Take Trey Hedden off New Mexico State's roster and the first thing you'd miss is 781 team passing yards leader.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Tampa, FL
The numbers
passing yards · 2026
5 TD · 3 INT · 8.1 per attempt
3 games into 2026 so far
Swing playSwung New Mexico State from 56% to 81% to win.Mercyhurst at New Mexico State · 51-14
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 quarterback for New Mexico State. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.
How he plays
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
EPA / dropback: 81st percentile.
The full scouting readBuzz vs Tape
The wider college football conversation reads him warmer than his own fans do — a gap of 28.3 points in belief.
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Also worth knowing:
Trey Hedden
Trey Hedden is a cornerstone for New Mexico State — measured against the line he joined.
TEAM PASSING YARDS LEADER
781
Team leader in passing yards (781).
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-15
His career
Career arc
Badges
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / dropback (81st percentile). Strength: explosive rate (81st percentile). Concern: interception rate (12th 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 · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Adjusted ANY/A
7.1143 of 75 QBsSack rate
4.0%33 of 75 QBsRarely sacked (33 of 75), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (43 of 75).
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
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 57.1% completion on 98 attempts · 33% completion on 27 deep attempts (20+ air yds).
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 253 | 2.0 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 264 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 1.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 260 | 1.7 | 8.8 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State | 56 | 97 | 57.7% | 781 | 8.1 | 5 | 3 | 136.2 | 45 | -- | -- |
| Career | 56 | 97 | 57.7% | 781 | 8.1 | 5 | 3 | 136.2 | 45 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Mexico State | 12 | -14 | -1.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 12 | -14 | -1.2 | 0 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 51–14
vs Mercyhurst
253 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 36.8 · -7 rush yds (3 car)
Dominant 37-point win at home against Mercyhurst.
With T. Washington Jr. — 43 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD · T. Graves — 1 rec · 83 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34@ Florida State | 26/42 | 272 | 2 | 1 | 6.5 | 82.5 | Season-high 272 yds |
| Wk 1 | W 51-14vs Mercyhurst | 11/20 | 253 | 2 | 0 | 12.7 | 36.8 | Season-high 272 yds |
| Wk 2 | L 19-29@ Hawai'i | 19/35 | 256 | 1 | 2 | 7.3 | — | |
| Total | 56/97 | 781 | 5 | 3 | 8.8 | 59.6 |
Play style
Operates within the system without forcing anything.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
New Mexico State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Quarterback · New Mexico State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #135 · 2026 recruiting class #134
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Daxx Garman’s 2014 season.
Matches Daxx on
Differs from Daxx on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Rocky Lombardi’s path through Northern Illinois.
Matches Rocky on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Ken Seals's junior season at Vanderbilt (2023).
Differs from Ken on