Kevin Jennings

#7 · QB · 5th-year · SMU6′0″ · 195 lb · Oak Cliff, TX · South Oak Cliff

ZPR806th of 119 QBs Last gameL 27–30at Syracuse · Oct 31

Nextvs Virginia TechFri Nov 6 · 7 pm ET

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 27-30 at Syracuse, Oct 31 · 29 of 36 for 351 yards, 2 touchdowns · 13 carries for -5 yards. Started all eight of SMU’s games.

SMU’s next game: vs Virginia Tech, Fri Nov 6, 7:00 p.m. ET · ESPN

SMU is 6-2 in the eight games played. A precision passer.

Strongest: 9.7 yards an attempt, 9th best of 158 starters.

Plays most like Jackson, North Texas.

Passing yards

2,433

185 of 251, 74%

TD–INT

21–5

9.7 per throw

NCAA rating

178.8

3rd of 119

ZPR

6th of 119

How ZPR works

Boom or bust: great in 4, shaky or worse in 2.

No interceptions in the last four games.

Best by our grade: Missouri State. Lowest: Boston College, sacked 2 times. Biggest game: at Louisville, No. 23. Best play: Completion, touchdown, at Florida State, Q4 12:37. Win chance 51% to 79%.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Florida State

W 27–24·Unranked

Solid

430 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT · Rush 5 for 33 · Interceptions cost about 22 points of win chance · Sacked 0

That’s the Kevin Jennings yolo ball I was expecting.
SMU fan

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 32 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 46% to 78%.

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UC Davis

W 56–10·FCS

Great

337 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 5 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 9 points of win chance. Win chance: 80% to 89%.

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at Louisville

L 31–41·Ranked #23

Fans talked about this game

Shaky

Steady all game · 222 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 9 for 35 · Interceptions cost about 20 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2

This is classic College Football Playoff Kevin Jennings.
SMU fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 24 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 31% to 55%.

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Missouri State

W 34–24·Unranked

Solid

Slow start, strong finish · 464 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for 3, 1 TD · A first-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 48% to 24% · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 26 points of win chance. Win chance: 50% to 77%.

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Boston College

W 25–16·Unranked

Shaky

160 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for -7, 1 TD · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 run added 17 points of win chance. Win chance: 57% to 74%.

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Virginia

W 23–13·Unranked

Solid

246 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 4 for 26 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 26 points of win chance. Win chance: 52% to 78%.

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California

W 59–20·Unranked

Solid

Slow start, strong finish · 223 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 26 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 17 points of win chance. Win chance: 52% to 69%.

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at Syracuse

L 27–30·Unranked

Great

351 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 13 for -5 · Sacked 4

Biggest swing: a Q4 run added 43 points of win chance. Win chance: 51% to 95%.

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Season

Gets better after halftime

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Precision passer

Also: big-play arm

Why this word

Runs5.4 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws8.5 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes72% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 5.4 carries a game. Closest matches: Jackson, Stockton, Carr ’25, Russell.

Where the throws go

Behind the line24%typical 17%

Short41%typical 47%

Middle20%typical 22%

Deep16%typical 14%

Runs 5.4 times a game; 61% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Jackson North Texas · Precision passer
2,568 yards, 22 TD, 5 INT so far. Both score a lot and complete a lot.
Stockton Georgia · Rhythm passer
1,671 yards, 16 TD, 4 INT so far. Both score a lot and complete a lot.
Carr ’25 Notre Dame 2025 · Chain-mover
2,741 yards, 24 TD, 6 INT. Both throw behind the line a lot and hit big plays.
Russell Alabama · Playmaker
2,057 yards, 15 TD, 5 INT so far. Both score a lot and are efficient.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

RecordSMU is 6-2.
From the game thread
“Kevin Jennings legally not allowed to throw the ball away I guess. Just use your speed to get outside and throw it way”
Oklahoma fan, r/CFB game thread · at Syracuse, Oct 31

What’s being said

5 stories this week, from 7 outlets.

