Trey Hedden

#3 · QB · New Mexico State6′3″ · 225 lb · Tampa, FL · Tampa Catholic

Passing yards906127th of 159 quarterbacks Last gameL 0–24vs Jacksonville State · Oct 28

Nextvs LibertySat Nov 7 · 8 pm ET

No starts in New Mexico State’s last 4 games.

Adam Damante started New Mexico State’s last game, L 0-24 vs Jacksonville State, Oct 28.

New Mexico State’s next game: vs Liberty, Sat Nov 7, 8:00 p.m. ET · ESPNU

New Mexico State is 1-3 in the four games with 10 or more passes thrown. A vertical passer who rarely runs.

Weakest: completes 51% of throws by play-by-play, 5th lowest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Griffis, East Carolina.

Passing yards

906

65 of 124, 52%

TD–INT

5–6

7.3 per throw

NCAA rating

117.4

ZPR

not ranked yet

How ZPR works

Graded Shaky at Hawai'i, the last full game; shaky or worse in 4 of 4 graded games.

Best by our grade: at Hawai'i. Lowest: at Florida State, with 1 interception.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Florida State

L 17–34·Unranked

Rough

272 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for -21 · The interception cost about 10 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 18 points of win chance. Win chance: 23% to 41%.

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Mercyhurst

W 51–14·FCS

Shaky

Steady all game · 253 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for -7 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 13 points of win chance. Win chance: 54% to 67%.

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at Hawai'i

L 19–29·Unranked

Shaky

Strong start, faded late · 256 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 5 for 14 · Interceptions cost about 12 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q2 completion added 24 points of win chance. Win chance: 22% to 47%.

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New Mexico

L 18–42·Unranked

Left in Q3

Last pass came in the third quarter; Adam Damante finished the game · 106 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 5 for -4 · Interceptions cost about 13 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2

Biggest swing: a Q1 incompletion cost the team 12 points of win chance. Win chance: 26% to 15%.

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Western Kentucky

W 34–13·Unranked

Did not play

at Florida International

L 3–22·Unranked

Came on in Q4

Came on in the fourth quarter for Adam Damante · 19 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 1 for -2 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

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

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at Sam Houston

W 30–24·Unranked

Did not play

Jacksonville State

L 0–24·Unranked

Did not play

Season

Quarter by quarter

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

Vertical passer

Also: stays in the pocket

Why this word

Runs1.2 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws11.9 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes51% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks5% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws deeper than most and rarely runs. 1.2 carries a game. Closest matches: Griffis, Underwood, Swann ’25, Vasko ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line11%typical 17%

Short45%typical 47%

Middle18%typical 22%

Deep26%typical 14%

Runs 1.2 times a game; 93% of starters run more.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Griffis East Carolina · Gunslinger
753 yards, 4 TD, 5 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line and throw deep.
Underwood Michigan · Run-first
924 yards, 5 TD, 6 INT so far. Both rarely throw behind the line and score less.
Swann ’25 App State 2025 · Vertical passer
1,494 yards, 10 TD, 8 INT. Both rarely run and score less.
Vasko ’25 Liberty 2025 · Gunslinger
1,961 yards, 10 TD, 12 INT. Both score less and throw interceptions.

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

RecordNew Mexico State is 3-5.

A play of his this season

Q2, 10:49 · New Mexico State down 10Trey Hedden finds Brodrick Malone for a 33-yard touchdownNew Mexico State at Florida State, week 1Q2, 10:49 · New Mexico State 7, Florida State 10New Mexico State answered right backNew Mexico State answered right backT.Hedden pass complete deep middle to B.Malone-Bradford caught at FSU00, for 33 yards to the FSU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playACC Digital Network

All 2 of his plays on video

Trey Hedden

QB · New Mexico State · #3

On tape: 272 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Florida State, Week 1, 2026.

906 passing yards · 5 passing TD · -14 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	New Mexico State	65	124	52.4%	906	7.3	5	6	117.4	28
Career		65	124	52.4%	906	7.3	5	6	117.4	28

Season	Team
2026	New Mexico State	18	−20	−1.1	0	13
Career		18	−20	−1.1	0	13

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 5 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 17-34@ Florida State	Rough	26/42	272	2	1	6.5	82.5	1	-21	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 1	W 51-14vs Mercyhurst	Shaky	11/20	253	2	0	12.7	36.8	1	-7	Clean 2-TD game
Wk 2	L 19-29@ Hawai'i	Shaky	19/35	256	1	2	7.3	—	1	14
Wk 4	L 18-42vs New Mexico	Left in Q3	7/19	106	0	2	5.6	19.9	2	-4
Wk 6	L 3-22@ Florida International	Came on in Q4	2/8	19	0	1	2.4	0.1	1	-2
Total			65/124	906	5	6	7.3	—	6	-20

The season, game by game

L 3-22 at Florida InternationalOct. 719 yds2 of 8, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

2 of 8 for 19 yards and an interception. He was 0 of 3 on third and fourth down.

