Nick Vattiato

#11 · QB · Sr. · Middle Tennessee6′0″ · 212 lb · Plantation, FL · TRU Prep Academy

Nick Vattiato is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Middle Tennessee.

Vattiato operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Middle Tennessee. A game that shows it: 299 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Marshall — Week 4, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	219	357	61.3%	2,157	6.0	16	7	123.0	24
2024	Middle Tennessee	269	418	64.4%	3,092	7.4	16	10	134.3	50
2023	Middle Tennessee	286	428	66.8%	3,087	7.2	23	13	139.1	38
2022	Middle Tennessee	30	46	65.2%	293	6.4	0	1	114.4	29
2021	Middle Tennessee	115	171	67.3%	1,047	6.1	7	6	125.2	44
Career		919	1,420	64.7%	9,676	6.8	62	37	131.2	38

Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	62	20	0.3	2	12
2024	Middle Tennessee	86	77	0.9	1	16
2023	Middle Tennessee	139	402	2.9	2	30
2022	Middle Tennessee	24	13	0.5	0	13
2021	Middle Tennessee	25	27	1.1	0	12
Career		336	539	1.6	5	30

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs Austin Peay	15/36	104	2	0	2.9	3.6
Wk 2	L 10-42@ Wisconsin	20/31	197	1	1	6.4	69.9
Wk 3	W 14-13@ Nevada	27/44	247	1	1	5.6	40.4
Wk 4	L 28-42vs Marshall	19/32	299	2	1	9.3	35.7	Season-high 299 yds
Wk 5	L 16-24@ Kennesaw State	28/42	285	0	1	6.8	17.8
Wk 7	L 20-22vs Missouri State	30/42	267	2	0	6.4	35.1	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 9	L 28-31@ Delaware	31/48	281	3	1	5.9	41.4	3 TD passes
Wk 10	L 21-24vs Jacksonville State	23/45	235	2	1	5.2	31.2
Wk 11	L 30-56vs Florida International	26/37	242	3	1	6.5	50.6	3 TD passes
Total		219/357	2157	16	7	6.0	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at Kennesaw State	L 16-24 · Graded solid · 285 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 9 for 11 · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	Austin Peay	L 14-34 · Graded rough · 104 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 6 for -10 · Sacked 2
Best play	Jacksonville State	Completion for 2 yards, touchdown, Q3 5:32 · Win chance 50% to 73%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

219/357 (61.3%) · 16 TD · 7 INT

331 of 357 attempts matched to play-by-play

114 of 331 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 331 passing plays (196 completions) against the box score's 357 attempts (219 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.45141 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.1%110 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.1% of dropbacks (110 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (141 of 206).

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

12% of attempts (14)

79%comp

Air -2.8 · YAC 8.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

56% of attempts (64)

80%comp1 INT

Air 4.4 · YAC 4.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

18% of attempts (20)

40%comp

Air 13.2 · YAC 3.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

14% of attempts (16)

6%comp2 INT

Air 29.5 · YAC 20.0 avg

Overall 61.3% completion on 357 attempts · 6% completion on 16 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 13 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-13 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/138 (4.3%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

+8 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/103 (2.9%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+10 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 7/93 (7.5%) · league sack rate 7.8%

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.

Teams and coaches

2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

2025Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 23 (#137 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

23Below cohort / limited sample #137 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: explosive rate (16th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#68 / 183 · 63rd pct

1.8%

Success rate#93 / 183 · 49th pct

40.3%

Sack rate#104 / 183 · 43rd pct

5.4%

EPA / dropback#139 / 183 · 24th pct

0.09

Explosive rate#155 / 183 · 16th pct

6.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Pass TDs#63 / 183 · 64th pct

Pass yards#80 / 183 · 57th pct

2157

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Completion %#108 / 183 · 41st pct

61.3%

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Rush yards#135 / 183 · 27th pct

Yards / att#158 / 183 · 13th pct

6.0

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

41st → 24th percentile

Success rate

49th → 49th percentile

Explosive rate

56th → 16th percentile

Sack rate

44th → 43rd percentile

Interception rate

38th → 63rd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 331 dropbacks

24Zeitgeist Passer Rating134th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 123.0 119th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 15 places lower than passer rating does: the schedule adjustment debits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

41.9%21st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -2.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.516th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.4 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.0%61st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.1% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (19 of 350 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

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	229	2.2	6.1	0.6
Road4g	252	1.2	6.2	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	233	1.3	6.2	0.7
Weeks 8+3g	253	2.7	5.9	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

Pass share

61.3%

495 pass / 313 run

Plays / game

67.3

12 games

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

357 pass attempts and 62 carries in 9 games

More passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

23 · #137 of 146 QBs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #137 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #15 of 16 Conference USA QBs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).

Starter

The No. 1,459 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Conference USA as a senior.