Mitch Griffis

#12 · QB · East Carolina6′0″ · 195 lb · Ashburn, VA · Broad Run

Started again vs Temple, the first start since App State, week 2.

W 17-9 vs Temple, Oct 31: 17 of 30 for 130 yards, an interception · 8 carries for 30 yards.

East Carolina’s next game: vs South Florida, Fri Nov 6, 7:30 p.m. ET · ESPN2

East Carolina is 2-3 in the five games with 10 or more passes thrown. A gunslinger.

Weakest: completes 54% of throws by play-by-play, 13th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

753

69 of 126, 55%

TD–INT

4–5

6.0 per throw

NCAA rating

107.5

ZPR

30

not ranked yet

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 3 of 5 graded games.

Tap a game for its plays

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North Carolina Central

W 42–9·FCS

Came on in Q4

Came on in the fourth quarter for Emory Williams · 0 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · Sacked 0

Rice

W 28–12·Unranked

Came on in Q4

Came on in the fourth quarter for Emory Williams · -1 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 2 for 9 · Sacked 0

at UAB

L 17–30·Unranked

No throws

Carried once, no pass attempts

Season

Gets better after halftime

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

Gunslinger

Why this word
Runs5.4 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws11.5 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes54% by play-by-playFewerMore
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. 5.4 carries a game. Closest matches: Underwood, Vasko ’25, Hedden, Lagway ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line12%typical 17%
Short46%typical 47%
Middle16%typical 22%
Deep25%typical 14%

Runs 5.4 times a game; 62% of starters run less.

Closest in style

UnderwoodVasko ’25HeddenLagway ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Underwood Michigan · Run-first
    924 yards, 5 TD, 6 INT so far. Both score less and are less efficient.
  • Vasko ’25 Liberty 2025 · Gunslinger
    1,961 yards, 10 TD, 12 INT. Both score less and throw interceptions.
  • Hedden New Mexico State · Vertical passer
    906 yards, 5 TD, 6 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line and throw deep.
  • Lagway ’25 Florida 2025 · Balanced
    2,264 yards, 16 TD, 14 INT. Both score less and throw interceptions.

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

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 1:30 · East Carolina down 7, ties itMitch Griffis finds Landon Sides for a 20-yard touchdownEast Carolina at Memphis, week 8Q4, 1:30 · East Carolina 34, Memphis 341:30Game-tying touchdown for East Carolina with 1:30 left1:30Game-tying touchdown for East Carolina with 1:30 leftGame-tying touchdown for East Carolina with 1:30 leftM.Griffis pass complete deep middle to L.Sides caught at MEM00, for 20 yards to the MEM00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 4 of his plays on video

Mitch Griffis

QB · East Carolina · #12

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Mitch Griffis takes over from Katin Houser at East Carolina.

753passing yards4passing TD118rushing yards

Passing value per play

+0.29

our model · 2026 · 103 plays

Read the story so far

Mitch Griffis arrived as a 3-star prospect. Mitch Griffis lines up at QB for East Carolina.

On the field, the headline is 753 pass yds, with 4 pass td.

Mitch Griffis inherited the QB job from Katin Houser (4-star).

The number to watch: +0.29 — passing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromKatin Houser 4★

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