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

Wayne Knight

UCLA · RB

99.7

Cyncir Bowers

UConn · RB

99.0

Kam Davis

Liberty · RB

98.3

#	Player	Team	EPA/play	Success%	Plays	Grade
1	Wayne KnightUCLA · EPA 0.80	UCLA	0.795	61%	54	99.7
2	Cyncir BowersUConn · EPA 0.55	UConn	0.546	61%	43	99.0
3	Kam DavisLiberty · EPA 0.42	Liberty	0.415	63%	53	98.3
4	Wayshawn ParkerUtah · EPA 0.40	Utah	0.398	50%	48	97.6
5	LJ MartinBYU · EPA 0.48	BYU	0.482	51%	39	96.9
6	Davian JacksonTexas State · EPA 0.45	Texas State	0.447	48%	37	96.3
7	Jaylin CarterMemphis · EPA 0.33	Memphis	0.330	51%	60	95.6
8	Fluff BothwellMississippi State · EPA 0.25	Mississippi State	0.247	52%	84	94.9
9	Jadan BaughFlorida · EPA 0.40	Florida	0.400	45%	68	94.2
10	Tylik HillSyracuse · EPA 0.34	Syracuse	0.336	53%	30	93.5
11	Daune MorrisTennessee · EPA 0.38	Tennessee	0.380	55%	36	92.9
12	Keyjuan BrownLouisville · EPA 0.39	Louisville	0.393	48%	31	92.2
13	Cameron DickeyTexas Tech · EPA 0.34	Texas Tech	0.337	56%	40	91.5
14	Aiden FloraIowa State · EPA 0.39	Iowa State	0.387	50%	78	90.8
15	Mekhi NelsonNebraska · EPA 0.24	Nebraska	0.238	39%	38	90.1
16	Sire GainesBoise State · EPA 0.29	Boise State	0.288	52%	30	89.5
17	King MillerUSC · EPA 0.26	USC	0.263	48%	73	88.8
18	Dylan EdwardsKansas · EPA 0.30	Kansas	0.298	53%	51	88.1
19	J'Koby WilliamsTexas Tech · EPA 0.24	Texas Tech	0.241	42%	41	87.4
20	Herschel TurnerNevada · EPA 0.28	Nevada	0.280	40%	36	86.7
21	DeSean BishopTennessee · EPA 0.20	Tennessee	0.199	50%	45	86.1
22	Godspower NwawuiheArmy · EPA 0.05	Army	0.054	42%	28	85.4
23	Matt FullerSouth Carolina · EPA 0.16	South Carolina	0.157	33%	55	84.7
24	Nolan James Jr.Notre Dame · EPA 0.26	Notre Dame	0.262	62%	63	84.0
25	Javion KinnardSan Diego State · EPA 0.10	San Diego State	0.099	42%	54	83.3
26	Nate SheppardDuke · EPA 0.31	Duke	0.308	45%	92	82.7
27	Joe JacksonKansas State · EPA 0.16	Kansas State	0.158	41%	39	82.0
28	AJ NewberryOregon State · EPA 0.30	Oregon State	0.297	39%	34	81.3
29	Curtis Kimmons IVMassachusetts · EPA 0.12	Massachusetts	0.118	62%	22	80.6
30	Hollywood SmothersTexas · EPA 0.20	Texas	0.200	53%	49	79.9
31	Dominic KelleyNevada · EPA 0.25	Nevada	0.251	58%	41	79.3
32	Keenan PhillipsSouth Alabama · EPA 0.27	South Alabama	0.272	47%	39	78.6
33	CJ MillerToledo · EPA 0.32	Toledo	0.322	48%	52	77.9
34	Aidan LaugheryIllinois · EPA 0.22	Illinois	0.224	48%	33	77.2
35	Kendrick RaphaelSMU · EPA 0.26	SMU	0.265	50%	79	76.5
36	CJ BaxterKentucky · EPA 0.20	Kentucky	0.196	50%	53	75.9
37	Antwan RaymondRutgers · EPA 0.15	Rutgers	0.148	46%	69	75.2
38	Kewan LacyOle Miss · EPA 0.34	Ole Miss	0.344	46%	52	74.5
39	Jahiem WhiteNorth Texas · EPA 0.14	North Texas	0.139	42%	96	73.8
40	Dylan RileyBoise State · EPA 0.23	Boise State	0.233	49%	65	73.1
41	David MbadingaGeorgia Southern · EPA 0.09	Georgia Southern	0.094	44%	36	72.4
42	Kamari MoultonIowa · EPA 0.25	Iowa	0.250	49%	47	71.8
43	Torrance Burgess Jr.Texas State · EPA 0.21	Texas State	0.212	43%	52	71.1
44	Caleb KomolafeNorthwestern · EPA 0.21	Northwestern	0.214	53%	45	70.4
45	Aneyas WilliamsNotre Dame · EPA 0.28	Notre Dame	0.276	39%	58	69.7
46	Jeffrey Overton Jr.Virginia Tech · EPA 0.05	Virginia Tech	0.051	42%	81	69.0
47	Daniel HillAlabama · EPA 0.13	Alabama	0.127	50%	56	68.4
48	Durell RobinsonColorado State · EPA 0.30	Colorado State	0.297	44%	31	67.7
49	D.J. CrowtherSouth Florida · EPA 0.23	South Florida	0.233	53%	45	67.0
50	Jordan MarshallMichigan · EPA 0.13	Michigan	0.132	42%	58	66.3

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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.