Tyler Hughes

#6 · QB · Sr. · Wyoming6′0″ · 214 lb · Marietta, GA

ZPR21116th of 119 QBs Last gameW 28–14vs Air Force · Oct 23

Nextat UNLVSat Nov 7 · 10:30 pm ET

Wyoming is 5-3 in the eight games played. A run-first quarterback.

Weakest: an interception on 4.3% of throws, 14th highest of 158 starters.

Plays most like Fox ’25, West Virginia 2025.

Passing yards

1,131

108 of 172, 63%

TD–INT

5–7

6.6 per throw

NCAA rating

119.5

105th of 119

ZPR

116th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 5 of 7 graded games.

Best by our grade: Northern Illinois. Lowest: at San José State, with 1 interception and sacked 6 times. Best play: Run for 68 yards, touchdown, against Air Force, Q1 14:10. Win chance 39% to 63%.

Tap a game for its plays

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at Colorado State

L 13–35·Unranked

Rough

Passing grade only · 130 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT · Rush 11 for 52, 1 TD · Interceptions cost about 20 points of win chance · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q3 run added 21 points of win chance. Win chance: 27% to 48%.

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Northern Colorado

W 21–13·FCS

Rough

149 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 8 for 26 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 31 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 42% to 73%.

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at Central Michigan

L 10–24·Unranked

Shaky

Passing grade only · 173 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 10 for 78 · A fourth-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 24% to 0% · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q4 interception cost the team 24 points of win chance. Win chance: 24% to 0%.

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Hawai'i

W 27–10·Unranked

Solid

204 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 11 for 3 · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q2 run added 22 points of win chance. Win chance: 64% to 86%.

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at North Dakota State

L 0–28·Unranked

Few throws

52 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 12 for 37 · The interception cost about 9 points of win chance · Sacked 3

Biggest swing: a Q1 interception cost the team 9 points of win chance. Win chance: 42% to 33%.

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at San José State

W 16–13·Unranked

Rough

Passing grade only · 114 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 27 for 92 · A second-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 45% to 23% · Sacked 6

Biggest swing: a Q4 completion added 42 points of win chance. It flipped the game for the team: 22% to 64%.

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Northern Illinois

W 41–23·Unranked

Solid

Passing grade only · Carried by the third quarter · 196 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 12 for 183, 4 TD · Sacked 0

Biggest swing: a Q1 run added 20 points of win chance. Win chance: 67% to 87%.

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Air Force

W 28–14·Unranked

Shaky

Passing grade only · 113 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT · Rush 12 for 146, 1 TD · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 run added 22 points of win chance. Win chance: 58% to 80%.

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Season

Gets better after halftime

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; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. 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

Run-first

Why this word

Runs10.1 a gameRarelyA lot

Throws8.3 yards past the lineShortDeep

Completes64% by play-by-playFewerMore

Takes sacks8% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs a lot. 10.1 carries a game. Closest matches: Fox ’25, McKenzie, Underwood, Lagway ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line13%typical 17%

Short57%typical 47%

Middle14%typical 22%

Deep17%typical 14%

Runs 10.1 times a game; 92% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Nearer the middle means more alike.

Fox ’25 West Virginia 2025 · Mobile passer
1,276 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT. Both take sacks and score less.
McKenzie Boston College · Run-first
1,450 yards, 8 TD, 7 INT so far. Both are less efficient and take sacks.
Underwood Michigan · Run-first
924 yards, 5 TD, 6 INT so far. Both score less and are less efficient.
Lagway ’25 Florida 2025 · Balanced
2,264 yards, 16 TD, 14 INT. Both throw interceptions and score less.

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

RecordWyoming is 5-3.
Last gameOct. 23 · a win over Air Force, 113 passing yards.
Next gameat UNLV · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

12 stories in the last 30 days, from 8 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Wyoming QB Tyler Hughes named Mountain West offensive player of the week

Wyo4News +1 Oct 20

All 23 stories this season

Worth knowing

Tyler Hughes has 165.5 passing yards a game at home, 117.2 on the road.

Every carry this season

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leftmiddleright

a carry, up for a gain and down for a lossa touchdown

Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of his carries with a spot in the play text: left 22, middle 33, right 31. His longest went for 68 yards.

Tyler Hughes

QB · Wyoming · #6

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Tyler Hughes takes over from Kaden Anderson at Wyoming.

1,131passing yards5passing TD617rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-26

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The name carries 36th-percentile weight; the snaps grade out 10th. The gap is the open question.

Read the story so far

Tyler Hughes lines up at QB for Wyoming.

On the field, the headline is 1,131 pass yds, with 5 pass td.

Tyler Hughes inherited the QB job from Kaden Anderson (3-star).

The number to watch: -26 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith

Inherited fromKaden Anderson 3★

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

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Wyoming	108	172	62.8%	1,131	6.6	5	7	119.5	21
Career		108	172	62.8%	1,131	6.6	5	7	119.5	21

Season	Team
2026	Wyoming	103	617	6.0	6	68
Career		103	617	6.0	6	68

Last game (Wk 8): 113 passing yards, 2 passing TD.

