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Heisman / Players / Connor Bazelak /Bowling Green

Connor Bazelak

QB · Bowling Green · Sr · #7

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSBowling Green 2023 alumnus

QB · BOWLING GREEN · MID-AMERICAN

Connor Bazelak

  • 4
  • #7
  • 6-3 | 225 lb
  • Dayton, OH

CFB Zeitgeist QB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#1738

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP QB AWARD

Davey O'Brien

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R01 · Scout team / redshirt

Scout team / redshirt. Developing behind the depth chart.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career arc · Season-by-season Standing

3 seasons on the ladder

Peak: R09 All-Conference HM / 2nd team · 2021

2021

Missouri · QB

R09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team

Recognized

2022

Indiana · QB

2023

Bowling Green · QB

Development Trajectory · passing yards

2021–2023
2,5482021
2,3122022
1,9352023

-24%

Sharp dropoff (-24%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★★
#410 national
CFB
College
3 teams
2021–2023
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionQB
Class4
Jersey7
Measurements6-3 | 225 lb
HometownDayton, OH
Primary teamBowling Green

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 4-star No. 410 recruit
Composite rating 0.8914 HighSchool
Signed with Missouri 2019
Origin Archbishop Alter Dayton, OH, USA
Class Profile Context
2019 4-star | 0.8914 No. 410 recruit | HighSchool | Missouri

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file
Latest destination -- --
Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD
Season Move Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#1738Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2038Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★★☆

to Missouri

Composite

0.8914

#410 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Connor Bazelak

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Connor Bazelak

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

Why the honors trail matters

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

The useful clue on this card is not just the Heisman rank, but the broader honors spine. Connor Bazelak already has 2 loaded recognition items, which helps distinguish a player who is merely productive from one who is already earning selector-level validation.

Current place #1738 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 52.2% Overall usage share
Profile quirk Blue-chip pedigree No. 410 recruit

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

QB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Pass yards 1,935 12 TD | 7 INT | #95/382 (75th pct)
Completion rate 60.6% 168/277 completions | #201/383 (48th pct)
Yards/attempt 7.0 Explosiveness through the air | #175/382 (54th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Steady volume | Pocket-leaning against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.

Steady volumePocket-leaning

2023 Season · Final

2023 season snapshot | final

Passing Efficiency

CMP
168 75th
ATT
277 78th
CMP%
60.6% 48th
Y/A
7.0 54th

Passing Production

YDS
1,935 75th
TD
12 79th
INT
7 23rd

Rushing

CAR
44 66th
YDS
-82 2nd
YPC
-1.9 8th
TD
2 73rd

Game Log

Week-by-week box

No per-game rows for this season yet — the table fills in as box scores arrive.

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Missouri6-6HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning
2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo
SeasonTeam
2023Bowling Green16827760.6%1,9357.0127128.6----
2022Indiana23442555.1%2,3125.41310106.1----
2021Missouri24637765.3%2,5486.81611130.2----
Career3 loaded seasons6481,07960.1%6,7956.34128120.3----
SeasonTeam
2023Bowling Green44-82-1.92--
2022Indiana47-160-3.41--
2021Missouri33-23-0.70--
Career3 loaded seasons124-265-2.13--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Passing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.

Role share

How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Rush impact -82 2 rush TD | #402/408 (2nd pct)
Usage 52.2% 96.2% pass share | 5.2% rush share | #60/428 (86th pct)
Passing WEPA +0.38 Opponent-adjusted passing value | #31/200 (85th pct)
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Passing Passing yards 1,935 #95/382 75th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Pass TD 12 #88/407 79th pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Passing Completions 168 #97/383 75th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Completion % 60.6% #201/383 48th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Passing Yards / attempt 7.0 #175/382 54th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing yards -82 #402/408 2nd pct Volumevs FBS QB
Value Passing WEPA +0.38 #31/200 85th pct Opponent-adjusted passing value | 368 weighted playsvs FBS QB
Usage Role share 52.2% #60/428 86th pct Share of team offensevs FBS QB
Passing Attempts 277 #91/407 78th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Passing Interceptions 7 #316/407 23rd pct Turnoversvs FBS QB
Rushing Carries 44 #139/408 66th pct Volumevs FBS QB
Rushing Rushing LONG 17 #201/391 49th pct Metricvs FBS QB
Rushing Rush TD 2 #113/408 73rd pct Scoringvs FBS QB
Rushing Yards / carry -1.9 #376/407 8th pct Efficiencyvs FBS QB
Usage Pass share 96.2% #13/428 97th pct Air-game usagevs FBS QB
Usage 3rd-down usage 71.4% #33/428 93rd pct Money-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Passing-down usage 71.1% #41/428 91st pct Known-passing sharevs FBS QB
Usage 2nd-down usage 52.3% #62/428 86th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Standard-down usage 42.8% #94/428 78th pct Base-situation sharevs FBS QB
Usage 1st-down usage 42.6% #90/428 79th pct Early-down loadvs FBS QB
Usage Rush share 5.2% #276/428 36th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS QB
Ball Security Fumbles lost 0 #1/258 100th pct Turnoversvs FBS QB

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits

Per-game splits

Splits fill in once box scores from at least three games land for this season.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

Advanced Savant · QB · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).
DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

Pass share

37.7%

281 pass / 465 run

Plays / game

62.2

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

10.9%

265 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach
2021
Scot Loeffler
Bowling Green
2022
Scot Loeffler
Bowling Green
2023
Scot Loeffler
Bowling Green

Played his entire career under Scot Loeffler.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownDayton, OH
Height6'3"
Weight225 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey7

Trophy Case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 entries
🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE

All-Conf mention (2024)

All-MAC

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

All-Conference

2 all-conference honors

Conference-level recognition helps anchor whether a player is merely statistically loud or actually viewed as elite within his competitive lane.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
2024 All-MAC all_conference Bowling Green | MAC QB
2021 All-SEC all_conference SEC QB

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Bowling Green QB4 #1738 #2038 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | Mid-American
2023 Bowling Green QB4 #424 #473 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | Mid-American
2022 Indiana QB4 #730 #1000 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | Big Ten
2021 Missouri QB4 #254 #316 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2024 Bowling Green Mid-American QB 4 No. 7 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Dayton, OH
2023 Bowling Green Mid-American QB 4 No. 7 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Dayton, OH
2022 Indiana Big Ten QB 4 No. 7 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Dayton, OH
2021 Missouri SEC QB 4 No. 7 | 6-3 | 225 lb | Dayton, OH