2020 Big Ten Quarterback Leaderboard
The leaderboard ranks the quarterbacks in the Big Ten, based on how well they played statistically compared to the average against their opponents. A few qualifiers:
- We only count games in which the quarterback attempted at least 10 passes.
- We only include quarterbacks that attempted at least 50 passes this year.
- We exclude the quarterback in question’s stats from the average he is being compared to.
For a glossary of stats click here.
| Rank | Name | Team | YPA | Comp % | A/TD | A/Int | YPC | QBS | QBS vs Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Fields | Ohio State | 9.3 | 70.2 | 10.2 | 37.5 | 4.7 | 79.17 | 27.49 |
| 2 | Brandon Peters | Illinois | 5.6 | 51.3 | 25.3 | Inf | 5.7 | 57.00 | 9.75 |
| 3 | Adrian Martinez | Nebraska | 6.9 | 71.4 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 5.8 | 62.51 | 5.79 |
| 4 | Aidan O’Connell | Purdue | 6.7 | 64.7 | 19.4 | 68.0 | -5.33 | 53.90 | 5.68 |
| 5 | Jack Plummer | Purdue | 7.6 | 71.0 | 15.5 | 62.0 | 1.3 | 68.11 | 4.09 |
| 6 | Will Levis | Penn State | 6.9 | 57.4 | Inf | Inf | 2.9 | 55.80 | 3.28 |
| 7 | Taulia Tagovailoa | Maryland | 8.3 | 61.5 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 52.83 | 1.91 |
| 8 | Sean Clifford | Penn State | 7.6 | 60.5 | 15.2 | 30.4 | 3.4 | 60.23 | 0.90 |
| 9 | Cade McNamara | Michigan | 5.8 | 63.9 | 15.3 | Inf | 1.4 | 63.34 | -1.43 |
| 10 | Michael Penix | Indiana | 7.5 | 56.4 | 15.7 | 55.0 | 1.4 | 59.83 | -2.75 |
| 11 | Joe Milton | Michigan | 7.7 | 57.2 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 2.81 | 53.86 | -3.77 |
| 12 | Graham Mertz | Wisconsin | 6.4 | 61.1 | 21.4 | 38.6 | 1.0 | 53.27 | -4.20 |
| 13 | Artur Sitkowski | Rutgers | 5.5 | 64.2 | 27.0 | Inf | 0.1 | 56.98 | -5.71 |
| 14 | Isaiah Williams | Illinois | 5.9 | 42.3 | 17.3 | 52.0 | 6.4 | 51.09 | -7.97 |
| 15 | Tanner Morgan | Minnesota | 7.5 | 57.9 | 26.1 | 36.6 | -1.4 | 51.38 | -8.00 |
| 16 | Spencer Petras | Iowa | 6.4 | 57.1 | 27.2 | 49.0 | -0.1 | 50.25 | -8.03 |
| 17 | Peyton Ramsey | Northwestern | 6.1 | 61.0 | 23.5 | 35.3 | 2.9 | 52.82 | -8.09 |
| 18 | Payton Thorne | Michigan State | 6.9 | 57.1 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 1.9 | 49.34 | -8.91 |
| 19 | Rocky Lombardi | Michigan State | 7.1 | 54.0 | 18.8 | 21.4 | 1.7 | 47.61 | -9.03 |
| 20 | Noah Vedral | Rutgers | 5.5 | 61.5 | 24.6 | 27.6 | 2.8 | 48.16 | -13.87 |
| 21 | Jack Tuttle | Indiana | 4.9 | 58.2 | 33.5 | 67.0 | 2.5 | 48.86 | -15.13 |
| 22 | Luke McCaffrey | Nebraska | 6.0 | 63.5 | 63.0 | 12.6 | 5.1 | 36.44 | -20.71 |
