Nolan Good

#2 · QB · R-Fr. · Kent State6′2″ · 200 lb · Avon, OH

Last gameL 10–31at Sacramento State · Oct 30

Nextat Bowling GreenTue Nov 10 · 7 pm ET

Played again at Sacramento State, the first game since at South Florida, week 7.

L 10-31 at Sacramento State, Oct 30: 1 of 5 for 19 yards, an interception.

Kent State’s next game: at Bowling Green, Tue Nov 10, 7:00 p.m. ET · ESPNU

Nolan Good

QB · Kent State · #2

Two seasons in the Kent State quarterback room to date.

24 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 64 rushing yards

The latest game

Against Sacramento State on Oct. 30: 1 of 5 for 19 yards. In the 5 games drawn here: 3 of 14 for 24 yards.

First quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarter

L 10-31 at Sacramento State1 of 5, 19 yds
L 2-29 at South Florida0 of 3, 0 yds
L 3-59 at Ohio State0 of 1, 0 yds
W 36-15 vs Wofford1 of 3, 5 yds
L 0-57 at South Carolina1 of 2, 0 yds

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

Each game is split into its four quarters, so the columns line up from game to game; inside a quarter, plays keep their order. Third and fourth downs are marked under the line, bold when he moved the chains.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Kent State	3	14	21.4%	24	1.7	2	7.3
2025	Kent State	5	10	50.0%	38	3.8	0	81.9
Career		8	24	33.3%	62	2.6	2	38.4

Season	Team
2026	Kent State	12	64	5.3	23
2025	Kent State	7	1	0.1	5
Career		19	65	3.4	23

Last game (Wk 9): 19 passing yards, 1 interception.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 0-57@ South Carolina	Came on in Q3	1/2	0	1	0.0	—	—	26
Wk 2	W 36-15vs Wofford	Left in Q3	1/3	5	0	1.7	37.6	0	17
Wk 3	L 3-59@ No. 6 Ohio State	Came on at half	0/1	0	0	0.0	--	—	5
Wk 7	L 2-29@ South Florida	Came on in Q4	0/3	0	0	0.0	78.0	—	16
Wk 9	L 10-31@ Sacramento State	Came on in Q4	1/5	19	1	3.8	10.0	—	—	Season-high 19 yds
Total			3/14	24	2	1.7	—	0	64

Signature game

Week 2 · 2026

W 36-15

vs Wofford

17 rush yds (3 car) · 5 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 37.6

Dominant 21-point win at home against Wofford.

With D. DeShields — 248 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 67.4 · 74 rush yds (10 car) · 2 TD · D. Clark — 5 rec · 90 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · South Carolina · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −3.99N.Good pass intercepted by K.Barnes at USC39, End Of Play
Week 1 · South Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.07N.Good rush left for 23 yards gain (J.Risher Jr.), out of bounds
Week 7 · South Florida · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −2.01N.Good rush left for 1 yard loss (J.Smith). J.Smith SAFETY
Week 2 · Wofford · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +1.39Good to Clark: a 5-yard pass.
Week 2 · Wofford · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +1.25N.Good rush middle for 9 yards gain (N.Mathious; C.Walker)
Week 3 · Ohio State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −1.10N.Good sacked for loss of 3 yards to the KentSt27 (W.Smith Jr., J.Moore)

4 more plays

Week 9 · Sacramento State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.65Good to Smith: a 19-yard pass.
Week 2 · Wofford · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA −0.42N.Good rush middle for 3 yards gain (J.Thorner; T.Kintigh)
Week 1 · South Carolina · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA −0.41Good to Harris: a 0-yard pass.
Week 7 · South Florida · 2nd and 22 · Q4 · EPA +0.32N.Good rush left for 14 yards gain, out of bounds at KSU27

