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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.

2024 Auburn 11 games, 2,713 passing yards, 21 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 31	vs.Alabama A&M	W 73–⁠3	13	21	322	4	0	49
Sep 7	vs.California	L 14–⁠21	14	27	165	1	4	43
Sep 21	vs.Arkansas	L 14–⁠24	13	22	213	2	1	10
Sep 28	vs.Oklahoma	L 21–⁠27	21	32	338	3	1	23
Oct 5	atGeorgia	L 13–⁠31	16	27	200	0	0	22
Oct 19	atMissouri	L 17–⁠21	17	29	176	1	0	18
Oct 26	atKentucky	W 24–⁠10	20	26	172	1	1	10
Nov 2	vs.Vanderbilt	L 7–⁠17	20	29	239	1	0	1
Nov 16	vs.UL Monroe	W 48–⁠14	22	32	286	5	0	27
Nov 23	vs.Texas A&M	W 43–⁠41	19	31	301	2	1	38
Nov 30	atAlabama	L 14–⁠28	24	41	301	1	1	42

2023 Auburn 13 games, 1,755 passing yards, 16 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	vs.Massachusetts	W 59–⁠14	10	17	141	1	0	15
Sep 9	atCalifornia	W 14–⁠10	9	14	94	2	1	2
Sep 16	vs.Samford	W 45–⁠13	24	32	282	1	2	123
Sep 23	atTexas A&M	L 10–⁠27	6	12	44	0	0	−34
Sep 30	vs.Georgia	L 20–⁠27	10	19	82	0	1	92
Oct 14	atLSU	L 18–⁠48	12	23	102	0	0	27
Oct 21	vs.Ole Miss	L 21–⁠28	9	13	100	1	1	34
Oct 28	vs.Mississippi State	W 27–⁠13	20	26	230	3	0	38
Nov 4	atVanderbilt	W 31–⁠15	17	27	194	2	1	40
Nov 11	atArkansas	W 48–⁠10	12	20	163	3	1	88
Nov 18	vs.New Mexico State	L 10–⁠31	15	19	148	1	0	38
Nov 25	vs.Alabama	L 24–⁠27	5	16	91	1	2	57
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Maryland	L 13–⁠31	13	27	84	1	1	−5

2022 Michigan State 12 games, 2,679 passing yards, 19 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 2	vs.Western Michigan	W 35–⁠13	12	24	233	4	1	22
Sep 10	vs.Akron	W 52–⁠0	18	28	212	0	2	0
Sep 17	atWashington	L 28–⁠39	30	42	323	3	1	12
Sep 24	vs.Minnesota	L 7–⁠34	17	24	132	0	2	−3
Oct 1	atMaryland	L 13–⁠27	27	44	221	1	0	14
Oct 8	vs.Ohio State	L 20–⁠49	11	18	113	1	1	−23
Oct 15	vs.Wisconsin	W 34–⁠28	21	28	265	2	0	−9
Oct 29	atMichigan	L 7–⁠29	17	30	215	1	1	2
Nov 5	atIllinois	W 23–⁠15	19	29	182	2	1	10
Nov 12	vs.Rutgers	W 27–⁠21	19	35	256	2	0	33
Nov 19	vs.Indiana	L 31–⁠39	27	42	298	2	1	5
Nov 26	atPenn State	L 16–⁠35	24	43	229	1	1	−21

2021 Michigan State 13 games, 3,240 passing yards, 27 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	atNorthwestern	W 38–⁠21	15	25	185	1	0	28
Sep 11	vs.Youngstown State	W 42–⁠14	15	21	280	4	0	19
Sep 18	atMiami	W 38–⁠17	18	31	261	4	0	4
Sep 25	vs.Nebraska	W 23–⁠20	14	23	183	1	1	−5
Oct 2	vs.Western Kentucky	W 48–⁠31	20	30	327	1	0	31
Oct 9	atRutgers	W 31–⁠13	16	27	339	3	1	9
Oct 16	atIndiana	W 20–⁠15	14	26	126	1	2	10
Oct 30	vs.Michigan	W 37–⁠33	19	30	196	0	2	0
Nov 6	atPurdue	L 29–⁠40	20	30	276	2	1	47
Nov 13	vs.Maryland	W 40–⁠21	22	30	287	4	1	4
Nov 20	atOhio State	L 7–⁠56	14	36	158	1	0	−9
Nov 27	vs.Penn State	W 30–⁠27	19	30	268	2	1	39
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Pittsburgh	W 31–⁠21	29	50	354	3	1	4

2020 Michigan State 4 games, 582 passing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Nov 7	atIowa	L 7–⁠49	0	1	0	0	0	–
Nov 14	vs.Indiana	L 0–⁠24	10	20	110	0	1	25
Dec 5	vs.Ohio State	L 12–⁠52	16	25	147	0	1	42
Dec 12	atPenn State	L 24–⁠39	22	39	325	3	1	−20

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

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