0 of 4 of his drives scored
0 of 3 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once

Fourth quarterbegan down 16-3
Fumble—
Downs2 of 5, 19 yds12
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds
Int0 of 1, 0 yds3
FinalL 3-22

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
11-yard completion to Josiah Thomas. Fourth quarter, down 19-3.
2
Incomplete to Tyler King on 4th and 7. Fourth quarter, down 19-3. Turnover on downs.
3
Intercepted. Fourth quarter, down 19-3. Picked off by Florida International’s Demetrius Hill.

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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 18-42 vs New MexicoSept. 26106 yds7 of 19, 2 INT

Play by playOn the field

7 of 19 for 106 yards and 2 interceptions. He was 6 of 11 on third and fourth down.

1 of 6 of his drives scored
6 of 11 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
2 runs for 4 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Missed FG1 of 3, 9 yds1
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds
FG3 of 8, 49 yds2
Second quarterbegan down 14-0
Int2 of 5, 31 yds3
Third quarterbegan down 14-3
Int1 of 2, 17 yds4
Fumble—
FinalL 18-42

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
9-yard completion to Josiah Thomas on 3rd and 6. First quarter, down 7-0. Converted.
2
20-yard completion to Josiah Thomas on 3rd and 10. First quarter, down 14-0. Converted.
3
Intercepted on 3rd and 22. Second quarter, down 14-3. Picked off by New Mexico’s Austin Brawley.
4
Intercepted. Third quarter, down 14-3. Picked off by New Mexico’s Tavian Combs.

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.

3 more games, with the play by play

L 19-29 at Hawai'iSept. 12256 yds19 of 35, 1 TD, 2 INTBox score only

19 of 35 for 256 yards, a touchdown and 2 interceptions.

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

W 51-14 vs MercyhurstSept. 5253 yds11 of 20, 2 TD

Play by playOn the field

11 of 20 for 253 yards and 2 touchdowns. He was 2 of 6 on third and fourth down.

6 of 10 of his drives scored
2 of 6 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked once
2 runs for 2 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Missed FG1 of 1, 6 yds1
TD1 of 1, 46 yds
Second quarterbegan up 13-7
Punt0 of 2, 0 yds2
FG1 of 3, 42 yds3
TD—
Missed FG3 of 5, 32 yds
Third quarterbegan up 23-14
Downs1 of 2, 4 yds
TD0 of 1, 0 yds
TD3 of 4, 40 yds
Fourth quarterbegan up 30-14
TD1 of 1, 83 yds4
FinalW 51-14

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
Sacked for a 9-yard loss on 3rd and 1. First quarter, tied 7-7.
2
Incomplete to TJ Pride on 3rd and 5. Second quarter, down 14-13.
3
42-yard completion to Tyler King on 3rd and 9. Second quarter, down 14-13. Converted.
4
83-yard touchdown pass to Terrione Graves. Fourth quarter, made it 44-14.

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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 17-34 at Florida StateAug. 29272 yds26 of 42, 2 TD, 1 INT

Play by playOn the field

26 of 42 for 272 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception. He was 9 of 16 on third and fourth down.

3 of 9 of his drives scored
9 of 16 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked twice
1 run for 4 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Int6 of 8, 39 yds12
Punt1 of 2, 2 yds
Second quarterbegan down 3-0
TD4 of 7, 72 yds
Punt1 of 3, 4 yds
Punt1 of 1, 7 yds
Third quarterbegan down 17-7
FG4 of 5, 35 yds
Punt2 of 4, 12 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 24-10
TD5 of 6, 78 yds3
Downs2 of 6, 23 yds4
FinalL 17-34

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
11-yard completion to AJ Williams III on 3rd and 6. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
2
Intercepted. First quarter, tied 0-0. Picked off by Florida State’s Quindarrius Jones.
3
34-yard touchdown pass to Tyler King on 3rd and 2. Fourth quarter, cut it to 27-17.
4
Incomplete to Tyler King on 4th and 3. Fourth quarter, down 34-17. Turnover on downs. Broken up by Florida State’s D. Diggs.

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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	at Hawai'i	L 19-29 · Graded shaky · Strong start, faded late · 256 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT · Rush 5 for 14 · Interceptions cost about 12 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	at Florida State	L 17-34 · Graded rough · 272 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for -21 · The interception cost about 10 points of win chance · Sacked 1

