Luke Fahey

#13 · QB · Fr. · Ohio State5′11″ · 206 lb · Mission Viejo, CA

Last gameL 18–30at USC · Oct 31

Nextvs OregonSat Nov 7 · 3:30 pm ET

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Started Ohio State’s last game, the first career start. Came on in Q4 at Indiana; Ohio State won 19-15.

L 18-30 at USC, Oct 31: 21 of 38 for 260 yards, a touchdown · 7 carries for 12 yards.

Ohio State’s next game: vs Oregon, Sat Nov 7, 3:30 p.m. ET · CBS

This week

RecordOhio State is 6-2, No. 11 in the AP poll (week 10).
Fans after USC
Fahey hasn't been the problem, we've just been shooting ourselves in the foot
Ohio State fan

What’s being said

40 stories this week, from 21 outlets.

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

Luke Fahey to start at QB for Ohio State against USC

Eleven Warriors +2 Oct 30

All 86 stories this season

His most important play this season

Q4, 2:12 · Ohio State down 15Luke Fahey finds Jeremiah Smith for a 1-yard touchdownOhio State at USC, week 9Q4, 2:12 · Ohio State 18, USC 27▼5%Ohio State’s chance to win, 6% to 1%▼5%Ohio State’s chance to win, 6% to 1%L.Fahey pass complete short left to J.Smith caught at USC00, for 1 yard to the USC00 touchdown L.Fahey pass attempt failedWatch from this playBig Ten Football

All 3 of his plays on video

Luke Fahey

QB · Ohio State · Fr · #13

One game to point at: 260 passing yards and 12 rushing yards against USC — Week 9, 2026.

463 passing yards · 3 passing TD · 13 rushing yards

Style of play

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/19Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (10.5%).

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Ohio State	30	51	58.8%	463	9.1	3	2	146.7	43
Career		30	51	58.8%	463	9.1	3	2	146.7	43

Season	Team
2026	Ohio State	10	13	1.3	0	9
Career		10	13	1.3	0	9

Last game (Wk 9): 260 passing yards, 1 passing TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 4 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 56-3vs Ball State	Came on in Q3	5/6	62	1	1	10.3	—	—	3
Wk 3	W 59-3vs Kent State	Came on in Q3	4/5	141	1	1	28.2	88.1	—	—
Wk 7	W 19-15@ No. 5 Indiana	Came on in Q4	0/2	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	0	-2
Wk 9	L 18-30@ USC	Shaky	21/38	260	1	0	6.8	49.0	2	12	Season-high 260 yds
Total			30/51	463	3	2	9.1	—	2	13

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 18-30 at USC

21 of 38 for 260 yards and a touchdown.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 18-30 at USCOct. 31260 yds21 of 38, 1 TDPlay by play just above

W 19-15 at IndianaOct. 170 yds0 of 2

Play by playOn the field

0 of 2 for 0 yards.

0 of 2 of his drives scored
0 of 2 on 3rd and 4th down

Fourth quarterbegan up 13-7
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds1
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds2
FinalW 19-15

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 Brandon Inniss on 3rd and 18. Fourth quarter, up 19-15.
2
Incomplete to Legend Bey on 3rd and 24. Fourth quarter, up 19-15.

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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.

2 more games, with the play by play

W 59-3 vs Kent StateSept. 19141 yds4 of 5, 1 TD, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

4 of 5 for 141 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

2 of 4 of his drives scored

Third quarterbegan up 35-0
Punt1 of 1, 7 yds
Int1 of 2, 20 yds1
Fourth quarterbegan up 42-0
TD1 of 1, 75 yds2
FG1 of 1, 39 yds
FinalW 59-3

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
Intercepted. Third quarter, up 42-0. Picked off by Kent State’s Norey Johnson.
2
75-yard touchdown pass to Chris Henry Jr.. Fourth quarter, made it 49-0.

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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 56-3 vs Ball StateSept. 562 yds5 of 6, 1 TD, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

5 of 6 for 62 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

1 of 2 of his drives scored
1 of 2 on 3rd and 4th down
1 run for 3 yds

Third quarterbegan up 28-3
Int1 of 2, 2 yds12
TD4 of 4, 60 yds3
FinalW 56-3

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
2-yard completion to Isaiah West. Third quarter, up 42-3. Fans named him again and again right after: the most-talked-about moment of his game.
“Fahey over TSC is not a good sign. If Sayin leaves we are 100% in the portal”Ohio State fan, r/CFB game thread
2
Intercepted on 3rd and 8. Third quarter, up 42-3. Picked off by Ball State’s Cedric Franklin II.
3
25-yard touchdown pass to Legend Bey. Fourth quarter, made it 49-3.

