Senior quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 186 lb · Centreville, VA · Westfield
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
passing yards · 2026
3 TD · 1 INT · 5.3 per attempt
3 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 279 pass yds, 2 TD, -13 rush yds, vs Sacramento State
The play that turned itSwung Eastern Michigan from 10% to 50% to win.Long Island University at Eastern Michigan · 28-23
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Eastern Michigan. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
Interception rate: 73rd percentile.
The full scouting readAura™ · Him Watch
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71st pctl our passing-value metric (wEPA) QBs · 160 qualified, n=11
— the tape outruns the hype.Buzz vs Tape
His production sits in the 72nd percentile among qualified QBs this season, well ahead of 13th-percentile attention — a gap of 59 points between tape and volume.
Noah Kim
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Noah Kim has played for three head coaches across five seasons and three programs. In 2023 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 279 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Sacramento State — Week 1, 2026.
571 PASS YDS · 3 PASS TD · -1 RUSH YDS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Badges
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: rush tds (88th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (4th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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).
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
4.9167 of 75 QBsSack rate
4.5%35 of 75 QBsRarely sacked (35 of 75), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (67 of 75).
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
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 62.6% completion on 107 attempts · 20% completion on 15 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 226 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 118 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 190 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.
Recognition
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #4 of 12 Mid-American QBs
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 67 | 107 | 62.6% | 571 | 5.3 | 3 | 1 | 114.8 | 39 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 247 | 402 | 61.4% | 2,817 | 7.0 | 18 | 11 | 129.6 | 50 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 30 | 56 | 53.6% | 333 | 5.9 | 4 | 1 | 123.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 91 | 160 | 56.9% | 1,090 | 6.8 | 6 | 6 | 119.0 | 48 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 14 | 19 | 73.7% | 174 | 9.2 | 3 | 0 | 202.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 449 | 744 | 60.3% | 4,985 | 6.7 | 34 | 19 | 126.6 | 47 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 16 | -1 | -0.1 | 2 | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 79 | 186 | 2.4 | 6 | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Michigan State | 27 | 53 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 136 | 243 | 1.8 | 8 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 28–17
279 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 59.6 · -13 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD
With D. Hull — 42 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 60 LONG · N. Devereaux — 6 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 27/38 | 279 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 | 59.6 | Season-high 279 yds |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 24/43 | 174 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 22.5 | Season-high 279 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ Michigan State | 16/26 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 66.3 | |
| Total | 67/107 | 571 | 3 | 1 | 5.3 | 49.5 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Eastern Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Eastern Michigan
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Eastern Michigan · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #103 · 2026 recruiting class #106
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Nick Jeanty’s 2015 season.
Matches Nick on
Differs from Nick on
Through 5 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Ashton Daniels’s path through Florida State.
Matches Ashton on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Nick Vattiato's graduate season at Middle Tennessee (2025).
Differs from Nick on
Player DNA
Heisman Trajectory · 2026
Peaked at #233 this season.
EMU: 2026: Named one of the team’s five captains for the season…Selected to the 2026 Phil Steele MAC Third Team (QB)…2025: The E Gridiron Group named quarterback Noah Kim the Newcomer of the Year for his offensive performance…Started all 12 games…Completed 247-of-402 passes for 2,817 yards with 1...