College Football Player Grades by Position

QB RB WR TE DL LB DB

Showing every graded player. Qualified only

Bear Bachmeier

BYU · QB

98.1

Devon Dampier

Utah · QB

91.4

Conner Weigman

Houston · QB

83.1

#	Player	Team	EPA/play	Success%	Plays	Grade
1	Bear BachmeierBYU · EPA 0.60	BYU	0.600	60%	40	98.1
2	Devon DampierUtah · EPA 0.39	Utah	0.392	54%	78	91.4
3	Conner WeigmanHouston · EPA 0.36	Houston	0.359	54%	127	83.1
4	Nate BennettBaylor · EPA 0.31	Baylor	0.311	52%	25	82.7
5	Noah FifitaArizona · EPA 0.38	Arizona	0.382	52%	105	80.8
6	Will HammondTexas Tech · EPA 0.26	Texas Tech	0.256	51%	85	70.3
7	JC French IVCincinnati · EPA 0.23	Cincinnati	0.225	52%	73	63.5
8	Tommy CastellanosTexas Tech · EPA 0.17	Texas Tech	0.172	60%	5	57.1
9	Jaylen RaynorIowa State · EPA 0.16	Iowa State	0.157	49%	105	56.0
10	Avery JohnsonKansas State · EPA 0.14	Kansas State	0.139	47%	108	48.5
11	Jaden CraigTCU · EPA 0.13	TCU	0.133	45%	106	47.7
12	Isaac WilsonColorado · EPA 0.06	Colorado	0.063	41%	27	45.1
13	Michael Hawkins Jr.West Virginia · EPA 0.09	West Virginia	0.093	38%	82	38.0
14	Alonza Barnett IIIUCF · EPA 0.04	UCF	0.041	47%	32	36.8
15	DJ LagwayBaylor · EPA 0.11	Baylor	0.107	40%	94	36.5
16	Cutter BoleyArizona State · EPA 0.19	Arizona State	0.188	41%	56	35.0
17	Keyone JenkinsUCF · EPA 0.03	UCF	0.027	41%	73	28.9
18	Drew MestemakerOklahoma State · EPA 0.04	Oklahoma State	0.038	48%	123	23.7
19	Isaiah MarshallKansas · EPA -0.10	Kansas	-0.097	34%	89	8.6
20	Julian LewisColorado · EPA -0.10	Colorado	-0.097	38%	68	4.9

How college grades work

College grades use the same method as the NFL: every play's expected points added, adjusted for how good the defense was, ranked against every other player at the position. The play data comes from CollegeFootballData.com, with ESPN's play feed saying who threw, ran and caught the ball. Four things are different.

Only games against FBS teams count. A power-conference offense against an FCS defense tells us little about either, so those games show in the game log but aren't graded.
Garbage time is left out: plays with a lead of more than 38 points in the 2nd quarter, 28 in the 3rd, or 22 in the 4th. Blowouts are common in college, and backups piling up numbers against backups would otherwise count like starters.
No win probability or completion-percentage data. The college play feed doesn't have them, so grades rest on opponent-adjusted EPA and success rate (the share of plays with positive EPA).
Grades and leaderboards use a minimum workload: every grade is a percentile among the players who meet it, so a few plays can't skew anyone else's. Per game against FBS teams, 14 dropbacks for quarterbacks, 10 touches for running backs, 5 targets for receivers and 3 for tight ends, counted over at least two games. Defenders need to have played in half their team's games.

Defensive grades use the same box-score impact score as the NFL's, minus forced fumbles, which the college box score doesn't record.