Wilton Speight

#3 · QB · Sr. · UCLA6′6″ · 232 lb · Richmond, VA · Collegiate School

Wilton Speight: QB · UCLA · #3.

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Wilton Speight

QB · UCLA · Sr · #3

Operates within the system without forcing anything. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Jim Harbaugh and Chip Kelly. First career honor, 2016: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 466 passing yards and 1 rushing TD against Stanford — Week 13, 2018.

Style of play

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

3/24Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 24 inside-the-5 carries (12.5%).

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

UCLA in the news

UCLA stadium deal fundedOct 30
Nico Iamaleava out for seasonUSA Today Oct 29
Top 50 QB Josiah Boyd commits to UCLAOn3 Oct 24
UCLA QB Nico Lamaleava out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 17

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2018	UCLA	126	207	60.9%	1,527	7.4	6	6	126.6	58
2017	Michigan	44	81	54.3%	581	7.2	3	2	121.9	32
2016	Michigan	204	331	61.6%	2,538	7.7	18	7	139.8	67
2015	Michigan	9	25	36.0%	73	2.9	1	1	65.7	--
Career		383	644	59.5%	4,719	7.3	28	16	130.4	59

Season	Team
2018	UCLA	38	37	1.0	2	14
2017	Michigan	14	−41	−2.9	0	8
2016	Michigan	35	−60	−1.7	1	17
2015	Michigan	2	2	1.0	0	6
Career		89	−62	−0.7	3	17

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 7 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 17-26vs Cincinnati	8/12	45	0	1	3.8	—
Wk 8	W 31-30vs Arizona	17/27	204	2	0	7.6	—
Wk 9	L 10-41vs No. 23 Utah	20/39	164	0	2	4.2	—
Wk 10	L 21-42@ Oregon	13/25	147	1	0	5.9	—
Wk 11	L 28-31@ Arizona State	26/35	335	2	1	9.6	—
Wk 12	W 34-27vs USC	13/22	166	1	1	7.5	—
Wk 13	L 42-49vs Stanford	29/47	466	0	1	9.9	—	Season-high 466 yds
Total		126/207	1527	6	6	7.4	—

Signature game

Week 8 · 2018

W 31-30

vs Arizona

204 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT

Edged out Arizona at home in a shootout.

With S. Flintoft — 48.4 yards per punt · 7 punts · 2 inside the 20 · J. Kelley — 136 rush yds (31 car) · 1 TD · 4 rec · 43 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 12 · USC · 3rd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +4.51Wilton Speight pass complete to Theo Howard for 33 yds for a TD (JJ Molson KICK)
Week 13 · Stanford · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.46Wilton Speight pass complete to Caleb Wilson for 66 yds to the Stanf 19 for a
Week 9 · Utah · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA −3.99Wilton Speight pass intercepted, touchback. Francis Bernard return for no gain
Week 13 · Stanford · 2nd and 13 · Q3 · EPA −3.87Wilton Speight pass intercepted Paulson Adebo return for no gain to the Stanf 3
Week 12 · USC · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −3.81Wilton Speight pass intercepted, touchback. Isaiah Langley return for no gain
Week 11 · Arizona State · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA −3.67Wilton Speight pass intercepted Chase Lucas return for 3 yds to the ArzSt 24

4 more plays

Week 12 · USC · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.60Wilton Speight pass complete to Caleb Wilson for 29 yds to the USC 44 for a
Week 11 · Arizona State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Wilton Speight pass complete to Caleb Wilson for 32 yds to the ARIZONAST 48 for a ARIZONA ST Penalty, personal foul (Merlin Robertson) to the ArzSt 33 for a
Week 13 · Stanford · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.25Wilton Speight pass complete to Caleb Wilson for 24 yds to the Stanf 49 for a
Week 11 · Arizona State · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +3.25Wilton Speight pass complete to Devin Asiasi for 30 yds to the ArzSt 37 for a

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

126/207 (60.9%) · 6 TD · 6 INT

207 of 207 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

5.99117 of 207 QBs

Sack rate

5.5%75 of 207 QBs

Rarely sacked (75 of 207), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (117 of 207).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

42%of completions

53 comp4.8 yds avg

Middle

10–19 yds

40%of completions

51 comp13.3 yds avg2 TD

Deep

20+ yds

17%of completions

22 comp27.2 yds avg4 TD

Overall 60.9% completion on 207 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 27.2 yds.

Teams and coaches

2015Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2016Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018UCLA3-9HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2018 season

13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: pass tds (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Success rate#48 / 179 · 73rd pct

44.3%

Sack rate#60 / 179 · 67th pct

5.5%

EPA / dropback#78 / 179 · 57th pct

0.24

Explosive rate#88 / 179 · 51st pct

10.6%

Interception rate#115 / 179 · 36th pct

2.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#60 / 169 · 58th pct

Completion %#71 / 169 · 58th pct

60.9%

Yards / att#86 / 169 · 47th pct

7.4

Rush TDs#82 / 169 · 45th pct

Fumbles lost#72 / 159 · 41st pct

Pass yards#105 / 169 · 38th pct

1527

Rush yards#119 / 169 · 30th pct

Pass TDs#130 / 169 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

35th → 57th percentile

Success rate

14th → 73rd percentile

Explosive rate

72nd → 51st percentile

Sack rate

16th → 67th percentile

Interception rate

100th → 36th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2018. 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

2018 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 193 dropbacks

58Zeitgeist Passer Rating48th of 140 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 126.6 92nd of 140 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 44 places higher than passer rating does: positive plays and yards per attempt come at a higher rate than the box line suggests.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

46.1%59th pct of FBS QBs

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

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.8872nd pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.1 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.3%49th pct of FBS QBs

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

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (26 of 219 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

2018 season · 7 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	209	0.6	6.6	1.0
Road2g	241	1.5	7.8	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-71g	45.0	0.0	3.8	1.0
Weeks 8+6g	247	1.0	7.5	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2018 season

Head Coach

Chip Kelly

Pass share

46.1%

367 pass / 429 run

Plays / game

66.3

12 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

207 pass attempts and 38 carries in 7 games

About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Wilton Speight

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

207 pass attempts and 38 carries in 7 games

Five seasons, two schools

2014

2016 12 games