Drew Plitt

Senior quarterback for Ball State. 2021: 2,541 passing yards, 18 TD, 6 INT.

QB · Ball State · Sr. · #9

6′2″ · 217 lb · Loveland, OH

CFB Index 28 · #104 of 126 QBsHigh confidenceBall State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 quarterback for Ball State. 2021: 2,541 passing yards, 18 TD, 6 INT.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ball State, 9,039 passing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20207 games

All-MACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Ball State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM

All-MAC 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Mike Neu

Ball State

Played his entire career under Mike Neu.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Mike Neu — 24-33 over that span.

2017Ball State2-10HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning

2018Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Ball State5-7HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Ball State7-1HC: Mike Neu · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ball State6-7HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

28Below cohort / limited sample #104 of 126?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interception rate (84th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#28 / 167 · 84th pct

1.2%

Sack rate#68 / 167 · 60th pct

5.6%

Success rate#90 / 167 · 46th pct

46.3%

EPA / dropback#125 / 167 · 25th pct

0.15

Explosive rate#131 / 167 · 22nd pct

7.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#57 / 169 · 64th pct

Pass yards#64 / 169 · 62nd pct

2541

Interceptions#63 / 169 · 56th pct

Rush yards#80 / 169 · 53rd pct

131

Rush TDs#77 / 169 · 47th pct

Completion %#100 / 169 · 41st pct

60.3%

Yards / att#138 / 169 · 17th pct

6.2

Fumbles lost#125 / 159 · 14th pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Success rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Sack rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Interception rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

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).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	197	1.3	6.2	0.3
Road6g	177	1.5	6.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	195	1.3	6.8	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	177	1.6	5.5	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

28 · #104 of 126 QBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Ball State	248	411	60.3%	2,541	6.2	18	6	123.8	38	--	--
2020	Ball State	164	250	65.6%	2,154	8.6	17	6	155.6	57	--	--
2019	Ball State	238	370	64.3%	2,918	7.9	24	7	148.2	--	--	--
2018	Ball State	85	131	64.9%	996	7.6	6	8	131.7	--	--	--
2017	Ball State	42	84	50.0%	430	5.1	3	3	97.6	--	--	--
Career		777	1,246	62.4%	9,039	7.3	68	30	136.5	47	--	--

Season	Team
2021	Ball State	81	131	1.6	2	--
2020	Ball State	80	49	0.6	4	--
2019	Ball State	91	171	1.9	5	--
2018	Ball State	36	43	1.2	2	--
2017	Ball State	34	29	0.9	1	--
Career		322	423	1.3	14	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 31–21

vs Western Illinois

188 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 31.7 · 18 rush yds (5 car)

With N. Snyder — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG · J. Hall — 12 rush yds (4 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Georgia State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA -7.06Drew Plitt pass intercepted for a TD Antavious Lane return for 55 yds for a TD, (Noel Ruiz KICK)
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +6.08Drew Plitt pass complete to Jalen McGaughy for 75 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 1 · Western Illinois · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +4.97Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 49 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 1 · Georgia State · 2&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.74Drew Plitt pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 56 yds for a TD, (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 10 · Akron · 3&11 · Q1 · EPA +3.96Drew Plitt pass complete to Trevor Hohlt for 34 yds to the Akron 25 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Toledo · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.82Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 35 yds to the Toled 26 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Western Illinois · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 48 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.54Drew Plitt pass complete to Justin Hall for 33 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 5 · Army · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.41Drew Plitt pass complete to Jayshon Jackson for 44 yds for a TD, (Jake Chanove KICK)
Week 6 · Western Michigan · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +3.25Drew Plitt pass complete to Yo'Heinz Tyler for 24 yds for a TD (Jake Chanove KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 31-21vs Western Illinois	17/28	188	2	0	6.7	31.7
Wk 2	L 13-44@ Penn State	25/39	176	0	2	4.5	71.9
Wk 3	L 12-45@ Wyoming	8/14	60	0	1	4.3	3.2
Wk 4	L 12-22vs Toledo	21/35	190	0	0	5.4	46.3
Wk 5	W 28-16vs Army	17/28	233	2	0	8.3	54.4
Wk 6	W 45-20@ Western Michigan	15/25	310	4	0	12.4	78.2	Season-high 310 yds
Wk 7	W 38-31@ Eastern Michigan	27/35	207	1	0	5.9	80.9
Wk 8	L 17-24vs Miami (OH)	22/34	227	2	1	6.7	46.9
Wk 10	W 31-25@ Akron	18/31	185	3	0	6.0	67.5	3 TD passes
Wk 11	L 29-30@ Northern Illinois	11/26	126	1	0	4.8	34.8
Wk 12	L 17-37vs Central Michigan	21/39	170	1	1	4.4	31.7
Wk 13	W 20-3vs Buffalo	19/31	176	1	0	5.7	62.3
Total		221/365	2248	17	5	6.3	50.8

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

56.5%Completion %

29.4%Conversion/dropback

42.3%Land short of sticks

0INTs

56.5% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 29.4% conversion-per-dropback — 42.3% 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