McCae Hillstead

Utah State Aggies · #2 · Quarterback · Junior

2025 season

YDS

282nd of 458

tied 251st of 458

INT

tied 206th of 458

RTG

135.4

not ranked

Section

Overview

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at Texas St

Oct 24

Passing

Season	Team	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
2023	USU	94	158	59.5	1,062	6.7	11	8	76	18	128.8
2025	BYU	4	5	80.0	33	6.6	0	0	13	0	135.4
2026	USU	17	37	45.9	225	6.1	2	4	25	3	93.4
Career		115	200	57.5	1,320	6.6	13	12	76	21	122.4

Ranks are over the players on a 2026 FBS roster who have been read, counting only those who recorded that statistic in 2025 — how many that is. Rate statistics are shown without a rank, because ranking them without a qualifying minimum would put one long run above a whole season of them.

Stats

Passing

Season	Team	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
2023	USU	94	158	59.5	1,062	6.7	11	8	76	18	128.8
2025	BYU	4	5	80.0	33	6.6	0	0	13	0	135.4
2026	USU	17	37	45.9	225	6.1	2	4	25	3	93.4
Career		115	200	57.5	1,320	6.6	13	12	76	21	122.4

Rushing

Season	Team	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
2023	USU	44	36	0.8	18
2025	BYU	5	28	5.6	13
2026	USU	15	53	3.5	14
Career		64	117	1.8	18

Scoring

Season	Team	PASS
2023	USU	11
2026	USU	2
Career		13

Season rows count every game played, including bowl and playoff games. The national leaders table ranks the regular season only, so a figure there can be the smaller of the two.

Glossary

2PT: Total Two Point Convs
ATT: Passing Attempts
AVG: Yards Per Pass Attempt; Yards Per Rush Attempt
CAR: Rushing Attempts
CMP: Completions
CMP%: Completion Percentage
FG: Field Goals
INT: Interceptions
LNG: Long Passing; Long Rushing
PASS: Passing Touchdowns
PAT: Kick Extra Points
PTS: Total Points
QBR: Adj QBR
REC: Receiving Touchdowns
RET: Return Touchdowns
RTG: QBRating
RUSH: Rushing Touchdowns
SACK: Sacks
TD: Passing Touchdowns; Rushing Touchdowns; Total Touchdowns
YDS: Passing Yards; Rushing Yards

Bio

Team	Utah State Aggies
Position	Quarterback
Class	Junior
Height / weight	5' 10" / 190 lbs
Birthplace	Lehi, UT
Jersey	#2
Status	Active

Career history

Utah State Aggies 2023–2026 · 2 seasons
BYU Cougars 2025 · 1 season

Splits

Season

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Season	17	37	225	45.9	6.1	2	4	25	3	93.4	15	53	3.5	14
Home	15	30	178	50.0	5.9	2	3	23	2	101.6	9	43	4.8	14
Away	2	7	47	28.6	6.7	0	1	25	1	56.3	6	10	1.7	6

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Season	4	5	33	80.0	6.6	13	135.4	4	27	6.8	13
Home	4	5	33	80.0	6.6	13	135.4	3	24	8.0	13
Away	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	3

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
September	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3
November	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
3rd	4	5	33	80.0	6.6	0	0	13	0	135.4	2	23	11.5	0	13
4th	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	4	2.0	0	3

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
2nd	4	5	33	80.0	6.6	0	0	13	0	135.4	4	27	6.8	0	13

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
15+	4	5	33	80.0	6.6	0	0	13	0	135.4	4	27	6.8	0	13

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	4	5	33	80.0	6.6	0	0	13	0	135.4	2	23	11.5	0	13
15-21	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	4	2.0	0	3

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Own 1-19	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Own 20-39	2	3	19	66.7	6.3	11	119.9	1	3	3.0	3
Between 40's	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
Opp 39-20	1	1	13	100.0	13.0	13	209.2	3	24	8.0	13
Opp 19-Goal	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	1	108.4	0	0	0.0	0
Opp 9-Goal	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	1	108.4	0	0	0.0	0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st	2	3	21	66.7	7.0	13	125.5	1	13	13.0	13
2nd	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	2	13	6.5	10
3rd	2	2	12	100.0	6.0	11	150.4	1	1	1.0	1

