Tait Reynolds

#2 · QB · Fr. · Clemson6′2″ · 215 lb · Queen Creek, AZ

ZPR21115th of 119 QBsLast gameW 36–24at Florida State · Oct 31
Nextat SyracuseSat Nov 7 · 12 pm ET

Graded Shaky or Rough in each of the last two games.

Last game: W 36-24 at Florida State, Oct 31 · 18 of 32 for 189 yards, 2 touchdowns · 14 carries for 85 yards, a rushing touchdown

Clemson’s next game: at Syracuse, Sat Nov 7, 12:00 p.m. ET · ESPN2

Clemson is 5-2 in the seven games with 10 or more passes thrown. A short-game passer who runs a lot.

Strongest: an interception on 1.1% of throws, tied for 28th lowest of 158 starters. Weakest: a touchdown on 1.6% of throws, 5th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,287

137 of 211, 65%

TD–INT

3–3

6.1 per throw

NCAA rating

118.0

109th of 119

ZPR

21

115th of 119

How ZPR works

Shaky or worse in 7 of 7 graded games.

Best by our grade: North Carolina. Lowest: at Florida State, sacked 4 times. Biggest game: Miami, No. 4. Best play: Run for 79 yards, touchdown, at Florida State, Q4 3:17. Win chance 68% to 94%. Costliest play: Sack, against Virginia Tech, Q4 0:48. Win chance 26% to 4%.

Tap a game for its plays

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Season

Steady through the game

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game; on games with a lot of running it grades the passing only. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Short-game passer

Also: mobile, yards after catch

Why this word
Runs7.2 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws6.9 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes65%FewerMore
Takes sacks9% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws shorter than most and runs a lot. 7.2 carries a game. Closest matches: Iamaleava ’25, Lopez ’25, Tisdale, Flores ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line27%typical 17%
Short44%typical 47%
Middle17%typical 22%
Deep12%typical 14%

Runs 7.2 times a game; 80% of starters run less.

Closest in style

Iamaleava ’25Lopez ’25TisdaleFlores ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Iamaleava ’25 UCLA 2025 · Mobile passer
    1,928 yards, 13 TD, 7 INT. Both protect the ball and run a lot.
  • Lopez ’25 North Carolina 2025 · Balanced
    1,747 yards, 10 TD, 5 INT. Both are less efficient and score less.
  • Tisdale Western Kentucky · Short-game passer
    883 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT so far. Both throw short and protect the ball.
  • Flores ’25 Oklahoma State 2025 · Short-game passer
    1,454 yards, 3 TD, 7 INT. Both score less and are less efficient.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordClemson is 5-3.
  • Fans after Florida State

    Tait Reynolds has the look of an emo band frontman from 2005

    Clemson fan

What’s being said

10 stories this week, from 7 outlets.

Oct 29: 2Oct 31: 2Nov 1: 5Nov 2: 1W 36-24 at Florida StateWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 5
Oct 29: 2Oct 31: 2Nov 1: 5Nov 2: 1W 36-24 at Florida StateWOct 29Nov 4Most in a day: 5
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Why Clemson QB Tait Reynolds Is Embracing Away Challenge At Florida State

Sports Illustrated +1 Oct 29

All 121 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Tait Reynolds's longest run is 79 yards, 4th among FBS quarterbacks.

His most important play this season

  1. Q4, 3:17 · Clemson up 5Tait Reynolds runs 79 yards for a touchdownClemson at Florida State, week 9Q4, 3:17 · Clemson 36, Florida State 247979-yard touchdown run7979-yard touchdown run79-yard touchdown runT.Reynolds rush right for 79 yards gain to the FSU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 8 of his plays on video

Tait Reynolds

QB · Clemson · Fr · #2

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Tait Reynolds takes over from Cade Klubnik at Clemson.

1,287passing yards3passing TD249rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-63

perception vs production percentile · 2026

67th-percentile reputation, 4th-percentile tape — somewhere in that 63-point gap is the real player.

Read the story so far

Tait Reynolds arrived as a 3-star prospect. Tait Reynolds lines up at QB for Clemson.

On the field, the headline is 1,287 pass yds, with 3 pass td.

Tait Reynolds inherited the QB job from Cade Klubnik (5-star).

The number to watch: -63 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromCade Klubnik 5★
  • Pushed byChristopher Vizzina 4★
  • How many games until Christopher Vizzina (4★) takes the job from Tait Reynolds?

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