Marcus Stokes

#2 · QB · Fr. · Memphis6′2″ · 209 lb · Saint Augustine, FL · Nease

ZPR7411th of 119 QBs Last gameW 49–22vs Army · Oct 31

Nextat South FloridaThu Nov 12 · 8 pm ET

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

Last game: W 49-22 vs Army, Oct 31 · 29 of 35 for 371 yards, 4 touchdowns · 7 carries for 30 yards, a rushing touchdown. Started all nine of Memphis’s games.

Memphis’s next game: at South Florida, Thu Nov 12, 8:00 p.m. ET · ESPN

Memphis is 7-2 in the nine games played. A chain-mover who throws deeper than most.

Strongest: a touchdown on 8.8% of throws, 6th best of 158 starters.

Plays most like Sayin, Ohio State.

Passing yards

2,532

179 of 259, 69%

TD–INT

25–6

9.8 per throw

NCAA rating

178.5

4th of 119

ZPR

11th of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 7 of 9 graded games.

300 or more passing yards in the last three games.

Best by our grade: at Boise State. Lowest: at Tulane, with 3 interceptions and sacked 6 times. Best play: Completion for 76 yards, touchdown, at Tulane, Q2 14:08. Win chance 66% to 89%. Costliest play: Interception, returned for a touchdown, at Tulane, Q2 0:00. Win chance 44% to 19%.

Tap a game for its plays

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at UNLV

W 27–21·Unranked

Solid

223 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 45 · Sacked 1

Both Stokes and Arnold doing the Carson Wentz special of underthrowing for DPIs
Memphis fan

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 28 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 26% to 54%.

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Arkansas State

W 42–24·Unranked

Great

Strong start, faded late · 188 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 6 for 20 · Interceptions cost about 7 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 25 points of win chance. Win chance: 51% to 76%.

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at Boise State

L 20–38·Unranked

Great

Carried by the first quarter · 384 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 11 for 24 · The interception cost about 9 points of win chance · Sacked 0

Stokes looking good today.
Memphis fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 10 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 42% to 52%.

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UT Martin

W 45–21·FCS

Left in Q3

Last pass came in the third quarter; Air Noland finished the game · 258 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 2 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 11 points of win chance. Win chance: 87% to 97%.

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at Charlotte

W 59–8·Unranked

Solid

Carried by the first quarter · 318 yds, 5 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for 61 · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 25 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 40% to 65%.

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UAB

W 38–13·Unranked

Solid

164 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for 36 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q3 completion added 17 points of win chance. Win chance: 76% to 93%.

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at Tulane

L 17–31·Unranked

Fans talked about this game

Shaky

306 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT · Rush 15 for 18 · Interceptions cost about 22 points of win chance · Lost 2 fumbles · Sacked 6

Stokes played like I do when I get stupid and put CFB 26 on Heisman difficulty.
Memphis fan

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 26 points of win chance. Win chance: 50% to 76%.

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East Carolina

W 41–34·Unranked

Solid

320 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 31, 2 TD · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 30 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 33% to 63%.

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Army

W 49–22·Unranked

Great

371 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 30, 1 TD · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 18 points of win chance. Win chance: 62% to 80%.

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Season

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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. 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

Chain-mover

Also: explosive runner, deep thrower, accurate

Why this word

Runs5.9 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws10.9 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes69%FewerMore

Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws deeper than most and runs some. 5.9 carries a game. Closest matches: Sayin, Mendoza ’25, Lonergan, Minicucci.

Where the throws go

Behind the line11%typical 17%

Short43%typical 47%

Middle31%typical 22%

Deep16%typical 14%

Runs 5.9 times a game; 68% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Sayin Ohio State · Vertical passer
2,007 yards, 19 TD, 4 INT so far. Both throw deep and are efficient.
Mendoza ’25 Indiana 2025 · Chain-mover
3,535 yards, 41 TD, 6 INT. Drafted in round 1 (No. 1 overall) by Las Vegas, 2026. Both are efficient and hit big plays.
Lonergan Rutgers · Vertical passer
1,066 yards, 10 TD, 6 INT so far. Both score a lot and are efficient.
Minicucci Delaware · Chain-mover
1,477 yards, 14 TD, 4 INT so far. Both complete 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

RecordMemphis is 7-2.
Fans after East Carolina
Let’s goooo stokes was struggling but turned it around
Memphis fan

What’s being said

4 stories this week, from 4 outlets.

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

All 39 stories this season

Worth knowing

Marcus Stokes has 260.2 passing yards a game at home, 307.8 on the road.

