Zane Flores

Sophomore quarterback for Iowa State. 2025: 1,454 passing yards, 3 TD, 7 INT.

QB · Iowa State · So. · #6

6′3″ · 215 lb · Gretna, NE · Gretna

CFB Index 23 · #138 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceTransferred Oklahoma State → Iowa State for 2026

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The numbers

1,454

passing yards · 2025

3 TD · 7 INT · 5.5 per attempt

Swing playSwung Iowa State from 74% to 97% to win.Iowa State at Oklahoma State · 20-13

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 quarterback for Iowa State. 2025: 1,454 passing yards, 3 TD, 7 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oklahoma State in 2023.
Transferred from Oklahoma State to Iowa State in 2026.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Sack rate: 50th percentile.

The full scouting read

Zane Flores

QB · Iowa State · So · #6

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Zane Flores arrived at Iowa State from Oklahoma State. The receipt on tape: 235 pass yds, 2 pass TD against Kansas, Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
portal record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Oklahoma State1-11HC: Doug Meacham · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

23Below cohort / limited sample #138 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: epa / dropback (10th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#92 / 183 · 50th pct

5.1%

Interception rate#122 / 183 · 34th pct

2.7%

Success rate#150 / 183 · 18th pct

34.9%

Explosive rate#161 / 183 · 12th pct

6.2%

EPA / dropback#165 / 183 · 10th pct

0.01

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#96 / 183 · 48th pct

117

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Fumbles lost#87 / 174 · 38th pct

Pass yards#115 / 183 · 37th pct

1454

Completion %#127 / 183 · 31st pct

59.2%

Pass TDs#168 / 183 · 7th pct

Yards / att#172 / 183 · 6th pct

5.5

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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

149/258 (57.8%) · 3 TD · 7 INT

258 of 262 attempts matched to play-by-play

126 of 258 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

4.09183 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

5.1%112 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 5.1% of dropbacks (112 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (183 of 206).

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

27% of attempts (34)

76%comp1 INT

Air -4.1 · YAC 9.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

44% of attempts (56)

70%comp

Air 4.1 · YAC 4.5 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of attempts (25)

52%comp2 INT

Air 12.8 · YAC 2.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

9% of attempts (11)

36%comp1 INT

Air 25.0 · YAC 2.5 avg

Overall 57.8% completion on 258 attempts · 36% completion on 11 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

+58

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-34 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/98 (4.1%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

-15 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/77 (3.9%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

+58 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/77 (6.5%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~our read

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	196	0.0	6.0	0.6
Road4g	118	0.8	4.7	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	139	0.0	4.8	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	190	0.8	6.2	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jimmy Rogers

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

23 · #138 of 146 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #138 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	155	262	59.2%	1,454	5.5	3	7	104.2	30	--	--
Career		155	262	59.2%	1,454	5.5	3	7	104.2	30	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Oklahoma State	52	117	2.2	2	--
Career		52	117	2.2	2	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 2 · Oregon · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -7.92Zane Flores pass intercepted Jerry Mixon return for 26 yds for a TD (Gage Hurych KICK)
Week 2 · Oregon · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA -7.63Zane Flores pass intercepted Peyton Woodyard return for 30 yds for a TD Oklahoma State Penalty, Ineligible Downfield on Pass (Yards) declined (Gage Hurych KICK)
Week 2 · Oregon · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.03Zane Flores pass complete to Christian Fitzpatrick for 35 yds to the ORE 29 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UT Martin · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +4.03Zane Flores pass complete to Terrill Davis for 41 yds to the UTM 23 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas · 4&5 · Q4 · EPA +3.87(04:49) Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete deep left to #2 T.Davis caught at KU41, for 29 yards to the KU41 (#0 A.Alexander), 1ST DOWN, PENALTY KU Pass Interference declined
Week 12 · Kansas State · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.73(02:26) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short right to #7 S.Rigby caught at KSU44, for 25 yards to the KSU31 (#25 Z.Rich; #4 D.Cobbs), 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · Kansas State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -3.59(00:00) No Huddle-Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass intercepted by #7 V.Payne at OSU00, Touchback
Week 5 · Baylor · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Zane Flores pass complete to Rodney Fields Jr. for 47 yds to the BAY 28 for a 1ST down Baylor Penalty, Defensive holding (Jackie Marshall) to the BAY 28 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kansas · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.23(10:44) Shotgun #6 Z.Flores pass complete short left to #7 S.Rigby caught at KU00, for 12 yards to the KU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:40 #19 L.Ward kick attempt good (H: #90 W.Pahl, LS: #57 A.Davenport)
Week 6 · Arizona · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.08Zane Flores pass complete to Terrill Davis for 25 yds to the ARIZ 22 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 27-7vs UT Martin	13/20	136	0	0	6.8	67.0
Wk 2	L 3-69@ Oregon	7/19	67	0	2	3.5	18.8
Wk 4	L 12-19vs Tulsa	25/40	214	0	0	5.4	25.9
Wk 5	L 27-45vs Baylor	23/41	232	0	0	5.7	45.4
Wk 6	L 13-41@ Arizona	9/20	47	0	1	2.4	26.3
Wk 10	L 21-38@ Kansas	22/28	235	2	0	8.4	74.4	Season-high 235 yds
Wk 12	L 6-14vs Kansas State	24/36	233	0	2	6.5	46.6
Wk 13	L 14-17@ UCF	13/28	124	1	1	4.4	55.6
Wk 14	L 13-20vs Iowa State	19/30	166	0	1	5.5	30.1
Total		155/262	1454	3	7	5.4	43.3

How he plays

Play style

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

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

61.5%Completion %

22.0%Conversion/dropback

62.5%Land short of sticks

0INTs

61.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 22.0% conversion-per-dropback — 62.5% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

DNA match

Player DNA

Pocket Passer

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

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryce Archie’s 2024 season.

Bryce Archie

73%match

South Florida · 2024

Jack Lausch

Northwestern · 2024

69%

Tad Hudson

Coastal Carolina · 2025

67%

Taisun Phommachanh

Massachusetts · 2023

64%

Brayden Schager

Hawai'i · 2022

63%

Matches Bryce on

Completion %

Yards / attempt

INT rate

Differs from Bryce on

Class year (lower)

TD rate (lower)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Peyton Ramsey’s path through Northwestern.

Peyton Ramsey

96%match

Northwestern · 2020

All-Big Ten

Terry Wilson

New Mexico · 2021

92%

Lucas Johnson

San Diego State · 2021

92%

Jack Tuttle

Michigan · 2024

88%

Hunter Watson

Sam Houston · 2025

85%

Matches Peyton on

Completion %

Yards per attempt

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Tad Hudson's freshman season at Coastal Carolina (2025).

Tad Hudson

69%match

Coastal Carolina · 2025

Josh Holst

Northern Illinois · 2024

62%

Grant Jordan

Massachusetts · 2025

56%

Jonah Johnson

New Mexico State · 2021

56%

Brendon Lewis

Colorado · 2021

All-Mountain West

55%

Matches Tad on

Yards / attempt

Differs from Tad on

Rush yards / carry (higher)

Weight (lower)

Completion % (higher)

Background

Awards & Honors Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S26) 2025 (at Oklahoma State) Saw action in nine games, making eight starts … completed 159-of-266 passes (60 percent) for 1,490 yards and three touchdowns … threw for a season-high 235 yards and two touchdowns at Kansas … started season finale ag...

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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology