Santino Marucci

#18 · QB · Jr. · New Mexico State6′1″ · 215 lb · Jacksonville, FL · Bartram Trail

Santino Marucci: QB · New Mexico State · #18.

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Santino Marucci

QB · New Mexico State · Jr · #18

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Dave Clawson and Tony Sanchez. A game that shows it: 189 passing yards and 42 rushing yards against New Mexico — Week 5, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	New Mexico State	49	112	43.8%	519	4.6	3	5	82.6	25
2023	Wake Forest	12	21	57.1%	151	7.2	1	2	114.2	--
2021	Wake Forest	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		61	133	45.9%	670	5.0	4	7	87.6	25

Season	Team
2024	New Mexico State	37	131	3.5	1	38
2023	Wake Forest	8	4	0.5	0	8
2021	Wake Forest	1	−3	−3.0	0	--
Career		46	132	2.9	1	38

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 3	L 0-48@ Fresno State	1/1	5	0	0	5.0	58.8
Wk 4	L 11-31@ Sam Houston	14/29	74	1	2	2.6	11.7
Wk 5	L 40-50vs New Mexico	13/29	189	1	0	6.5	38.3	Season-high 189 yds
Wk 7	L 13-54@ Jacksonville State	3/10	24	0	0	2.4	25.6
Wk 10	L 13-34vs Florida International	2/4	18	0	1	4.5	62.0
Wk 11	L 28-41vs Western Kentucky	10/20	129	1	2	6.5	12.4
Wk 12	L 3-38@ No. 15 Texas A&M	6/19	80	0	0	4.2	12.4
Total		49/112	519	3	5	4.6	—

Signature game

Week 5 · 2024

L 40-50

vs New Mexico

189 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 38.3 · 42 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

With G. Eberle — 47 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20 · L. McMillan — 84 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 10 · Florida International · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA −4.22Santino Marucci pass intercepted JoJo Evans return for 5 yds to the FIU 11
Week 5 · New Mexico · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +3.76Santino Marucci pass complete to Mike Washington for 25 yds for a TD (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 7 · Jacksonville State · 3rd and 1 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Santino Marucci run for 38 yds to the JVST 30 for a
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Santino Marucci pass complete to Donovan Faupel for 29 yds for a TD (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +3.03Santino Marucci pass complete to Tim Gans for 14 yds to the WKU 45 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico · 3rd and 12 · Q3 · EPA +3.01Santino Marucci pass complete to Kordell David for 12 yds to the 50 yard line for a

4 more plays

Week 12 · Texas A&M · 3rd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.00Santino Marucci pass complete to PJ Johnson III for 19 yds to the TA&M 35 for a
Week 5 · New Mexico · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.90Santino Marucci run for 16 yds for a TD (Abraham Montano KICK)
Week 11 · Western Kentucky · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.84Santino Marucci pass complete to Seth McGowan for 34 yds to the WKU 7 for a
Week 7 · Jacksonville State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −2.59Santino Marucci sacked for a loss of 20 yards to the NMSU 20 Santino Marucci fumbled, recovered by JVST J-Rock Swain , return for 0 yards

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

49/112 (43.8%) · 3 TD · 5 INT

All 112 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 114 passing plays)

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 114 passing plays (46 completions) against the box score's 112 attempts (49 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

2.66199 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

5.9%106 of 205 QBs

Sacked on 5.9% of dropbacks (106 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (199 of 205).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

50%of completions

23 comp5.4 yds avg1 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

37%of completions

17 comp12.9 yds avg

Deep

20+ yds

13%of completions

6 comp30.0 yds avg2 TD

Overall 43.8% completion on 112 attempts · 50% of completions gained 0–9 yds.

Teams and coaches

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: success rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#77 / 169 · 55th pct

5.8%

Interception rate#157 / 169 · 7th pct

4.4%

EPA / dropback#158 / 169 · 7th pct

-0.02

Success rate#163 / 169 · 4th pct

30.3%

Explosive rate#163 / 169 · 4th pct

5.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#32 / 165 · 76th pct

Rush yards#88 / 165 · 47th pct

131

Fumbles lost#68 / 159 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#105 / 165 · 27th pct

Pass TDs#153 / 165 · 5th pct

Pass yards#160 / 165 · 3rd pct

519

Completion %#164 / 165 · 1st pct

43.8%

Yards / att#165 / 165 · 0th pct

4.6

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2024 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

Thin sample: 58 dropbacks

25Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

27.7%0th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

4.410th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.1%61st pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.7% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (31 of 89 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	159	1.0	6.5	1.0
Road4g	45.8	0.2	3.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-74g	73.0	0.5	4.1	0.5
Weeks 8+3g	75.7	0.3	5.1	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

39.4%

320 pass / 492 run

Plays / game

67.7

12 games

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

112 pass attempts and 37 carries in 7 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Santino Marucci

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

112 pass attempts and 37 carries in 7 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2021

2024 7 games

2025