Sophomore quarterback for Northwestern. 2025: 17 passing yards, 1 INT.
6′3″ · 215 lb · Batavia, IL · Batavia
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
1 INT · 2.4 per attempt
Best game: 58 rush yds, vs Western Illinois
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 quarterback for Northwestern. 2025: 17 passing yards, 1 INT.
Ryan Boe
This is his second year in the same quarterback room at Northwestern. One game to point at: 10 pass yds, 6 rush yds against Central Michigan — Bowl, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under David Braun — 11-14 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (97th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 | 20.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 4 | 13 | 30.8% | 42 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 42.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 6 | 20 | 30.0% | 59 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 34.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 12 | 103 | 8.6 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs UCLA | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7vs UL Monroe | 1/2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 98.4 | |
| Wk 8 | W 19-0vs Purdue | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-35vs Minnesota | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32.0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ Illinois | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bowl | W 34-7vs Central Michigan | 1/4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 7.0 | |
| Total | 2/7 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 45.8 |
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (8.3%).
2026 Outlook
Northwestern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · Northwestern
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52
2025 Redshirt First-Year: Made seven appearances and rushed for 118 yards on 11 carries with one rushing touchdown … Completed two of seven passes for 17 yards … Saw fourth-quarter action and scored a 58-yard rushing touchdown against Western Illinois (9/5) on the second carry of his career … Com...