Player Dossier

2021-2025

Northwestern

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.

Usage / Role

59%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

70

High-end production for a quarterback

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Reliability

80

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

71

High-upside career 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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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9497

Parish Episcopal School · Dallas, TX

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

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonSMU326242030.2
2022 Regular SeasonSMU545138863436.5
2023 Regular SeasonSMU123,3953,1971983272.6
2024 Regular SeasonSMU644842127533.2
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern13224226-2355.2
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern132,1902,174161555.2

Related Context

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

2023 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 66.3 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across SMU, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Win with 371 yards of offense and 91.7 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · SMU

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

282.9

Efficiency

66.3

Usage

14.7

Consistency

91.1

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 259. Oklahoma: 258. Prairie View A&M: 311. TCU: 276. Charlotte: 155. East Carolina: 301. Temple: 325. Tulsa: 371. Rice: 298. North Texas: 232. Memphis: 296. Navy: 313

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 40 by 63.7. Oklahoma: 49 by 53.8. Prairie View A&M: 23 by 72.9. TCU: 45 by 50.6. Charlotte: 32 by 53.7. East Carolina: 44 by 63. Temple: 41 by 70.8. Tulsa: 20 by 91.7. Rice: 36 by 79.5. North Texas: 24 by 58.1. Memphis: 31 by 69.4. Navy: 21 by 68.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins286.1 · Games = 10 · +19.1 vs Losses
Losses267 · Games = 2 · -19.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/25vs Navy300-yard game · 3+ TDW 59-14141932273.73068.42-9-4.5002
Sat 11/18@ Memphis3+ TDW 38-34152328665.22069.48101.30116
Sat 11/11vs North TexasW 45-21112023455.02158.14-2-0.5006
Sat 11/4@ Rice3+ TD · Dual-threatW 36-31152821753.62079.588110.10134
Sat 10/28vs Tulsa300-yard game · 3+ TDW 69-10152037175.03091.7
Fri 10/20@ Temple300-yard game · 3+ TDW 55-0233630063.92070.85255121
Thu 10/12@ East Carolina3+ TDW 31-10193827650.030636254.20016
Sat 9/30vs CharlotteW 34-16142313560.92153.79202.20015
Sat 9/23@ TCUL 17-34163525845.70250.610181.80011
Sat 9/16vs Prairie View A&M300-yard game · 3+ TDW 69-0152030075.05172.93113.7015
Sat 9/9@ OklahomaL 11-28264525057.81153.848207
Sat 9/2vs Louisiana Tech3+ TDW 38-14233724862.23063.73113.7007

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. 1

    SMU

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonSMU2648.82.6
2022 Regular SeasonSMU45162.78.1425
2023 Regular SeasonSMU3,39566.314.72,944
2024 Regular SeasonSMU44866.18.2-2,947
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern2,41455.6111,966
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern2,41455.6110

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

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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

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#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

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300+ total offense

11

3+ TD games

19

Above avg efficiency