Will Crowder

#9 · QB · Troy6′2″ · 214 lb · Gardendale, AL

ZPR3988th of 119 QBsLast gameW 24–21at James Madison · Oct 29
Nextvs Louisiana TechSat Nov 7 · 4 pm ET

Did not play in Troy’s last game.

Tucker Kilcrease started the last one, W 24-21 in overtime at James Madison, Oct 29.

Troy’s next game: vs Louisiana Tech, Sat Nov 7, 4:00 p.m. ET

Troy is 3-4 in the seven games played. A mobile passer.

Weakest: 6% of throws gain 20 or more yards, 8th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,162

102 of 183, 56%

TD–INT

9–5

6.3 per throw

NCAA rating

119.8

103rd of 119

ZPR

39

88th of 119

How ZPR works

Graded Great against Southern Miss, the last full game; shaky or worse in 5 of 7 graded games.

Best by our grade: Southern Miss. Lowest: at Louisiana. Biggest game: at Missouri, No. 20.

Tap a game for its plays

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at James Madison

W 24–21·Unranked

Did not play

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; 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. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. 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

Mobile passer

Also: yards after catch

Why this word
Runs5.6 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.4 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes56%FewerMore
Takes sacks6% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws at a middling depth and runs some. 5.6 carries a game. Closest matches: Reed, Colandrea, Brosterhous, Joseph.

Where the throws go

Behind the line16%typical 17%
Short48%typical 47%
Middle20%typical 22%
Deep16%typical 14%

Runs 5.6 times a game; 65% of starters run less.

Closest in style

ReedColandreaBrosterhousJosephThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Reed Texas A&M · Mobile passer
    1,388 yards, 8 TD, 8 INT so far. Both are less efficient and hit few big plays.
  • Colandrea Nebraska · Dual-threat
    1,824 yards, 15 TD, 7 INT so far. Both throw interceptions and miss more.
  • Brosterhous Utah State · Run-first
    1,120 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT so far. Both are less efficient and throw interceptions.
  • Joseph Wisconsin · Run-first
    1,346 yards, 11 TD, 5 INT so far. Both are less efficient and miss more.

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

  • RecordTroy is 4-4.

Worth knowing

  • Will Crowder spent two seasons at West Virginia before joining Troy.

His most important play this season

  1. Q1, 14:15 · Troy tiedWill Crowder finds TK Keyes for a 76-yard touchdownTroy at Missouri, week 3Q1, 14:15 · Troy 7, Missouri 07676-yard touchdown pass7676-yard touchdown pass76-yard touchdown passG.Crowder pass complete short middle to T.Keyes caught at TROY38, for 76 yards to the MIZZOU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 10 of his plays on video

Will Crowder

QB · Troy · #9

Played for three head coaches at two programs in six seasons: Neal Brown, Jon Sumrall and Gerad Parker. On tape: 230 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Missouri, Week 3, 2026.

1,162 passing yards · 9 passing TD · 266 rushing yards