Jordan McCloud

Former quarterback at Texas State. 2024: 3,222 passing yards, 30 TD, 13 INT.

QB · Texas State · Sr. · #3

6′0″ · 200 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 65 · #33 of 137 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceTexas State 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former quarterback at Texas State. 2024: 3,222 passing yards, 30 TD, 13 INT.

Transferred from James Madison to Texas State in 2024.
Named Sun Belt Player of the Year in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas State, 10,143 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20213 games

Entered the portal

202313 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltfirst
Sun Belt Player of the Yearwinner

202413 games

Entered the portal
All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

11 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2021

Jake Spavital

Texas State

2023–2024

G.J. Kinne

Texas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Florida4-8HC: Charlie Strong · Run-leaning

2020South Florida1-8HC: Jeff Scott · Balanced

2021Arizona2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

2024Texas State8-5HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

65Quality starter #33 of 137?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / dropback (89th percentile). Strength: success rate (89th percentile). Concern: interception rate (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / dropback#19 / 169 · 89th pct

0.37

Success rate#19 / 169 · 89th pct

47.8%

Sack rate#45 / 169 · 74th pct

4.1%

Explosive rate#63 / 169 · 63rd pct

10.8%

Interception rate#144 / 169 · 15th pct

3.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#8 / 165 · 95th pct

Completion %#10 / 165 · 94th pct

69.9%

Pass yards#18 / 165 · 89th pct

3222

Rush TDs#19 / 165 · 85th pct

Yards / att#29 / 165 · 82nd pct

8.3

Rush yards#52 / 165 · 69th pct

278

Fumbles lost#68 / 159 · 44th pct

Interceptions#162 / 165 · 2nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

96th → 89th percentile

Success rate

97th → 89th percentile

Explosive rate

75th → 63rd percentile

Sack rate

69th → 74th percentile

Interception rate

64th → 15th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

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

254/370 (68.6%) · 30 TD · 13 INT

370 of 389 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

7.9332 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

4.0%55 of 205 QBs

Rarely sacked (55 of 205 QBs) and still 32 of 205 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

Short

0–9 yds

54%of completions

136 comp4.9 yds avg7 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

31%of completions

78 comp13.3 yds avg7 TD

Deep

20+ yds

16%of completions

40 comp31.2 yds avg13 TD

Overall 68.6% completion on 370 attempts · 40 deep completions averaging 31.2 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline

No situation moves him more than 41 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-28 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/174 (3.4%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

+14 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/100 (4.0%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 3+

+41 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 4/86 (4.7%) · league sack rate 8.1% · ~our read

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.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home8g	271	2.6	8.6	0.9
Road5g	211	1.8	8.5	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	289	2.9	8.9	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	200	1.7	8.2	1.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

G.J. Kinne

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #33 of 137 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	272	389	69.9%	3,222	8.3	30	13	158.3	72	--	--
2023	James Madison	282	413	68.3%	3,670	8.9	35	10	166.0	79	--	--
2021	South Florida	48	73	65.8%	481	6.6	2	5	116.4	52	--	--
2020	South Florida	120	194	61.9%	1,341	6.9	9	2	133.2	28	--	--
2019	South Florida	124	224	55.4%	1,429	6.4	12	8	119.5	--	--	--
Career		846	1,293	65.4%	10,143	7.8	88	38	147.9	65	--	--

Season	Team
2024	Texas State	74	278	3.8	7	--
2023	James Madison	96	276	2.9	8	--
2021	South Florida	18	75	4.2	0	--
2020	South Florida	62	74	1.2	1	--
2019	South Florida	105	283	2.7	4	--
Career		355	986	2.8	20	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–27

vs Lamar

238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD · K. Wilson — 7 rec · 65 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · South Alabama · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA -7.01Jordan McCloud pass intercepted Blayne Myrick return for 33 yds for a TD (Laith Marjan KICK)
Week 1 · North Texas · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +5.90Jordan McCloud pass complete to Jaden Williams for 70 yds to the UNT 1 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · UTSA · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA +5.26J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by C.Dawn for 46 yards. TOUCHDOWN.
Week 2 · UTSA · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.83J.McCloud pass complete. Catch made by C.Dawn for 60 yards. Tackled by S.Dumas at UTSA 2.
Week 14 · South Alabama · 2&3 · Q2 · EPA -4.79Jordan McCloud pass intercepted, touchback. Jaden Voisin return for no gain
Week 6 · Troy · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +4.44Jordan McCloud run for 42 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 1 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -4.21Jordan McCloud pass intercepted Evan Jackson return for 14 yds to the UNT 22
Week 7 · Arkansas State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +4.10Jordan McCloud pass complete to Kole Wilson for 53 yds for a TD (Mason Shipley KICK)
Week 6 · Troy · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA -4.03Jordan McCloud pass intercepted Jordan Stringer return for no gain to the TROY 34
Week 1 · Lamar · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +4.02Joey Hobert 37 Yd pass from Jordan McCloud (Mason Shipley Kick)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27vs Lamar	21/30	238	3	1	7.9	63.9	3 TD passes
Wk 2	W 49-10vs UTSA	18/27	309	2	1	11.4	93.9
Wk 3	L 28-31vs Arizona State	29/44	268	4	1	6.1	79.4	4 TD passes
Wk 5	L 39-40@ Sam Houston	29/39	326	3	0	8.4	88.6	3 TD passes
Wk 6	W 38-17@ Troy	20/29	252	3	2	8.7	91.8	3 TD passes
Wk 7	W 41-9vs Arkansas State	24/29	320	4	0	11.0	90.8	4 TD passes
Wk 8	L 14-24@ Old Dominion	17/33	173	1	2	5.2	48.4
Wk 10	L 17-23vs Louisiana	12/18	88	0	0	4.9	30.3
Wk 11	W 38-17@ UL Monroe	4/5	56	1	0	11.2	87.4
Wk 12	W 58-3vs Southern Miss	23/28	335	4	1	12.0	86.7	Season-high 335 yds
Wk 13	L 44-52vs Georgia State	28/44	302	3	2	6.9	45.3	3 TD passes
Wk 14	W 45-38@ South Alabama	21/28	248	1	2	8.9	81.9
Bowl	W 30-28vs North Texas	26/35	307	1	1	8.8	56.3
Total		272/389	3222	30	13	8.6	72.7

How he plays

Play style

Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

64.7%Completion %

18.9%Conversion/dropback

68.2%Land short of sticks

3INTs

64.7% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 18.9% conversion-per-dropback — 68.2% 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. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

3/28Inside-5 share

3 of the team's 28 inside-the-5 carries (10.7%).