Taron Dickens

#5 · QB · Northern Illinois5′11″ · 180 lb · Miami, FL · Miami Northwestern

ZPR3989th of 119 QBs Last gameL 24–31at UNLV · Oct 31

Nextat San José StateSat Nov 7 · 4 pm ET

Northern Illinois has lost eight straight in the games played. A short-game passer.

Weakest: 6.5 yards an attempt, 31st lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Sagapolutele, California.

Passing yards

1,617

157 of 247, 64%

TD–INT

8–6

6.5 per throw

NCAA rating

124.4

94th of 119

ZPR

89th of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 4 of 7 graded games.

Best by our grade: Air Force. Lowest: at Wyoming. Best play: Completion for 49 yards, touchdown, against Hawai'i, Q1 6:49. Win chance 29% to 50%. Costliest play: Interception, against Illinois State, Q4 0:20. Win chance 25% to 5%.

Tap a game for its plays

Q1Q2Q3Q4

at Iowa

L 0–40·Ranked #22

Few throws

96 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 6 for -19 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 0

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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Illinois State

L 24–28·FCS

Came on in Q1

Came on in the first quarter for Jalen Macon · 193 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 5 for -16 · A fourth-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 27% to 5% · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 22 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 28% to 50%.

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at Arizona

L 17–42·Unranked

Solid

228 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 9 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 20 points of win chance. Win chance: 60% to 80%.

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at Georgia State

L 14–35·Unranked

Solid

Steady all game · 320 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 9 for -26 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 25 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 25% to 51%.

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Air Force

L 7–28·Unranked

Solid

140 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for 33 · The interception cost about 8 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 interception cost the team 8 points of win chance. Win chance: 37% to 29%.

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at Wyoming

L 23–41·Unranked

Shaky

216 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 8 for 11 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q4 incompletion cost the team 8 points of win chance. Win chance: 10% to 2%.

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Hawai'i

L 21–56·Unranked

Solid

Carried by the first quarter · 171 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 5 for 22 · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 28 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 36% to 63%.

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at UNLV

L 24–31·Unranked

Shaky

Strong start, faded late · 253 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 8 for 50 · The interception cost about 13 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 19 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 47% to 66%.

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Season

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How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Short-game passer

Also: yards after catch

Why this word

Runs2.4 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws7.1 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes65% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks4% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws shorter than most and runs some. 2.4 carries a game. Closest matches: Sagapolutele, Lindsey, Moss ’25, Brown.

Where the throws go

Behind the line16%typical 17%

Short55%typical 47%

Middle16%typical 22%

Deep12%typical 14%

Runs 2.4 times a game; 79% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Sagapolutele California · Short-game passer
1,751 yards, 11 TD, 6 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and throw short.
Lindsey Minnesota · Short-game passer
1,592 yards, 10 TD, 6 INT so far. Both hit few big plays and are less efficient.
Moss ’25 Louisville 2025 · Short-game passer
2,679 yards, 16 TD, 7 INT. Both hit few big plays and throw short.
Brown Iowa · Short-game passer
1,190 yards, 8 TD, 3 INT so far. Both rarely run and throw short.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

RecordNorthern Illinois is 0-8.
Last gameOct. 31 · a loss to UNLV, 253 passing yards.
Next gameat San José State · Sat Nov 7

His most important play this season

Q2, 12:21 · Northern Illinois down 7, ties itTaron Dickens finds DeAree Rogers for a 22-yard touchdownNorthern Illinois at Georgia State, week 4Q2, 12:21 · Northern Illinois 14, Georgia State 14Northern Illinois tied the game in the second quarterNorthern Illinois tied the game in the second quarterT.Dickens pass complete short left to D.Rogers caught at GSU18, for 22 yards to the GSU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play Sun Belt Conference

All 5 of his plays on video

Taron Dickens

QB · Northern Illinois · #5

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Taron Dickens takes over from Josh Holst at Northern Illinois.

1,617passing yards8passing TD64rushing yards

Passing value per play

+0.21

our model · 2026 · 202 plays

Read the story so far

Taron Dickens arrived as a 3-star prospect. Taron Dickens lines up at QB for Northern Illinois.

