The case
Two-time Walter Payton Award finalist now at TCU.
QB · TCU · Fifth Year
Jaden Craig
CHROME AUTOPAPER AUTO
PPG71.7OVERALL#52QB#16
CHROME PROSPECTBCP-199Chrome auto · BCPA-JCR
PAPERBPP-199
CHROMEBCP-199
CHROME AUTOBCPA-JCR
PAPER AUTOBPPA-JCR
PLAYER STATS
2026 season & career
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SCOUTING NOTEBOOK
The read right now
The Ivy League production is substantial; the open question is translation to a different defensive environment.
The production
2025 Harvard: 2,869 passing yards, 25 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 starts; set school single-season passing records.
Latest game
TCU reports 21/29 passing for 337 yards and three touchdowns against Arkansas State.
NEXT CHECK
Compare the efficient new-school performance with the next complete game book.
BOWMAN CHECKLIST
His 2026 Bowman cards
Paper and Chrome are separate prospect entries. Prospect autographs add a verified signature checklist appearance; inserts and variations are separate collecting paths. This is a format hierarchy, not a price or scarcity ranking.
Topps describes parallels, but a complete first-party football odds/serial-number matrix was not available in this audit. No baseball parallel structure is imported. Serial numbering is not an estimate of total print run.
2 base appearances · 2 autograph appearances · 4 insert / variation appearances. Counts describe checklist rows, not distinct print runs.
These are the official checklist appearances we have mapped. We only show serial numbering when we can source it.
| Checklist | Card number | Printed school | Check it / find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPER PROSPECTS | BPP-199 | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig BPP-199 |
| CHROME PROSPECTS | BCP-199 | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig BCP-199 |
| BOWMAN VERIFIED | BV-21 | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig BV-21 |
| MEGA PROSPECTS | MP-24 | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig MP-24 |
| TALENT TRACKER | TT-22 | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig TT-22 |
| VERY IMPORTANT PROSPECTS | VIP-25 | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig VIP-25 |
| CHROME PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BCPA-JCR | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig BCPA-JCR |
| PAPER PROSPECT AUTOGRAPHS | BPPA-JCR | TCU® | Source 1: 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗Search eBay ↗ for Jaden Craig BPPA-JCR |
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RESEARCH FILEIdentity, open questions & evidence gapsOpen file
TCU; QB; Fifth Year; 6-3; 225 lb.
Source 1: TCU: Jaden Craig official profile / research ↗- school
- TCU (verified)
- position
- QB (verified)
- class
- Fifth Year (verified)
- Date of birth
- Unknown (unknown)
- measurements
- 6-3 / 225 lb (verified)
- recruiting
- All-State selection in both his junior and senior high-school seasons, reported by Harvard. (partial)
- 2026 statistics
- Dated game evidence through 2026-09-19; complete season totals not verified. (partial)
- Draft eligibility
- Unknown (unknown)
- NFL consensus
- Unknown (unknown)
- Next catalyst
- Compare the efficient new-school performance with the next complete game book. (editorial)
- Full date of birth not verified; age is not inferred from class.
- Complete 2026 cumulative statistics through September 21 are not verified; dated games and prior seasons remain separately labeled.
- Draft eligibility and a current independent NFL consensus remain unverified; a school award or watch list is not consensus.
- Verified athletic testing, availability history and position-specific advanced charting are incomplete.
PPG METHODHow the 71.7 grade was built60% supported
We have support for 60% of the normal grade inputs. A player needs at least 60% before we publish a PPG. Missing pieces stay missing.
| Component | Weight | Score / confidence | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| production | 25% | 75medium | Harvard 2025 passing production across 11 starts supports an established mature-season baseline and full-season responsibility; Harvard reports All-State recognition in both of his final two high-school seasons.Source 1: TCU: Jaden Craig official profile / research ↗Source 2: Jaden Craig: additional official evidence ↗ |
| ageClass | 15% | 55medium | Harvard 2025 passing production across 11 starts supports an established mature-season baseline and full-season responsibility; Harvard reports All-State recognition in both of his final two high-school seasons.Source 1: TCU: Jaden Craig official profile / research ↗Source 2: Jaden Craig: additional official evidence ↗ |
| role | 15% | 85medium | Harvard 2025 passing production across 11 starts supports an established mature-season baseline and full-season responsibility; Harvard reports All-State recognition in both of his final two high-school seasons.Source 1: TCU: Jaden Craig official profile / research ↗Source 2: Jaden Craig: additional official evidence ↗ |
| physical | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| pedigree | 5% | 65medium | Harvard 2025 passing production across 11 starts supports an established mature-season baseline and full-season responsibility; Harvard reports All-State recognition in both of his final two high-school seasons.Source 1: TCU: Jaden Craig official profile / research ↗Source 2: Jaden Craig: additional official evidence ↗ |
| consensus | 20% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
| risk | 10% | Unavailableunavailable | Insufficient verified evidence for this component. |
GRADE HISTORYGrade history71.7 PPG · 8 checks
No meaningful grade movement yet. We keep the checks so the first real change has a clean baseline.
| Date | PPG | 7d / 30d / season | Rank | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17T12:00:03.513Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-17T12:01:03.832Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 · correction |
| 2026-09-17T12:13:29.755Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T11:45:00.635Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-22T16:34:28.321Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T12:51:43.562Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-23T14:48:24.458Z | Insufficient data | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | Unranked | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
| 2026-09-24T04:16:58.722Z | 71.7 | Not measured / Not measured / Not measured | 52 | bowman-ppg-v1.0 |
PROVENANCE
Sources
Card identity checked 2026-09-16 · Player research updated 2026-09-22
Open 4 sources
- 2026 Bowman Football Checklist ↗ · Topps · checked 2026-09-16
- TCU: Jaden Craig official profile / research ↗ · TCU · checked 2026-09-22
- Jaden Craig: official observation, 2026-09-19 ↗ · gofrogs.com · checked 2026-09-22
- Jaden Craig: additional official evidence ↗ · TCU · checked 2026-09-22