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Conference USA
Passing yards	906	122nd of 370	9th of 28
Yards an attempt	7.3	T-83rd of 152	T-5th of 13
Touchdown passes	5	T-127th of 370	10th of 28
Passer rating	117.4	136th of 152	11th of 13
Completion percentage	52.4	149th of 152	13th of 13
Rushing yards	-20	351st of 370	26th of 28
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 Conference USA quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	JJ Kohl	1,801	11	9	255	7.1
2	Caden Creel	1,746	13	8	209	8.4
3	Landyn Locke	1,653	12	5	236	7.0
4	Rickie Collins	1,617	7	6	229	7.1
5	Roman Gagliano	1,587	12	4	258	6.2
6	Nick Minicucci	1,477	14	4	170	8.7
7	Deshawn Purdie	1,453	10	1	152	9.6
8	Henry Belin IV	1,071	8	4	126	8.5
9	Trey Hedden	906	5	6	124	7.3
10	Brock Glenn	887	6	4	165	5.4
11	Rodney Tisdale Jr.	883	4	2	123	7.2
12	Skyler Locklear	788	4	2	108	7.3
13	Adam Damante	638	4	4	118	5.4
14	Tyler Bell	373	3	1	49	7.6
15	DJ Bailey	258	0	0	37	7.0
16	Braden Streeter	175	1	3	35	5.0
17	Landon Varnes	154	0	0	22	7.0
18	EJ Archield Jr.	137	0	0	19	7.2
19	Jaylen Henderson	131	2	0	18	7.3
20	Zach Marker	109	0	0	15	7.3
21	Brett Holloway	64	1	1	5	12.8
22	Riley Trujillo	38	0	0	3	12.7
23	Jack Moran	25	0	0	2	12.5
24	Skyler Williams	12	0	1	4	3.0
25	Elijah Leonard	7	0	0	1	7.0
26	Ethan Vasko	6	1	0	2	3.0
27	Caleb McMickle	3	0	0	2	1.5
28	Peter Costelli	0	0	0	1	0.0

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

Passing yards9069th in the Conference USA this season.

Touchdown passes510th in the Conference USA 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 +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

King and Malone saw 45 of the 125 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Tyler King	31	15	244	19.6	1.8
Brodrick Malone	14	8	112	12.9	4.0
AJ Williams	13	8	110	10.8	3.1
TJ Pride	10	6	42	5.8	1.8
Josiah Thomas	9	8	88	7.9	2.5
9 others	36	17	273	7.9	8.9
No receiver charted	12	All six interceptions are among these

Play by play: 125 passes, 65 caught, 894 yards; the box score counts 124 attempts. 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

65/124 (52.4%) · 5 TD · 6 INT

All 124 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 125 passing plays)

121 of 125 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 125 passing plays (65 completions) against the box score's 124 attempts (65 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

5.35140 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

5.3%99 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 5.3% of dropbacks (99 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (140 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

10% of attempts (12)

75%comp

Air -3.2 · YAC 11.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

45% of attempts (55)

51%comp1 INT

Air 4.3 · YAC 2.6 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

19% of attempts (23)

65%comp1 INT

Air 13.0 · YAC 1.4 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

26% of attempts (31)

29%comp4 INT

Air 31.1 · YAC 7.9 avg

Overall 52.4% completion on 124 attempts · 29% completion on 31 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2026New Mexico State3-5HC: Tony Sanchez · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Building sample?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: interception rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#71 / 157 · 55th pct

10.4%

Sack rate#79 / 157 · 50th pct

5.3%

EPA / dropback#111 / 157 · 30th pct

0.06

Success rate#116 / 157 · 26th pct

38.6%

Interception rate#153 / 157 · 3rd pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Yards / att#86 / 159 · 45th pct

7.3

Interceptions#114 / 159 · 23rd pct

Pass yards#127 / 159 · 20th pct

906

Pass TDs#130 / 159 · 17th pct

Fumbles lost#114 / 142 · 12th pct

Rush TDs#127 / 159 · 10th pct

Rush yards#144 / 159 · 10th pct

-20

Completion %#155 / 159 · 3rd pct

52.4%

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.

Thin sample: 118 dropbacks

28Zeitgeist Passer Ratingnot ranked until 125 dropbacks

Positive-play rate weight 24%

37.1%2nd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -1.9% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.875th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.6 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.6%52nd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.5% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (14 of 132 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 · 5 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	180	1.0	9.1	1.0
Road3g	182	1.0	5.4	1.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	181	1.0	6.9	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

48.3%

243 pass / 260 run

Plays / game

62.9

8 games

Scheme: Balanced.

New Mexico State’s two quarterbacks

Trey Hedden	Threw in 5 of 8 games · 65 of 124, 906 yds, 5 TD, 6 INT · 7.3 yards an attempt on 124 attempts · ran for -20 yds, 0 TD
Adam Damante	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 68 of 118, 638 yds, 4 TD, 4 INT · 5.4 yards an attempt on 118 attempts · ran for -9 yds, 1 TD

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: Trey Hedden. Gray: Adam Damante. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ Florida StateMercyhurst@ Hawai'iNew MexicoWestern Kentucky@ Florida International@ Sam HoustonJacksonville State

Awards

Player standing · 2026

124 pass attempts and 18 carries in 5 games

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Starter

The No. 2,492 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Conference USA.

Trey Hedden

Style of play

This week

A play of his this season

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

New Mexico State’s two quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

124 pass attempts and 18 carries in 5 games

Starter

Three seasons, two schools

2024