdown and an interception. He was 1 of 6 on third and fourth down.

1 of 5 of his drives scored
1 of 6 on 3rd and 4th down
1 run for 16 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Missed FG2 of 4, 37 yds1
Second quarterbegan up 20-0
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
TD3 of 3, 23 yds
Third quarterbegan up 33-0
Downs1 of 4, 0 yds2
Int1 of 3, 16 yds3
FinalW 40-0

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
24-yard completion to Tony Diaz. First quarter, up 20-0.
2
Incomplete to Tony Diaz on 4th and 5. Third quarter, up 33-0. Turnover on downs.
3
Intercepted on 4th and 2. Third quarter, up 33-0. Picked off by Northern Illinois’s Yassine Falke.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

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.

Signature game

Week 6 · 2026

W 41-24

at Washington

202 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.6

With K. Moulton — 208 rush yds (26 car) · 2 TD · B. Everitt — 42 yards per punt · 4 punts · 3 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Minnesota · 2nd and 4 · Q1 · EPA −4.64J.Hecklinski pass intercepted by J.Gerlach at MINN02, End Of Play
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA −4.15J.Hecklinski pass intercepted by Y.Falke at NIU00, Touchback
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Hecklinski to Diaz: a 24-yard pass.
Week 6 · Washington · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +2.76Hecklinski to Vonnahme: a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Washington · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Hecklinski to Vonnahme: a 24-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Northern Illinois · 1st and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Hecklinski to Williams: an 8-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 6 · Washington · 1st and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.32J.Hecklinski pass complete short left to R.Vander Zee for 8 yards for a touchdown
Week 5 · Ohio State · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA +2.29Hecklinski to Vonnahme: a 15-yard pass.
Week 8 · Minnesota · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.24Hecklinski to Vonnahme: a 7-yard pass.
Week 6 · Washington · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.86Hecklinski to Jackson: a 33-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	472	160th of 370	24th of 50
Yards an attempt	7.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	4	T-134th of 370	T-21st of 50
Passer rating	134.1	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	61.2	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	5	T-246th of 370	29th of 50
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 67 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

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 -25 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Diaz and Vonnahme saw 23 of the 67 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Tony Diaz	12	7	64	11.9	7.7
DJ Vonnahme	11	7	82	8.2	5.4
Addison Ostrenga	7	4	31	2.4	6.5
Jarriett Buie	4	3	37	9.2	0.7
Evan James	4	2	17	10.2	7.0
10 others	15	10	104	0.7	11.6
No receiver charted	14	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 67 passes, 41 caught, 482 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

41/67 (61.2%) · 4 TD · 2 INT

67 of 67 attempts matched to play-by-play

67 of 67 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

6.6387 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

1.5%11 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (11 of 185 QBs) and still 87 of 185 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

16% of attempts (11)

100%comp

Air -3.9 · YAC 13.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

48% of attempts (32)

56%comp2 INT

Air 3.7 · YAC 5.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

22% of attempts (15)

60%comp

Air 12.9 · YAC 1.6 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of attempts (9)

33%comp

Air 27.9 · YAC 2.7 avg

Overall 61.2% completion on 67 attempts · 33% completion on 9 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 15-6 over that span.

2025Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2026Iowa6-2HC: Kirk Ferentz · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 32. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

32Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates

Completion %#105 / 159 · 34th pct

61.2%

Yards / att#102 / 159 · 34th pct

7.0

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

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

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

Thin sample: 43 dropbacks

57Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

53.1%90th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +2.0% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.6250th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

0.1%100th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.1% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (24 of 67 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 · 5 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	69.3	0.3	8.0	0.3
Road2g	132	1.5	7.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	102	1.0	8.7	0.2
Weeks 8+1g	62.0	0.0	3.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

Pass share

48.0%

240 pass / 260 run

Plays / game

62.5

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Iowa’s quarterbacks

Jeremy Hecklinski	Threw in 5 of 8 games · 41 of 67, 472 yds, 4 TD, 2 INT · 7.0 yards an attempt on 67 attempts · ran for 5 yds, 0 TD
Hank Brown	Threw in 7 of 8 games · 109 of 169, 1,190 yds, 8 TD, 3 INT · 7.0 yards an attempt on 169 attempts · ran for 33 yds, 1 TD
Jimmy Sullivan	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 4, 13 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 3.2 yards an attempt on 4 attempts · ran for 15 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: Jeremy Hecklinski. Gray: Hank Brown, Jimmy Sullivan. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Northern IllinoisIowa StateNorthern Iowa@ MichiganOhio State@ Washington@ MinnesotaWisconsin

Awards

Player standing · 2026

67 pass attempts and 2 carries in 5 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Jeremy Hecklinski

This week

What’s being said

A play of his this season

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What was said at each stop

In the news across his career

What fans said

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Iowa’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

67 pass attempts and 2 carries in 5 games

Three seasons, two schools

Moves

2024

2025