Jalen Kitna

#7 · QB · Sr. · UAB6′5″ · 225 lb · Tacoma, WA · Burleson

Jalen Kitna is a quarterback at UAB who has not played in UAB's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.

Where Kitna comes from

Tacoma, WAHometown
BurlesonHigh school
Burleson is about 600 miles from Protective StadiumDistance
Three-star, No. 785 in the 2021 class; signed with Florida.Recruiting profile
On the UAB roster since 2024Roster

Where Kitna fits

The consensus depth chart of May 27 lists Kitna at QB, No. 1.

UAB lists 7 quarterbacks this season.

UAB quarterbacks with a game this season

Ryder Burton8 games this season
Nate Rogers7 games this season

UAB is 4-4. Next: vs Charlotte, Sat Nov 7.

Similar players

Same class and position

Mikey KeeneArizona State · QB · No. 819 in the 2021 class
Tahj BullockColorado State · QB · No. 923 in the 2021 class
Braylon BraxtonSouthern Miss · QB · No. 969 in the 2021 class

Also from Tacoma, WA

Gabarri JohnsonOregon State · QB
Leo PulalasiWashington State · RB
Isaiah PattersonWest Virginia · LB
Zaydrius Rainey-SaleWashington · LB

On Trialas of Nov 4

Jalen Kitna is on trial in UAB's fan jury — the eye test against the résumé.

TEAM PASSING YARDS LEADER

2462

Team leader in passing yards (2462).

UAB fans are litigating the player's worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.

high confidence40 sources

Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.

Read the story so far

Jalen Kitna arrived as a 3-star prospect. Jalen Kitna lines up at QB for UAB.

UAB fans are litigating the player's worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.

The number to watch: 2462 — team passing yards leader.

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	UAB	223	337	66.2%	2,462	7.3	13	11	133.7	54
2024	UAB	196	316	62.0%	2,209	7.0	17	11	131.5	40
2022	Florida	10	14	71.4%	181	12.9	1	0	203.6	--
Career		429	667	64.3%	4,852	7.3	31	22	134.2	47

Season	Team
2025	UAB	34	−39	−1.1	8
2024	UAB	45	−60	−1.3	21
2022	Florida	1	6	6.0	6
Career		80	−93	−1.2	21

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 52-42vs Alabama State	18/23	247	2	0	10.7	90.0
Wk 2	L 24-38@ Navy	22/32	304	2	2	9.5	88.8
Wk 3	W 31-28vs Akron	30/45	341	2	1	7.6	30.9
Wk 4	L 24-56@ No. 15 Tennessee	38/51	364	2	1	7.1	47.0	Season-high 364 yds
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Army	24/42	259	1	1	6.2	25.2
Wk 7	L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic	29/41	261	1	0	6.4	30.2
Wk 10	L 19-38@ UConn	2/5	9	0	1	1.8	0.9
Wk 12	L 24-53vs North Texas	26/45	281	1	2	6.2	53.9
Wk 13	L 18-48vs South Florida	20/36	230	0	3	6.4	33.0	3 INTs — rough day
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Tulsa	14/17	166	2	0	9.8	75.3
Total		223/337	2462	13	11	7.3	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	at Navy	L 24-38 · Graded great · Strong start, faded late · 304 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 1 for -3 · Sacked 1
Lowest by our grade	at Florida Atlantic	L 33-53 · Graded rough · 261 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT · Rush 5 for -28 · Sacked 4
Biggest game	at Tennessee	No. 15 at kickoff · L 24-56 · Graded shaky · 364 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for -18 · Sacked 1

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

223/337 (66.2%) · 13 TD · 11 INT

317 of 337 attempts matched to play-by-play

103 of 317 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 317 passing plays (210 completions) against the box score's 337 attempts (223 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.00111 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.8%105 of 206 QBs

Sacked on 4.8% of dropbacks (105 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (111 of 206).

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

14% of attempts (14)

93%comp

Air -2.9 · YAC 8.3 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of attempts (43)

63%comp1 INT

Air 4.6 · YAC 2.4 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

31% of attempts (32)

62%comp4 INT

Air 13.6 · YAC 2.9 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

14% of attempts (14)

14%comp1 INT

Air 28.2 · YAC 25.5 avg

Overall 66.2% completion on 337 attempts · 14% completion on 14 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

+77

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-49 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/91 (3.3%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

-17 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/88 (6.8%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+77 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/77 (6.5%) · league sack rate 7.8%

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Teams and coaches

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2025UAB4-8HC: Trent Dilfer and Alex Mortensen · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 36 (#106 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

36Below cohort / limited sample #106 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: fumbles lost (91st percentile). Concern: interception rate (21st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / dropback#75 / 183 · 59th pct

0.20

Success rate#84 / 183 · 54th pct

41.0%

Sack rate#91 / 183 · 51st pct

5.1%

Explosive rate#118 / 183 · 36th pct

8.2%

Interception rate#145 / 183 · 21st pct

3.2%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 174 · 91st pct

Completion %#39 / 183 · 79th pct

66.2%

Pass yards#66 / 183 · 64th pct

2462

Yards / att#76 / 183 · 57th pct

7.3

Pass TDs#80 / 183 · 55th pct

Interceptions#162 / 183 · 10th pct

Rush TDs#150 / 183 · 9th pct

Rush yards#168 / 183 · 8th pct

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Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

62nd → 59th percentile

Success rate

53rd → 54th percentile

Explosive rate

57th → 36th percentile

Sack rate

49th → 51st percentile

Interception rate

36th → 21st percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 253 dropbacks

54Zeitgeist Passer Rating59th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 133.7 84th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 25 places higher than passer rating does: positive plays and yards per attempt come at a higher rate than the box line suggests.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

47.7%66th pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · -0.9% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.1956th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · -0.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

5.9%44th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +0.4% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (81 of 334 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home5g	272	1.2	7.4	1.4
Road5g	221	1.4	6.9	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	296	1.7	7.9	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	172	0.8	6.1	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Pass share

53.0%

438 pass / 389 run

Plays / game

68.9

12 games

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

337 pass attempts, 34 carries and 1 catch in 10 games, about as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

36 · #106 of 146 QBs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #106 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #11 of 15 American Athletic QBs

How the All-AAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).

Starter

Returning starter at quarterback for a 4-8 UAB team that went +3 in the portal.

Jalen Kitna

Where Kitna comes from

Where Kitna fits

UAB quarterbacks with a game this season

Similar players

Same class and position

Also from Tacoma, WA

In the game threads

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Highs and lows

Passing profile

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Starter

Five seasons, two schools

2021