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Player ratings 2026 season

All positions QB RB WR TE DL LB DB K P All D1 FBS FCS
Pos rankPlayerPos School Grade G2026 season
#1 Lincoln Kienholz QB Louisville FBS 98 2 639 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#2 Kevin Jennings QB SMU FBS 93 2 767 pass yds · 8 TD · 2 INT
#3 Darian Mensah QB Miami FBS 90 2 653 pass yds · 8 TD · 0 INT
#4 Gio Lopez QB Wake Forest FBS 88 2 575 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#5 Kamario Taylor QB Mississippi State FBS 87 2 581 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT
#6 CJ Carr QB Notre Dame FBS 86 2 492 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT
#7 Jayden Maiava QB USC FBS 85 3 896 pass yds · 10 TD · 1 INT
#8 Katin Houser QB Illinois FBS 84 2 453 pass yds · 6 TD · 1 INT
#9 Devon Dampier QB Utah FBS 84 2 437 pass yds · 5 TD · 1 INT
#10 Beau Brungard QB Youngstown State FCS 83 3 765 pass yds · 10 TD · 1 INT
#11 Hauss Hejny QB Colorado State FBS 82 2 539 pass yds · 9 TD · 1 INT
#12 Bear Bachmeier QB BYU FBS 82 2 415 pass yds · 6 TD · 0 INT
#13 Trinidad Chambliss QB Ole Miss FBS 81 2 561 pass yds · 5 TD · 1 INT
#14 Luke Weaver QB San José State FBS 81 3 788 pass yds · 8 TD · 1 INT
#15 Austin Simmons QB Missouri FBS 80 2 544 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT
#16 Faizon Brandon QB Tennessee FBS 80 2 374 pass yds · 5 TD · 0 INT
#17 Cibastian Broughton QB Akron FBS 80 2 338 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#18 Caden Creel QB Jacksonville State FBS 79 3 677 pass yds · 6 TD · 2 INT
#19 William Watson III QB Massachusetts FBS 79 2 349 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#20 Ryan Browne QB Purdue FBS 78 2 646 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#21 Michael Hawkins Jr. QB West Virginia FBS 78 2 287 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
#22 Cutter Boley QB Arizona State FBS 78 2 641 pass yds · 8 TD · 2 INT
#23 Mason Heintschel QB Pittsburgh FBS 78 2 665 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT
#24 Caden Veltkamp QB Florida Atlantic FBS 77 2 662 pass yds · 6 TD · 2 INT
#25 Demond Williams Jr. QB Washington FBS 77 2 517 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
#26 John Mateer QB Oklahoma FBS 77 2 414 pass yds · 4 TD · 1 INT
#27 Anthony Colandrea QB Nebraska FBS 76 2 497 pass yds · 7 TD · 1 INT
#28 Nate Bell QB Eastern Washington FCS 76 3 781 pass yds · 6 TD · 2 INT
#29 Sam Leavitt QB LSU FBS 76 2 574 pass yds · 2 TD · 4 INT
#30 Rocco Becht QB Penn State FBS 76 2 539 pass yds · 7 TD · 0 INT
#31 Alessio Milivojevic QB Michigan State FBS 75 2 417 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
#32 Julian Sayin QB Ohio State FBS 75 2 598 pass yds · 4 TD · 1 INT
#33 Avery Johnson QB Kansas State FBS 75 2 391 pass yds · 6 TD · 2 INT
#34 Bishop Davenport QB South Alabama FBS 75 2 450 pass yds · 3 TD · 0 INT
#35 Braden Atkinson QB Oregon State FBS 74 2 789 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
#36 Arch Manning QB Texas FBS 74 2 500 pass yds · 5 TD · 2 INT
#37 Marcus Stokes QB Memphis FBS 74 3 795 pass yds · 5 TD · 3 INT
#38 Drew Mestemaker QB Oklahoma State FBS 74 2 558 pass yds · 3 TD · 4 INT
#39 Gunner Stockton QB Georgia FBS 74 2 436 pass yds · 8 TD · 0 INT
#40 Josh Hoover QB Indiana FBS 74 2 376 pass yds · 8 TD · 0 INT
#41 Donovyn Omolo QB Central Arkansas FCS 73 3 573 pass yds · 6 TD · 2 INT
#42 Noah Fifita QB Arizona FBS 73 2 492 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
#43 Austyn Modrzewski QB South Dakota FCS 73 3 727 pass yds · 11 TD · 1 INT
#44 Julian Lewis QB Colorado FBS 73 2 490 pass yds · 5 TD · 0 INT
#45 Bryce Underwood QB Michigan FBS 73 2 281 pass yds · 1 TD · 1 INT
#46 Quinn Henicle QB Old Dominion FBS 72 2 324 pass yds · 3 TD · 1 INT
#47 Jerry Kaminski QB North Dakota FCS 72 3 801 pass yds · 11 TD · 2 INT
#48 Cameran Brown QB Georgia State FBS 72 2 443 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT
#49 Ashton Daniels QB Florida State FBS 72 2 327 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT
#50 Rickie Collins QB Kennesaw State FBS 72 2 416 pass yds · 2 TD · 1 INT

What this grade is. Box-score production, adjusted for who it came against, shrunk toward the positional average when a player has few games, then ranked within position — so 50 is average for that spot and 85+ is elite. A 90 quarterback and a 90 corner are each elite for their position; the numbers aren’t comparable across positions in any other way.

What it isn’t. It has no charting or play-by-play grading behind it, so it rewards production rather than technique — a back on a run-heavy team gets more chances to produce than an equally good back who touches it half as often. Kickers and punters are graded on volume-light stats and are the least reliable.

Why there is no offensive line. College football publishes no individual OL box stats anywhere, so the only OL number we could build is the team’s offensive rating stamped on a lineman — and a lineman only reaches the ratings at all by recording a stray stat, like falling on a fumble. In 2026 that came to 134 linemen across 106 of 289 teams — so 63% of teams would have none, and the rest one or two of five starters, picked by accident. Ranking that would rank offenses with a lineman’s name attached, so we don’t publish it as a position. A team’s own page still shows those rows, flagged, where the claim is only about that team.