His most important play this season

Q2, 14:08 · Memphis breaks the tieMarcus Stokes finds Braylon Burnside for a 76-yard touchdownMemphis at Tulane, week 7Q2, 14:08 · Memphis 10, Tulane 37676-yard touchdown pass7676-yard touchdown pass76-yard touchdown passM.Stokes pass complete short middle to S.Burnside caught at MEM40, for 76 yards to the TLN00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

All 12 of his plays on video

Marcus Stokes

QB · Memphis · Fr · #2

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Marcus Stokes takes over from Brendon Lewis at Memphis.

2,532passing yards25passing TD267rushing yards

PRODUCES ABOVE PERCEPTION · PCTL GAP

+48

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The production (97th) is outrunning the reputation (49th). The recognition is the thing lagging behind.

Read the story so far

Marcus Stokes lines up at QB for Memphis.

On the field, the headline is 2,532 pass yds, with 25 pass td.

Marcus Stokes inherited the QB job from Brendon Lewis (3-star).

The number to watch: +48 — produces above perception · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromBrendon Lewis 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Memphis	179	259	69.1%	2,532	9.8	25	6	178.5	74
Career		179	259	69.1%	2,532	9.8	25	6	178.5	74

Season	Team
2026	Memphis	74	267	3.6	3	21
Career		74	267	3.6	3	21

Last game (Wk 9): 371 passing yards, 4 passing TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	W 27-21@ UNLV	Solid	15/26	223	2	0	8.6	92.2	1	45
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Arkansas State	Great	12/15	188	2	2	12.5	—	1	20
Wk 2	L 20-38@ Boise State	Great	17/25	384	1	1	15.4	73.3	0	24	Season-high 384 yds
Wk 3	W 45-21vs UT Martin	Left in Q3	26/32	258	4	0	8.1	80.4	1	2	4 TD passes
Wk 5	W 59-8@ Charlotte	Solid	20/25	318	5	0	12.7	96.2	2	61	5 TD passes
Wk 6	W 38-13vs UAB	Solid	11/21	164	2	0	7.8	25.1	1	36
Wk 7	L 17-31@ Tulane	Shaky	20/37	306	2	3	8.3	9.8	6	18	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 8	W 41-34vs East Carolina	Solid	29/43	320	3	0	7.4	87.2	0	31	3 TD passes
Wk 9	W 49-22vs Army	Great	29/35	371	4	0	10.6	89.2	0	30	4 TD passes
Total			179/259	2532	25	6	9.8	—	12	267

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 49-22 vs Army

29 of 35 for 371 yards and 4 touchdowns.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

W 49-22 vs ArmyOct. 31371 yds29 of 35, 4 TDPlay by play just above · 10.6 yds an attempt, 13th in FBS

W 41-34 vs East CarolinaOct. 22320 yds29 of 43, 3 TD7.4 yds an attempt, 46th in FBS

29 of 43 for 320 yards and 3 touchdowns.

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

7 more games, with the play by play

L 17-31 at TulaneOct. 16306 yds20 of 37, 2 TD, 3 INT8.3 yds an attempt, 36th in FBS

20 of 37 for 306 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions.

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

W 38-13 vs UABOct. 10164 yds11 of 21, 2 TD7.8 yds an attempt, 42nd in FBS

Play by playOn the field

11 of 21 for 164 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was 2 of 6 on third and fourth down.

6 of 11 of his drives scored
2 of 6 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
8 runs for 44 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
TD2 of 3, 30 yds
Punt1 of 2, 3 yds
Second quarterbegan tied 7-7
FG0 of 1, 0 yds1
Punt1 of 2, 13 yds
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds2
Third quarterbegan down 13-10
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds3
TD2 of 3, 23 yds
TD3 of 3, 75 yds4
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Fourth quarterbegan up 24-13
TD—
TD2 of 2, 20 yds
FinalW 38-13

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 Alante Brown on 3rd and 3. Second quarter, tied 7-7. Broken up by UAB’s M. Byard.
2
Incomplete to Jermane Hayes on 3rd and 4. Second quarter, down 13-10.
3
Incomplete to Jermane Hayes on 3rd and 8. Third quarter, down 13-10.
4
45-yard touchdown pass to Tychaun Chapman. Third quarter, made it 24-13.

102030405045

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 59-8 at CharlotteOct. 3318 yds20 of 25, 5 TDBig game · 12.7 yds an attempt, 6th in FBS

Play by playOn the field

A big game: 20 of 25 for 318 yards and 5 touchdowns; 12.7 yards an attempt, 6th-best in FBS that week. He was 5 of 8 on third and fourth down.