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

Virginia Tech defense aims to take another step against SMU and Kevin Jennings

Daily News-Record +2 Nov 3

All 136 stories this season

Worth knowing

Kevin Jennings was third-team All-ACC in 2024.
Kevin Jennings is rated 89 overall in EA College Football 27, tied for 11th among the game's quarterbacks.

His most important play this season

Q4, 12:37 · SMU breaks the tieKevin Jennings finds Yannick Smith for a 79-yard touchdownSMU at Florida State, week 1Q4, 12:37 · SMU 24, Florida State 177979-yard touchdown pass7979-yard touchdown pass79-yard touchdown passKevin Jennings pass complete to Yannick Smith for 79 yds for a TD (Nick Reed kick)Watch from this play

All 19 of his plays on video

Kevin Jennings

QB · SMU · #7

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Fifth year in the SMU quarterback room. The first career honor came in 2024: All-ACC. One game to point at: 464 passing yards and 3 passing TD against Missouri State — Week 4, 2026.

2,433 passing yards · 21 passing TD · 121 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	SMU	185	251	73.7%	2,433	9.7	21	5	178.8	80
2025	SMU	300	454	66.1%	3,641	8.0	26	13	146.6	70
2024	SMU	248	381	65.1%	3,189	8.4	23	11	149.5	86
2023	SMU	61	105	58.1%	618	5.9	5	2	119.4	26
2022	SMU	17	22	77.3%	205	9.3	1	0	170.5	--
Career		811	1,213	66.9%	10,086	8.3	76	31	152.3	74

Season	Team
2026	SMU	56	116	2.1	2	33
2025	SMU	70	54	0.8	4	26
2024	SMU	101	354	3.5	5	59
2023	SMU	36	136	3.8	1	17
2022	SMU	5	8	1.6	0	5
Career		268	668	2.5	12	59

Last game (Wk 9): 349 passing yards, 2 passing TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 27-24@ Florida State	Solid	26/36	430	3	2	11.9	95.6	0	33	3 TD passes
Wk 2	W 56-10vs UC Davis	Great	14/16	337	5	0	21.1	99.3	1	5	5 TD passes
Wk 3	L 31-41@ No. 23 Louisville	Shaky	24/35	222	1	2	6.3	71.5	2	35
Wk 4	W 34-24vs Missouri State	Solid	33/39	464	3	1	11.9	64.4	1	3	Season-high 464 yds
Wk 5	W 25-16vs Boston College	Shaky	20/30	160	2	0	5.3	65.9	2	-7
Wk 7	W 23-13vs Virginia	Solid	23/36	246	2	0	6.8	79.9	1	26
Wk 8	W 59-20vs California	Solid	16/23	223	3	0	9.7	87.1	1	26	3 TD passes
Wk 9	L 27-30@ Syracuse	Great	29/36	351	2	0	9.8	80.6	4	-5	Clean 2-TD game
Total			185/251	2433	21	5	9.7	—	12	116

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 27-30 at Syracuse

29 of 36 for 351 yards and 2 touchdowns.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 27-30 at SyracuseOct. 31351 yds29 of 36, 2 TDPlay by play just above · 9.8 yds an attempt, 19th in FBS

W 59-20 vs CaliforniaOct. 24223 yds16 of 23, 3 TD9.7 yds an attempt, 10th in FBS

Play by playOn the field

16 of 23 for 223 yards and 3 touchdowns; 9.7 yards an attempt, 10th-best in FBS that week. SMU scored touchdowns on 7 of the 10 drives he played.

