Senior quarterback for Navy. 2023: 701 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
6′2″ · 221 lb · St. Johns, FL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 quarterback for Navy. 2023: 701 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearTai Lavatai
Extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Tai Lavatai has been at Navy through two head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 179 pass yds, 74 rush yds against Army — Week 15, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Navy, 1,937 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ken Niumatalolo → Brian Newberry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: interception rate (84th percentile). Strength: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (22nd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
6.26103 of 212 QBsSack rate
6.5%130 of 212 QBsSacked on 6.5% of dropbacks (130 of 212) — and still 103 of 212 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 56.1% completion on 98 attempts · 8 deep completions averaging 32.9 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 84.8 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 90.5 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 71.0 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 138 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Newberry
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 24–0
vs Wagner
161 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 39.0 · 65 rush yds (16 car)
Dominant 24-point win at home against Wagner.
With R. Riethman — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG · A. Hassan — 9 rush yds (2 car)
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-42@ Notre Dame | 3/6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 23.9 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-0vs Wagner | 8/13 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 12.4 | 39.0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-28@ Memphis | 10/19 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 44.5 | |
| Wk 5 | L 30-44vs South Florida | 1/5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 10.7 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-24vs North Texas | 4/8 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 9.4 | 72.0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 14-0@ Charlotte | 1/1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 41.2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-17vs Air Force | 13/23 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 4.2 | 14.1 | |
| Wk 15 | L 11-17@ Army | 16/26 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 6.9 | — | Season-high 179 yds |
| Total | 56/101 | 701 | 5 | 2 | 6.9 | 35.1 |
Play style
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 16 inside-the-5 carries (25.0%).
Player DNA
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jacob Zeno’s 2022 season.
Matches Jacob on
Differs from Jacob on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Tim DeMorat’s path through Fordham.
Tim DeMorat
Matches Tim on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kyron Drones's junior season at Virginia Tech (2024).
Matches Kyron on
Differs from Kyron on
Player DNA