6 of 9 of his drives scored
5 of 8 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
7 runs for 82 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt—1
TD1 of 1, 93 yds2
TD4 of 4, 52 yds3
TD3 of 4, 56 yds
Second quarterbegan up 14-0
Missed FG3 of 5, 32 yds
FG4 of 4, 27 yds
Third quarterbegan up 24-0
TD3 of 3, 30 yds
Punt1 of 3, 4 yds
TD1 of 1, 24 yds
FinalW 59-8

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
Sacked for a 12-yard loss on 3rd and 8. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
93-yard touchdown pass to Jermane Hayes. First quarter, made it 7-0.
3
16-yard run on 3rd and 4. First quarter, up 7-0. Converted.

102030405093

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 45-21 vs UT MartinSept. 19258 yds26 of 32, 4 TD8.1 yds an attempt, 53rd in FBS

26 of 32 for 258 yards and 4 touchdowns.

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

L 20-38 at Boise StateSept. 12384 yds17 of 25, 1 TD, 1 INT15.4 yds an attempt, 6th in FBS

17 of 25 for 384 yards, a touchdown and an interception; 15.4 yards an attempt, 6th-best in FBS that week.

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

W 42-24 vs Arkansas StateSept. 5188 yds12 of 15, 2 TD, 2 INT12.5 yds an attempt, 14th in FBS

Play by playOn the field

12 of 15 for 188 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. He was 3 of 5 on third and fourth down.

3 of 8 of his drives scored
3 of 5 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
5 runs for 28 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 1, 2 yds
Int0 of 1, 0 yds1
Second quarterbegan down 3-0
TD4 of 4, 74 yds23
TD2 of 2, 49 yds
Third quarterbegan up 21-17
TD2 of 2, 48 yds
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
Int2 of 3, 13 yds4
Fourth quarterbegan up 35-24
Punt1 of 1, 2 yds
FinalW 42-24

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. First quarter, tied 0-0. Picked off by Arkansas State’s Dontrae Henderson.
2
40-yard completion to Brady Kluse. Second quarter, down 10-7.
3
13-yard run on 3rd and 10. Second quarter, down 10-7. Converted.
4
Intercepted. Fourth quarter, up 35-24. Picked off by Arkansas State’s Brandon Greil.

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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 27-21 at UNLVAug. 29223 yds15 of 26, 2 TD8.6 yds an attempt, 60th in FBS

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at Boise State	L 20-38 · Graded great · Carried by the first quarter · 384 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 11 for 24 · The interception cost about 9 points of win chance · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at Tulane	L 17-31 · Graded shaky · 306 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT · Rush 15 for 18 · Interceptions cost about 22 points of win chance · Lost 2 fumbles · Sacked 6
Most talked about	at Tulane	Fans named the quarterback more in this game than in any other, L 17-31 · Graded shaky · 306 yds, 2 TD, 3 INT · Rush 15 for 18 · Interceptions cost about 22 points of win chance · Lost 2 fumbles · Sacked 6
Best play	at Tulane	Completion for 76 yards, touchdown, Q2 14:08 · Win chance 66% to 89%
Costliest play	at Tulane	Interception, returned for a touchdown, Q2 0:00 · Win chance 44% to 19%

Where he ranks

Tied for 1st in the nation in touchdown passes. 4th among FBS quarterbacks in passer rating.

Stat	His	Nation	American Athletic
Passing yards	2,532	4th of 370	3rd of 37
Yards an attempt	9.8	6th of 152	1st of 15
Touchdown passes	25	T-1st of 370	1st of 37
Passer rating	178.5	4th of 152	1st of 15
Completion percentage	69.1	20th of 152	4th of 15
Rushing yards	267	T-37th of 370	T-7th of 37
Rushing touchdowns	3	T-53rd of 370	T-8th of 37