On the field, the headline is 1,617 pass yds, with 8 pass td.

Taron Dickens inherited the QB job from Josh Holst.

The number to watch: +0.21 — passing value per play.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromJosh Holst

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

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
2026	Northern Illinois	157	247	63.6%	1,617	6.5	8	6	124.4	39
Career		157	247	63.6%	1,617	6.5	8	6	124.4	39

Season	Team
2026	Northern Illinois	55	64	1.2	0	13
Career		55	64	1.2	0	13

Last game (Wk 9): 253 passing yards, 2 passing TD, 1 interception.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 0-40@ No. 22 Iowa		9/14	96	0	1	6.9	—	0	-19
Wk 2	L 24-28vs Illinois State	Came on in Q1	22/27	193	1	1	7.1	31.7	2	-16
Wk 3	L 17-42@ Arizona	Solid	25/37	228	1	0	6.2	72.2	1	9
Wk 4	L 14-35@ Georgia State	Solid	28/42	320	1	0	7.6	33.4	3	-26	Season-high 320 yds
Wk 6	L 7-28vs Air Force	Solid	13/20	140	0	1	7.0	34.7	1	33
Wk 7	L 23-41@ Wyoming	Shaky	24/44	216	1	0	4.9	36.3	1	11
Wk 8	L 21-56vs Hawai'i	Solid	17/26	171	2	2	6.6	69.5	0	22
Wk 9	L 24-31@ UNLV	Shaky	19/37	253	2	1	6.8	55.7	1	50
Total			157/247	1617	8	6	6.5	—	9	64

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 24-31 at UNLV

19 of 37 for 253 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 24-31 at UNLVOct. 31253 yds19 of 37, 2 TD, 1 INTPlay by play just above

L 21-56 vs Hawai'iOct. 24171 yds17 of 26, 2 TD, 2 INTBox score only

17 of 26 for 171 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

6 more games, with the play by play

L 23-41 at WyomingOct. 17216 yds24 of 44, 1 TDBox score only

24 of 44 for 216 yards and a touchdown.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 7-28 vs Air ForceOct. 10140 yds13 of 20, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

13 of 20 for 140 yards and an interception. He was 2 of 8 on third and fourth down.

1 of 6 of his drives scored
2 of 8 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
6 runs for 38 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 1, 7 yds1
Int2 of 3, 33 yds23
Second quarterbegan down 7-0
TD2 of 2, 39 yds
Third quarterbegan down 14-7
Punt1 of 2, 7 yds
Downs5 of 6, 41 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 28-7
Downs2 of 6, 13 yds4
FinalL 7-28

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
7-yard completion to DeAree Rogers on 3rd and 11. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
22-yard completion to La'Don Bryant. First quarter, down 7-0.
3
Intercepted on 3rd and 5. Second quarter, down 7-0. Picked off by Air Force’s Blake Fletcher.
4
Incomplete to La'Don Bryant on 4th and 2. Fourth quarter, down 28-7. Turnover on downs. Broken up by Air Force’s K. Johnson.

1020304050

leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

L 14-35 at Georgia StateSept. 26320 yds28 of 42, 1 TDBox score only

28 of 42 for 320 yards and a touchdown.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 17-42 at ArizonaSept. 19228 yds25 of 37, 1 TD

Play by playOn the field

25 of 37 for 228 yards and a touchdown. He was 8 of 16 on third and fourth down.

2 of 8 of his drives scored
8 of 16 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
5 runs for 21 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
FG3 of 6, 15 yds1
TD1 of 1, 52 yds2
Missed FG5 of 10, 41 yds3
Second quarterbegan up 10-7
Punt3 of 3, 20 yds
Punt Td2 of 2, 10 yds
Punt2 of 3, 19 yds
Third quarterbegan down 28-10
Downs7 of 9, 51 yds4
Fourth quarterbegan down 35-10
Missed FG2 of 3, 20 yds
FinalL 17-42

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
2-yard completion to Telly Johnson Jr. on 3rd and 10. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
52-yard touchdown pass to Cam Thompson. First quarter, made it 10-0.
3
6-yard completion to DeAree Rogers on 3rd and 5. First quarter, up 10-7. Converted.
4
Sacked for a 10-yard loss on 4th and 10. Third quarter, down 35-10. Turnover on downs.