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 13-35@ Colorado State	Rough	12/19	130	0	3	6.8	—	1	52	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 2	W 21-13vs Northern Colorado	Rough	18/26	149	2	0	5.7	10.5	1	26
Wk 3	L 10-24@ Central Michigan	Shaky	14/30	173	0	2	5.8	29.7	0	78
Wk 4	W 27-10vs Hawai'i	Solid	17/23	204	0	0	8.9	42.6	3	3	Season-high 204 yds
Wk 5	L 0-28@ North Dakota State		5/14	52	0	1	3.7	4.6	3	37
Wk 6	W 16-13@ San José State	Rough	16/24	114	1	1	4.8	40.1	6	92
Wk 7	W 41-23vs Northern Illinois	Solid	16/19	196	0	0	10.3	96.4	0	183
Wk 8	W 28-14vs Air Force	Shaky	10/17	113	2	0	6.6	79.9	1	146
Total			108/172	1131	5	7	6.6	—	15	617

The latest game

Oct. 23 · W 28-14 vs Air Force, play by play

12 carries for 146 yards and a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, with Wyoming ahead by one score, he carried 4 times for 32 yards.

of the 10 carries drawn:
3 went 10+ yards
1 stopped at or behind the line
5 moved the chains

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
2 for 73, 1 TD1
Second quarterbegan up 7-0
2 for 37
Third quarterbegan up 21-6
2 for 4
Fourth quarterbegan up 21-14
4 for 322
FinalW 28-14

a carry, by its yardsa loss, below the linea catcha touchdown

The per-play feed is missing 2 of his carries (0 yards), which the play text shows; the chart draws the 10 carries it has.

1
68-yard touchdown run. First quarter, made it 7-0.
2
15-yard run on 3rd and 6. Fourth quarter, up 21-14. Converted.

The season, game by game

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Northern Illinois	W 41-23 · Graded solid · Passing grade only · Carried by the third quarter · 196 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 12 for 183, 4 TD · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at San José State	W 16-13 · Graded rough · Passing grade only · 114 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 27 for 92 · A second-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 45% to 23% · Sacked 6
Best play	Air Force	Run for 68 yards, touchdown, Q1 14:10 · Win chance 39% to 63%

Where he ranks

Pass yards1,131113thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Pass TDs5tied for 130thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Yards / att6.6tied for 122ndAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Completion %62.8%89thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Interceptions7tied for 133rdAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Rush yards6176thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Rush TDs6tied for 12thAmong 159 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

Fumbles lost2tied for 80thAmong 142 quarterbacks with 80 or more attempts

45th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position

Passing yards1,1316th in the Mountain West this season.

Touchdown passes5tied for 7th 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 -25 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Wilson and Richardson saw 62 of the 172 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Jake Wilson	37	22	242	7.3	6.0
Eric Richardson	25	15	184	12.2	4.4
Charlie Coenen	25	13	147	12.2	4.2
Samuel Harris	19	13	78	1.9	6.1
Markell Holman	17	16	111	0.0	6.9
11 others	41	29	368	11.0	5.6
No receiver charted	8	All seven interceptions are among these

Play by play: 172 passes, 108 caught, 1,130 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

108/172 (62.8%) · 5 TD · 7 INT

172 of 172 attempts matched to play-by-play

170 of 172 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

4.37165 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

8.5%157 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 8.5% of dropbacks (157 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (165 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 (24)

92%comp

Air -2.3 · YAC 8.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

55% of attempts (93)

69%comp6 INT

Air 3.9 · YAC 4.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of attempts (25)

56%comp

Air 14.0 · YAC 7.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

16% of attempts (28)

21%comp1 INT

Air 27.2 · YAC 3.7 avg

Overall 62.8% completion on 172 attempts · 21% completion on 28 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2026Wyoming5-3HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 45 (#80 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #80 of 145?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush yards (97th percentile). Strength: rush tds (91st percentile). Concern: interception rate (7th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#95 / 157 · 39th pct

40.1%

Explosive rate#112 / 157 · 29th pct

8.7%

EPA / dropback#133 / 157 · 16th pct

-0.00

Sack rate#134 / 157 · 15th pct

8.5%

Interception rate#147 / 157 · 7th pct

4.1%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#6 / 159 · 97th pct

617

Rush TDs#12 / 159 · 91st pct

Completion %#89 / 159 · 44th pct

62.8%

Fumbles lost#80 / 142 · 32nd pct

Pass yards#113 / 159 · 29th pct

1131

Yards / att#122 / 159 · 22nd pct

6.6

Pass TDs#130 / 159 · 17th pct

Interceptions#133 / 159 · 12th 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 177 dropbacks

21Zeitgeist Passer Rating116th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 119.5 105th of 119 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 11 places lower than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on 8.5% of dropbacks; and the schedule adjustment debits the defenses faced.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

41.3%13th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -3.3% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.885th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.8 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

8.8%7th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.3% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (10 of 187 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
Home4g	166	1.0	7.9	0.0
Road4g	117	0.2	5.3	1.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	145	0.4	6.6	1.0
Weeks 8+1g	113	2.0	6.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

Pass share

38.1%

173 pass / 281 run

Plays / game

56.8

8 games

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Impact starter

172 pass attempts and 103 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

45 · #80 of 145 QBs

Tyler Hughes

Style of play

This week

What’s being said

Worth knowing

Every carry this season

In the news in the last 30 days

What they’re talking about

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

In the news across his career

Latest stories

In the game threads

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

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Three seasons, two schools