Samaj Jones

#5 · QB · Jr. · Cincinnati5′11″ · 217 lb · Philadelphia, PA · St. Joseph's Prep

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Samaj Jones is a quarterback at Cincinnati who has played in 3 of Cincinnati's 8 games this season, most recently Oct 3.

Cincinnati is 5-3.

Two seasons in the Cincinnati quarterback room to date.

9 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 60 rushing yards

Style of play

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

2/20Inside-5 share

2 of the team's 20 inside-the-5 carries (10.0%).

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Cincinnati	2	2	100.0%	9	4.5	0	137.8
2025	Cincinnati	4	7	57.1%	72	10.3	1	190.7
Career		6	9	66.7%	81	9.0	1	178.9

Season	Team
2026	Cincinnati	10	60	6.0	1	13
2025	Cincinnati	18	83	4.6	1	14
Career		28	143	5.1	2	14

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 34-15vs Boston College	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 2	W 62-10vs Western Carolina	2/2	9	0	0	4.5	—	Season-high 9 yds
Wk 5	L 7-34@ Arizona	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		2/2	9	0	0	4.5	—

Signature game

Week 2 · 2026

W 62-10

vs Western Carolina

52 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD

Dominant 52-point win at home against Western Carolina.

With J. French — 245 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 52 rush yds (7 car) · Z. Perry — 76 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1st and 4 · Q4 · EPA +1.69S.Jones rush middle for 4 yards gain for a touchdown
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +1.27S.Jones rush middle for 9 yards gain (B.Jones), PENALTY WCU Illegal Substitution declined
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +1.05S.Jones rush right for 13 yards gain (D.Brown; B.Waddell V)
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +0.93S.Jones rush left for 9 yards gain (B.Barger; A.Reese), out of bounds
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +0.89S.Jones rush middle for 10 yards gain (B.Barger; N.Ashenafi)
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 4th and 1 · Q4 · EPA +0.88S.Jones rush middle for 5 yards gain (A.Reese; J.Meeks)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Western Carolina · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA −0.70S.Jones rush middle for 0 yards (B.Waddell V; J.Meeks)
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +0.38Jones to Wolford: a 7-yard pass.
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.31Jones to Wolford: a 2-yard pass.
Week 2 · Western Carolina · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA −0.26S.Jones rush middle for 2 yards gain (D.Brown). F.Jeanty injured on the play

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big 12
Passing yards	9	T-332nd of 370	38th of 42
Yards an attempt	4.5	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	137.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	100.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	60	T-140th of 370	18th of 42
Rushing touchdowns	1	T-117th of 370	T-17th of 42

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 2 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big 12 quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Drew Mestemaker	2,649	25	7	281	9.4
2	Noah Fifita	2,464	19	4	269	9.2
3	Jaden Craig	2,207	11	6	269	8.2
4	Conner Weigman	2,052	20	2	233	8.8
5	Devon Dampier	1,876	18	7	227	8.3
6	JC French	1,773	13	3	213	8.3
7	Bear Bachmeier	1,750	12	4	214	8.2
8	D.J. Lagway	1,671	13	4	242	6.9
9	Michael Hawkins Jr.	1,598	11	2	159	10.1
10	Will Hammond	1,561	6	6	205	7.6
11	Isaiah Marshall	1,506	11	7	196	7.7
12	Jaylen Raynor	1,416	10	5	186	7.6
13	Cutter Boley	1,360	13	5	173	7.9
14	Avery Johnson	1,301	10	3	187	7.0
15	Keyone Jenkins	1,181	11	4	180	6.6
16	Isaac Wilson	1,164	7	7	149	7.8
17	Julian Lewis	733	6	2	95	7.7
18	Nate Bennett	568	5	2	61	9.3
19	Alonza Barnett	477	2	1	65	7.3
20	Mikey Keene	448	2	0	61	7.3
21	Cole Ballard	381	1	1	43	8.9
22	Blake Barnett	265	3	0	33	8.0
23	Jake Fette	224	2	0	50	4.5
24	Jacob Knuth	201	1	0	42	4.8
25	Byrd Ficklin	192	2	0	20	9.6
26	Thomas Castellanos	189	4	1	29	6.5
27	Sawyer Anderson	112	0	2	15	7.5
28	Kaneal Sweetwyne	105	0	0	17	6.2
29	Connor Moberly	83	0	0	19	4.4
30	Keisean Henderson	83	2	0	8	10.4
31	Chase Jenkins	65	0	0	3	21.7
32	Broderick Vehrs	61	1	0	8	7.6
33	Jyron Hughley	27	1	0	1	27.0
34	Scotty Fox Jr.	27	0	0	4	6.8
35	Edward Griffin	19	0	1	6	3.2
36	Liam O'Brien	18	0	0	5	3.6
37	Treyson Bourguet	15	0	1	3	5.0
38	Samaj Jones	9	0	0	2	4.5
39	Kaleb Annett	6	0	0	3	2.0
40	Dillon Duff	2	0	0	1	2.0
41	Adam Schobel	0	0	0	1	0.0
42	Kirk Francis	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Pass targets

Wolford saw 2 of the 2 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets, caught	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Cade Wolford		2	2	9	-2.5	7.0

Play by play: 2 passes, 2 caught, 9 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

2 seasons under Scott Satterfield — 12-9 over that span.

2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo

2026Cincinnati5-3HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

37Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Completion %#1 / 159 · 100th pct

100.0%

Yards / att#160 / 160 · 0th pct

4.5

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 · 3 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	4.5	0.0	4.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-73g	3.0	0.0	4.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Pass share

42.4%

221 pass / 300 run

Plays / game

65.1

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Cincinnati’s quarterbacks

Samaj Jones	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 2, 9 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 4.5 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 60 yds, 1 TD
JC French	Threw in all 8 games · 143 of 213, 1,773 yds, 13 TD, 3 INT · 8.3 yards an attempt on 213 attempts · ran for 289 yds, 7 TD
Liam O'Brien	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 5 of 5, 18 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 3.6 yards an attempt on 5 attempts · ran for 23 yds, 1 TD

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

10 carries and 2 pass attempts in 3 games

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

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