#10Ben Finley

QB·Akron·2025

Ben Finley is a Dual-Threat QB for Akron. Ben's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 414 plays — a developing rate for the QB.

What projects, and what doesn't · QBs · held out 2019-2025

How well one season predicts the next, measured on seasons the model never trained on. 1.00 would be perfectly predictable; 0.00 means last year told us nothing.

Usage share (volume)0.46
Beats guessing the QB average by 16%. n=2,421 QB seasons
EPA per play (efficiency)0.05
Not projectable — we do not forecast this. n=1,965 QB seasons
Total EPA (value)0.51
Beats guessing the QB average by 20%. n=1,965 QB seasons

Across all positions, usage carries year to year at 0.47 and efficiency at 0.07. So Ben Finley's projection is a projection of opportunity — how much of the offense he runs through. How well he converts it is something this model does not claim to know a year in advance, and the number above is why.

2025 Production

Passing

186/362 Comp/Att2475 Pass yards19 Pass TD9 INT51.4% Comp %

Rushing

130 Rush yards2 Rush TD69 Carries1.9 Yards/carry

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers

Efficiency0
Volume100
Dual-Threat100
Consistency61
Clutch84

Player type

Dual-Threat QB

A genuine rushing threat who stresses defenses horizontally. Extends plays with legs and forces extra gap assignments.

Rushing threatScrambles for valueStresses defensive structure

Peer percentiles

Opponent-adjusted EPA (WEPA/play)0th %ile · below avg

Game-to-game consistency61th %ile · average

Key findings

▸Below-average efficiency vs QB peers — value comes through volume, not per-play impact.
▸High-volume role — one of the team's most-used QBs by play share.
▸3 high-impact games (EPA/play > 0.4) this season — elite ceiling.
▸Particularly dangerous on passing downs — efficiency spikes in obvious pass situations.
▸Strong second-half surge — EPA/play improved 0.10 from the first to second half of the season.
▸Peak game: 0.50 EPA/play in Wk 6 vs Central Michigan (SP+ -9).

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗

Starter

Meaningful starter. Local collective + position-group deals.

Tier is a model estimate based on position, school brand, performance rank, and usage — not a reported deal. NIL deals are private. For a real market valuation, see On3's NIL profile, which factors in social following and actual deal tracking.

Game Log · box score + EPA, week by week

EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost

Wk	Opponent	Result	Opp SP+	C/ATT	Pass Yds	Pass TD	INT	QBR	Rush Yds	Rush TD	EPA/play
1	vsWyoming	L0-10	-11.3	16/38	139	0	1	7.9	-4	0	-0.30
2	@Nebraska	L0-68	6.2	7/21	54	0	0	36.2	2	0	-0.23
3	@UAB	L28-31	-15.8	19/35	282	2	0	29.2	10	0	0.40
4	vsDuquesne	W51-7	—	13/23	219	2	1	22.7	13	0	0.35
6	vsCentral Michigan	W28-22	-8.8	18/29	252	3	1	66.6	-8	0	0.50
7	vsMiami (OH)	L7-20	-3.4	21/39	211	1	1	30.7	7	0	0.18
8	@Ball State	L28-42	-23.0	22/40	291	3	2	24.4	10	0	0.13
9	@Buffalo	W24-16	-7.5	17/32	230	2	1	65.5	12	1	0.36
11	vsMassachusetts	W44-10	-36.6	12/20	197	2	0	85.7	28	1	0.42
12	vsKent State	L35-42	-19.3	32/59	424	3	1	20.6	2	0	0.15
13	@Bowling Green	W19-16	-12.6	9/26	176	1	1	16.8	58	0	0.16

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy

Overall

54.2%

Passing plays

95.5%

Rushing plays

11.1%

Standard downs

45.0%

Passing downs

72.6%

EPA by down type

Standard downs: 0.09
Passing downs: 0.31
Pass / Rush EPA: 0.18 / 0.41

Usage = share of team plays (CFBD has no true snap counts).