Rodney Tisdale Jr.

#5 · QB · R-So. · Western Kentucky6′2″ · 195 lb · Jacksonville, FL · First Coast

ZPR4670th of 119 QBsLast gameL 21–35vs Delaware · Oct 27
Nextat Middle TennesseeSat Nov 7 · 3:30 pm ET
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No starts in Western Kentucky’s last 3 games.

Brock Glenn started Western Kentucky’s last game, L 21-35 vs Delaware, Oct 27.

Western Kentucky’s next game: at Middle Tennessee, Sat Nov 7, 3:30 p.m. ET

Western Kentucky is 1-3 in the four games with 10 or more passes thrown. A short-game passer.

Weakest: sacked on 8% of dropbacks, 32nd highest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

883

80 of 123, 65%

TD–INT

4–2

7.2 per throw

NCAA rating

132.8

83rd of 119

ZPR

46

70th of 119

How ZPR works

Graded Shaky at New Mexico State, the last full game; up and down: great in 1, shaky or worse in 2.

  • Lowest game: 31 yards and one interception at Georgia, a loss.

Tap a game for its plays

Q1Q2Q3Q4

at Indiana

L 0–38·Ranked #4

Did not play

Missouri State

W 34–13·Unranked

Did not play

at Sam Houston

W 16–3·Unranked

Left in Q1

Last pass came in the first quarter; Brock Glenn finished the game · 5 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · Sacked 0

Delaware

L 21–35·Unranked

Came on in Q4

Came on in the fourth quarter for Brock Glenn · 21 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · No rushes · Sacked 0

Season

Quarter by quarter

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. Dashed outlines on the Season row are last season’s average. 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

Short-game passer

Why this word
Runs2.5 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws7.1 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes64% by play-by-playFewerMore
Takes sacks8% of dropbacksRarelyOften

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

Throws shorter than most and runs some. 2.5 carries a game. Closest matches: Turner, Sagapolutele ’25, Alejado, Layne ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line20%typical 17%
Short53%typical 47%
Middle16%typical 22%
Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 2.5 times a game; 75% of starters run more.

Closest in style

TurnerSagapolutele ’25AlejadoLayne ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • Turner Marshall · Balanced
    608 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT so far. Both rarely run and are less efficient.
  • Sagapolutele ’25 California 2025 · Short-game passer
    3,446 yards, 18 TD, 9 INT. Both rarely run and throw short.
  • Alejado Hawai'i · Balanced
    2,186 yards, 9 TD, 6 INT so far. Both rarely run and score less.
  • Layne ’25 New Mexico 2025 · Balanced
    2,486 yards, 13 TD, 10 INT. Both score less and take sacks.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordWestern Kentucky is 3-5.

Rodney Tisdale Jr.

QB · Western Kentucky · #5

Second year in the same quarterback room at Western Kentucky. First career honor, 2025: Conference USA Freshman of the Year. A game that shows it: 314 passing yards against New Mexico State — Week 5, 2026.

883 passing yards · 4 passing TD · 20 rushing yards