Tavien St. Clair

#9 · QB · So. · Ohio State6′4″ · 235 lb · Bellefontaine, OH

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Tavien St. Clair is a quarterback at Ohio State who has played in 2 of Ohio State's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 19.

Ohio State is 6-2, No. 11 in the AP poll (week 10).

What’s being said

5 stories this week, from 5 outlets.

Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Ohio State’s Tavien St. Clair Question Needs Answer After Luke Fahey Start

Heavy Nov 1

All 36 stories this season

Two seasons in the Ohio State quarterback room to date.

52 passing yards · 1 passing TD · 8 rushing yards

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Ohio State	5	7	71.4%	52	7.4	1	1	152.4
2025	Ohio State	--	2	0.0%	--	0.0	0	0	0.0
Career		5	9	55.6%	52	5.8	1	1	118.5

Season	Team
2026	Ohio State	2	8	4.0	0	7
2025	Ohio State	--	--	--	--	--
Career		2	8	4.0	0	7

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 56-3vs Ball State	5/6	52	1	0	8.7	—	Season-high 52 yds
Wk 3	W 59-3vs Kent State	0/1	0	0	1	0.0	--
Total		5/7	52	1	1	7.4	—

Signature game

Week 1 · 2026

W 56-3

vs Ball State

52 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT

Dominant 53-point win at home against Ball State.

With J. Sayin — 320 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · J. Smith — 8 rec · 151 yds · 2 TD

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Big Ten
Passing yards	52	270th of 370	37th of 50
Yards an attempt	7.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	1	T-202nd of 370	T-28th of 50
Passer rating	152.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	71.4	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	8	T-233rd of 370	T-25th of 50
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 7 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All Big Ten quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Jayden Maiava	2,525	20	5	296	8.5
2	Julian Sayin	2,007	19	4	192	10.5
3	Ryan Browne	1,964	11	5	250	7.9
4	Aidan Chiles	1,898	13	1	202	9.4
5	Josh Hoover	1,860	19	2	206	9.0
6	Rocco Becht	1,839	13	5	234	7.9
7	Anthony Colandrea	1,824	15	7	263	6.9
8	Malik Washington	1,805	9	7	289	6.2
9	Katin Houser	1,663	13	5	216	7.7
10	Drake Lindsey	1,592	10	6	259	6.1
11	Demond Williams Jr.	1,495	9	3	187	8.0
12	Colton Joseph	1,346	11	5	187	7.2
13	Alessio Milivojevic	1,263	7	3	185	6.8
14	Hank Brown	1,190	8	3	169	7.0
15	Dylan Raiola	1,097	9	2	145	7.6
16	Dylan Lonergan	1,066	10	6	127	8.4
17	Nico Iamaleava	982	4	4	116	8.5
18	Dante Moore	926	9	0	99	9.4
19	Bryce Underwood	924	5	6	124	7.5
20	Elijah Brown	714	7	3	99	7.2
21	Ty Dieffenbach	683	3	1	100	6.8
22	AJ Surace	662	7	5	83	8.0
23	Tommy Carr	503	2	1	68	7.4
24	Jeremy Hecklinski	472	4	2	67	7.0
25	Luke Fahey	463	3	2	51	9.1
26	Grant Wilson	230	3	0	22	10.5
27	Brock Thomas	228	1	1	40	5.7
28	Michael Clayton II	172	4	0	26	6.6
29	Jonas Williams	126	0	1	14	9.0
30	Alex Manske	102	0	0	14	7.3
31	Evans Chuba	96	1	0	14	6.9
32	Ryan Hopkins	93	0	1	13	7.2
33	TJ Lateef	82	1	0	11	7.5
34	Leo Hannan	67	0	1	15	4.5
35	Cardell Williams	63	1	0	7	9.0
36	Cam Fancher	59	0	1	11	5.4
37	Tavien St. Clair	52	1	1	7	7.4
38	Max Shikenjanski	50	0	0	3	16.7
39	Sean Ashenfelder	50	0	1	10	5.0
40	Kayd Coffman	42	1	1	10	4.2
41	Jack Capaldi	35	0	0	2	17.5
42	Brady Palmer	34	0	0	6	5.7
43	Akili Smith Jr.	31	0	0	4	7.8
44	Jimmy Sullivan	13	0	0	4	3.2
45	Tyler Cherry	10	0	0	3	3.3
46	Connor Barry	8	0	0	2	4.0
47	Carson Boyd	5	0	0	1	5.0
48	Madden Iamaleava	0	0	0	1	0.0
49	Nicco Marchiol	0	0	0	1	0.0
50	Daniel Kaelin	-1	0	0	2	-0.5

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Ryan Day, all run-leaning offenses — 18-4 over that span.

2025Ohio State12-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning

2026Ohio State6-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 33. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

33Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Completion %#8 / 159 · 95th pct

71.4%

Yards / att#82 / 159 · 48th pct

7.4

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 26.0 YDS/g, 0.5 TD/g, 4.3 YPA, 0.5 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Pass share

45.0%

250 pass / 306 run

Plays / game

69.5

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Ohio State’s quarterbacks

Tavien St. Clair	Threw in 2 of 8 games · 5 of 7, 52 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · 7.4 yards an attempt on 7 attempts · ran for 8 yds, 0 TD
Julian Sayin	Threw in 7 of 8 games · 131 of 192, 2,007 yds, 19 TD, 4 INT · 10.5 yards an attempt on 192 attempts · ran for -9 yds, 2 TD
Luke Fahey	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 30 of 51, 463 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT · 9.1 yards an attempt on 51 attempts · ran for 13 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Tavien St. Clair. Gray: Julian Sayin, Luke Fahey. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Ball State@ TexasKent StateIllinois@ IowaMaryland@ Indiana@ USC

Awards

Player standing · 2026

7 pass attempts and 2 carries in 2 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Tavien St. Clair

What’s being said

In the news this week

In the news this season

What they’re talking about

Week by week

In the news across his career

What fans are saying

fans question why Tavien St. Clair isn't starting

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Where he ranks

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Ohio State’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

7 pass attempts and 2 carries in 2 games

Two seasons at Ohio State

2025