Quarterback, Western Carolina (from Harvard), 2019–⁠23

Charlie Dean

Number: No. 11
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2023): Junior
Hometown: Odessa, FL

Charlie Dean played quarterback at Harvard (2019–⁠22) and Western Carolina (2023).

316passing yards, career highat Pennsylvania, 2022 4touchdown passes, career hightwice; last at Pennsylvania, 2022

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,101

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2022	Harvard	169	285	59.3	2,101	7.4	18	7
2023	Western Carolina	15	23	65.2	98	4.3	0	3
Career		184	308	59.7	2,199	7.1	18	10

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2022	Harvard	42	53	1.3	1	14

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2022	Harvard	11	QB	So.
2023	Western Carolina	11	QB	Jr.	6′1″	210

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

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage
2022	Harvard (FCS)	232	0.28	38th (n=250)	0.32	65.1	52%
2023	Western Carolina (FCS)	20	0.20	–	–	4.0	29%

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). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2023 Western Carolina 1 game, 98 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	vs.Arkansas	L 13–⁠56	15	23	98	0	3	–

2022 Harvard 9 games, 2,101 passing yards, 18 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 16	vs.Merrimack	W 28–⁠21	18	35	166	1	2	43
Sep 24	atBrown	W 35–⁠28	20	29	282	4	0	22
Oct 1	vs.Holy Cross	L 21–⁠30	19	34	262	1	0	−10
Oct 7	atCornell	W 35–⁠28	15	29	208	2	0	2
Oct 15	vs.Howard	W 41–⁠25	16	26	232	2	0	−13
Oct 21	vs.Princeton	L 10–⁠37	20	32	186	1	0	−9
Nov 5	vs.Columbia	L 20–⁠21	17	29	220	1	1	38
Nov 12	atPennsylvania	W 37–⁠14	29	38	316	4	0	−11
Nov 19	vs.Yale	L 14–⁠19	15	33	229	2	4	−9