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
3rd & 6+	2	2	12	100.0	6.0	11	150.4	1	1	1.0	1
3rd & 11+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	1.0	1
3rd & 8-10	1	1	11	100.0	11.0	11	192.4	0	0	0.0	0
3rd & 3-7	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	1	108.4	0	0	0.0	0
2nd & 6+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	1	10	10.0	10
2nd & 3-7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	2	13	6.5	10
1st & 6+	2	3	21	66.7	7.0	13	125.5	1	13	13.0	13
1st & 11+	1	1	13	100.0	13.0	13	209.2	0	0	0.0	0
1st & 8-10	1	2	8	50.0	4.0	8	83.6	1	13	13.0	13
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	1	1	11	100.0	11.0	11	192.4	1	1	1.0	1
3rd (or 4th) and 3-8	1	1	1	100.0	1.0	1	108.4	0	0	0.0	0
1st and 10	1	2	8	50.0	4.0	8	83.6	1	13	13.0	13

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Season	87	147	1,005	59.2	6.8	10	8	76	17	128.2	41	39	1.0	18
Home	34	64	470	53.1	7.3	4	4	76	9	122.9	13	-17	-1.3	18
Away	53	83	535	63.9	6.4	6	4	63	8	132.2	28	56	2.0	18

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
September	52	90	730	57.8	8.1	8	5	76	10	144.1	21	23	1.1	18
October	17	29	160	58.6	5.5	2	2	25	1	113.9	8	10	1.3	8
November	18	28	115	64.3	4.1	0	1	18	6	91.6	12	6	0.5	17

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st	13	21	63	61.9	3.0	0	3	17	4	58.5	6	-21	-3.5	2
2nd	30	45	353	66.7	7.8	4	0	63	4	161.9	16	58	3.6	18
3rd	27	48	328	56.3	6.8	3	2	31	5	125.9	10	-10	-1.0	6
4th	17	33	261	51.5	7.9	3	3	76	4	129.8	9	12	1.3	18

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	43	66	416	65.2	6.3	4	3	63	8	129.0	22	37	1.7	0	18
2nd	44	81	589	54.3	7.3	6	5	76	9	127.5	19	2	0.1	0	18

Against ranked teams

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
vs AP Top 25	18	27	202	66.7	7.5	3	0	31	4	166.2	7	6	0.9	0	18
vs USA ranked teams	18	27	202	66.7	7.5	3	0	31	4	166.2	7	6	0.9	0	18

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
0-7	31	58	510	53.4	8.8	5	5	76	6	138.5	12	0	0.0	12
8-14	12	16	62	75.0	3.9	0	0	14	2	107.6	7	14	2.0	17
15+	44	73	433	60.3	5.9	5	3	31	9	124.5	22	25	1.1	18

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	3	5	18	60.0	3.6	0	0	10	0	90.2	2	17	8.5	0	18

In losses, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1-7	18	33	254	54.5	7.7	2	4	76	3	115.0	8	5	0.6	17
8-14	13	20	191	65.0	9.6	2	2	63	4	158.2	13	10	0.8	8
15-21	16	22	199	72.7	9.0	4	0	63	2	208.7	5	7	1.4	12
22+	29	51	312	56.9	6.1	2	1	37	6	117.3	10	5	0.5	18

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Own 1-19	8	17	38	47.1	2.2	0	1	20	2	54.1	4	1	0.3	8
Own 20-39	36	57	530	63.2	9.3	3	2	76	8	151.6	19	-3	-0.2	17
Between 40's	18	27	190	66.7	7.0	0	2	31	2	111.0	10	31	3.1	8
Opp 39-20	17	30	196	56.7	6.5	3	2	25	5	131.2	7	-8	-1.1	18
Opp 19-Goal	8	16	51	50.0	3.2	4	1	12	0	146.8	1	18	18.0	18
Opp 9-Goal	4	7	23	57.1	3.3	4	1	9	0	244.7	0	0	0.0	0

Goal to go

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	RTG
1st & Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
2nd & Goal	1	2	9	50.0	4.5	0	1	9	-12.2
3rd & Goal	2	2	8	100.0	4.0	2	0	6	463.6
4th & Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st	27	53	406	50.9	7.7	4	4	76	3	125.1	15	52	3.5	18
2nd	29	51	328	56.9	6.4	2	4	37	8	108.1	12	-42	-3.5	5
3rd	26	37	221	70.3	6.0	3	0	31	6	147.2	13	24	1.8	18
4th	5	6	50	83.3	8.3	1	0	18	0	208.3	1	5	5.0	5

