Tucker Gleason

Senior quarterback for Toledo. 2025: 2,515 passing yards, 21 TD, 9 INT.

QB · Toledo · Sr. · #4

6′3″ · 245 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 54 · #53 of 146 QBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to Toledo for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3 pm ETvs TempleGlass BowlToledo by 6

How he plays

Operates within the system without forcing anything.

Sack rate: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

2,515

passing yards · 2025

21 TD · 9 INT · 7.9 per attempt

Best game: 237 pass yds, 3 TD, 37 rush yds, vs Akron

The play that turned itSwung Eastern Michigan from 21% to 61% to win.Toledo at Eastern Michigan · 27-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 quarterback for Toledo. 2025: 2,515 passing yards, 21 TD, 9 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Plant in 2020.
Transferred from Georgia Tech to Toledo in 2021.

His career, year by year

Tucker Gleason

QB · Toledo · Sr · #4

Operates within the system without forcing anything. Five seasons at Toledo, two different head coaches: Jason Candle and Robert Weiner. He has been named All-MAC two seasons running, most recently in 2025. One game to point at: 309 pass yds, 9 rush yds against Northern Illinois — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

2025Toledo8-5HC: Robert Weiner · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #53 of 146?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sack rate (97th percentile). Strength: success rate (84th percentile). Concern: interceptions (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#6 / 183 · 97th pct

1.6%

Success rate#28 / 183 · 84th pct

45.0%

Explosive rate#41 / 183 · 78th pct

10.9%

EPA / dropback#51 / 183 · 72nd pct

0.27

Interception rate#113 / 183 · 39th pct

2.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#39 / 183 · 78th pct

Yards / att#44 / 183 · 75th pct

7.9

Pass yards#60 / 183 · 67th pct

2515

Completion %#59 / 183 · 67th pct

64.7%

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 183 · 59th pct

Rush yards#85 / 183 · 54th pct

144

Interceptions#135 / 183 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

56th → 72nd percentile

Success rate

79th → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 78th percentile

Sack rate

78th → 97th percentile

Interception rate

89th → 39th 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 · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

199/313 (63.6%) · 21 TD · 9 INT

313 of 320 attempts matched to play-by-play

144 of 313 attempts charted for true throw depth

Adjusted ANY/A

7.6639 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

1.5%11 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (11 of 206 QBs) and still 39 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

11% of attempts (16)

94%comp

Air -3.4 · YAC 10.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

56% of attempts (80)

71%comp3 INT

Air 4.2 · YAC 4.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of attempts (29)

52%comp1 INT

Air 14.1 · YAC 3.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of attempts (19)

32%comp1 INT

Air 25.6 · YAC 7.7 avg

Overall 63.6% completion on 313 attempts · 32% completion on 19 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 15 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-10 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/119 (2.5%) · league sack rate 4.2% · ~our read

Down 2

+15 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/91 (2.2%) · league sack rate 4.5% · ~our read

Down 3+

-2 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 0/91 (0.0%) · league sack rate 7.8% · ~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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	231	2.7	10.9	0.3
Road6g	188	0.8	6.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	198	1.3	9.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	221	2.2	7.8	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Jacobs

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #53 of 146 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #2 of 12 Mid-American QBs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	207	320	64.7%	2,515	7.9	21	9	146.7	76	--	--
2024	Toledo	233	385	60.5%	2,793	7.3	24	8	137.9	35	--	--
2023	Toledo	28	55	50.9%	383	7.0	4	1	129.8	45	--	--
2022	Toledo	58	122	47.5%	884	7.2	8	3	125.1	41	--	--
2021	Toledo	5	9	55.6%	69	7.7	0	0	120.0	--	--	--
Career		531	891	59.6%	6,644	7.5	57	21	138.6	52	--	--

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	46	144	3.1	4	--
2024	Toledo	97	364	3.8	7	--
2023	Toledo	12	55	4.6	0	--
2022	Toledo	42	185	4.4	3	--
2021	Toledo	1	4	4.0	0	--
Career		198	752	3.8	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 45–21

vs Western Kentucky

155 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.0 · 21 rush yds (4 car)

Dominant 24-point win at home against Western Kentucky.

With C. Trayanum — 163 rush yds (14 car) · 2 TD · E. Duran — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 51 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 13 · Ball State · 3&13 · Q4 · EPA +6.93(12:14) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass complete deep left to #2 J.Vandeross III caught at BSU30, for 63 yards to the BSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 12:05, 1ST DOWN #45 D.Cunanan kick attempt good (H: #36 E.Duran, LS: #40 J.Roe)
Week 2 · Western Kentucky · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +5.78Tucker Gleason pass complete to Junior Vandeross III for 71 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 8 · Kent State · 2&9 · Q1 · EPA +5.58Tucker Gleason pass complete to Trayvon Rudolph for 58 yds for a TD (Dylan Cunanan KICK)
Week 1 · Kentucky · 4&2 · Q2 · EPA -4.11Tucker Gleason run for 1 yd to the UK 3
Week 12 · Miami (OH) · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA -4.05(07:56) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass intercepted by #26 E.Coppess at MIA00 QB hurried by #2 D.Bell, Touchback
Week 12 · Miami (OH) · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -3.99(01:44) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass intercepted by #1 E.Blakey at MIA17, End Of Play
Week 4 · Western Michigan · 3&7 · Q2 · EPA -3.99Tucker Gleason pass intercepted John Peters return for a loss of 1 yard to the WMU 8
Week 8 · Kent State · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.96Tucker Gleason pass complete to Junior Vandeross III for 32 yds to the KENT 34 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Central Michigan · 3&16 · Q2 · EPA +3.95(08:16) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass complete short middle to #2 J.Vandeross III caught at CMU43, for 24 yards to the CMU35 (#12 J.Kwiatkowski), 1ST DOWN
Week 9 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -3.65(09:02) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 T.Gleason pass intercepted by #44 P.McKenna at WSU40 #44 P.McKenna return for loss of 5 yards to the WSU35 (#2 J.Vandeross III)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 16-24@ Kentucky	23/40	270	1	1	6.8	36.0
Wk 2	W 45-21vs Western Kentucky	7/12	155	2	0	12.9	92.0
Wk 3	W 60-0vs Morgan State	13/17	174	1	0	10.2	75.3
Wk 4	L 13-14@ Western Michigan	15/30	89	0	2	3.0	11.7
Wk 5	W 45-3vs Akron	16/19	237	3	0	12.5	90.8	3 TD passes
Wk 7	L 23-28@ Bowling Green	19/30	264	1	1	8.8	39.5
Wk 8	W 45-10vs Kent State	21/28	294	4	0	10.5	79.8	4 TD passes
Wk 9	L 7-28@ Washington State	26/41	238	1	1	5.8	33.0
Wk 11	W 42-3vs Northern Illinois	25/31	309	2	0	10.0	92.6	Season-high 309 yds
Wk 12	W 24-3@ Miami (OH)	18/31	169	2	2	5.5	60.6
Wk 13	W 38-9vs Ball State	15/24	218	4	2	9.1	46.9	4 TD passes
Wk 14	W 21-3@ Central Michigan	9/17	98	0	0	5.8	48.1
Total		207/320	2515	21	9	8.4	58.9

How he plays

Play style

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

65.9%Completion %

26.8%Conversion/dropback

59.3%Land short of sticks

2INTs

65.9% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 26.8% conversion-per-dropback — 59.3% 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

4/21Inside-5 share

4 of the team's 21 inside-the-5 carries (19.0%).

2026 Outlook

Toledo

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Quarterback · Toledo

Returning around him

66% of 2024 offensive production back (Solid continuity)
2 Toledo players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -5 net (33 in / 38 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Toledo · Last season: 8-5 · Talent rank #116 · 2026 recruiting class #121

DNA match

Player DNA

Pocket Passer

Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Will Howard’s 2023 season.

Will Howard

72%match

Kansas State · 2023

All-Big 12NFL Rd 6

Chase Brice

App State · 2021

All-Sun Belt

72%

Tucker Gleason

Toledo · 2024

68%

Will Levis

Kentucky · 2021

NFL Rd 2 · Pk 2

67%

Matches Will on

Yards / attempt

Differs from Will on

Weight (higher)

EPA / dropback (adj) (higher)

Rush yards / carry (lower)

Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Gerry Bohannon’s path through South Florida.

Gerry Bohannon

98%match

South Florida · 2022

Ben Wooldridge

Louisiana · 2024

All-Sun Belt

96%

Ben Gulbranson

Stanford · 2025

90%

Preston Hutchinson

Chattanooga · 2022

87%

Michael Pratt

Tulane · 2023

All-AACNFL Rd 7

86%

Matches Gerry on

Height

Yards per attempt

Completion %

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Braylon Braxton's graduate season at Southern Miss (2025).

Braylon Braxton

62%match

Southern Miss · 2025

All-Sun Belt

Jacolby Criswell

North Carolina · 2024

43%

Alan Bowman

Oklahoma State · 2024

42%

Hank Bachmeier

Wake Forest · 2024

39%

Connor Bazelak

Bowling Green · 2024

All-MAC

36%

Matches Braylon on

Height

Differs from Braylon on

Weight (higher)

EPA / dropback (adj) (higher)

Rush usage (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Tucker Gleason

Tucker Gleason

Toledo · 2025

68%

KJ Jefferson

UCF · 2024

45%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Tucker Gleason

2020

20213 games

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Passing profile

Situational

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Pocket Passer

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