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

All American Athletic quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Tayven Jackson	2,568	22	5	268	9.6
2	Caden Veltkamp	2,534	23	5	315	8.0
3	Marcus Stokes	2,532	25	6	259	9.8
4	Owen McCown	1,751	10	4	243	7.2
5	Baylor Hayes	1,343	10	2	192	7.0
6	Ryder Burton	1,333	6	5	194	6.9
7	Michael Van Buren Jr.	1,273	6	0	181	7.0
8	Ajani Sheppard	1,245	8	3	140	8.9
9	Conner Harrell	831	5	2	108	7.7
10	Kadin Semonza	804	4	2	119	6.8
11	Cole Gonzales	802	3	7	127	6.3
12	Mitch Griffis	753	4	5	126	6.0
13	Trace Johnson	749	2	4	106	7.1
14	Jackson Gutierrez	717	7	1	71	10.1
15	Emory Williams	716	7	2	117	6.1
16	Jacurri Brown	471	2	2	82	5.7
17	Cale Hellums	462	4	2	76	6.1
18	Dexter Williams II	340	3	0	59	5.8
19	Gael Ochoa	160	1	0	16	10.0
20	Chaston Ditta	159	1	0	19	8.4
21	Braxton Woodson	152	0	1	25	6.1
22	Jaxon Smolik	129	1	1	27	4.8
23	Air Noland	83	2	1	9	9.2
24	Zach Mundell	82	0	0	3	27.3
25	Drew Devillier	79	0	0	13	6.1
26	Zeon Chriss	64	0	0	9	7.1
27	Luke Kromenhoek	60	0	0	14	4.3
28	Chris Jimerson Jr.	55	1	0	3	18.3
29	Patrick Crayton Jr.	29	0	0	2	14.5
30	Nate Rogers	24	0	0	5	4.8
31	Jordan Magwood	16	0	0	3	5.3
32	Ethan Washington	13	0	0	2	6.5
33	Bryson Luter	12	0	1	4	3.0
34	Dagan Bruno	10	0	0	1	10.0
35	Jeremiah Daoud	6	0	0	4	1.5
36	Jaylen White	5	0	0	5	1.0
37	Brandon Tennison	0	0	0	2	0.0

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

Passing yards2,5323rd in the American Athletic this season.

Touchdown passes251st in the American Athletic this season.

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 -25 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Hayes and Tipton saw 93 of the 260 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Jermane Hayes	47	37	452	10.2	4.3
Hunter Tipton	46	34	467	6.8	8.5
Braylon Burnside	45	30	481	12.2	5.4
Jemyri Davis	31	23	378	15.0	3.4
Tychaun Chapman	22	14	233	13.0	2.7
10 others	60	41	509	8.1	6.3
No receiver charted	9	All five interceptions are among these

Play by play: 260 passes, 179 caught, 2,520 yards; the box score counts 259 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

179/259 (69.1%) · 25 TD · 6 INT

All 259 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 261 passing plays)

256 of 261 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 261 passing plays (179 completions) against the box score's 259 attempts (179 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

9.7210 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

5.1%90 of 185 QBs

Rarely sacked (90 of 185 QBs) and still 10 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

11% of attempts (29)

76%comp

Air -4.5 · YAC 11.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

44% of attempts (112)

80%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 3.8 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

30% of attempts (76)

64%comp2 INT

Air 13.7 · YAC 5.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

15% of attempts (39)

41%comp3 INT

Air 33.9 · YAC 7.6 avg

Overall 69.1% completion on 259 attempts · 41% completion on 39 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 27 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-10 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/120 (2.5%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 2

+27 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/81 (2.5%) · league sack rate 5.0%

Down 3+

-18 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 7/57 (12.3%) · 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

2026Memphis7-2HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 83 (#3 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

83All-Conference level #3 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: success rate (92nd percentile). Strength: epa / dropback (86th percentile). Concern: interceptions (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#12 / 157 · 92nd pct

51.3%

EPA / dropback#22 / 157 · 86th pct

0.38

Explosive rate#41 / 157 · 74th pct

12.3%

Sack rate#72 / 157 · 54th pct

5.1%

Interception rate#86 / 157 · 46th pct

2.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#1 / 159 · 99th pct

Pass yards#5 / 159 · 97th pct

2532

Yards / att#6 / 159 · 97th pct

9.8

Completion %#21 / 159 · 87th pct

69.1%

Rush yards#32 / 159 · 80th pct

267

Rush TDs#42 / 159 · 69th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 142 · 32nd pct

Interceptions#114 / 159 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

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 258 dropbacks

74Zeitgeist Passer Rating11th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 178.5 4th of 119 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

50.7%78th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.0% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

9.0491st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.7 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.5%54th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.8% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (14 of 272 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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	260	3.0	9.3	0.4
Road4g	308	2.5	11.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	263	2.6	10.5	0.9
Weeks 8+2g	346	3.5	9.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

42.1%

268 pass / 368 run

Plays / game

70.7

9 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Memphis’s two quarterbacks

Marcus Stokes	Threw in all 9 games · 179 of 259, 2,532 yds, 25 TD, 6 INT · 9.8 yards an attempt on 259 attempts · ran for 267 yds, 3 TD
Air Noland	Threw in 2 of 9 games · 7 of 9, 83 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · 9.2 yards an attempt on 9 attempts · ran for 32 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: Marcus Stokes. Gray: Air Noland. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT@ UNLVArkansas State@ Boise StateUT Martin@ CharlotteUAB@ TulaneEast CarolinaArmy

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

259 pass attempts and 74 carries in 9 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% TD rate.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

83 · #3 of 145 QBs

Marcus Stokes

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

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

Memphis’s two quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

Impact starter

First season at Memphis, 9 games