Ta'Quan Roberson

#2 · QB · Sr. · Buffalo6′0″ · 200 lb · Orange, NJ · DePaul Catholic

Ta'Quan Roberson is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Buffalo.

Roberson operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for five head coaches at four programs in six seasons: James Franklin, Lou Spanos, Jim Mora, Chris Klieman and Pete Lembo. The first career honor came in 2025: MAC Offensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 403 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Massachusetts — Week 8, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Buffalo	206	356	57.9%	2,520	7.1	17	12	126.3	40
2024	Kansas State	3	7	42.9%	18	2.6	0	0	64.5	--
2023	UConn	197	338	58.3%	2,075	6.1	12	6	118.0	39
2022	UConn	1	2	50.0%	10	5.0	0	0	92.0	--
2021	UConn	11	28	39.3%	85	3.0	1	2	62.3	--
2019	Penn State	--	1	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0	--
Career		418	732	57.1%	4,708	6.4	30	20	119.2	39

Season	Team
2025	Buffalo	83	125	1.5	3	40
2024	Kansas State	1	7	7.0	0	7
2023	UConn	46	120	2.6	2	24
2022	UConn	3	8	2.7	1	5
2021	UConn	12	24	2.0	0	10
2019	Penn State	1	−1	−1.0	0	--
Career		146	283	1.9	6	40

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 10-23@ Minnesota	12/20	107	1	0	5.4	37.9
Wk 2	W 45-6vs Saint Francis	10/20	133	1	1	6.7	73.0
Wk 3	W 31-28@ Kent State	28/40	318	3	1	8.0	66.7	3 TD passes
Wk 4	L 17-21vs Troy	9/15	104	0	0	6.9	32.7
Wk 6	W 31-30vs Eastern Michigan	19/38	272	3	0	7.2	36.6	3 TD passes
Wk 8	W 28-21@ Massachusetts	36/55	403	2	1	7.3	55.7	Season-high 403 yds
Wk 9	L 16-24vs Akron	23/36	266	1	4	7.4	16.5	4 INTs — rough day
Wk 10	W 28-3@ Bowling Green	13/24	136	1	1	5.7	44.9
Wk 12	L 19-38@ Central Michigan	16/33	208	1	1	6.3	16.0
Wk 13	L 20-37vs Miami (OH)	24/48	303	2	2	6.3	34.2
Wk 14	L 26-31vs Ohio	16/27	270	2	1	10.0	47.1
Total		206/356	2520	17	12	7.1	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at Kent State	W 31-28 · Graded solid · Passing grade only · Slow start, strong finish · 318 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT · Rush 10 for 63 · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at Central Michigan	L 19-38 · Graded rough · 208 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 10 for -13 · Sacked 3
Best play	at Central Michigan	Completion for 55 yards, touchdown, Q2 2:22 · Win chance 23% to 44%
Costliest play	Akron	Interception, Q3 0:43 · Win chance 72% to 48%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

206/356 (57.9%) · 17 TD · 12 INT

353 of 356 attempts matched to play-by-play

164 of 353 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 353 passing plays (200 completions) against the box score's 356 attempts (206 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.91115 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.8%107 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 4.8% of dropbacks (107 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (115 of 206).

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

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

7% of attempts (11)

91%comp

Air -2.7 · YAC 10.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

53% of attempts (87)

60%comp2 INT

Air 4.7 · YAC 2.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

23% of attempts (37)

41%comp4 INT

Air 13.1 · YAC 1.9 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

18% of attempts (29)

41%comp2 INT

Air 31.3 · YAC 4.2 avg

Overall 57.9% completion on 356 attempts · 41% completion on 29 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 43 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-13 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 8/159 (5.0%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

-19 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/110 (2.7%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+43 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/96 (5.2%) · league sack rate 7.8%

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Teams and coaches

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2021Penn State1-11HC: Lou Spanos · Balanced

2022UConn6-7HC: Jim Mora · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023UConn3-9HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2024Kansas State9-4HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning

2025Buffalo5-7HC: Pete Lembo · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 34 (#112 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

34Below cohort / limited sample #112 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: success rate (29th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#88 / 183 · 52nd pct

4.9%

Explosive rate#101 / 183 · 45th pct

8.8%

EPA / dropback#107 / 183 · 42nd pct

0.15

Interception rate#126 / 183 · 31st pct

2.8%

Success rate#129 / 183 · 29th pct

37.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#59 / 183 · 68th pct

2520

Pass TDs#57 / 183 · 68th pct

Rush yards#93 / 183 · 49th pct

125

Rush TDs#86 / 183 · 49th pct

Yards / att#92 / 183 · 49th pct

7.1

Completion %#144 / 183 · 22nd pct

57.9%

Fumbles lost#154 / 174 · 8th pct

Interceptions#171 / 183 · 5th pct

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 2025. 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

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 361 dropbacks

40Zeitgeist Passer Rating101st of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 126.3 110th of 142 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

43.1%29th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.4628th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.4 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.4%70th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (9 of 370 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	225	1.5	7.4	1.3
Road5g	234	1.6	6.5	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	187	1.6	6.8	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	264	1.5	7.2	1.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

Pass share

49.8%

409 pass / 413 run

Plays / game

68.5

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

356 pass attempts and 83 carries in 11 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

34 · #112 of 146 QBs · 2025

Former four-star. Now #112 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #8 of 12 Mid-American QBs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Ta'Quan Roberson

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Seven seasons, four schools

Moves

2019

2022

2024 4 games

2025 11 games