Nate Bennett

#12 · QB · Baylor6′1″ · 192 lb · Westlake Village, CA · Oaks Christian

Last gameW 41–9at UCF · Oct 30

Nextvs Iowa StateSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

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No starts in Baylor’s last 5 games.

D.J. Lagway started Baylor’s last game, W 41-9 at UCF, Oct 30.

Baylor’s next game: vs Iowa State, Sat Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. ET

A play of his this season

Q1, 10:37 · Baylor tiedNate Bennett runs 25 yards for a touchdownLouisiana Tech at Baylor, week 3Q1, 10:37 · Baylor 7, Louisiana Tech 0Baylor opened the scoringBaylor opened the scoringN.Bennett rush middle for 25 yards gain to the LATECH00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

All 7 of his plays on video

Third year in the same quarterback room at Baylor. One game to point at: 301 passing yards and 13 rushing yards against Prairie View A&M — Week 2, 2026.

568 passing yards · 5 passing TD · 15 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Baylor	46	61	75.4%	568	9.3	5	2	174.1	57
2025	Baylor	5	7	71.4%	34	4.9	0	0	112.2	--
2024	Baylor	1	2	50.0%	19	9.5	0	0	129.8	--
Career		52	70	74.3%	621	8.9	5	2	166.7	57

Season	Team
2026	Baylor	6	15	2.5	2	25
2025	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
2024	Baylor	--	--	--	--	--
Career		6	15	2.5	2	25

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 2	W 44-3vs Prairie View A&M	Solid	23/35	301	2	2	8.6	29.6	0	13	Season-high 301 yds
Wk 3	W 36-19vs Louisiana Tech	Great	21/24	253	3	0	10.5	84.9	3	2	3 TD passes
Wk 5	W 55-19@ Arizona State	Came on in Q4	2/2	14	0	0	7.0	--	—	—
Total			46/61	568	5	2	9.3	—	3	15

The season, game by game

W 55-19 at Arizona StateOct. 314 yds2 of 2

Play by playOn the field

2 of 2 for 14 yards.

1 of 2 of his drives scored
1 of 2 on 3rd and 4th down

Fourth quarterbegan up 45-16
FG1 of 1, 4 yds
End1 of 1, 10 yds1
FinalW 55-19

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

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10-yard completion to Michael Turner on 3rd and 9. Fourth quarter, up 55-19. Converted.

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leftmiddleright

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

W 36-19 vs Louisiana TechSept. 19253 yds21 of 24, 3 TDBox score only

21 of 24 for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

1 more game, with the play by play

W 44-3 vs Prairie View A&MSept. 12301 yds23 of 35, 2 TD, 2 INTBox score only

23 of 35 for 301 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 36-19

vs Louisiana Tech

253 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.9

With P. Williams — 53 yards per punt · 2 punts · 59 long · J. McGowan — 2 rec · 79 yds · 2 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Prairie View A&M · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −5.31N.Bennett pass intercepted by J.Davis at BAYLOR47 J.Davis return 1 yard (G.Freeman)
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 4th and 3 · Q2 · EPA −4.89N.Bennett sacked for loss of 12 yards (K.Fields) PENALTY BAYLOR Holding declined, TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.92Bennett to Brown IV: a 51-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 17 · Q1 · EPA +3.65N.Bennett rush middle for 25 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.62Bennett to McGowan: a 36-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +3.49Bennett to Brown IV: a 28-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.35Bennett to McGowan: a 43-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Prairie View A&M · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.24Bennett to McGowan: a 33-yard touchdown pass.
Week 3 · Louisiana Tech · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −2.93N.Bennett sacked for loss of 10 yards (J.Mayfield)
Week 2 · Prairie View A&M · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.65Bennett to Miller: a 22-yard touchdown pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big 12
Passing yards	568	152nd of 370	18th of 42
Yards an attempt	9.3	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	5	T-127th of 370	18th of 42
Passer rating	174.1	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	75.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	15	T-207th of 370	32nd of 42
Rushing touchdowns	2	T-71st of 370	T-11th of 42

