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Zach Calzada

#5Zach Calzada

Zach Calzada is a Dual-Threat QB for Kentucky. Zach's 2025 season ranks in the 0th percentile nationally by opponent-adjusted EPA per play across 70 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 Zach Calzada'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
28/58 Comp/Att238 Pass yards0 Pass TD2 INT48.3% Comp %
Rushing
23 Rush yards1 Rush TD14 Carries1.6 Yards/carry

Performance Analysis · 2025 · vs QB peers

  • Efficiency0
  • Volume97
  • Dual-Threat100
  • Consistency66
  • Clutch0
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 consistency66th %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.

NIL Market Tier· 2025

On3 valuation ↗
Contributor

Rotational contributor. Smaller collective or local 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

+0.8000.80Wk 1 vs Toledo: -0.02 EPA/play1Wk 2 vs Ole Miss: -0.10 EPA/play2Wk 13 vs Vanderbilt: -0.80 EPA/play13
EPA per play · x-axis: weekabove 0 = added points · below = lost
WkOpponentResultOpp SP+C/ATTPass YdsPass TDINTQBRRush YdsRush TDEPA/play
1vsToledoW24-166.010/23850125.8141-0.02
2vsOle MissL23-3024.015/301490030.190-0.10
13@VanderbiltL17-4520.33/54017.0-0.80

Usage & Situational · Pro

Snap-share proxy
Overall
34.1%
Passing plays
53.3%
Rushing plays
12.9%
Standard downs
27.7%
Passing downs
47.1%
EPA by down type
Standard downs
0.08
Passing downs
-0.34
Pass / Rush EPA
-0.21 / 0.48

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

EPA = expected points added (opponent-adjusted). NIL estimates are model-based ranges, not reported deals. Data: CollegeFootballData. Not betting advice.