Kyle McCord

Former quarterback at Syracuse. 2024: 4,779 passing yards, 34 TD, 12 INT.

QB · Syracuse · Sr. · #6

6′3″ · 220 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 78 · #13 of 137 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferencePhiladelphia — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 5, #181 overall

Recruiting

5★

QB recruit

No. 28 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

Statement game453 yds · 5 TDvs Washington State (FBS) · W 52-35

Top 1% passing yards game since 2021.

GG Cougs and Cuse! WSU: Very promising with that QB! Curious to see what yall can do next season. SYR: Congrats on 10 wins, crazy to get that in Fran’s first season. If yall can ger/CFB game thread · ▲ 7His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Syracuse. 2024: 4,779 passing yards, 34 TD, 12 INT.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Ohio State in 2021.
Transferred from Ohio State to Syracuse in 2024.
Drafted round 6 by the Philadelphia in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Syracuse, 8,555 passing yards — drafted at #181 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.

20215 games

Signed with Ohio State5-star out of St. Joseph's Prep

202312 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-ACCsecond

2025

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 6, pick 181

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#28 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #181

Philadelphia · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 2 categories

🎖

ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM

All-ACC 2nd team (2024)

🎓

FRESHMAN HONORS

Freshman recognition (2021)

1 mention(s)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

Dino Babers

Syracuse

2023

Nunzio Campanile

Syracuse

era →

2024

Fran Brown

Syracuse

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, and Fran Brown. Multi-era developmental context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 2nd NFL season

#181Rd 6 · Pick 5

PhiladelphiaEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

78All-Conference level #13 of 137?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (94th percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (88th percentile). Concern: rush yards (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#10 / 169 · 94th pct

50.4%

EPA / dropback#20 / 169 · 88th pct

0.37

Explosive rate#37 / 169 · 78th pct

12.0%

Sack rate#49 / 169 · 71st pct

4.3%

Interception rate#79 / 169 · 54th pct

2.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#1 / 165 · 100th pct

4779

Pass TDs#5 / 165 · 97th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 159 · 94th pct

Completion %#30 / 165 · 82nd pct

66.0%

Yards / att#38 / 165 · 77th pct

8.1

Rush TDs#63 / 165 · 56th pct

Interceptions#147 / 165 · 7th pct

Rush yards#154 / 165 · 7th pct

-65

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

96th → 88th percentile

Success rate

93rd → 94th percentile

Explosive rate

90th → 78th percentile

Sack rate

88th → 71st percentile

Interception rate

65th → 54th 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 · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

384/581 (66.1%) · 34 TD · 12 INT

581 of 592 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

7.6640 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

4.2%62 of 205 QBs

Rarely sacked (62 of 205 QBs) and still 40 of 205 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

51%of completions

197 comp5.3 yds avg10 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

30%of completions

117 comp13.5 yds avg9 TD

Deep

20+ yds

18%of completions

70 comp30.2 yds avg12 TD

Overall 66.1% completion on 581 attempts · 70 deep completions averaging 30.2 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline

No situation moves him more than 30 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-23 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/219 (4.1%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

+3 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/199 (2.5%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 3+

+30 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 9/153 (5.9%) · league sack rate 8.1% · ~our read

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home7g	370	3.0	8.8	0.9
Road6g	365	2.2	7.9	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	373	3.4	8.6	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	361	1.7	8.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

78 · #13 of 137 QBs

Former five-star. Now #13 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Syracuse	391	592	66.0%	4,779	8.1	34	12	148.8	86	--	--
2023	Ohio State	229	348	65.8%	3,170	9.1	24	6	161.6	93	--	--
2022	Ohio State	16	20	80.0%	190	9.5	1	0	176.3	--	--	--
2021	Ohio State	25	38	65.8%	416	10.9	2	2	164.6	--	--	--
Career		661	998	66.2%	8,555	8.6	61	20	154.4	88	--	--

Season	Team
2024	Syracuse	67	-65	-1.0	3	--
2023	Ohio State	32	-65	-2.0	0	--
2022	Ohio State	3	4	1.3	0	--
2021	Ohio State	9	-16	-1.8	0	--
Career		111	-142	-1.3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 42–38

vs Miami

380 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.9 · -14 rush yds (5 car)

Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.

With T. Pena — 11 rush yds (1 car) · L. Allen — 82 rush yds (22 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Pittsburgh · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -9.05Kyle McCord pass intercepted Braylan Lovelace return for 33 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 4 · Stanford · 3&12 · Q3 · EPA -8.60Kyle McCord pass intercepted Mitch Leigber return for 71 yds for a TD (Emmet Kenney KICK)
Week 9 · Pittsburgh · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA -7.75Kyle McCord pass intercepted Kyle Louis return for 59 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 9 · Pittsburgh · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA -7.61Kyle McCord pass intercepted Rasheem Biles return for 35 yds for a TD (Ben Sauls KICK)
Week 4 · Stanford · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +6.30Kyle McCord pass complete to Umari Hatcher for 67 yds for a TD (Brady Denaburg KICK)
Week 1 · Washington State · 3&21 · Q4 · EPA +4.42Kyle McCord pass complete to Darrell Gill Jr. for 49 yds to the WSU 34 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Virginia Tech · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.28Kyle McCord pass complete to Justus Ross-Simmons for 55 yds for a TD (Jackson Kennedy KICK)
Week 14 · Miami · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.08Kyle McCord pass complete to Trebor Pena for 50 yds to the MIA 25 for a 1ST down Miami Penalty, Defensive holding (Mishael Powell) to the MIA 25 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia Tech · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +4.01Kyle McCord pass complete to Trebor Pena for 32 yds to the GT 22 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Washington State · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.90Kyle McCord pass complete to Trebor Pena for 45 yds for a TD (Jackson Kennedy KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 38-22vs Ohio	27/39	354	4	1	9.1	82.1	5 TD passes
Wk 2	W 31-28vs Georgia Tech	32/46	381	4	0	8.3	82.0	4 TD passes
Wk 4	L 24-26vs Stanford	27/42	339	2	2	8.1	49.3
Wk 5	W 42-14vs Holy Cross	28/50	385	4	2	7.7	50.7	4 TD passes
Wk 6	W 44-41@ UNLV	40/63	355	3	1	5.6	84.3	3 TD passes
Wk 7	W 24-17@ NC State	31/42	346	2	0	8.2	82.1	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 9	L 13-41@ Pittsburgh	35/64	321	0	5	5.0	22.1	5 INTs — rough day
Wk 10	W 38-31vs Virginia Tech	24/35	280	2	1	8.0	66.0
Wk 11	L 31-37@ Boston College	31/48	392	2	0	8.2	68.3	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 12	W 33-25@ California	29/46	323	1	0	7.0	92.2
Wk 13	W 31-24vs UConn	37/47	470	2	0	10.0	87.5	Season-high 470 yds
Wk 14	W 42-38vs Miami	26/36	380	3	0	10.6	90.9	3 TD passes
Bowl	W 52-35@ Washington State	24/34	453	5	0	13.3	94.3
Total		391/592	4779	34	12	8.4	73.2

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

57.9%Completion %

33.3%Conversion/dropback

36.4%Land short of sticks

7INTs

57.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 33.3% conversion-per-dropback — 36.4% 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

17/183rd/4th & short

4/33Inside-5 share

17 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (94.4%). 4 of the team's 33 inside-the-5 carries (12.1%).