Brandon Wimbush
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Quarterback, UCF (from Notre Dame), 2015–⁠19

Brandon Wimbush

Number
No. 3
Height
6′2″
Weight
222 lb
Class (2019)
Senior
Hometown
Hackensack, NJ
Born
Dec 17, 1996, in Teaneck, New Jersey

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Brandon Wimbush played quarterback at Notre Dame (2015–⁠18) and UCF (2019).

At a glance

Best season
1,871
Passing yards, 2017 (Notre Dame, 10–⁠3)
Best game
207 yards
At Boston College, week 3, 2017: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

297passing yards, career highvs. Ball State, 20183touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Florida State, 2018207rushing yards, career highat Boston College, 20174rushing touchdowns, career highat Boston College, 2017

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2015Notre Dame3560.0173.400
2017Notre Dame13527449.31,8716.8166
2018Notre Dame5410252.97197.046
2019UCF132454.21677.020
Career20540550.62,7746.82212

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2015Notre Dame79613.7158
2017Notre Dame1408045.71465
2018Notre Dame682563.8135
2019UCF11484.4032
Career2261,2045.31665

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2015Notre Dame3QBYr 1
2016Notre Dame3QBYr 2
2017Notre Dame3QBYr 3
2018Notre Dame3QBYr 4
2019UCF3QBSr. (Yr 5)6′2″222

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2015Notre Dame121.00––12.0–––
2017Notre Dame4120.3066th (n=160)0.25122.749%0.290.55
2018Notre Dame1700.1935th (n=160)0.2632.639%0.160.11
2019UCF350.27––9.510%––

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.

Game by game

2019 UCF 5 games, 167 passing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 29vs.Florida A&MW 62–⁠012231682020
Sep 14vs.StanfordW 45–⁠27–––––−2
Sep 21atPittsburghL 34–⁠35–––––−2
Sep 28vs.UConnW 56–⁠2111−100–
Nov 2vs.HoustonW 44–⁠29–––––32
2018 Notre Dame 6 games, 719 passing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.MichiganW 24–⁠1712221701159
Sep 8vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠16173129703−7
Sep 15vs.VanderbiltW 22–⁠1713231220084
Oct 6atVirginia TechW 45–⁠23–––––8
Nov 10vs.Florida StateW 42–⁠1312251303268
Nov 17vs.SyracuseW 36–⁠30100044
2017 Notre Dame 12 games, 1,871 passing yards, 16 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2vs.TempleW 49–⁠16173018421106
Sep 9vs.GeorgiaL 19–⁠201939211001
Sep 16atBoston CollegeW 49–⁠2011249601207
Sep 23atMichigan StateW 38–⁠1814201731052
Sep 30vs.Miami (OH)W 52–⁠177181193036
Oct 21vs.USCW 49–⁠1491912020106
Oct 28vs.NC StateW 35–⁠1410191042021
Nov 4vs.Wake ForestW 48–⁠37153028010110
Nov 11atMiamiL 8–⁠4110211191224
Nov 18vs.NavyW 24–⁠179181642041
Nov 25atStanfordL 20–⁠3811282492262
Jan 1 ✦vs.LSUW 21–⁠1738520038
2015 Notre Dame 2 games, 17 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 26vs.MassachusettsW 62–⁠2735170092
Nov 7atPittsburghW 42–⁠30–––––4

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2020
Height6′0⅝″
Weight222 lb

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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