102030405052

leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

L 24-28 vs Illinois StateSept. 12193 yds22 of 27, 1 TD, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

22 of 27 for 193 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Northern Illinois’s last drive ended with his pass intercepted, down 28-24.

3 of 8 of his drives scored
2 of 7 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
2 runs for 4 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt3 of 3, 16 yds
Second quarterbegan down 14-0
Punt1 of 2, 1 yds
FG4 of 4, 34 yds
TD6 of 7, 53 yds1
Third quarterbegan down 21-17
Downs2 of 3, 12 yds2
Punt—
Fourth quarterbegan down 21-17
TD1 of 1, 36 yds3
Int5 of 7, 41 yds4
FinalL 24-28

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
2-yard touchdown pass to DeAree Rogers on 4th and 2. Second quarter, cut it to 21-17.
2
7-yard completion to Jason Fowler on 3rd and 9. Third quarter, down 21-17.
3
36-yard completion to La'Don Bryant. Fourth quarter, down 21-17.
4
Intercepted. Fourth quarter, down 28-24. Picked off by Illinois State’s Doreon Dubose.

102030405036

leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

L 0-40 at IowaSept. 596 yds9 of 14, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

9 of 14 for 96 yards and an interception. He was 2 of 6 on third and fourth down.

0 of 6 of his drives scored
2 of 6 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked 4 times
2 runs for 2 yds

Second quarterbegan down 20-0
Int0 of 1, 0 yds1
Third quarterbegan down 33-0
Punt Td1 of 2, 2 yds
Fumble2 of 2, 30 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 40-0
Punt1 of 1, 6 yds
Punt2 of 3, 3 yds
Uncategorized3 of 5, 55 yds2
FinalL 0-40

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
Intercepted. Second quarter, down 20-0. Picked off by Iowa’s Deshaun Lee.
2
22-yard completion to Kelan McInerney on 3rd and 8. Fourth quarter, down 40-0. Converted.

1020304050

leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Air Force	L 7-28 · Graded solid · 140 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 7 for 33 · The interception cost about 8 points of win chance · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	at Wyoming	L 23-41 · Graded shaky · 216 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 8 for 11 · Sacked 1
Best play	Hawai'i	Completion for 49 yards, touchdown, Q1 6:49 · Win chance 29% to 50%
Costliest play	Illinois State	Interception, Q4 0:20 · Win chance 25% to 5%

Where he ranks

Tied for 2nd among Mountain West quarterbacks in completion percentage.

Stat	His	Nation	Mountain West
Passing yards	1,617	T-63rd of 370	5th of 26
Yards an attempt	6.5	T-125th of 152	T-7th of 8
Touchdown passes	8	T-94th of 370	5th of 26
Passer rating	124.4	115th of 152	7th of 8
Completion percentage	63.6	T-71st of 152	T-2nd of 8
Rushing yards	64	T-137th of 370	11th of 26
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All Mountain West quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Micah Alejado	2,186	9	6	337	6.5
2	Luke Weaver	1,810	11	8	242	7.5
3	Nathan Hayes	1,710	13	8	228	7.5
4	Jackson Arnold	1,660	13	4	212	7.8
5	Taron Dickens	1,617	8	6	247	6.5
6	Toa Faavae	888	5	7	101	8.8
7	EJ Colson	687	7	5	99	6.9
8	Carter Jones	654	3	2	89	7.3
9	AJ Bianco	397	2	3	71	5.6
10	Liam Szarka	296	1	4	38	7.8
11	Luke Duncan	265	2	5	55	4.8
12	Luke Moga	248	3	0	38	6.5
13	Daniel Rolovich	193	1	0	26	7.4
14	Evan Medders	92	2	0	14	6.6
15	Robert McDaniel	48	0	0	13	3.7
16	Trey Drake	35	0	0	4	8.8
17	Brady Davidson	27	0	0	6	4.5
18	Braesen Leon	22	0	0	1	22.0
19	Jalen Macon	20	0	1	13	1.5
20	Josh Johnson	20	0	0	4	5.0
21	Bjorn Jurgensen	13	0	0	8	1.6
22	Alex Orji	9	0	1	5	1.8
23	Preston Brown	4	0	0	4	1.0
24	Reeve Slone	4	0	2	4	1.0
25	James Laubstein	0	0	0	1	0.0
26	Kemper Hodges	0	0	0	2	0.0

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

Passing yards1,6175th in the Mountain West this season.

