San José State
2-1Mountain West · Ken Niumatalolo, year 3 (12-16) · CEFCU Stadium · 30,456 · 15,017 avg in 2026
LastW 30–20 vs Cal Poly · Sat Sep 12 · Luke Weaver 238 pass yds, 3 TD, 44 rush yds
Nextvs Fresno State · Sat Sep 19 · 11 pm ET · CEFCU Stadium · Fresno State by 6.5 · series 31-39, lost the last 2 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 94 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrambler · +0.48 EPA/play | 3 | 3 | 66 / 105 | 62.9 | 788 #5 FBS | 7.5 | 8 #3 FBS | 1 | 149.1 | 55 | 60.1 | 8.3 | 1.9 | |
Yards by week → ScramblerMakes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise. Watch-list name — on at least one major award watch list, no hardware yet — trending, not yet confirmed. This week's matchup — QB Weaver extends plays with his feet until something opens up. Alejado is the one who operates within the system without forcing anything. Season receipt Rush usage21.1% 79th percentile · FBS QBs, min. 80 attempts Plays like View Luke Weaver's full player page | ||||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Back · +0.07 EPA/play | 6 | 3 | 58 | 319 #3 FBS | 5.5 | 0 | 23 | 16.1 | 23.2 | |
Yards by week → Balanced BackPlays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension. This week's matchup — RB Bates does a little of everything without one standout trait. Rice is the one who wins in space out of the backfield. Season receipt Yards / carry5.2 57th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Rush TD rate0.0% bottom 11th percentile · FBS RBs, min. 40 carries Plays like View Jabari Bates's full player page | ||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump-Ball Target · +0.90 EPA/play | 13 | 3 | 14 | 216 #21 FBS | 15.4 | 3 #9 FBS | 51 | |
Yards by week → Jump-Ball TargetWins contested catches at the goal line. Size and catch radius are the weapons. This week's matchup — WR Hoch wins the 50-50 ball at the goal line. Uiliata is the one who wins underneath on volume and route precision. Season receipt TD rate21.4% 87th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions EPA / play (adj)0.9 72th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint View Cooper Hoch's full player page | ||||||||
| Slot Technician · +0.56 EPA/play | 1 | 3 | 19 | 213 #22 FBS | 11.2 | 2 #24 FBS | 42 | |
Yards by week → Slot TechnicianRuns precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving. This week's matchup — WR Clark wins underneath on volume and route precision. Uiliata is the one who wins underneath on volume and route precision. Season receipt Reception volume19 99th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Yards / reception11.0 bottom 30th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Carson Clark's full player page | ||||||||
| Possession Receiver · +0.33 EPA/play | 2 | 3 | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 1 | 28 | |
Yards by week → Possession ReceiverReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. The most common profile in its group this season — 37 of 58 classified this way. Played in 3 of 3 games this season · junior View Jerry McClure's full player page | ||||||||
| +0.65 EPA/play | — | 3 | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 1 | 39 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | |
| 48 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 57 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| 90 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 89 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage 'Backer | 4 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 2.5 #68 FBS | 1 | 2 | 1 #22 FBS |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. 21 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate8.3% 92th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume24 96th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Dylan Lee's full player page | |||||||||
| Coverage 'Backer | 3 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 #22 FBS |
Coverage 'BackerCarries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage. 21 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt PD rate13.6% 100th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Tackle volume22 87th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Naseri Danielson's full player page | |||||||||
| Sideline-to-Sideline | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2.5 #68 FBS | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Sideline-to-SidelineRanges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. 8 of 84 LBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Solo tackle rate0.8 98th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles TFL rate12.5% 84th percentile · FBS linebackers, min. 15 tackles Trait fingerprint Plays like View Ethan Powell's full player page | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter Tackler | 32 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 #22 FBS | 0 | 0 |
Perimeter TacklerTargeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter. 2 of 24 CBs we've classified this way this season. Season receipt Tackle volume25 100th percentile · FBS corners, min. 10 tackles Plays like View Caleb Womack's full player page | |||||||
| 39 | 3 | 13 | 3 #10 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| — | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | 3 #10 FBS | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 3 | 6/8 | 75 | 7/7 | 25 | 49 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 3 | 13 | 551 | 42.4 | 54 | 4 | 1 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.44 EPA/play | 4 | 3 | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 0 | 54 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.87 EPA/play | 10 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 0 | 33 |
2026 stat leaders · San José State
through 3 games
2026 stat leaders · San José StateCaleb Womack leads San José State with 25 tackles through 3 games.
How They Play · 2026San José State fields a strong explosive, big-play offense behind a leaky, bend-don't-break defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
San José State reads strongest in explosive plays allowed (top 15%) and epa / play (top 35%); the crux lives in success rate allowed, where San José State sits at the 5th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · San José State · 2018–present · FBS opponents
San José State is worth +3.8 points more at home than on the road.
Middle of FBS, 44th percentile of 133 programs
60% at home, 30% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (24–16 home, 13–31 away). Interval ±3.5.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, San José State has beaten the number by −4.5 more at home than away over 72 games — inside the ±6.7 that many games can resolve. Results here cannot tell the flat number apart from the building, and that is the honest reading of nearly every FBS stadium.