8 of 10 of his drives scored
3 of 7 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
6 runs for 27 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 2, 8 yds
FG0 of 2, 0 yds1
TD5 of 6, 77 yds234
Second quarterbegan up 10-7
Punt0 of 3, 0 yds
TD1 of 1, 27 yds
Third quarterbegan down 20-17
TD1 of 1, 7 yds
TD1 of 1, 21 yds
TD2 of 2, 27 yds
TD3 of 3, 33 yds
Fourth quarterbegan up 38-20
TD2 of 2, 23 yds
FinalW 59-20

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 Yamir Knight on 3rd and 6. First quarter, down 7-0.
2
35-yard completion to Jalen Cooper. First quarter, down 7-3.
3
7-yard completion to Yannick Smith on 3rd and 14. First quarter, down 7-3.
4
11-yard completion to Randy Pittman on 4th and 7. First quarter, down 7-3. Converted.

102030405035

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.

6 more games, with the play by play

W 23-13 vs VirginiaOct. 17246 yds23 of 36, 2 TD6.8 yds an attempt, tied for 62nd in FBS

23 of 36 for 246 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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

W 25-16 vs Boston CollegeOct. 3160 yds20 of 30, 2 TD5.3 yds an attempt, 90th in FBS

20 of 30 for 160 yards and 2 touchdowns.

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

W 34-24 vs Missouri StateSept. 26464 yds33 of 39, 3 TD, 1 INTBig game · 11.9 yds an attempt, 13th in FBS

A big game: 33 of 39 for 464 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.

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

L 31-41 at LouisvilleSept. 19222 yds24 of 35, 1 TD, 2 INT6.3 yds an attempt, 89th in FBS

24 of 35 for 222 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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

W 56-10 vs UC DavisSept. 12337 yds14 of 16, 5 TDBig game · 21.1 yds an attempt, 1st in FBS

Play by playOn the field

A big game: 14 of 16 for 337 yards and 5 touchdowns; 21.1 yards an attempt, the best in FBS that week. SMU scored touchdowns on 6 of the 7 drives he played.

6 of 7 of his drives scored
3 of 4 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
2 runs for 14 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
TD3 of 3, 65 yds1
TD2 of 2, 57 yds2
Second quarterbegan up 14-0
TD3 of 3, 66 yds
TD3 of 4, 67 yds
Punt1 of 2, 24 yds
TD1 of 1, 14 yds
TD1 of 1, 44 yds
FinalW 56-10

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
3-yard run on 3rd and 3. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2
52-yard touchdown pass to Derrick McFall. First quarter, made it 14-0.

1020304050314452513342

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 27-24 at Florida StateSept. 7430 yds26 of 36, 3 TD, 2 INTBig game · 11.9 yds an attempt, 16th in FBS

A big game: 26 of 36 for 430 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

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

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Missouri State	W 34-24 · Graded solid · Slow start, strong finish · 464 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for 3, 1 TD · A first-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 48% to 24% · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	Boston College	W 25-16 · Graded shaky · 160 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for -7, 1 TD · Sacked 2
Biggest game	at Louisville	No. 23 at kickoff · L 31-41 · Graded shaky · Steady all game · 222 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 9 for 35 · Interceptions cost about 20 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2
Most talked about	at Louisville	Fans named the quarterback more in this game than in any other, L 31-41 · Graded shaky · Steady all game · 222 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 9 for 35 · Interceptions cost about 20 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2
Best play	at Florida State	Completion, touchdown, Q4 12:37 · Win chance 51% to 79%

Where he ranks

3rd among FBS quarterbacks in passer rating. 4th among FBS quarterbacks in completion percentage.

Stat	His	Nation	ACC
Passing yards	2,433	7th of 370	1st of 48
Yards an attempt	9.7	7th of 152	3rd of 19
Touchdown passes	21	6th of 370	2nd of 48
Passer rating	178.8	3rd of 152	2nd of 19
Completion percentage	73.7	4th of 152	2nd of 19
Rushing yards	116	T-95th of 370	9th of 48
Rushing touchdowns	2	T-71st of 370	T-7th of 48

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All ACC quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Kevin Jennings	2,433	21	5	251	9.7
2	Darian Mensah	2,425	25	1	233	10.4
3	Davis Warren	2,203	14	3	308	7.2
4	Giovanni Lopez	2,176	18	1	228	9.5
5	Ethan Grunkemeyer	2,140	17	2	262	8.2
6	Lincoln Kienholz	2,094	12	3	208	10.1
7	Ashton Daniels	1,968	14	11	214	9.2
8	CJ Bailey	1,955	13	4	244	8.0
9	Billy Edwards	1,871	15	5	235	8.0
10	Alberto Mendoza	1,795	10	6	240	7.5
11	Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele	1,751	11	6	264	6.6
12	Walker Eget	1,641	9	3	215	7.6
13	Beau Pribula	1,587	14	3	212	7.5
14	Mason McKenzie	1,450	8	7	201	7.2
15	Mason Heintschel	1,304	14	1	148	8.8
16	Tait Reynolds	1,287	3	3	211	6.1
17	Steven Angeli	1,186	7	5	171	6.9
18	Holden Geriner	886	4	2	132	6.7
19	Jackson Brousseau	701	3	0	120	5.8
20	Malachi Nelson	532	3	2	70	7.6
21	Amari Odom	391	6	2	47	8.3
22	Corey Dailey	316	3	3	35	9.0
23	Eli Holstein	282	3	0	34	8.3
24	Luke Nickel	204	3	1	20	10.2
25	Dan Mahan	175	3	1	22	8.0
26	Grady Adamson	135	1	0	27	5.0
27	Bryce Baker	127	1	0	14	9.1
28	Ty Hawkins	117	2	0	14	8.4
29	Christopher Vizzina	102	1	2	23	4.4
30	Steele Pizzella	85	0	0	9	9.4
31	Trent Pearman	80	0	2	13	6.2
32	Danny Lauter	74	1	0	11	6.7
33	Femi Babalola	49	0	0	5	9.8
34	Mike Mitchell Jr.	46	0	0	10	4.6
35	Cole Geer	45	1	0	7	6.4
36	Terry Walker III	44	0	0	4	11.0
37	Will Wilson	35	2	0	12	2.9
38	Dereon Coleman	30	0	0	6	5.0
39	Briggs Cherry	24	0	0	2	12.0
40	Miles O'Neill	22	0	0	6	3.7
41	Kevin Sperry	21	0	0	5	4.2
42	Davin Wydner	19	1	0	4	4.8
43	Charlie Fiser	8	0	0	2	4.0
44	Cole Leinart	5	0	0	1	5.0
45	Brock Bradley	0	0	0	1	0.0
46	Charlie Mirer	0	0	1	1	0.0
47	Grayson Wilson	-1	0	0	5	-0.2
48	Ryan Zimmerman	-1	0	0	1	-1.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Passing yards2,4331st in the ACC this season; 6th among current FBS players over the whole career (10,086).

Touchdown passes212nd in the ACC this season; 6th among current FBS players over the whole career (76).

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -17 to +12 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Knight and Cooper saw 80 of the 249 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Yamir Knight	46	38	474	5.8	6.6
Jalen Cooper	34	23	318	10.2	4.6
Yannick Smith	31	22	330	10.3	6.9
Randy Pittman	28	22	210	3.6	6.5
Jalen Hale	18	14	202	16.4	4.0
7 others	36	30	390	4.2	10.3
No receiver charted	56	All five interceptions are among these

Play by play: 249 passes, 182 caught, 2,430 yards; the box score counts 251 attempts. 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

185/251 (73.7%) · 21 TD · 5 INT

249 of 251 attempts matched to play-by-play

206 of 249 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 249 passing plays (182 completions) against the box score's 251 attempts (185 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

9.5216 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

4.6%69 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (69 of 185 QBs) and still 16 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

23% of attempts (47)

