Joe Pesansky

#16 · QB · Sr. · Florida International6′4″ · 220 lb · Tampa, FL

Joe Pesansky is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Florida International.

Pesansky operates within the system without forcing anything. Transferred to Florida International from Holy Cross. The first career honor came in 2025: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 257 passing yards and 12 rushing yards against Middle Tennessee — Week 11, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Florida International	89	159	56.0%	1,021	6.4	11	7	123.9	29
Career		89	159	56.0%	1,021	6.4	11	7	123.9	29

Season	Team
2025	Florida International	43	117	2.7	2	32
Career		43	117	2.7	2	32

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 42-9vs Bethune-Cookman	4/5	46	0	0	9.2	32.6
Wk 2	L 0-34@ No. 2 Penn State	3/5	22	0	0	4.4	70.0
Wk 6	L 10-51@ UConn	7/12	100	0	2	8.3	14.6
Wk 8	W 25-6@ Western Kentucky	3/5	20	0	0	4.0	9.6
Wk 10	L 21-28@ Missouri State	6/11	72	1	0	6.5	62.4
Wk 11	W 56-30@ Middle Tennessee	17/28	257	4	2	9.2	44.1	Season-high 257 yds
Wk 12	W 34-27vs Liberty	24/34	206	2	0	6.1	81.4
Wk 13	W 27-21vs Jacksonville State	14/28	196	2	2	7.0	17.9
Bowl	L 20-57vs UTSA	11/31	102	2	1	3.3	20.1
Total		89/159	1021	11	7	6.4	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Liberty	W 34-27 · Graded solid · 206 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 8 for 40, 1 TD · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	UTSA	L 20-57 · Graded rough · 102 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for 14 · The interception cost about 9 points of win chance · Sacked 3
Best play	Jacksonville State	Completion for 64 yards, touchdown, Q4 12:56 · Win chance 45% to 69%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

89/159 (56.0%) · 11 TD · 7 INT

150 of 159 attempts matched to play-by-play

101 of 150 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 150 passing plays (80 completions) against the box score's 159 attempts (89 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.08155 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.9%140 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.9% of dropbacks (140 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (155 of 206).

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

17% of attempts (17)

88%comp

Air -2.4 · YAC 8.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of attempts (42)

62%comp3 INT

Air 4.6 · YAC 2.9 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

24% of attempts (24)

58%comp

Air 15.1 · YAC 4.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

18% of attempts (18)

33%comp1 INT

Air 30.3 · YAC 5.0 avg

Overall 56.0% completion on 159 attempts · 33% completion on 18 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 25 (#133 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

25Below cohort / limited sample #133 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: interception rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#57 / 183 · 68th pct

43.0%

Sack rate#126 / 183 · 31st pct

6.2%

EPA / dropback#164 / 183 · 11th pct

0.01

Explosive rate#166 / 183 · 10th pct

6.0%

Interception rate#177 / 183 · 4th pct

4.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Rush yards#96 / 183 · 48th pct

117

Pass TDs#99 / 183 · 45th pct

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Yards / att#139 / 183 · 23rd pct

6.4

Pass yards#143 / 183 · 22nd pct

1021

Completion %#160 / 183 · 13th pct

56.0%

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 133 dropbacks

29Zeitgeist Passer Rating125th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 123.9 115th of 142 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

43.2%30th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.1% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

4.942nd pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.9%62nd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (27 of 160 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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	149	1.3	7.4	0.7
Road5g	94.2	1.0	6.5	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	67.5	0.5	6.3	0.8
Weeks 8+5g	150	1.8	6.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

Pass share

47.3%

428 pass / 476 run

Plays / game

69.5

13 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

159 pass attempts and 43 carries in 9 games

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

25 · #133 of 146 QBs · 2025

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #14 of 16 Conference USA QBs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).