College Football Player Grades by Position

QB RB WR TE DL LB DB

Showing every graded player. Qualified only

Dylan Raiola

Oregon · QB

99.9

Josh Hoover

Indiana · QB

98.9

Jayden Maiava

USC · QB

97.4

#	Player	Team	EPA/play	Success%	Plays	Grade
1	Dylan RaiolaOregon · EPA 0.92	Oregon	0.923	56%	25	99.9
2	Josh HooverIndiana · EPA 0.68	Indiana	0.685	63%	70	98.9
3	Jayden MaiavaUSC · EPA 0.51	USC	0.515	62%	152	97.4
4	Julian SayinOhio State · EPA 0.60	Ohio State	0.601	62%	119	96.6
5	Ryan BrownePurdue · EPA 0.43	Purdue	0.427	55%	99	93.6
6	Katin HouserIllinois · EPA 0.30	Illinois	0.296	55%	89	88.3
7	Aidan ChilesNorthwestern · EPA 0.35	Northwestern	0.350	57%	69	86.8
8	Anthony ColandreaNebraska · EPA 0.46	Nebraska	0.463	52%	79	84.6
9	Malik WashingtonMaryland · EPA 0.29	Maryland	0.288	53%	104	74.1
10	Rocco BechtPenn State · EPA 0.32	Penn State	0.324	46%	130	73.3
11	Hank BrownIowa · EPA 0.27	Iowa	0.274	46%	87	69.5
12	Colton JosephWisconsin · EPA 0.15	Wisconsin	0.150	46%	108	59.8
13	Demond Williams Jr.Washington · EPA 0.09	Washington	0.091	47%	111	55.3
14	AJ SuraceRutgers · EPA 0.06	Rutgers	0.056	58%	31	53.4
15	Bryce UnderwoodMichigan · EPA 0.15	Michigan	0.149	49%	123	52.3
16	Dante MooreOregon · EPA 0.12	Oregon	0.117	46%	81	51.5
17	Dylan LonerganRutgers · EPA 0.23	Rutgers	0.233	45%	66	50.8
18	Drake LindseyMinnesota · EPA 0.08	Minnesota	0.080	48%	132	41.7
19	Alessio MilivojevicMichigan State · EPA -0.08	Michigan State	-0.075	47%	143	21.4
20	Nico IamaleavaUCLA · EPA 0.02	UCLA	0.016	42%	99	13.2
21	Jeremy HecklinskiIowa · EPA 0.05	Iowa	0.051	38%	8	3.8
22	Cam FancherMichigan State · EPA -0.76	Michigan State	-0.763	45%	11	0.1

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.