Reese Poffenbarger is a quarterback at Akron who has not played in Akron's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at North Texas.
The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Poffenbarger at QB, No. 1.
Akron lists 7 quarterbacks this season.
Akron is 1-8. Next: vs Western Michigan, Tue Nov 10.
Played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Mario Cristobal and Drew Svoboda.
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| 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 | 12 |
| 2024 | Miami | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 11 |
| Career | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | 12 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
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| 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 | 5.1 | — |
Week 1 · 2025
W 51-0
vs Lamar
20 rush yds (4 car)
Dominant 51-point win at home against Lamar.
With D. Mestemaker — 329 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.3 · 30 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · W. Young — 4 rec · 97 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
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
Drew Svoboda
Pass share
48.5%
475 pass / 504 run
Plays / game
69.9
14 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
The No. 1,926 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mid-American as a graduate.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 4 schools: Ricky Rahne, Mario Cristobal, Eric Morris and Joe Moorhead.
Next stop · Transfer
Transferred to Akron
