College Football Player Grades by Position

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Qualified: at least 10 touches per game against FBS teams, over two games or more. Show everyone

Tylik Hill

Syracuse · RB

93.5

Keyjuan Brown

Louisville · RB

92.2

Nate Sheppard

Duke · RB

82.7

#	Player	Team	EPA/play	Success%	Plays	Grade
1	Tylik HillSyracuse · EPA 0.34	Syracuse	0.336	53%	30	93.5
2	Keyjuan BrownLouisville · EPA 0.39	Louisville	0.393	48%	31	92.2
3	Nate SheppardDuke · EPA 0.31	Duke	0.308	45%	92	82.7
4	Kendrick RaphaelSMU · EPA 0.26	SMU	0.265	50%	79	76.5
5	Jeffrey Overton Jr.Virginia Tech · EPA 0.05	Virginia Tech	0.051	42%	81	69.0
6	Ousmane KromahFlorida State · EPA 0.09	Florida State	0.090	42%	57	59.5
7	La'Vell WrightPittsburgh · EPA 0.07	Pittsburgh	0.070	50%	41	57.5
8	Marcellous HawkinsVirginia Tech · EPA -0.01	Virginia Tech	-0.008	43%	50	53.4
9	Damon Ferguson Jr.Pittsburgh · EPA 0.13	Pittsburgh	0.133	40%	44	52.0
10	Jekail MiddlebrookVirginia · EPA 0.09	Virginia	0.094	41%	41	49.3
11	Gideon DavidsonClemson · EPA 0.21	Clemson	0.209	42%	63	45.9
12	Adam MohammedCalifornia · EPA 0.03	California	0.031	41%	76	41.2
13	Ty Clark IIIWake Forest · EPA 0.07	Wake Forest	0.070	38%	50	33.7
14	Benjamin HallNorth Carolina · EPA -0.09	North Carolina	-0.093	41%	43	31.0
15	Justice HaynesGeorgia Tech · EPA 0.05	Georgia Tech	0.054	42%	54	27.6
16	Mark Fletcher Jr.Miami · EPA 0.03	Miami	0.034	45%	32	25.5
17	CJ Campbell Jr.Duke · EPA 0.07	Duke	0.071	44%	31	20.7
18	Micah FordStanford · EPA 0.01	Stanford	0.007	38%	85	20.1
19	Jayden ScottNC State · EPA 0.05	NC State	0.048	43%	50	18.0
20	Evan DickensBoston College · EPA -0.19	Boston College	-0.188	34%	48	7.1
21	Isaac BrownLouisville · EPA -0.10	Louisville	-0.097	37%	43	6.5

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.