Joey Labas

Senior quarterback for Central Michigan. 2025: 1,854 passing yards, 13 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Central Michigan · Sr. · #2

6′4″ · 210 lb · Brecksville, OH

CFB Index 42 · #87 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Central Michigan for 2026

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

EPA / dropback: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1,854

passing yards · 2025

13 TD · 6 INT · 8.9 per attempt

Swing playSwung Central Michigan from 44% to 73% to win.Central Michigan at Western Michigan · 24-21

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Central Michigan. 2025: 1,854 passing yards, 13 TD, 6 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2021.

His career, year by year

Joey Labas

QB · Central Michigan · Sr · #2

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Kirk Ferentz, Jim McElwain and Matt Drinkall. The receipt on tape: 247 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Buffalo, Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

42Rotational starter #87 of 146?

High confidenceAscending13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

142/206 (68.9%) · 13 TD · 6 INT

206 of 208 attempts matched to play-by-play

93 of 206 attempts charted for true throw depth

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 68.9% completion on 206 attempts · 33% completion on 9 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Splits & context

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
Road8g	105	0.6	8.5	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

our read 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 Index Score

42 · #87 of 146 QBs

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 estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

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

Career stats

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	--
2024	Central Michigan	21	19	0.9	--
2022	Iowa	4	11	2.8	--
Career		79	13	0.2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025

W 49–10

vs Wagner

241 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.5 · 7 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 39-point win at home against Wagner.

With N. Biggins — 15 rush yds (5 car) · D. Duley — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Wagner · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.73Joe Labas pass complete to Nahree Biggins for 88 yds for a TD (Cade Graham KICK)
Week 10 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.21(07:35) Shotgun #2 J.Labas pass complete short middle to #20 L.Lewis caught at CMU36, for 77 yards to the WMU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:23, 1ST DOWN #47 C.Graham kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #30 B.Pratt)
Week 12 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +6.08J. Labas pass to L. Lewis for 75 yds, for a TD (C. Graham KICK)
Week 9 · Massachusetts · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.76(13:17) Shotgun #2 J.Labas pass complete short right to #22 B.Townsend caught at UMass45, for 51 yards to the UMass00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 13:07, 1ST DOWN #47 C.Graham kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #50 L.Epstein)
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.62Joe Labas pass complete to Collin Payne for 63 yds to the BGSU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Toledo · 4&3 · Q1 · EPA -4.08(05:11) Shotgun #2 J.Labas pass complete short right to #19 T.McIntosh caught at Toledo03, for 2 yards to the Toledo01 (#3 A.Fuller), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 14 · Toledo · 3&15 · Q3 · EPA +4.07(04:18) Shotgun #2 J.Labas pass complete deep right to #3 T.Davis caught at Toledo40, for 36 yards to the Toledo40 (#0 N.Bowers), 1ST DOWN
Week 6 · Akron · 2&19 · Q4 · EPA +3.80Joe Labas pass complete to Nasir Williams for 27 yds to the AKR 38 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Wagner · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.54Joe Labas pass complete to Tommy McIntosh for 33 yds for a TD (Cade Graham KICK)
Week 9 · Massachusetts · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +3.48(07:56) Shotgun #2 J.Labas pass complete short middle to #16 N.Williams caught at UMass16, for 19 yards to the UMass00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:50, 1ST DOWN #47 C.Graham kick attempt good (H: #18 D.Duley, LS: #50 L.Epstein)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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 7-34@ Northwestern	21/25	178	1	0	7.1	37.9
Total		147/208	1854	13	6	9.7	48.0

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

71.4%Completion %

22.2%Conversion/dropback

68.0%Land short of sticks

1INTs

71.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 22.2% conversion-per-dropback — 68.0% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

2/23Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (8.7%).

2026 Outlook

Central Michigan

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Quarterback · Central Michigan

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