Ben Finley

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Success: passes that kept the offense on schedule. Depth: how far downfield his passes traveled in the air, on average. After catch: yards his receivers gained after the catch, per completion. Deep throws: the play-by-play gives depth and direction for about half of a passer’s throws; this is how many of those went deep, and how many of the deep ones were caught. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.

2025 Akron 11 games, 2,475 passing yards, 19 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 28	vs.Wyoming	L 0–⁠10	16	38	139	0	1	−4
Sep 6	atNebraska	L 0–⁠68	7	21	54	0	0	2
Sep 13	atUAB	L 28–⁠31	19	35	282	2	0	10
Sep 20	vs.Duquesne	W 51–⁠7	13	23	219	2	1	13
Oct 4	vs.Central Michigan	W 28–⁠22	18	29	252	3	1	−8
Oct 11	vs.Miami (OH)	L 7–⁠20	21	39	211	1	1	7
Oct 18	atBall State	L 28–⁠42	22	40	291	3	2	10
Oct 25	atBuffalo	W 24–⁠16	17	32	230	2	1	12
Nov 4	vs.Massachusetts	W 44–⁠10	12	20	197	2	0	28
Nov 11	vs.Kent State	L 35–⁠42	32	59	424	3	1	2
Nov 18	atBowling Green	W 19–⁠16	9	26	176	1	1	58

2024 Akron 12 games, 2,581 passing yards, 16 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 31	atOhio State	L 6–⁠52	8	14	53	0	1	0
Sep 7	atRutgers	L 17–⁠49	14	31	138	1	1	29
Sep 14	vs.Colgate	W 31–⁠20	28	43	358	4	1	−28
Sep 21	atSouth Carolina	L 7–⁠50	14	27	110	1	1	0
Sep 28	atOhio	L 10–⁠30	25	38	196	1	2	−31
Oct 5	vs.Bowling Green	L 20–⁠27	21	32	206	0	0	32
Oct 12	atWestern Michigan	L 24–⁠34	24	36	395	0	1	3
Oct 26	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 25–⁠21	12	23	122	1	1	15
Nov 2	vs.Buffalo	L 30–⁠41	22	41	354	4	1	−7
Nov 13	atNorthern Illinois	L 16–⁠29	19	52	205	1	0	0
Nov 19	atKent State	W 38–⁠17	14	29	250	1	0	22
Nov 26	vs.Toledo	W 21–⁠14	10	21	194	2	0	16

2023 California 6 games, 575 passing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	atNorth Texas	W 58–⁠21	24	34	289	1	1	9
Sep 9	vs.Auburn	L 10–⁠14	7	11	34	0	0	−5
Sep 16	vs.Idaho	W 31–⁠17	1	2	6	0	0	–
Sep 23	atWashington	L 32–⁠59	17	32	207	2	3	14
Oct 14	atUtah	L 14–⁠34	5	14	39	0	0	−10
Nov 18	atStanford	W 27–⁠15	0	1	0	0	0	–

2022 NC State 3 games, 741 passing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Nov 19	atLouisville	L 10–⁠25	16	35	201	1	1	2
Nov 25	atNorth Carolina	W 30–⁠27	27	40	271	2	0	−10
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Maryland	L 12–⁠16	22	48	269	0	2	–

2021 NC State 4 games, 28 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	vs.South Florida	W 45–⁠0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sep 11	atMississippi State	L 10–⁠24	0	1	0	0	0	–
Sep 18	vs.Furman	W 45–⁠7	5	8	28	0	0	1
Oct 16	atBoston College	W 33–⁠7	–	–	–	–	–	6

2020 NC State 1 game, 143 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Oct 24	atNorth Carolina	L 21–⁠48	13	20	143	1	2	−9

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.