EPA per Play Leaders: College Football Quarterbacks, 2026

Landen Clark (LSU) leads FBS quarterbacks in EPA per play with 1.30, ahead of Tyler Bell (Delaware, 0.88) and Darian Mensah (Miami, 0.70). Rates count players with enough of a sample to qualify, the same minimum as the player pages.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. 211 quarterbacks rank; the top 150 are below.

Quarterbacks by EPA per play

Rank	Player	Team	EPA per play
1	Landen Clark	LSU	1.30
2	Tyler Bell	Delaware	0.88
3	Darian Mensah	Miami	0.70
4	David McComb	Miami (OH)	0.66
5	Byrd Ficklin	Utah	0.55
6	Will Wilson	NC State	0.52
7	Giovanni Lopez	Wake Forest	0.50
8	C.J. Carr	Notre Dame	0.49
9	Julian Sayin	Ohio State	0.49
10	Corey Dailey	Pittsburgh	0.49
11	Tayven Jackson	North Texas	0.48
12	Maddux Madsen	Boise State	0.47
13	Conner Weigman	Houston	0.47
14	Keelon Russell	Alabama	0.45
15	Elijah Brown	Washington	0.45
16	Josh Hoover	Indiana	0.45
17	Aidan Chiles	Northwestern	0.44
18	Luke Kromenhoek	South Florida	0.43
19	Sam Leavitt	LSU	0.43
20	Cameran Brown	Georgia State	0.43
21	Nick Minicucci	Delaware	0.43
22	Brad Jackson	Texas State	0.43
23	Brock Glenn	Western Kentucky	0.42
24	Evan Medders	Air Force	0.42
25	Mason Heintschel	Pittsburgh	0.42
26	JC Evans	James Madison	0.42
27	Lincoln Kienholz	Louisville	0.42
28	Bear Bachmeier	BYU	0.41
29	Braden Atkinson	Oregon State	0.39
30	Hauss Hejny	Colorado State	0.39
31	Aaron Philo	Florida	0.39
32	Braxton Woodson	Navy	0.39
33	Gunner Stockton	Georgia	0.38
34	Caden Creel	Jacksonville State	0.37
35	Marcus Stokes	Memphis	0.37
36	Ethan Grunkemeyer	Virginia Tech	0.37
37	Noah Fifita	Arizona	0.36
38	Avery Johnson	Kansas State	0.36
39	Devon Dampier	Utah	0.36
40	Turner Helton	Georgia Southern	0.35
41	Ajani Sheppard	Temple	0.35
42	Ashton Daniels	Florida State	0.35
43	Austin Simmons	Missouri	0.35
44	Trinidad Chambliss	Ole Miss	0.35
45	Drew Mestemaker	Oklahoma State	0.35
46	John Alan Richter	Toledo	0.35
47	Nick Poulos	Ohio	0.35
48	Nate Bennett	Baylor	0.35
49	Jayden Maiava	USC	0.34
50	CJ Bailey	NC State	0.34
51	Anthony Colandrea	Nebraska	0.34
52	Katin Houser	Illinois	0.34
53	Cale Hellums	Army	0.34
54	Tramell Jones Jr.	Florida	0.33
55	Amari Odom	Syracuse	0.33
56	Walker Eget	Duke	0.33
57	Gael Ochoa	Rice	0.32
58	Michael Hawkins Jr.	West Virginia	0.32
59	Kevin Jennings	SMU	0.32
60	Ryan Browne	Purdue	0.32
61	Bishop Davenport	South Alabama	0.31
62	William Watson III	Massachusetts	0.31
63	Kamario Taylor	Mississippi State	0.30
64	Caden Veltkamp	Florida Atlantic	0.30
65	JC French	Cincinnati	0.29
66	Malachi Singleton	App State	0.28
67	Kalieb Osborne	UConn	0.28
68	Ksaan Farrar	Colorado State	0.28
69	Jackson Gutierrez	Navy	0.28
70	Dylan Lonergan	Rutgers	0.28
