Tate Rodemaker: QB · Southern Miss · #18.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Tate Rodemaker
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. On tape: 234 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Troy, Week 14, 2024.
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
54.8% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 20.6% conversion-per-dropback — 58.8% 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
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 98 | 165 | 59.4% | 985 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 115.1 | 26 |
| 2023 | Florida State | 32 | 56 | 57.1% | 510 | 9.1 | 5 | 0 | 163.1 | 41 |
| 2022 | Florida State | 18 | 31 | 58.1% | 254 | 8.2 | 2 | 2 | 135.3 | -- |
| 2021 | Florida State | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 79.4 | -- |
| 2020 | Florida State | 17 | 29 | 58.6% | 130 | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 75.6 | -- |
| Career | 166 | 283 | 58.7% | 1,886 | 6.7 | 14 | 12 | 122.5 | 30 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 26 | −90 | −3.5 | 0 | 11 |
| 2023 | Florida State | 9 | −18 | −2.0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2022 | Florida State | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | 22 |
| 2021 | Florida State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida State | 8 | −13 | −1.6 | 0 | 17 |
| Career | 53 | −107 | −2.0 | 0 | 22 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-31@ Kentucky | 13/19 | 126 | 0 | 2 | 6.6 | 23.7 | |
| Wk 2 | W 35-10vs SE Louisiana | 18/33 | 179 | 2 | 0 | 5.4 | 32.7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-49vs South Florida | 10/15 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 86.4 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-44@ Jacksonville State | 3/5 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-23vs Louisiana | 15/21 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 15-32@ James Madison | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-58@ Texas State | 6/15 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 23.7 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-35vs South Alabama | 15/27 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 28.9 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-52@ Troy | 18/30 | 234 | 2 | 2 | 7.8 | 24.0 | Season-high 234 yds |
| Total | 98/165 | 985 | 7 | 7 | 6.0 | — |
Week 2 · 2024
W 35-10
vs SE Louisiana
179 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 32.7
Dominant 25-point win at home against SE Louisiana.
With B. Lofton — 47.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 2 inside the 20 · E. Crawford — 59 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.5 · 14 rush yds (3 car)
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 160 passing plays (95 completions) against the box score's 165 attempts (98 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.04183 of 205 QBsSack rate
8.3%168 of 205 QBsSacked on 8.3% of dropbacks (168 of 205) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (183 of 205).
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 59.4% completion on 165 attempts · 12 deep completions averaging 34.1 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 137 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 87.6 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 116 | 0.8 | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 101 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Reed Stringer
Pass share
43.7%
318 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
60.7
12 games
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #137 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Florida State and Southern Miss, 1,886 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Played for two programs.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Norvell, Will Hall and Reed Stringer.