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
4th & 6+	1	2	12	50.0	6.0	0	0	12	0	100.4	0	0	0.0	0
4th & 11+	1	2	12	50.0	6.0	0	0	12	0	100.4	0	0	0.0	0
4th & 3-7	2	2	14	100.0	7.0	0	0	10	0	158.8	0	0	0.0	0
4th & 1-2	2	2	24	100.0	12.0	1	0	18	0	365.8	1	5	5.0	5
3rd & 6+	17	25	156	68.0	6.2	2	0	24	5	146.8	9	9	1.0	17
3rd & 11+	4	10	28	40.0	2.8	0	0	9	2	63.5	3	13	4.3	17
3rd & 8-10	9	10	94	90.0	9.4	1	0	24	3	202.0	4	-13	-3.3	3
3rd & 3-7	10	14	94	71.4	6.7	1	0	31	1	151.4	6	24	4.0	18
3rd & 1-2	3	3	5	100.0	1.7	1	0	4	0	224.0	0	0	0.0	0
2nd & 6+	27	46	287	58.7	6.2	2	4	37	7	108.1	11	-35	-3.2	5
2nd & 11+	5	12	69	41.7	5.8	1	2	25	1	84.1	2	-3	-1.5	5
2nd & 8-10	18	27	182	66.7	6.7	1	1	37	6	128.1	8	-34	-4.3	1
2nd & 3-7	5	11	46	45.5	4.2	0	1	17	1	62.4	2	-5	-2.5	2
2nd & 1-2	1	1	31	100.0	31.0	0	0	31	0	360.4	0	0	0.0	0
1st & 6+	27	53	406	50.9	7.7	4	4	76	3	125.1	15	52	3.5	18
1st & 11+	1	1	2	100.0	2.0	0	0	2	0	116.8	2	5	2.5	8
1st & 8-10	26	52	404	50.0	7.8	4	4	76	3	125.3	13	47	3.6	18
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	10	17	109	58.8	6.4	0	0	24	5	112.7	7	0	0.0	17
3rd (or 4th) and 3-8	13	17	107	76.5	6.3	2	0	31	1	168.2	6	24	4.0	18
3rd (or 4th) and 1-2	3	3	5	100.0	1.7	1	0	4	0	224.0	0	0	0.0	0
1st and 10	26	52	404	50.0	7.8	4	4	76	3	125.3	13	47	3.6	18

Game log

Season

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
9/5	vs IDST	L 29-17	15	30	178	50.0	2	3	23	2	101.8	28.5	9	43	4.8	14
10/3	@ BOIS	L 37-18	2	7	47	28.6	0	1	25	1	56.4	1.0	6	10	1.7	6
Total			17	37	225	45.9	2	4	25	3	93.4	16.1	15	53	3.5	14

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
8/30	vs PRST	W 69-0	4	5	33	80.0	0	0	13	0	135.4	63.0	2	23	11.5	0	13
9/20	@ ECU	W 34-13	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	27.8	1	3	3.0	0	3
11/29	vs UCF	W 41-21	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	1	1	1.0	0	1
12/27	vs GT	W 25-21	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.1	1	1	1.0	0	1
Pop-Tarts Bowl
Total			4	5	33	80.0	0	0	13	0	135.4	-	5	28	5.6	0	13

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
9/9	vs IDST	W 78-28	3	5	18	60.0	0	0	10	0	90.2	88.5	2	17	8.5	0	18
9/15	@ AFA	L 39-21	18	27	202	66.7	3	0	31	4	166.2	75.1	7	6	0.9	0	18
9/23	vs JMU	L 45-38	25	47	399	53.2	4	3	76	5	139.8	29.4	6	-26	-4.3	0	8
9/30	@ CONN	W 34-33	6	11	111	54.5	1	2	63	1	132.9	11.9	6	26	4.3	0	12
10/21	@ SJSU	L 42-21	17	29	160	58.6	2	2	25	1	113.9	48.5	8	10	1.3	0	8
11/4	@ SDSU	W 32-24 2OT	12	16	62	75.0	0	0	14	2	107.6	54.4	7	14	2.0	0	17
11/18	vs BOIS	L 45-10	6	12	53	50.0	0	1	18	4	70.4	2.8	5	-8	-1.6	0	3
12/23	vs GAST	L 45-22	7	11	57	63.6	1	0	31	1	137.2	17.3	3	-3	-1.0	0	6
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Total			94	158	1,062	59.5	11	8	76	18	128.8	33.9	44	36	0.8	0	18