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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.

Signature game

Week 9 · 2026

L 18-30

at USC

260 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 49.0 · 12 rush yds (7 car)

With J. McGuire — 40.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 45 long · B. Jackson — 121 rush yds (21 car) · 2 rec · 32 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Kent State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +6.08Fahey to Henry Jr.: a 75-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Ball State · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA −3.91L.Fahey pass intercepted by C.Franklin III at OhioSt36, End Of Play
Week 9 · USC · 2nd and 13 · Q1 · EPA +3.42Fahey to Smith: a 27-yard pass.
Week 1 · Ball State · 1st and 20 · Q4 · EPA +3.30Fahey to Bey: a 25-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · USC · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.16Fahey to Williams: a 24-yard pass.
Week 9 · USC · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.05Fahey to Henry Jr.: a 39-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 9 · USC · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.57Fahey to Jackson: a 17-yard pass.
Week 3 · Kent State · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +2.43Fahey to Boyd: a 39-yard pass.
Week 1 · Ball State · 3rd and 11 · Q4 · EPA +2.33Fahey to Boyd: a 22-yard pass.
Week 9 · USC · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA −2.15L.Fahey sacked for loss of 7 yards (B.Shelby)

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	463	T-162nd of 370	25th of 50
Yards an attempt	9.1	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	3	T-151st of 370	T-24th of 50
Passer rating	146.7	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	58.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	13	T-216th of 370	23rd of 50
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 51 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

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

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -21 to +24 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Smith and Mccuin saw 19 of the 51 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Jeremiah Smith	13	10	83	8.2	2.8
Devin Mccuin	6	1	17	22.0	14.0
Phillip Bell	5	4	57	10.6	2.2
Bo Jackson	5	2	32	5.8	16.0
Isaiah West	4	4	16	-0.5	4.5
8 others	16	9	259	14.8	6.1
No receiver charted	2	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 51 passes, 30 caught, 464 yards. 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

30/51 (58.8%) · 3 TD · 2 INT

51 of 51 attempts matched to play-by-play

49 of 51 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

8.0040 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

3.8%47 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (47 of 185 QBs) and still 40 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

14% of attempts (7)

100%comp

Air -3.6 · YAC 9.1 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

35% of attempts (17)

71%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 3.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

27% of attempts (13)

31%comp1 INT

Air 13.6 · YAC 5.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

24% of attempts (12)

42%comp1 INT

Air 30.0 · YAC 2.6 avg

Overall 58.8% completion on 51 attempts · 42% completion on 12 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2026Ohio State6-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 32. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

32Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / att (89th percentile). Concern: completion % (22nd percentile).

Box-score rates

Yards / att#19 / 159 · 89th pct

9.1

Completion %#125 / 159 · 22nd pct

58.8%

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

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

Thin sample: 41 dropbacks

43Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

40.2%9th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.2% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.5015th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.5 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.3%58th pct of FBS QBs

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

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (10 of 51 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 · 4 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	102	1.0	19.2	1.0
Road2g	130	0.5	3.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	67.7	0.7	12.8	0.7
Weeks 8+1g	260	1.0	6.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Pass share

45.0%

250 pass / 306 run

Plays / game

69.5

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Ohio State’s quarterbacks

Luke Fahey	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 30 of 51, 463 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT · 9.1 yards an attempt on 51 attempts · ran for 13 yds, 0 TD
Julian Sayin	Threw in 7 of 8 games · 131 of 192, 2,007 yds, 19 TD, 4 INT · 10.5 yards an attempt on 192 attempts · ran for -9 yds, 2 TD
Tavien St. Clair	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 5 of 7, 52 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · 7.4 yards an attempt on 7 attempts · ran for 8 yds, 0 TD

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: Luke Fahey. Gray: Julian Sayin, Tavien St. Clair. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Ball State@ TexasKent StateIllinois@ IowaMaryland@ Indiana@ USC

Awards

Player standing · 2026

51 pass attempts and 10 carries in 4 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Luke Fahey

This week

What’s being said

His most important play this season

Style of play

In the news this week

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

What fans said

Latest stories

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Ohio State’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

51 pass attempts and 10 carries in 4 games

First season at Ohio State, 4 games

2026 4 games