Michael Alaimo: QB · Kent State · #18.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Michael Alaimo
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Jeff Brohm and Kenni Burns. A game that shows it: 174 passing yards against Arkansas — Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
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. checkdown by design
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 | 24 |
| 2022 | Purdue | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2021 | Purdue | 1 | −3 | −3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 65 | −23 | −0.4 | 1 | 24 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
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| 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 | 6.5 | — |
Week 3 · 2023
W 38-10
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 128 passing plays (79 completions) against the box score's 144 attempts (79 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
3.73193 of 212 QBsSack rate
15.3%210 of 212 QBsSacked 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 54.9% completion on 144 attempts · 10 deep completions averaging 35.7 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
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
Head Coach
Kenni Burns
Pass share
41.1%
306 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
62.1
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #134 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons, at Purdue and Kent State, 1,007 passing yards — the college career is complete.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Brohm and Kenni Burns.
