Joey Labas

#2 · QB · Sr. · Central Michigan6′4″ · 210 lb · Brecksville, OH · Brecksville-Broadview Heights

Joey Labas is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Central Michigan.

Labas operates within the system without forcing anything. The three seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Kirk Ferentz, Jim McElwain and Matt Drinkall. On tape: 247 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Buffalo, Week 12, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Central Michigan	147	208	70.7%	1,854	8.9	13	6	160.4	73
2024	Central Michigan	94	160	58.8%	1,114	7.0	7	7	122.9	40
2022	Iowa	14	24	58.3%	139	5.8	1	0	120.7	--
Career		255	392	65.1%	3,107	7.9	21	13	142.7	58

Season	Team
2025	Central Michigan	54	−17	−0.3	10
2024	Central Michigan	21	19	0.9	13
2022	Iowa	4	11	2.8	10
Career		79	13	0.2	13

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 16-14@ San José State	5/10	56	0	0	5.6	20.2
Wk 2	L 17-45@ Pittsburgh	11/14	89	1	0	6.4	57.4
Wk 3	L 3-63@ No. 23 Michigan	4/8	36	0	1	4.5	1.6
Wk 4	W 49-10vs Wagner	12/14	241	3	0	17.2	99.5	3 TD passes
Wk 5	W 24-13vs Eastern Michigan	14/16	138	1	0	8.6	76.2
Wk 6	L 22-28@ Akron	12/21	134	0	0	6.4	20.0
Wk 8	W 27-6@ Bowling Green	2/4	72	0	0	18.0	77.0
Wk 9	W 38-13vs Massachusetts	10/11	148	2	0	13.5	72.7
Wk 10	L 21-24@ Western Michigan	8/11	152	1	1	13.8	46.3
Wk 12	W 38-19vs Buffalo	18/24	247	2	2	10.3	37.9	Season-high 247 yds
Wk 13	W 28-16@ Kent State	11/20	121	2	1	6.1	40.5
Wk 14	L 3-21vs Toledo	19/30	242	0	1	8.1	36.3
Bowl	L 7-34vs Northwestern	21/25	178	1	0	7.1	37.9
Total		147/208	1854	13	6	8.9	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Toledo	L 3-21 · Graded great · 242 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for -30 · Sacked 3
Lowest by our grade	at Akron	L 22-28 · Graded rough · 134 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for -27 · Sacked 4
Best play	at Western Michigan	Completion for 77 yards, touchdown, Q2 7:23 · Win chance 32% to 61%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

147/208 (70.7%) · 13 TD · 6 INT

206 of 208 attempts matched to play-by-play

93 of 206 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 206 passing plays (142 completions) against the box score's 208 attempts (147 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

7.8131 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

6.7%160 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 6.7% of dropbacks (160 of 206) — and still 31 of 206 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

11% of attempts (10)

70%comp1 INT

Air -2.5 · YAC 7.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

55% of attempts (51)

75%comp1 INT

Air 4.1 · YAC 5.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

25% of attempts (23)

65%comp1 INT

Air 13.2 · YAC 7.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

10% of attempts (9)

33%comp2 INT

Air 28.2 · YAC 4.7 avg

Overall 70.7% completion on 208 attempts · 33% completion on 9 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2022Iowa8-5HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Central Michigan4-8HC: Jim McElwain · Run-leaning

2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 42 (#87 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

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

42Rotational starter #87 of 146 · 2025?

Ascending13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / dropback (89th percentile). Strength: completion % (96th percentile). Concern: sack rate (24th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / dropback#20 / 183 · 89th pct

0.36

Success rate#40 / 183 · 78th pct

44.3%

Explosive rate#55 / 183 · 70th pct

10.2%

Interception rate#130 / 183 · 29th pct

2.9%

Sack rate#140 / 183 · 24th pct

6.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#7 / 183 · 96th pct

70.7%

Yards / att#12 / 183 · 93rd pct

8.9

Interceptions#70 / 183 · 56th pct

Pass TDs#80 / 183 · 55th pct

Pass yards#98 / 183 · 47th pct

1854

Rush yards#158 / 183 · 14th pct

-17

Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct

Fumbles lost#154 / 174 · 8th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

16th → 89th percentile

Success rate

14th → 78th percentile

Explosive rate

30th → 70th percentile

Sack rate

67th → 24th percentile

Interception rate

12th → 29th percentile

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 194 dropbacks

73Zeitgeist Passer Rating21st of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 160.4 12th of 142 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

57.2%99th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.0% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

8.1787th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.5%34th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.7% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (26 of 220 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	203	1.6	11.5	0.6
Road7g	94.3	0.6	8.7	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	125	0.9	8.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	164	1.2	11.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

Pass share

32.2%

252 pass / 531 run

Plays / game

60.2

13 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

208 pass attempts and 54 carries in 13 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Surprisingly productive for a quarterback with no award recognition yet — top-9% yards per attempt, top-5% completion rate.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

42 · #87 of 146 QBs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #87 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #7 of 12 Mid-American QBs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›