Touchdown passes85th in the Mountain West this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +16 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Rogers and Bryant saw 118 of the 247 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
DeAree Rogers	77	64	633	5.5	7.1
La'Don Bryant	41	23	292	14.1	3.5
Cam Thompson	29	16	164	12.7	2.3
George Dimopoulos	24	17	238	9.1	7.9
Telly Johnson Jr.	15	11	44	0.4	4.3
13 others	52	26	246	8.0	5.4
No receiver charted	9	All six interceptions are among these

Play by play: 247 passes, 157 caught, 1,617 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

157/247 (63.6%) · 8 TD · 6 INT

247 of 247 attempts matched to play-by-play

245 of 247 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

5.13148 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

7.8%149 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 7.8% of dropbacks (149 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (148 of 185).

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

14% of attempts (35)

80%comp1 INT

Air -6.0 · YAC 11.4 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

54% of attempts (133)

73%comp2 INT

Air 4.3 · YAC 4.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

17% of attempts (41)

61%comp

Air 13.1 · YAC 4.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

15% of attempts (36)

14%comp3 INT

Air 33.1 · YAC 1.8 avg

Overall 63.6% completion on 247 attempts · 14% completion on 36 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2026 baseline

No situation moves him more than 32 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-6 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/82 (4.9%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 2

-23 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 1/60 (1.7%) · league sack rate 5.0%

Down 3+

+32 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/58 (6.9%) · league sack rate 8.3%

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

2026Northern Illinois0-8HC: Rob Harley · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 30 (#128 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

30Below cohort / limited sample #128 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sack rate (19th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#92 / 157 · 42nd pct

2.4%

EPA / dropback#119 / 157 · 25th pct

0.04

Success rate#121 / 157 · 23rd pct

38.0%

Explosive rate#121 / 157 · 23rd pct

8.1%

Sack rate#127 / 157 · 19th pct

7.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass yards#64 / 159 · 60th pct

1617

Completion %#74 / 159 · 53rd pct

63.6%

Rush yards#99 / 159 · 38th pct

Pass TDs#97 / 159 · 36th pct

Fumbles lost#80 / 142 · 32nd pct

Interceptions#114 / 159 · 23rd pct

Yards / att#129 / 159 · 18th pct

6.5

Rush TDs#127 / 159 · 10th 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 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 200 dropbacks

39Zeitgeist Passer Rating89th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 124.4 94th of 119 FBS QBs

Positive-play rate weight 24%

48.5%63rd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +0.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

6.3913th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

4.6%69th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.1% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (66 of 266 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

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home3g	168	1.0	6.9	1.3
Road5g	223	1.0	6.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	199	0.7	6.6	0.5
Weeks 8+2g	212	2.0	6.7	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Pass share

53.1%

266 pass / 235 run

Plays / game

62.6

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Northern Illinois’s quarterbacks

Taron Dickens	Threw in all 8 games · 157 of 247, 1,617 yds, 8 TD, 6 INT · 6.5 yards an attempt on 247 attempts · ran for 64 yds, 0 TD
Jalen Macon	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 5 of 13, 20 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · 1.5 yards an attempt on 13 attempts · ran for -1 yds, 0 TD
Brady Davidson	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 4 of 6, 27 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 4.5 yards an attempt on 6 attempts

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

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Taron Dickens. Gray: Jalen Macon, Brady Davidson. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ IowaIllinois State@ Arizona@ Georgia StateAir Force@ WyomingHawai'i@ UNLV

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

247 pass attempts and 55 carries in 8 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

30 · #128 of 145 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #128 at the position.

Starter

The No. 2,330 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mountain West.

Taron Dickens

Style of play

This week

His most important play this season

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Northern Illinois’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

Impact starter

Starter

Two seasons, two schools

2023