Owen McCown

#2 · QB · R-Sr. · UTSA6′1″ · 190 lb · Rusk, TX

ZPR25108th of 119 QBsLast gameW 42–19at Tulane · Oct 24
Nextat Florida AtlanticThu Nov 5 · 7:30 pm ET

UTSA has won five straight in the games played, 7-1 in all. A rhythm passer who throws shorter than most.

Strongest: an interception on 1.4% of throws, 39th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,751

169 of 243, 70%

TD–INT

10–4

7.2 per throw

NCAA rating

140.4

61st of 119

ZPR

25

108th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 5 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: at Tulane. Lowest: at Rice, with 1 interception and sacked 2 times. Biggest game: at Texas, No. 1. Best play: Completion for 41 yards, touchdown, against Navy, Q4 2:24. Win chance 50% to 79%.

Tap a game for its plays

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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. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. 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

Rhythm passer

Why this word
Runs3.9 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws6.6 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes69% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks4% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws shorter than most and runs some. 3.9 carries a game. Closest matches: Johnson, Brown, Moss ’25, Minchey.

Where the throws go

Behind the line22%typical 17%
Short53%typical 47%
Middle15%typical 22%
Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 3.9 times a game; 56% of starters run more.

Closest in style

JohnsonBrownMoss ’25MincheyThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Johnson Georgia Southern · Rhythm passer
    1,928 yards, 11 TD, 2 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and complete a lot.
  • Brown Iowa · Short-game passer
    1,190 yards, 8 TD, 3 INT so far. Both throw short and hit few big plays.
  • Moss ’25 Louisville 2025 · Short-game passer
    2,679 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both hit few big plays and throw short.
  • Minchey Kentucky · Rhythm passer
    1,755 yards, 14 TD, 1 INT so far. Both complete a lot and throw short.

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

What’s being said

5 stories in the last 60 days, from 5 outlets.

Sep 10 to Sep 16: 1Sep 17 to Sep 23: 2Sep 24 to Sep 30: 1Oct 15 to Oct 21: 1W 31-26 at Texas StateWL 6-30 at TexasLW 59-45 vs Colorado StateWW 16-14 at RiceWW 31-24 vs South FloridaWW 38-34 vs NavyWW 42-19 at TulaneWSep 10Nov 4Most in a week: 2
Sep 10 to Sep 16: 1Sep 17 to Sep 23: 2Sep 24 to Sep 30: 1Oct 15 to Oct 21: 1W 31-26 at Texas StateWL 6-30 at TexasLW 59-45 vs Colorado StateWW 16-14 at RiceWW 31-24 vs South FloridaWW 38-34 vs NavyWW 42-19 at TulaneWSep 10Nov 4Most in a week: 2
Stories per week. W and L: the team’s results.

Owen McCown, UTSA rally past Colorado State in 59-45 shootout

CBS Sports Sep 26

All 10 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Owen McCown spent one season at Colorado before joining UTSA.
  • Owen McCown has 20.2 rushing yards a game at home, 8.8 on the road.

Owen McCown

QB · UTSA · #2

Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. First career honor, 2025: AAC Offensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 359 passing yards and 7 rushing yards against Navy — Week 7, 2026.

1,751 passing yards · 10 passing TD · 116 rushing yards