#18

Michael Alaimo

Junior quarterback for Kent State. 2023: 932 passing yards, 2 TD, 4 INT.

QB · Kent State · Jr. · #18

6′4″ · 225 lb · Montvale, NJ

CFB Index 24 · #134 of 140 QBsHigh confidenceKent State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

PRO recruit

No. 266 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 quarterback for Kent State. 2023: 932 passing yards, 2 TD, 4 INT.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Purdue in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Kent State, 1,007 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2020

Signed with Purdue4-star out of St. Joseph Regional

20223 games

Entered the portal

20238 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2024

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#266 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2023

2 coaches

2021–2022

Sean Lewis

Kent State

2023

Kenni Burns

Kent State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Sean Lewis → Kenni Burns. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Kent State1-11HC: Kenni Burns · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

24Below cohort / limited sample #134 of 140?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (84th percentile). Concern: sack rate (1st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#1 / 177 · 84th pct

0.0%

Success rate#100 / 177 · 44th pct

40.9%

Explosive rate#143 / 177 · 19th pct

7.8%

EPA / dropback#145 / 177 · 18th pct

0.15

Sack rate#176 / 177 · 1st pct

16.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Interceptions#38 / 179 · 75th pct

Yards / att#134 / 179 · 24th pct

6.5

Rush TDs#124 / 179 · 23rd pct

Pass yards#144 / 179 · 20th pct

932

Completion %#152 / 179 · 15th pct

54.9%

Rush yards#161 / 179 · 10th pct

-48

Pass TDs#169 / 179 · 4th 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

79/128 (61.7%) · 2 TD · 4 INT

128 of 144 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

3.73193 of 212 QBs

Sack rate

15.3%210 of 212 QBs

Sacked on 15.3% of dropbacks (210 of 212) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (193 of 212).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

49%of completions

39 comp5.2 yds avg

Middle

10–19 yds

38%of completions

30 comp13.0 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

13%of completions

10 comp35.7 yds avg2 TD

Overall 61.7% completion on 128 attempts · 10 deep completions averaging 35.7 yds.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	131	0.3	6.7	0.3
Road5g	108	0.2	6.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	126	0.3	6.8	0.6
Weeks 8+1g	51.0	0.0	3.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

24 · #134 of 140 QBs

Former four-star. Now #134 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Kent State	79	144	54.9%	932	6.5	2	4	108.3	31	--	--
2022	Purdue	9	18	50.0%	75	4.2	1	1	92.2	--	--	--
2021	Purdue	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		88	162	54.3%	1,007	6.2	3	5	106.5	31	--	--

Season	Team
2023	Kent State	57	-48	-0.8	1	--
2022	Purdue	7	28	4.0	0	--
2021	Purdue	1	-3	-3.0	0	--
Career		65	-23	-0.4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 38–10

vs Central Connecticut

172 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 47.3 · 18 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 28-point win at home against Central Connecticut.

With G. Garcia — 125 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD · T. Harris — 3 rec · 94 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Fresno State · 3&13 · Q1 · EPA +4.15Michael Alaimo pass complete to Jameel Gardner Jr. for 40 yds to the FRES 38 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Central Connecticut · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.03Michael Alaimo pass complete to Trell Harris for 40 yds for a TD (Andrew Glass KICK)
Week 2 · Arkansas · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.78Michael Alaimo pass complete to Trell Harris for 36 yds to the ARK 2 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Arkansas · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.69Michael Alaimo pass complete to Chrishon McCray for 33 yds to the ARK 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UCF · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.64Michael Alaimo pass complete to Chrishon McCray for 36 yds to the UCF 39 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ohio · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Michael Alaimo pass complete to Chrishon McCray for 42 yds for a TD (Andrew Glass KICK)
Week 5 · Miami (OH) · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -3.25Michael Alaimo sacked by Oscar McWood for a loss of 12 yards to the KENT 47
Week 8 · Buffalo · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.23Michael Alaimo sacked for a loss of 12 yards to the KENT 43
Week 3 · Central Connecticut · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Michael Alaimo pass complete to Trell Harris for 43 yds to the CCSU 18 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UCF · 3&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Michael Alaimo run for 24 yds to the UCF 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 6-56@ UCF	12/31	145	0	1	4.7	41.5
Wk 2	L 6-28@ Arkansas	11/17	174	0	1	10.2	10.5	Season-high 174 yds
Wk 3	W 38-10vs Central Connecticut	12/16	172	1	1	10.8	47.3
Wk 4	L 10-53@ Fresno State	8/15	102	0	0	6.8	32.8
Wk 5	L 3-23vs Miami (OH)	18/30	170	0	0	5.7	15.6
Wk 6	L 17-42@ Ohio	9/13	107	1	1	8.2	46.5
Wk 7	L 14-28@ Eastern Michigan	2/8	11	0	0	1.4	3.5
Wk 8	L 6-24vs Buffalo	7/14	51	0	0	3.6	5.6
Total		79/144	932	2	4	6.4	25.4

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 %

28.0%Conversion/dropback

36.4%Land short of sticks

0INTs

68.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.0% conversion-per-dropback — 36.4% 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