Preston Brown

QB · 2nd-year · North Dakota State6′1″ · 215 lb · Festus, MO · Hillsboro

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Preston Brown is a quarterback at North Dakota State who has played in 6 of North Dakota State's 9 games this season, most recently Oct 24 against New Mexico.

North Dakota State is 7-2.

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4 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 36 rushing yards

The latest game

L 16-21 at New Mexico Oct. 24
0 of 2 for 0 yards.
W 31-17 vs Nevada Oct. 17
0 of 0 for 0 yards, all in the third quarter.
L 7-13 at UNLV Oct. 10
0 of 0 for 0 yards.
W 31-10 at Sacramento State Sept. 19
0 of 1 for 0 yards, all in the fourth quarter.
W 38-0 vs Fordham Sept. 5
0 of 0 for 0 yards, all in the fourth quarter.
W 33-7 vs Jacksonville State Aug. 29
1 of 1 for 4 yards, all in the fourth quarter.

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	North Dakota State	1	4	25.0%	4	1.0	0	0	33.4
Career		1	4	25.0%	4	1.0	0	0	33.4

Season	Team
2026	North Dakota State	11	36	3.3	0	20
Career		11	36	3.3	0	20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH
Wk 1	W 33-7vs Jacksonville State	Came on in Q4	1/1	4	0	0	4.0	--	—	3
Wk 1	W 38-0vs Fordham		Carried once, no pass attempts						—	-8
Wk 3	W 31-10@ Sacramento State	Came on in Q4	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	--	—	13
Wk 6	L 7-13@ UNLV		Carried 2 times, no pass attempts						—	21
Wk 7	W 31-17vs Nevada		Carried once, no pass attempts						—	3
Wk 8	L 16-21@ New Mexico	Out after Q1	0/2	0	0	0	0.0	--	0	4
Total			1/4	4	0	0	1.0	—	0	36

Signature game

Week 3 · 2026

W 31-10

at Sacramento State

13 rush yds (2 car)

Dominant 21-point win on the road against Sacramento State.

With N. Hayes — 210 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.1 · 14 rush yds (1 car) · A. Bickerton — 42.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · New Mexico · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.41P.Brown rush middle for 11 yards gain (C.McBean; A.Brawley)
Week 1 · Fordham · 3rd and 3 · Q4 · EPA −2.29P.Brown sacked for loss of 8 yards (J.Mwangelwa)
Week 3 · Sacramento State · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.12P.Brown rush right for 11 yards gain (D.Jeanty; B.Silvera)
Week 8 · New Mexico · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA −1.96P.Brown rush right for 6 yards loss (B.Karhu)
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +1.22P.Brown rush middle for 3 yards gain (J.McCollough)
Week 8 · New Mexico · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA −1.00P.Brown rush left for 1 yard loss (J.Flaker)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 2nd and 5 · Q4 · EPA −0.80P.Brown rush right for 0 yards (I.Mitchell; M.Hood)
Week 3 · Sacramento State · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.63P.Brown rush left for 2 yards gain (E.Mullican)
Week 6 · UNLV · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +0.62P.Brown rush right for 20 yards gain (D.Harris), out of bounds
Week 6 · UNLV · 3rd and 2 · Q4 · EPA −0.24P.Brown rush middle for 1 yard gain (T.Fulton; P.Purcell)

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Mountain West
Passing yards	4	T-346th of 370	T-23rd of 26
Yards an attempt	1.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	33.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	25.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	36	T-172nd of 370	15th of 26
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 4 attempts of the 90 needed after 9 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Mountain West quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Micah Alejado	2,186	9	6	337	6.5
2	Luke Weaver	1,810	11	8	242	7.5
3	Nathan Hayes	1,710	13	8	228	7.5
4	Jackson Arnold	1,660	13	4	212	7.8
5	Taron Dickens	1,617	8	6	247	6.5
6	Toa Faavae	888	5	7	101	8.8
7	EJ Colson	687	7	5	99	6.9
8	Carter Jones	654	3	2	89	7.3
9	AJ Bianco	397	2	3	71	5.6
10	Liam Szarka	296	1	4	38	7.8
11	Luke Duncan	265	2	5	55	4.8
12	Luke Moga	248	3	0	38	6.5
13	Daniel Rolovich	193	1	0	26	7.4
14	Evan Medders	92	2	0	14	6.6
15	Robert McDaniel	48	0	0	13	3.7
16	Trey Drake	35	0	0	4	8.8
17	Brady Davidson	27	0	0	6	4.5
18	Braesen Leon	22	0	0	1	22.0
19	Jalen Macon	20	0	1	13	1.5
20	Josh Johnson	20	0	0	4	5.0
21	Bjorn Jurgensen	13	0	0	8	1.6
22	Alex Orji	9	0	1	5	1.8
23	Preston Brown	4	0	0	4	1.0
24	Reeve Slone	4	0	2	4	1.0
25	James Laubstein	0	0	0	1	0.0
26	Kemper Hodges	0	0	0	2	0.0

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 +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Osterman and Wavrunek saw 2 of the 4 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Cade Osterman	1	1	4	4.0	0.0
Brady Wavrunek	1	0	0	0.0	—
Christopher Kiel	1	0	0	9.0	—
Mekhi Collins	1	0	0	27.0	—

Play by play: 4 passes, 1 caught, 4 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

2026North Dakota State7-2HC: Tim Polasek · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

29Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / att (0th percentile).

Box-score rates

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

1.0

Completion %#160 / 160 · 0th pct

25.0%

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 · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	1.3	0.0	4.0	0.0
Road3g	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	0.8	0.0	2.0	0.0
Weeks 8+1g	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Polasek

Pass share

40.7%

236 pass / 344 run

Plays / game

64.4

9 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

North Dakota State’s quarterbacks

Preston Brown	Threw in 3 of 9 games · 1 of 4, 4 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 1.0 yards an attempt on 4 attempts · ran for 36 yds, 0 TD
Nathan Hayes	Threw in all 9 games · 145 of 228, 1,710 yds, 13 TD, 8 INT · 7.5 yards an attempt on 228 attempts · ran for 228 yds, 5 TD
Trey Drake	Threw in 1 of 9 games · 3 of 4, 35 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 8.8 yards an attempt on 4 attempts

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

11 carries and 4 pass attempts in 6 games

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

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Starter

The No. 2,771 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mountain West.