Maverick McIvor

Senior quarterback for Western Kentucky. 2025: 2,062 passing yards, 12 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 214 lb · San Angelo, TX

CFB Index 37 · #100 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceReturning to Western Kentucky for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETat IndianaMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)Indiana by 44

The numbers

2,062

passing yards · 2025

12 TD · 6 INT · 7.6 per attempt

Backed by 305 yds · 5 TD -- top 1% passing TDs game.

The play that turned itSwung Western Kentucky from 19% to 54% to win.Western Kentucky at Southern Miss · 27-16

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Western Kentucky. 2025: 2,062 passing yards, 12 TD, 6 INT.

Transferred from Abilene Christian to Western Kentucky in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Sack rate: 87th percentile.

The full scouting read

Maverick McIvor

QB · Western Kentucky · Sr · #7

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Maverick McIvor arrived at Western Kentucky from Abilene Christian. 2025 brought the first one: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 401 pass yds, 7 rush yds against Sam Houston — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #100 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sack rate (87th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (83rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#24 / 183 · 87th pct

3.2%

Explosive rate#32 / 183 · 83rd pct

11.0%

Success rate#41 / 183 · 77th pct

43.9%

EPA / dropback#56 / 183 · 70th pct

0.26

Interception rate#92 / 183 · 50th pct

2.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 174 · 91st pct

Completion %#30 / 183 · 84th pct

67.0%

Yards / att#57 / 183 · 68th pct

7.6

Interceptions#70 / 183 · 56th pct

Pass yards#86 / 183 · 53rd pct

2062

Pass TDs#88 / 183 · 49th pct

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Rush yards#114 / 183 · 38th 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

178/272 (65.4%) · 12 TD · 6 INT

272 of 273 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

7.0066 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

3.2%35 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (35 of 206 QBs) and still 66 of 206 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

61%of completions

109 comp4.7 yds avg4 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

22%of completions

39 comp13.6 yds avg3 TD

Deep

20+ yds

17%of completions

30 comp32.0 yds avg5 TD

Overall 65.4% completion on 272 attempts · 30 deep completions averaging 32.0 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 31 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-5 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/98 (4.1%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

-26 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 1/73 (1.4%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+31 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/77 (3.9%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~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

2025 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	270	2.0	7.3	1.0
Road4g	245	1.0	8.1	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	272	1.7	8.1	0.4
Weeks 8+1g	159	0.0	5.1	3.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #100 of 146 QBs

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #5 of 16 Conference USA QBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	183	273	67.0%	2,062	7.6	12	6	140.6	54	--	--
Career		183	273	67.0%	2,062	7.6	12	6	140.6	54	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	39	76	1.9	2	--
Career		39	76	1.9	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 55–6

vs North Alabama

305 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.6 · 7 rush yds (1 car)

Dominant 49-point win at home against North Alabama.

With C. Maynard — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 53 AVG · K. Hutchinson — 5 rec · 113 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Toledo · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA -7.16Maverick McIvor pass intercepted Emmanuel McNeil-Warren return for 37 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 1 · North Alabama · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +6.27Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 78 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 8 · Florida International · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA -4.28Maverick McIvor pass intercepted Mister Clark return for no gain to the FIU 2
Week 8 · Florida International · 2&8 · Q4 · EPA -4.18Maverick McIvor pass intercepted Jessiah McGrew return for 31 yds to the FIU 33
Week 1 · Sam Houston · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.91Maverick McIvor pass complete to Moussa Barry for 48 yds to the SHSU 22 for a 1ST down Sam Houston Penalty, Defensive Pass Interference (Darrick Bledsoe III) declined for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Sam Houston · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.83Maverick McIvor pass complete to Matthew Henry for 26 yds for a TD (John Cannon KICK)
Week 5 · Missouri State · 2&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.70Maverick McIvor pass complete to K.D. Hutchinson for 16 yds to the MOST 48 for a 1ST down Missouri State Penalty, Roughing The Passer (Dylan Dixson) to the MOST 37 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Delaware · 3&15 · Q2 · EPA +3.65Maverick McIvor pass complete to Cameron Flowers for 23 yds to the DEL 26 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Delaware · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Maverick McIvor pass complete to Matthew Henry for 33 yds to the DEL 45 for a 1ST down Delaware Penalty, Defensive Offside (Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Southern Miss · 2&14 · Q3 · EPA +3.63(08:25) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 M.McIvor pass complete deep right to #0 M.Henry caught at USM18, for 46 yards to the USM12 (#11 J.Pennix), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs Sam Houston	33/51	401	3	0	7.9	69.4	Season-high 401 yds
Wk 1	W 55-6vs North Alabama	24/31	305	5	0	9.8	90.6	Season-high 401 yds
Wk 2	L 21-45@ Toledo	23/38	235	2	1	6.2	25.0
Wk 4	W 31-16vs Nevada	22/33	216	0	1	6.5	27.3
Wk 5	W 27-22@ Missouri State	26/39	317	1	0	8.1	53.5
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Delaware	23/31	230	1	0	7.4	73.6
Wk 8	L 6-25vs Florida International	20/31	159	0	3	5.1	17.0	3 INTs — rough day
Bowl	W 27-16@ Southern Miss	12/19	199	0	1	10.5	93.7
Total		183/273	2062	12	6	7.7	56.3

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

68.8%Completion %

35.3%Conversion/dropback

45.5%Land short of sticks

1INTs

68.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 35.3% conversion-per-dropback — 45.5% 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

3/19Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 19 inside-the-5 carries (15.8%).

2026 Outlook

Western Kentucky

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Quarterback · Western Kentucky

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