Senior quarterback for Western Kentucky. 2018: 709 passing yards, 3 TD, 0 INT.
6′3″ · 220 lb · Daytona, FL
The story
4 quarterback for Western Kentucky. 2018: 709 passing yards, 3 TD, 0 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDrew Eckels
Drew Eckels has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Western Kentucky. The receipt on tape: 347 pass yds, 3 pass TD against Maine, Week 2, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 923 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jeff Brohm → Mike Sanford Jr.. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Concern: pass tds (5th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 347 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 181 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 257 | 1.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 195 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 50 | 99 | 50.5% | 709 | 7.2 | 3 | 0 | 120.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 8 | 11 | 72.7% | 86 | 7.8 | 0 | 1 | 120.2 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 12 | 50.0% | 118 | 9.8 | 2 | 0 | 187.6 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 65 | 123 | 52.8% | 923 | 7.5 | 5 | 1 | 127.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Western Kentucky | 24 | 21 | 0.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2017 | Western Kentucky | 12 | 27 | 2.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2016 | Western Kentucky | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2015 | Western Kentucky | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 41 | 38 | 0.9 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-34@ Wisconsin | 15/26 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-31vs Maine | 23/41 | 347 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 | — | Season-high 347 yds |
| Wk 10 | L 10-29@ Middle Tennessee | 12/32 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | — | |
| Total | 50/99 | 709 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | — |