Senior quarterback for South Alabama. 2023: 351 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
6′3″ · 220 lb · Irondale, AL
The story
4 quarterback for South Alabama. 2023: 351 passing yards, 5 TD, 2 INT.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDesmond Trotter
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Desmond Trotter has been at South Alabama through two head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 216 pass yds, 15 rush yds against Texas State, Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Alabama, 3,828 passing yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Steve Campbell → Kane Wommack. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: completion % (96th percentile). Strength: interceptions (94th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 20.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 166 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 115 | 1.0 | 6.8 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 118 | 2.0 | 8.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Alabama | 29 | 41 | 70.7% | 351 | 8.6 | 5 | 2 | 173.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | South Alabama | 15 | 20 | 75.0% | 144 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 135.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | South Alabama | 61 | 104 | 58.7% | 596 | 5.7 | 5 | 3 | 116.9 | 43 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Alabama | 160 | 247 | 64.8% | 1,917 | 7.8 | 11 | 4 | 141.4 | 44 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Alabama | 56 | 97 | 57.7% | 820 | 8.5 | 8 | 2 | 151.8 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 321 | 509 | 63.1% | 3,828 | 7.5 | 29 | 11 | 140.7 | 44 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Alabama | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | South Alabama | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | South Alabama | 32 | 54 | 1.7 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | South Alabama | 84 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | South Alabama | 61 | 198 | 3.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 197 | 337 | 1.7 | 4 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 12 | W 28-0vs Marshall | 2/3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 94.8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 44-52@ Texas State | 18/21 | 216 | 4 | 1 | 10.3 | 86.2 | Season-high 216 yds |
| Bowl | W 59-10@ Eastern Michigan | 9/17 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 | 58.2 | |
| Total | 29/41 | 351 | 5 | 2 | 7.9 | 79.7 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Lucas Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Lucas on
Differs from Lucas on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele’s path through California.
Matches Jaron-Keawe on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Grant Wilson's junior season at Old Dominion (2024).
Matches Grant on
Player DNA