Kale Pearson: QB · Air Force · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kale Pearson
Runs when the pocket breaks down. On tape: 226 passing yards and 22 rushing yards against Wyoming, Week 2, 2014.
Play style
Dangerous with both arm and legs — defenses can't just pin the ears back.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
44.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 30.0% conversion-per-dropback — 25.0% 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
10 of 13 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (76.9%). 13 of the team's 49 inside-the-5 carries (26.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Colorado Springs Gazette Oct 26Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Air Force | 101 | 171 | 59.1% | 1,590 | 9.3 | 14 | 3 | 160.7 | 74 |
| Career | 101 | 171 | 59.1% | 1,590 | 9.3 | 14 | 3 | 160.7 | 74 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Air Force | 171 | 687 | 4.0 | 6 | 42 |
| Career | 171 | 687 | 4.0 | 6 | 42 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2014 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-16vs Nicholls | 3/6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 24.5 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-17@ Wyoming | 17/32 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 53.1 | Season-high 226 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 48-38@ Georgia State | 12/15 | 224 | 2 | 0 | 14.9 | 95.1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-14vs Boise State | 5/11 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4.4 | 70.9 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-21vs Navy | 11/16 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 53.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34@ Utah State | 9/18 | 169 | 0 | 1 | 9.4 | 16.2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-31vs New Mexico | 5/9 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 17.7 | 68.3 | |
| Wk 10 | W 23-6@ Army | 8/12 | 141 | 2 | 1 | 11.8 | 61.0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-21@ UNLV | 5/6 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 19.2 | 96.5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-38vs Nevada | 11/15 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 8.6 | 99.0 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | L 14-30@ San Diego State | 10/22 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 7.8 | 32.5 | |
 Bowl | W 38-24vs Western Michigan | 5/9 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 23.6 | |
| Total | 101/171 | 1590 | 14 | 3 | 9.3 | — |
Week 5 · 2014
W 28-14
vs Boise State
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 170 passing plays (100 completions) against the box score's 171 attempts (101 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
9.295 of 181 QBsSack rate
5.0%75 of 181 QBsRarely sacked (75 of 181 QBs) and still 5 of 181 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 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 59.1% completion on 171 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 37.0 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2014 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 93.4 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 174 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 125 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 143 | 1.6 | 13.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
20.8%
205 pass / 782 run
Plays / game
75.9
13 games
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2014
171 pass attempts, 171 carries and 1 catch in 12 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Air Force, 1,590 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2014
1 coachPlayed every college season under Troy Calhoun.
