Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Northwestern
Preston Stone
QB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Dallas, TX, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Preston Stone is a balanced quarterback profile with 11 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- SMU • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa
Player Story
Preston Stone built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Dallas, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Northwestern and SMU. The clearest part of Preston Stone's career was his passing role:...
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- Committed To
- SMU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Preston Stone, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · SMU. Preston Stone is a balanced quarterback profile with 11 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 6,734
- Passing yards
- 6,430
- Rushing yards
- 304
- Touchdowns
- 59
Quick Answers
Preston Stone quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 6,734
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 39 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · SMU
- Top game
- Tulsa
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Parish Episcopal School · SMU
- High school pipeline
- Parish Episcopal School · 15 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Senior
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 2,414 total offense · QB 81st (top 20%) · Big Ten 11th (top 6%) · National 81st (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 3 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 30.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 5 | 451 | 388 | 63 | 4 | 36.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 12 | 3,395 | 3,197 | 198 | 32 | 72.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 6 | 448 | 421 | 27 | 5 | 33.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 13 | 224 | 226 | -2 | 3 | 55.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 13 | 2,190 | 2,174 | 16 | 15 | 55.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | SMU to Northwestern | P4 to P4 | 85.4 | Dec 21, 2024 |
Preston Stone played QB for SMU and Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Preston Stone recorded 6,430 passing yards, 304 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
SMU paired 3,395 primary output with 66.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 333 yards of offense and 84.5 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
185.7
Efficiency
55.6
Usage
11
Consistency
69.6
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 224. Tulane: 119. Western Illinois: 254. Oregon: 121. UCLA: 127. UL Monroe: 311. Penn State: 155. Purdue: 141. Nebraska: 164. USC: 135. Michigan: 173. Minnesota: 333. Illinois: 157
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 33 by 55.5. Tulane: 40 by 36.4. Western Illinois: 32 by 68.2. Oregon: 27 by 42. UCLA: 23 by 61. UL Monroe: 36 by 83.2. Penn State: 31 by 54.4. Purdue: 29 by 49.8. Nebraska: 33 by 45.6. USC: 32 by 52.1. Michigan: 29 by 51.2. Minnesota: 34 by 84.5. Illinois: 40 by 39.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins220.7 · Games = 7 · +75.9 vs Losses
Losses144.8 · Games = 6 · -75.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
84.5 vs Minnesota
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/26 | vs Central Michigan3+ TD | W 34-7 | 19 | 31 | 226 | 61.3 | 3 | 0 | 55.5 | 2 | -2 | -1 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 11/30 | @ Illinois | L 13-20 | 19 | 36 | 163 | 52.8 | 1 | 3 | 39.3 | 4 | -6 | -1.50 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Minnesota300-yard game | W 38-35 | 25 | 30 | 305 | 83.3 | 2 | 0 | 84.5 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Michigan | L 22-24 | 13 | 27 | 184 | 48.1 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 2 | -11 | -5.50 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 11/8 | @ USC | L 17-38 | 20 | 30 | 150 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 52.1 | 2 | -15 | -7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Nebraska | L 21-28 | 15 | 29 | 159 | 51.7 | 0 | 2 | 45.6 | 4 | 5 | 1.30 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Purdue | W 19-0 | 11 | 26 | 132 | 42.3 | 2 | 1 | 49.8 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Penn State | W 22-21 | 17 | 26 | 163 | 65.4 | 1 | 0 | 54.4 | 5 | -8 | -1.60 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs UL Monroe3+ TD | W 42-7 | 20 | 31 | 262 | 64.5 | 3 | 0 | 83.2 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 30 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs UCLA | W 17-14 | 12 | 18 | 115 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 12 | 2.40 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Oregon | L 14-34 | 11 | 21 | 135 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 6 | -14 | -2.30 | 0 | 10 |
| Fri 9/5 | vs Western Illinois3+ TD | W 42-7 | 21 | 29 | 245 | 72.4 | 3 | 0 | 68.2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Tulane | L 3-23 | 19 | 36 | 161 | 52.8 | 0 | 4 | 36.4 | 4 | -42 | -10.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Preston Stone story
Preston Stone built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a quarterback from Dallas, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Northwestern and SMU. The clearest part of Preston Stone's career was his passing role: 6,430 passing yards, 52 touchdown passes, 820 attempts, and 304 rushing yards across 39 career games in the available record. His career also includes 304 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Preston Stone's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
SMU
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202120222023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | SMU | 26 | 48.8 | 2.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | SMU | 451 | 62.7 | 8.1 | 425 |
| 2023 Regular Season | SMU | 3,395 | 66.3 | 14.7 | 2,944 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 448 | 66.1 | 8.2 | -2,947 |
| 2025 Postseason | Northwestern | 2,414 | 55.6 | 11 | 1,966 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2,414 | 55.6 | 11 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Tulsa
Week 9 · W 69-10 · Conference game
Win with 371 yards of offense and 91.7 efficiency.
371
Total Offense
95.9 takeover
371 total offense with 91.7 efficiency.
#2
vs UCF
Week 11 · W 55-28 · Conference game
13
Total Offense
79.5 takeover
Win with 13 yards of offense and 59 efficiency.
13 total offense with 59 efficiency.
#3
vs No. 70 Minnesota
Week 13 · W 38-35 · Conference game
333
Total Offense
69.1 takeover
Win with 333 yards of offense and 84.5 efficiency.
333 total offense with 84.5 efficiency.
#4
vs No. 131 UL Monroe
Week 6 · W 42-7
311
Total Offense
68.6 takeover
Win with 311 yards of offense and 83.2 efficiency.
311 total offense with 83.2 efficiency.
#5
@ Nevada
Week 1 · W 29-24
289
Total Offense
67.9 takeover
Win with 289 yards of offense and 71 efficiency.
289 total offense with 71 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · SMU
3,395 primary output · 66.3 efficiency · 14.7 usage
72.6
#2
2025 Postseason · Northwestern
55.2
2,414 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 11 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Northwestern
55.2
2,414 primary · 55.6 efficiency · 11 usage
Milestones
11
250+ passing yards
7
300+ total offense
11
3+ TD games
19
Above avg efficiency
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