71	Mikey Keene	Arizona State	0.28
72	Lanorris Sellers	South Carolina	0.28
73	Jayden Mandal	Fresno State	0.28
74	Weston Bryan	Georgia Southern	0.27
75	Dante Moore	Oregon	0.27
76	Jackson Arnold	UNLV	0.26
77	Blake Baker	Louisiana Tech	0.26
78	Nathan Hayes	North Dakota State	0.26
79	Liam Szarka	Air Force	0.25
80	Jeremy Hecklinski	Iowa	0.25
81	Trey Owens	Arkansas State	0.25
82	Baylor Hayes	Tulsa	0.25
83	Trace Johnson	Tulane	0.24
84	Tyler Mizzell	Ball State	0.24
85	Alberto Mendoza	Georgia Tech	0.23
86	Demond Williams Jr.	Washington	0.23
87	Davis Warren	Stanford	0.23
88	Owen McCown	UTSA	0.22
89	Will Hammond	Texas Tech	0.22
90	Kenny Minchey	Kentucky	0.21
91	Stone Saunders	San Diego State	0.21
92	Max Johnson	Georgia Southern	0.21
93	Deshawn Purdie	Liberty	0.21
94	Jared Curtis	Vanderbilt	0.21
95	Khalil Wilkins	Marshall	0.21
96	Zion Turner	Marshall	0.21
97	Camden Coleman	James Madison	0.20
98	Henry Hasselbeck	App State	0.20
99	Anthony Garcia	Utah State	0.20
100	Keldric Luster	Ball State	0.20
101	D'Wayne' Winfield	Louisiana	0.20
102	Matt Vezza	Ohio	0.20
103	Rocco Becht	Penn State	0.20
104	Conner Harrell	Charlotte	0.19
105	Billy Edwards	North Carolina	0.19
106	Blaze Berlowitz	Vanderbilt	0.18
107	Jaden Craig	TCU	0.18
108	Noah Kim	Eastern Michigan	0.18
109	AJ Surace	Rutgers	0.18
110	Colton Joseph	Wisconsin	0.18
111	Luke Weaver	San José State	0.18
112	Julian Lewis	Colorado	0.17
113	Jared Hollins	South Alabama	0.17
114	Toa Faavae	New Mexico	0.17
115	Logan Inagawa	Massachusetts	0.17
116	Emory Williams	East Carolina	0.17
117	D.J. Lagway	Baylor	0.17
118	Tyler Hughes	Wyoming	0.17
119	Deuce Bailey	Coastal Carolina	0.17
120	Beau Pribula	Virginia	0.16
121	Mason McKenzie	Boston College	0.16
122	Holden Geriner	Pittsburgh	0.15
123	Drake Lindsey	Minnesota	0.15
124	Cutter Boley	Arizona State	0.15
125	Keyone Jenkins	UCF	0.15
126	Faizon Brandon	Tennessee	0.15
127	Byrum Brown	Auburn	0.15
128	John Mateer	Oklahoma	0.14
129	Arch Manning	Texas	0.14
130	Cibastian Broughton	Akron	0.14
131	Henry Belin IV	Missouri State	0.14
132	Ayden Pereira	Georgia State	0.13
133	Jay Kastantin	Bowling Green	0.13
134	Aidan Armenta	UL Monroe	0.13
135	Broc Lowry	Western Michigan	0.13
136	Will Crowder	Troy	0.13
137	AJ Bianco	Nevada	0.12
138	Landyn Locke	Sam Houston	0.12
139	Brayden Roggow	Akron	0.12
140	Jaylen Raynor	Iowa State	0.12
141	Owen Eshelman	Washington State	0.11
142	Mitch Griffis	East Carolina	0.11
143	Ty Dieffenbach	UCLA	0.11
144	Isaiah Marshall	Kansas	0.11
145	Kemper Hodges	Air Force	0.11
146	KJ Jackson	Arkansas	0.11
147	Roman Gagliano	Middle Tennessee	0.10
148	Skyler Locklear	Missouri State	0.10
149	George MacIntyre	Tennessee	0.10
150	Quinn Henicle	Old Dominion	0.09

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