John Alan Richter

#6 · QB · Jr. · Toledo6′3″ · 225 lb · Gray, GA · Jones County

Toledo is 7-2 in the nine games played. A pocket passer.

Strongest: sacked on 3% of dropbacks, 24th lowest of 159 starters.

Passing yards

2,304

182 of 276, 66%

TD–INT

18–3

8.3 per throw

NCAA rating

155.4

32nd of 119

ZPR

53

49th of 119

How ZPR works

Boom or bust: great in 3, shaky or worse in 3.

Best by our grade: San Diego State. Lowest: at Sacramento State, with 1 interception and sacked 3 times. Best play: Completion for 23 yards, touchdown, against Temple, Q4 0:54. Win chance 18% to 67%.

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Season

Steady through the game

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Pocket passer

Why this word
Runs1.1 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws8.8 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes66%FewerMore
Takes sacks3% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws at a middling depth and rarely runs. 1.1 carries a game. Closest matches: Atkinson, Maiava, Veltkamp, Bailey.

Where the throws go

Behind the line17%typical 17%
Short42%typical 47%
Middle26%typical 22%
Deep16%typical 14%

Runs 1.1 times a game; 94% of starters run more.

Closest in style

AtkinsonMaiavaVeltkampBaileyThis QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Atkinson Oregon State · Pocket passer
    2,956 yards, 25 TD, 2 INT so far. Both complete a lot and rarely run.
  • Maiava USC · Chain-mover
    2,525 yards, 20 TD, 5 INT so far. Both rarely run and score a lot.
  • Veltkamp Florida Atlantic · Precision passer
    2,534 yards, 23 TD, 5 INT so far. Both score a lot and are efficient.
  • Bailey NC State · Chain-mover
    1,955 yards, 13 TD, 4 INT so far. Both avoid sacks and are efficient.

Compared with the 159 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 220 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordToledo is 7-2.
  • Last gameNov. 4 · a win over Sacramento State, 60 passing yards.
  • Next gamevs Massachusetts · Wed Nov 11

What’s being said

6 stories in the last 60 days, from 4 outlets.

Sep 11 to Sep 17: 1Sep 18 to Sep 24: 2Sep 25 to Oct 1: 1Oct 23 to Oct 29: 2W 63-10 vs Central ConnecticutWW 49-48 vs TempleWW 41-16 vs San Diego StateWW 39-24 at Ball StateWL 8-23 vs BuffaloLW 34-14 at Eastern MichiganWW 45-38 vs Western MichiganWW 20-17 at Sacramento StateWSep 11Nov 5Most in a week: 2
Sep 11 to Sep 17: 1Sep 18 to Sep 24: 2Sep 25 to Oct 1: 1Oct 23 to Oct 29: 2W 63-10 vs Central ConnecticutWW 49-48 vs TempleWW 41-16 vs San Diego StateWW 39-24 at Ball StateWL 8-23 vs BuffaloLW 34-14 at Eastern MichiganWW 45-38 vs Western MichiganWW 20-17 at Sacramento StateWSep 11Nov 5Most in a week: 2
Stories per week. W and L: the team’s results.

All 7 stories this season

The most important play this season

  1. Q4, 0:54 · Toledo down 7, ties itJohn Alan Richter finds Daryl Barnett Jr. for a 23-yard touchdownTemple at Toledo, week 3Q4, 0:54 · Toledo 42, Temple 420:54Game-tying touchdown for Toledo with 0:54 left0:54Game-tying touchdown for Toledo with 0:54 leftGame-tying touchdown for Toledo with 0:54 leftJ.Richter pass complete deep right to D.Barnett Jr. caught at TEMPLE00, for 23 yards to the TEMPLE00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play CBS Sports College Football

All 14 plays on video

John Alan Richter

QB · Toledo · #6

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 5

John Alan Richter takes over from Tucker Gleason at Toledo.

2,304passing yards18passing TD4rushing yards

PRODUCES ABOVE PERCEPTION · PCTL GAP

+62

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The production (72nd) is outrunning the reputation (9th). The recognition is the thing lagging behind.

Read the story so far

John Alan Richter arrived as a 3-star prospect. John Alan Richter lines up at QB for Toledo.

On the field, the headline is 2,304 pass yds, with 18 pass td.

John Alan Richter inherited the QB job from Tucker Gleason (3-star).

The number to watch: +62 — produces above perception · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromTucker Gleason 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-05