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 61 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big 12 quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Drew Mestemaker	2,649	25	7	281	9.4
2	Noah Fifita	2,464	19	4	269	9.2
3	Jaden Craig	2,207	11	6	269	8.2
4	Conner Weigman	2,052	20	2	233	8.8
5	Devon Dampier	1,876	18	7	227	8.3
6	JC French	1,773	13	3	213	8.3
7	Bear Bachmeier	1,750	12	4	214	8.2
8	D.J. Lagway	1,671	13	4	242	6.9
9	Michael Hawkins Jr.	1,598	11	2	159	10.1
10	Will Hammond	1,561	6	6	205	7.6
11	Isaiah Marshall	1,506	11	7	196	7.7
12	Jaylen Raynor	1,416	10	5	186	7.6
13	Cutter Boley	1,360	13	5	173	7.9
14	Avery Johnson	1,301	10	3	187	7.0
15	Keyone Jenkins	1,181	11	4	180	6.6
16	Isaac Wilson	1,164	7	7	149	7.8
17	Julian Lewis	733	6	2	95	7.7
18	Nate Bennett	568	5	2	61	9.3
19	Alonza Barnett	477	2	1	65	7.3
20	Mikey Keene	448	2	0	61	7.3
21	Cole Ballard	381	1	1	43	8.9
22	Blake Barnett	265	3	0	33	8.0
23	Jake Fette	224	2	0	50	4.5
24	Jacob Knuth	201	1	0	42	4.8
25	Byrd Ficklin	192	2	0	20	9.6
26	Thomas Castellanos	189	4	1	29	6.5
27	Sawyer Anderson	112	0	2	15	7.5
28	Kaneal Sweetwyne	105	0	0	17	6.2
29	Connor Moberly	83	0	0	19	4.4
30	Keisean Henderson	83	2	0	8	10.4
31	Chase Jenkins	65	0	0	3	21.7
32	Broderick Vehrs	61	1	0	8	7.6
33	Jyron Hughley	27	1	0	1	27.0
34	Scotty Fox Jr.	27	0	0	4	6.8
35	Edward Griffin	19	0	1	6	3.2
36	Liam O'Brien	18	0	0	5	3.6
37	Treyson Bourguet	15	0	1	3	5.0
38	Samaj Jones	9	0	0	2	4.5
39	Kaleb Annett	6	0	0	3	2.0
40	Dillon Duff	2	0	0	1	2.0
41	Adam Schobel	0	0	0	1	0.0
42	Kirk Francis	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Pass targets

Freeman and Brown saw 29 of the 61 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Gavin Freeman	22	17	151	8.7	6.2
Louis Brown	7	3	100	27.9	4.7
Jayden McGowan	5	3	96	17.8	9.3
Ryelan Morris	3	3	24	-1.0	9.0
Caden Knighten	3	3	19	-4.3	10.7
8 others	18	16	135	3.9	5.1
No receiver charted	3	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 61 passes, 45 caught, 525 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

46/61 (75.4%) · 5 TD · 2 INT

61 of 61 attempts matched to play-by-play

60 of 61 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 61 passing plays (45 completions) against the box score's 61 attempts (46 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

8.4830 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

6.2%118 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 6.2% of dropbacks (118 of 185) — and still 30 of 185 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

33% of attempts (20)

95%comp

Air -3.5 · YAC 9.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

27% of attempts (16)

75%comp1 INT

Air 4.8 · YAC 4.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

23% of attempts (14)

71%comp1 INT

Air 13.1 · YAC 4.9 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

17% of attempts (10)

40%comp

Air 35.3 · YAC 3.5 avg

Overall 75.4% completion on 61 attempts · 40% completion on 10 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Dave Aranda — 18-15 over that span.

2024Baylor8-5HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning

2025Baylor5-7HC: Dave Aranda · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2026Baylor5-3HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 36. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

36Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Completion %#2 / 159 · 99th pct

75.4%

Yards / att#14 / 159 · 92nd pct

9.3

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 40 dropbacks

57Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

49.7%71st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.8% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

9.3495th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -1.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.8%31st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.7% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (24 of 64 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 3 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	277	2.5	9.6	1.0
Road1g	14.0	0.0	7.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	189	1.7	8.7	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Pass share

49.7%

309 pass / 313 run

Plays / game

77.8

8 games

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Baylor’s quarterbacks

Nate Bennett	Threw in 3 of 8 games · 46 of 61, 568 yds, 5 TD, 2 INT · 9.3 yards an attempt on 61 attempts · ran for 15 yds, 2 TD
D.J. Lagway	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 129 of 242, 1,671 yds, 13 TD, 4 INT · 6.9 yards an attempt on 242 attempts · ran for 42 yds, 1 TD
Edward Griffin	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 6, 19 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · 3.2 yards an attempt on 6 attempts · ran for 2 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Nate Bennett. Gray: D.J. Lagway, Edward Griffin. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4AuburnPrairie View A&MLouisiana TechColorado@ Arizona StateTCU@ Kansas@ UCF

Awards

Player standing · 2026

61 pass attempts and 6 carries in 3 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 1,778 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Big 12.

Nate Bennett

What’s being said

A play of his this season

In the news in the last 60 days

What they’re talking about

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