94%comp

Air -3.7 · YAC 9.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of attempts (86)

77%comp

Air 5.0 · YAC 4.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of attempts (42)

62%comp

Air 13.3 · YAC 8.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

15% of attempts (31)

48%comp3 INT

Air 30.6 · YAC 4.5 avg

Overall 73.7% completion on 251 attempts · 48% completion on 31 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2026 baseline

No situation moves him more than 65 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-11 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/106 (2.8%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 2

-44 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/77 (6.5%) · league sack rate 5.0%

Down 3+

+65 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/69 (5.8%) · league sack rate 8.3%

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Teams and coaches

5 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 44-18 over that span.

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

2026SMU6-2HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 79 (#8 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

79All-Conference level #8 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / dropback (96th percentile). Strength: success rate (93rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / dropback#7 / 157 · 96th pct

0.46

Success rate#11 / 157 · 93rd pct

51.6%

Explosive rate#16 / 157 · 90th pct

14.9%

Sack rate#54 / 157 · 66th pct

4.6%

Interception rate#69 / 157 · 56th pct

2.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Completion %#4 / 159 · 98th pct

73.7%

Pass TDs#7 / 159 · 96th pct

Yards / att#7 / 159 · 96th pct

9.7

Pass yards#8 / 159 · 95th pct

2433

Fumbles lost#23 / 142 · 64th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 159 · 52nd pct

Rush yards#78 / 159 · 51st pct

116

Interceptions#87 / 159 · 37th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

83rd → 96th percentile

Success rate

70th → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

84th → 90th percentile

Sack rate

85th → 66th percentile

Interception rate

39th → 56th 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

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

After 252 dropbacks

80Zeitgeist Passer Rating6th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 178.8 3rd of 119 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

54.1%93rd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

9.1592nd pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.4 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.8%66th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (6 of 258 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 · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	286	3.0	11.0	0.2
Road3g	334	2.0	9.3	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	310	2.7	10.6	0.8
Weeks 8+2g	287	2.5	9.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Pass share

49.4%

268 pass / 275 run

Plays / game

67.9

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

SMU’s quarterbacks

Kevin Jennings	Threw in all 8 games · 185 of 251, 2,433 yds, 21 TD, 5 INT · 9.7 yards an attempt on 251 attempts · ran for 116 yds, 2 TD
Ty Hawkins	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 12 of 14, 117 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · 8.4 yards an attempt on 14 attempts · ran for 75 yds, 0 TD
Charlie Fiser	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 2, 8 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 4.0 yards an attempt on 2 attempts
Cole Leinart	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 1, 5 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 5.0 yards an attempt on 1 attempt

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: Kevin Jennings. Gray: Ty Hawkins, Charlie Fiser, Cole Leinart. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ Florida StateUC Davis@ LouisvilleMissouri StateBoston CollegeVirginiaCalifornia@ Syracuse

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

251 pass attempts and 56 carries in 8 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Surprisingly productive for a quarterback with no award recognition yet — top-4% yards per attempt, top-3% completion rate.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

79 · #8 of 145 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #8 at the position.

2026 outlook

Heisman market0.9%implied · #16 in the marketfull market ›

Heisman trajectory

Heisman futures · sportsbook market

#16 in market ▲ from No. 22 in February · 2 books

+55000.9% implied▼ lengthened from +4500

Our Heisman model · 2026 · week 10

#30

Weeks outside our model's top 25 sit on the baseline.

Peak #15 · week 2

Avg #56.8

Finalist chance under 1%

Peaked at #15 in week 2; #30 as of week 10.

Our model's rank, not the betting market's.

Starter

The No. 1,596 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the ACC.

Kevin Jennings

Style of play

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

In the news this week

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

In the news across his career

What fans said

Latest stories

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

SMU’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

Impact starter

Heisman trajectory

#30

Starter

Five seasons at SMU

2022 4 games

2024 14 games