Rickie Collins

#1 · QB · Kennesaw State6′2″ · 222 lb · Baton Rouge, LA · Woodlawn

Graded Solid or better in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 44-28 at Middle Tennessee, Oct 28 · 16 of 19 for 206 yards, 3 touchdowns, an interception, a lost fumble · 12 carries for 29 yards. Started all eight of Kennesaw State’s games.

Kennesaw State’s next game: vs Delaware, Sat Nov 7, 3:00 p.m. ET

Kennesaw State is 2-6 in the eight games played. A run-first quarterback who throws shorter than most.

Strongest: completes 70% of throws, 16th best of 158 starters. Weakest: a touchdown on 3.1% of throws, 31st lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,617

160 of 229, 70%

TD–INT

7–6

7.1 per throw

NCAA rating

134.0

77th of 119

ZPR

53

53rd of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 5 of 8 graded games.

Best by our grade: at Middle Tennessee. Lowest: at Arkansas State. Biggest game: at Tennessee, No. 15. Best play: Completion for 10 yards, touchdown, at Missouri State, Q2 0:00. Win chance 36% to 59%.

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Season

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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; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. 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

Run-first

Also: short passer, accurate

Why this word
Runs7.9 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws6.3 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes70%FewerMore
Takes sacks3% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws shorter than most and runs a lot. 7.9 carries a game. Closest matches: Jackson, Mateer ’25, Dickens, Washington.

Where the throws go

Behind the line19%typical 17%
Short57%typical 47%
Middle15%typical 22%
Deep9%typical 14%

Runs 7.9 times a game; 87% of starters run less.

Closest in style

JacksonMateer ’25DickensWashingtonThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Jackson Arkansas · Mobile passer
    1,673 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT so far. Both are less efficient and score less.
  • Mateer ’25 Oklahoma 2025 · Run-first
    2,885 yards, 14 TD, 11 INT. Both score less and run a lot.
  • Dickens Northern Illinois · Short-game passer
    1,617 yards, 8 TD, 6 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and are less efficient.
  • Washington Maryland · Short-game passer
    1,805 yards, 9 TD, 7 INT so far. Both avoid sacks and are less efficient.

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

  • RecordKennesaw State is 2-6.

Worth knowing

  • Rickie Collins has 1,617 passing yards, already past last season's 1,042.
  • Rickie Collins played at LSU and Syracuse before joining Kennesaw State.

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 11:50 · Kennesaw State up 7Rickie Collins finds Dylan Gary for a 28-yard touchdownKennesaw State at Middle Tennessee, week 9Q4, 11:50 · Kennesaw State 34, Middle Tennessee 20▲6%Kennesaw State’s chance to win, 88% to 94%▲6%Kennesaw State’s chance to win, 88% to 94%R.Collins pass complete deep left to D.Gary caught at MTSU00, for 28 yards to the MTSU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Pass completion". CALL UPHELD, kick goodWatch from this play CBS Sports College Football

All 4 of his plays on video

Rickie Collins

QB · Kennesaw State · #1

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Rickie Collins takes over from Amari Odom at Kennesaw State.

1,617passing yards7passing TD324rushing yards

Rushing value per play

+0.22

our model · 2026 · 54 plays

Read the story so far

Rickie Collins arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.252 recruit nationally. Rickie Collins lines up at QB for Kennesaw State.

On the field, the headline is 1,617 pass yds, with 7 pass td.

Rickie Collins inherited the QB job from Amari Odom.

The number to watch: +0.22 — rushing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromAmari Odom

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04