Marcel Reed

#10 · QB · Texas A&M6′1″ · 185 lb · Nashville, TN · Montgomery Bell Academy

ZPR3795th of 119 QBsLast gameL 20–31at Alabama · Oct 24
Nextat South CarolinaSat Nov 7 · 3 pm ET
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Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 20-31 at No. 13 Alabama, Oct 24 · 14 of 21 for 163 yards, a touchdown, 2 interceptions, a lost fumble · 17 carries for 23 yards, a rushing touchdown. Started all eight of Texas A&M’s games.

Texas A&M’s next game: at South Carolina, Sat Nov 7, 3:00 p.m. ET · ESPN2

Texas A&M is 4-4 in the eight games played. A mobile passer.

Weakest: 7% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 13th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,388

126 of 222, 57%

TD–INT

8–8

6.3 per throw

NCAA rating

114.0

113th of 119

ZPR

37

95th of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 5 of 8 graded games.

  • 0-3 against ranked teams, 152 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: Arkansas. Lowest: at Missouri, with 2 interceptions and sacked 3 times. Biggest game: at LSU, No. 10.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

Steady through the game

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; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. 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

Mobile passer

Why this word
Runs6.0 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.5 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes58% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks7% 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. 6.0 carries a game. Closest matches: Crowder, Brosterhous, Denegal, Loftis ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line19%typical 17%
Short46%typical 47%
Middle21%typical 22%
Deep14%typical 14%

Runs 6.0 times a game; 70% of starters run less.

Closest in style

CrowderBrosterhousDenegalLoftis ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Crowder Troy · Mobile passer
    1,162 yards, 9 TD, 5 INT so far. Both are less efficient and hit few big plays.
  • Brosterhous Utah State · Run-first
    1,120 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT so far. Both miss more and are less efficient.
  • Denegal San Diego State · Balanced
    896 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and are less efficient.
  • Loftis ’25 Charlotte 2025 · Balanced
    1,415 yards, 8 TD, 8 INT. Both throw interceptions and are less 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

What’s being said

6 stories this week, from 5 outlets.

Oct 29: 2Oct 30: 1Oct 31: 1Nov 2: 2Oct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Oct 29: 2Oct 30: 1Oct 31: 1Nov 2: 2Oct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Stories per day.

Why Texas A&M coach Mike Elko is sticking with Marcel Reed at quarterback

Houston Chronicle Nov 2

All 206 stories this season

His most important play this season

  1. Q3, 1:38 · Texas A&M up 3M. Reed fumbles and Alabama recoversTexas A&M at Alabama, week 8Q3, 1:38 · Texas A&M 20, Alabama 177Texas A&M’s turnover led to a touchdown7Texas A&M’s turnover led to a touchdownTexas A&M’s turnover led to a touchdownM.Reed rush middle for 0 yards to the TAM45 fumbled by M.Reed at TAM45 recovered by ALA Q.Reese at TAM45, End Of PlayWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 9 of his plays on video

The story

As of

In 2025 he threw for 3,169 yards and 25 touchdowns, ran for 493 more and six scores, and carried the Aggies to an 11-0 start and their first Playoff berth. He's a true dual-threat — 6-1, 185, a problem with his legs and a gunslinger with his arm — and the same aggression that produced the highlights produced 12 interceptions.

Read the rest of the story

He bet on himself, announcing his return before the Playoff began. The forward stakes are the tightrope every aggressive young quarterback walks: cut the giveaways without dulling the edge that makes him dangerous. Do that on a roster built for a Playoff run, and he's in the Heisman conversation. For Reed, 2026 is the year the boom-or-bust quarterback decides which one he is. As of Oct 28: Texas A&M is 4-4, and Reed has completed 126 of 222 passes for 1,388 yards, eight touchdowns and eight interceptions, with 71 carries for 198 yards. Seven of the eight came in A&M's four losses: two against Kentucky, one against LSU, two against Missouri and two against Alabama on Oct 24. On Oct 17 his last pass came in the second quarter of the 41-0 win over The Citadel, after 8 of 13 for 130 yards and a touchdown.

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