CEFCU Stadium seats 30,456 and has averaged 52% full (15,798, 26 games reported). Visitors cover a median 526 miles to get here since 2018 — 40th-longest of 135 FBS venues, inside the ordinary range. For the home side it is genuinely home ground: 39% of the 2026 roster (38 of 98 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 47 home games since 2018.
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Position battles
Positional competition · RB room
The carries are split. The job isn’t.
Jabari Bates and Viliami Teu split the carries (56/65 vs 9/65) -- but the job isn't split the same way. Viliami Teu produces in bigger chunks.
Scheme claims
Fourth-quarter reliability, corrected
San José State's 4th-quarter offense, before and after garbage time
Raw Q4 EPA/play ranks 77th percentile in FBS. Strip out snaps taken with a blowout margin and it drops to the 61st — the correction is the finding, not a footnote.
Standard downs vs. passing downs
Does San José State hold up once the down-and-distance turns against them?
54th percentile success on standard downs, 22nd on passing downs — a 32-point gap between the two.
View all FBS teams as a table
| Team | Standard-downs percentile | Passing-downs percentile |
|---|---|---|
| App State | 44th | 90th |
| Arizona | 92nd | 86th |
| Arkansas | 60th | 80th |
| Auburn | 75th | 55th |
| Ball State | 12th | 24th |
| Baylor | 40th | 96th |
| Boise State | 58th | 46th |
| Boston College | 27th | 56th |
| Buffalo | 7th | 14th |
| California | 9th | 25th |
| Central Michigan | 16th | 6th |
| Charlotte | 73rd | 83rd |
| Clemson | 1st | 19th |
| Coastal Carolina | 61st | 52nd |
| Colorado | 35th | 77th |
| Colorado State | 82nd | 91st |
| Delaware | 70th | 31st |
| Duke | 20th | 29th |
| Eastern Michigan | 52nd | 10th |
| Florida Atlantic | 43rd | 87th |
| Florida International | 46th | 43rd |
| Florida State | 28th | 65th |
| Georgia Southern | 24th | 45th |
| Georgia Tech | 58th | 44th |
| Hawai'i | 18th | 41st |
| Iowa State | 4th | 23rd |
| Jacksonville State | 65th | 82nd |
| Kansas | 70th | 35th |
| LSU | 33rd | 98th |
| Liberty | 14th | 59th |
| Louisiana | 19th | 92nd |
| Louisville | 96th | 70th |
| Memphis | 69th | 65th |
| Michigan | 2nd | 62nd |
| Michigan State | 62nd | 29th |
| Middle Tennessee | 87th | 68th |
| Missouri | 36th | 85th |
| Navy | 98th | 59th |
| Nevada | 77th | 52nd |
| New Mexico State | 45th | 75th |
| Norfolk State | 16th | 9th |
| North Dakota State | 86th | 27th |
| North Texas | 49th | 68th |
| Ohio | 38th | 17th |
| Ohio State | 90th | 40th |
| Oklahoma State | 41st | 49th |
| Ole Miss | 94th | 50th |
| Oregon | 35th | 33rd |
| Oregon State | 10th | 38th |
| Pittsburgh | 30th | 76th |
| Purdue | 83rd | 88th |
| Rutgers | 30th | 71st |
| Sacramento State | 23rd | 14th |
| Sam Houston | 78th | 61st |
| San Diego State | 4th | 40th |
| San José State | 54th | 22nd |
| South Alabama | 50th | 73rd |
| South Florida | 91st | 52nd |
| Stanford | 76th | 15th |
| Syracuse | 48th | 64th |
| TCU | 93rd | 8th |
| Tennessee | 65th | 78th |
| Texas | 72nd | 94th |
| Texas A&M | 85th | 72nd |
| Texas Tech | 88th | 48th |
| Troy | 22nd | 59th |
| Tulane | 31st | 2nd |
| Tulsa | 56th | 1st |
| UAB | 65th | 81st |
| UNLV | 51st | 7th |
| USC | 97th | 99th |
| UTSA | 99th | 29th |
| Utah State | 4th | 93rd |
| Vanderbilt | 80th | 12th |
| Wake Forest | 56th | 97th |
| Washington | 81st | 4th |
| Washington State | 8th | 3rd |
| Western Kentucky | 25th | 34th |
| Western Michigan | 39th | 20th |
| Wisconsin | 13th | 18th |
| Wyoming | 65th | 36th |
Halftime identity
San José State by half
1st-half offense ranks 18th percentile in FBS; 2nd-half, 65th — competitive snaps only, garbage time excluded from both halves.
Tendency drift
Season by season
How San José State’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), San José State’s passing game completes a completion rate below the FBS mean (66.8% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 87-play sample) — mid-pack, 15 of 41 qualifying offenses.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), San José State’s defense allows a completion rate above the FBS mean (68.0% vs 65.2% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 71-play sample) — most generous, 16 of 18 qualifying defenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Havoc & trenches
Havoc & trenches
Disruption, run-blocking, and down-and-distance efficiency.
Ratings
Comparable teams
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
69°F average kickoff temp; 7% of games had measurable precipitation; 9 mph average wind.
Based on 71 home games with weather data.