Drew Plitt: QB · Ball State · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Drew Plitt
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Five seasons in the Ball State quarterback room to date. The first one came in 2020: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 310 passing yards and 4 passing TD against Western Michigan — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
56.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 29.4% conversion-per-dropback — 42.3% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
8 of 10 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (80.0%). 3 of the team's 18 inside-the-5 carries (16.7%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ball State | 248 | 411 | 60.3% | 2,541 | 6.2 | 18 | 6 | 123.8 | 38 |
| 2020 | Ball State | 164 | 250 | 65.6% | 2,154 | 8.6 | 17 | 6 | 155.6 | 57 |
| 2019 | Ball State | 238 | 370 | 64.3% | 2,918 | 7.9 | 24 | 7 | 148.2 | 52 |
| 2018 | Ball State | 85 | 131 | 64.9% | 996 | 7.6 | 6 | 8 | 131.7 | 50 |
| 2017 | Ball State | 42 | 84 | 50.0% | 430 | 5.1 | 3 | 3 | 97.6 | 29 |
| Career | 777 | 1,246 | 62.4% | 9,039 | 7.3 | 68 | 30 | 136.5 | 48 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ball State | 81 | 131 | 1.6 | 2 | 27 |
| 2020 | Ball State | 80 | 49 | 0.6 | 4 | 16 |
| 2019 | Ball State | 91 | 171 | 1.9 | 5 | 51 |
| 2018 | Ball State | 36 | 43 | 1.2 | 2 | 22 |
| 2017 | Ball State | 34 | 29 | 0.9 | 1 | 13 |
| Career | 322 | 423 | 1.3 | 14 | 51 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-21vs Western Illinois | 17/28 | 188 | 2 | 0 | 6.7 | 31.7 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-44@ No. 11 Penn State | 25/39 | 176 | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 71.9 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-45@ Wyoming | 8/14 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 12-22vs Toledo | 21/35 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 46.3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-16vs Army | 17/28 | 233 | 2 | 0 | 8.3 | 54.4 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ Western Michigan | 15/25 | 310 | 4 | 0 | 12.4 | 78.2 | Season-high 310 yds |
| Wk 7 | W 38-31@ Eastern Michigan | 27/35 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 5.9 | 80.9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24vs Miami (OH) | 22/34 | 227 | 2 | 1 | 6.7 | 46.9 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-25@ Akron | 18/31 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 6.0 | 67.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | L 29-30@ Northern Illinois | 11/26 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 34.8 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-37vs Central Michigan | 21/39 | 170 | 1 | 1 | 4.4 | 31.7 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3vs Buffalo | 19/31 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 5.7 | 62.3 | |
| Total | 221/365 | 2248 | 17 | 5 | 6.2 | — |
Week 6 · 2021
W 45-20
The plays that mattered most
5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 197 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 177 | 1.5 | 6.3 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 195 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 177 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Neu
Pass share
50.3%
439 pass / 434 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2021
411 pass attempts and 81 carries in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #104 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Ball State, 9,039 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 43 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Neu.
