College Football Player Grades by Position

QB RB WR TE DL LB DB

Showing every graded player. Qualified only

Evan Medders

Air Force · QB

99.9

Nathan Hayes

North Dakota State · QB

75.6

Luke Weaver

San José State · QB

42.5

#	Player	Team	EPA/play	Success%	Plays	Grade
1	Evan MeddersAir Force · EPA 0.77	Air Force	0.769	60%	5	99.9
2	Nathan HayesNorth Dakota State · EPA 0.36	North Dakota State	0.357	51%	67	75.6
3	Luke WeaverSan José State · EPA 0.10	San José State	0.104	44%	100	42.5
4	Toa Fa'avaeNew Mexico · EPA 0.03	New Mexico	0.028	38%	37	32.3
5	Micah AlejadoHawai'i · EPA 0.09	Hawai'i	0.091	45%	192	32.0
6	Jackson ArnoldUNLV · EPA 0.12	UNLV	0.118	46%	122	30.5
7	Taron DickensNorthern Illinois · EPA -0.06	Northern Illinois	-0.059	49%	83	28.2
8	Carter JonesNevada · EPA 0.07	Nevada	0.066	42%	74	27.4
9	EJ Colson Jr.UTEP · EPA -0.03	UTEP	-0.032	37%	41	24.1
10	Tyler HughesWyoming · EPA 0.03	Wyoming	0.025	47%	76	16.9
11	Luke MogaNew Mexico · EPA -0.07	New Mexico	-0.066	46%	26	14.3
12	Liam SzarkaAir Force · EPA -0.10	Air Force	-0.099	38%	37	12.0
13	Jalen MaconNorthern Illinois · EPA -0.14	Northern Illinois	-0.137	11%	9	0.1
14	Bjorn JurgensenHawai'i · EPA -0.43	Hawai'i	-0.427	20%	5	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.