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Mid-American
Passing yards	24	T-297th of 370	T-27th of 34
Yards an attempt	1.7	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	7.3	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	21.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	64	T-137th of 370	14th of 34
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 14 attempts of the 90 needed after 9 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Mid-American quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	John Alan Richter	2,244	17	2	259	8.7
2	Noah Kim	1,678	11	4	285	5.9
3	Dru DeShields	1,624	9	7	251	6.5
4	Jay Kastantin	1,567	11	8	225	7.0
5	Broc Lowry	1,397	11	3	194	7.2
6	Jason Wright	1,345	9	6	231	5.8
7	Brayden Roggow	1,343	7	10	192	7.0
8	Keldric Luster	1,300	9	6	211	6.2
9	David McComb	1,120	7	1	103	10.9
10	William Watson III	1,025	8	2	138	7.4
11	Nick Poulos	966	7	0	117	8.3
12	Caleb Heavner	769	4	4	125	6.2
13	Cibastian Broughton	612	4	1	100	6.1
14	Angel H Flores	475	2	2	92	5.2
15	Jadyn Glasser	463	2	3	74	6.3
16	Logan Inagawa	296	1	1	37	8.0
17	Tyler Mizzell	260	1	0	38	6.8
18	Elijah Holmes	253	3	0	61	4.1
19	Carson Conklin	222	0	1	46	4.8
20	Brogan McCaughey	215	1	1	43	5.0
21	Levi Davis	203	2	0	27	7.5
22	Aedan McCarthy	182	0	0	33	5.5
23	Brian Salazar	99	1	0	10	9.9
24	Trey Petty	59	1	0	8	7.4
25	Marcus Beamon	40	0	0	8	5.0
26	Walter Moses	40	1	0	1	40.0
27	Jace Stuckey	24	0	0	5	4.8
28	Nolan Good	24	0	2	14	1.7
29	Khamoni Robinson	21	0	1	6	3.5
30	Austin Novosad	20	0	0	7	2.9
31	Ethan Thanthanavong	16	0	0	2	8.0
32	Mason Atkins	10	0	0	1	10.0
33	Semaj Beals	0	0	0	1	0.0
34	Deante Ruffin	-1	0	0	3	-0.3

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

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Smith and Clark saw 4 of the 14 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Brendyn Smith	2	1	19	15.0	11.0
Da'Realyst Clark	2	1	5	17.0	5.0
Wayne Harris	2	1	0	0.5	5.0
Ardell Banks	2	0	0	19.0	—
Zy'Aire Fletcher	2	0	0	11.5	—
2 others	2	0	0	1.5	—
No receiver charted	2	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 14 passes, 3 caught, 24 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Mark Carney — 8-13 over that span.

2025Kent State5-7HC: Mark Carney · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2026Kent State3-6HC: Mark Carney · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 27. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

27Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / att (0th percentile).

Box-score rates

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

1.7

Completion %#160 / 160 · 0th pct

21.4%

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

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 5 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home1g	5.0	0.0	1.7	0.0
Road4g	4.8	0.0	0.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	1.2	0.0	0.4	0.2
Weeks 8+1g	19.0	0.0	3.8	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mark Carney

Pass share

48.2%

271 pass / 291 run

Plays / game

62.4

9 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Kent State’s quarterbacks

Nolan Good	Threw in 5 of 9 games · 3 of 14, 24 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · 1.7 yards an attempt on 14 attempts · ran for 64 yds, 0 TD
Dru DeShields	Threw in all 9 games · 140 of 251, 1,624 yds, 9 TD, 7 INT · 6.5 yards an attempt on 251 attempts · ran for 260 yds, 4 TD
Deante Ruffin	Threw in 1 of 9 games · 1 of 3, -1 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · -0.3 yards an attempt on 3 attempts · ran for 7 yds, 0 TD
Ethan Thanthanavong	Threw in 2 of 9 games · 1 of 2, 16 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 8.0 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for -14 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: Nolan Good. Gray: Dru DeShields, Ethan Thanthanavong, Deante Ruffin. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ South CarolinaWofford@ Ohio StateBall StateOhio@ Western Michigan@ South FloridaAkron@ Sacramento State

Awards

Player standing · 2026

14 pass attempts and 12 carries in 5 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 2,640 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mid-American as a redshirt freshman.

Nolan Good

This week

In the game threads

Where to follow

The latest game

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Kent State’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

14 pass attempts and 12 carries in 5 games

Starter

Two seasons at Kent State

2025