Mason McKenzie

#10 · QB · R-Jr. · Boston College6′1″ · 200 lb · Caledonia, MI

ZPR26106th of 119 QBsLast gameL 2–47at Duke · Oct 31
Nextvs Florida StateSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: L 2-47 at Duke, Oct 31 · 9 of 17 for 87 yards, a lost fumble · 13 carries for 24 yards. Started all eight of Boston College’s games.

Boston College’s next game: vs Florida State, Sat Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. ET · ACC Network

Boston College is 4-4 in the eight games played. A run-first quarterback.

Weakest: sacked on 9% of dropbacks, 16th highest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,450

116 of 201, 58%

TD–INT

8–7

7.2 per throw

NCAA rating

124.5

93rd of 119

ZPR

26

106th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 6 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: Pittsburgh. Lowest: at Duke, sacked 3 times. Biggest game: at SMU, No. 21. Best play: Completion for 69 yards, touchdown, against Pittsburgh, Q3 14:14. Win chance 50% to 72%.

Tap a game for its plays

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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; 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. 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

Run-first

Why this word
Runs12.5 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.5 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes58%FewerMore
Takes sacks9% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs a lot. 12.5 carries a game. Closest matches: Mateer, Brown, Brosterhous, Fox ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line21%typical 17%
Short44%typical 47%
Middle19%typical 22%
Deep16%typical 14%

Runs 12.5 times a game; 96% of starters run less.

Closest in style

MateerBrownBrosterhousFox ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Mateer Oklahoma · Mobile passer
    1,835 yards, 13 TD, 7 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and are less efficient.
  • Brown Auburn · Scrambler
    1,557 yards, 9 TD, 7 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and run a lot.
  • Brosterhous Utah State · Run-first
    1,120 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and miss more.
  • Fox ’25 West Virginia 2025 · Mobile passer
    1,276 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT. Both miss more and take sacks.

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

  • RecordBoston College is 4-4.
  • Fans after Georgia Tech

    Mason McKenzie is such a stud

    Boston College fan

What’s being said

12 stories in the last 30 days, from 6 outlets.

Oct 13: 1Oct 17: 2Oct 22: 2Oct 24: 2Oct 25: 2Oct 28: 1Oct 29: 1Nov 1: 1W 27-21 vs PittsburghWW 49-27 at Georgia TechWL 2-47 at DukeLOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Oct 13: 1Oct 17: 2Oct 22: 2Oct 24: 2Oct 25: 2Oct 28: 1Oct 29: 1Nov 1: 1W 27-21 vs PittsburghWW 49-27 at Georgia TechWL 2-47 at DukeLOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 2
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

All 42 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Mason McKenzie has 207.8 passing yards a game at home, 154.8 on the road.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 0:51 · Boston College down 5, takes the leadMason McKenzie finds Javarius Green for an 11-yard touchdownPittsburgh at Boston College, week 7Q2, 0:51 · Boston College 14, Pittsburgh 12Boston College took the lead in the second quarterBoston College took the lead in the second quarterM.McKenzie pass complete short middle to J.Green caught at PIT00, for 11 yards to the PIT00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 11 of his plays on video

Mason McKenzie

QB · Boston College · Fr · #10

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Mason McKenzie takes over from Dylan Lonergan at Boston College.

1,450passing yards8passing TD638rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-36

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The name carries 54th-percentile weight; the snaps grade out 18th. The gap is the open question.

Read the story so far

Mason McKenzie lines up at QB for Boston College.

On the field, the headline is 1,450 pass yds, with 8 pass td.

Mason McKenzie inherited the QB job from Dylan Lonergan (4-star).

The number to watch: -36 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromDylan Lonergan 4★

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