Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-0vs Lamar | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-10vs Washington State | 5/5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 85.1 | Season-high 36 yds |
| Total | 5/7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 42.9 |
#7
Reese Poffenbarger
Graduate quarterback for Akron. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′1″ · 215 lb · Middletown, MD · Middletown HS | Old Dominion | Albany | Miami | North Texas
Transferred North Texas → Akron for 2026
The numbers
36
passing yards · 2025
0 INT · 5.1 per attempt
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 20 rush yds, vs Lamar
Swing playSwung UAlbany from 49% to 72% to win.UAlbany at Marshall · 21-17
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for Akron. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2020.
- Transferred from North Texas to Akron in 2026.
- Akron QB out awaiting eligibility waiver (Sep 3) Reported
Reese Poffenbarger
Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 36 pass yds against Washington State — Week 3, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2020
- Signed with Old Dominion3-star out of Middletown
2022
- Entered the portal
2024
- Entered the portal
2025
The role got bigger.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Akron
2025North Texas
2026Akron
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Miami10-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced
2025North Texas12-2HC: Drew Svoboda · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (99th percentile). Strength: completion % (97th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (8)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 18.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 3.6 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 5 | 7 | 71.4% | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 114.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Miami | 6 | 7 | 85.7% | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 14 | 78.6% | 56 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 112.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Miami | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 1 · Lamar · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA -3.01Reese Poffenbarger run for a loss of 4 yards to the LAM 45 Reese Poffenbarger fumbled, recovered by LAM Jackson Bandy
- Week 1 · Lamar · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +1.89Reese Poffenbarger run for 8 yds to the UNT 45 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.09Reese Poffenbarger run for 12 yds to the LAM 49 for a 1ST down
- Week 3 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.03Reese Poffenbarger pass complete to Caleb Hawkins for 8 yds to the UNT 42
- Week 3 · Washington State · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +0.85Reese Poffenbarger pass complete to Caleb Hawkins for 11 yds to the WSU 35 for a 1ST down
- Week 3 · Washington State · 2&2 · Q4 · EPA +0.38Reese Poffenbarger pass complete to Shandon King for 7 yds to the UNT 49 for a 1ST down
- Week 1 · Lamar · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.14Reese Poffenbarger run for 4 yds to the UNT 34
- Week 3 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.10Reese Poffenbarger pass complete to Shandon King for 5 yds to the WSU 46
- Week 3 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.08Reese Poffenbarger pass complete to Dalton Carnes for 5 yds to the WSU 30
Game log
Background
2025 (North Texas): Appeared in two games … went 5-of-7 passing for 36 yards and added 20 yards on the ground … completed all five attempts in the win over Washington State… 2024 (Miami): Saw action in four games in lone season with Hurricanes… Threw for 20 yards on 6-for-7 passing in win over Fl...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology