Rodney Tisdale Jr.

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

ZPR4670th of 119 QBs Last 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.

Plays most like Turner, Marshall.

Passing yards

883

80 of 123, 65%

TD–INT

4–2

7.2 per throw

NCAA rating

132.8

83rd of 119

ZPR

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 Nevada

L 14–49·Unranked

Solid

Steady all game · 203 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for 13 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 2

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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at Georgia

L 20–70·Ranked #2

Rough

31 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 4 for -11 · Lost a fumble · Sacked 1

None of the quarterback’s own plays moved the team's chance of winning by more than a few points.

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at Indiana

L 0–38·Ranked #4

Did not play

Mercyhurst

W 52–7·FCS

Great

309 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 7 for 18 · Sacked 1

Biggest swing: a Q1 completion added 20 points of win chance. Win chance: 59% to 79%.

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at New Mexico State

L 13–34·Unranked

Shaky

314 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 10 for -14 · The interception cost about 14 points of win chance · Sacked 5

Biggest swing: a Q2 interception cost the team 14 points of win chance. Win chance: 31% to 17%.

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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

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

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Western Kentucky	80	123	65.0%	883	7.2	4	2	132.8	46
2025	Western Kentucky	139	212	65.6%	1,432	6.8	9	7	129.7	39
Career		219	335	65.4%	2,315	6.9	13	9	130.9	42

Season	Team
2026	Western Kentucky	31	6	0.2	0	16
2025	Western Kentucky	52	108	2.1	2	15
Career		83	114	1.4	2	16

Last game (Wk 9): 21 passing yards.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 6 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	Grade	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	SK	RUSH	Note
Wk 1	L 14-49@ Nevada	Solid	24/40	203	0	0	5.1	51.1	2	13
Wk 2	L 20-70@ No. 2 Georgia	Rough	6/14	31	0	1	2.2	17.5	1	-11
Wk 4	W 52-7vs Mercyhurst	Great	19/23	309	4	0	13.4	81.0	1	18	4 TD passes
Wk 5	L 13-34@ New Mexico State	Shaky	29/40	314	0	1	7.9	17.0	5	-14	Season-high 314 yds
Wk 7	W 16-3@ Sam Houston	Left in Q1	1/1	5	0	0	5.0	--	0	—
Wk 9	L 21-35vs Delaware	Came on in Q4	1/5	21	0	0	4.2	8.7	0	—
Total			80/123	883	4	2	7.2	—	9	6

The latest game

Oct. 27 · L 21-35 vs Delaware

1 of 5 for 21 yards.

His season, game by game

The season, game by game

L 21-35 vs DelawareOct. 2721 yds1 of 5Play by play just above

W 16-3 at Sam HoustonOct. 145 yds1 of 1

Play by playOn the field

1 of 1 for 5 yards.

0 of 1 of his drives scored
1 of 1 on 3rd and 4th down

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt1 of 1, 5 yds1
FinalW 16-3

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
5-yard completion to Ajay Allen on 3rd and 9. First quarter, up 7-0. Converted.

1020304050

leftmiddleright

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

4 more games, with the play by play

L 13-34 at New Mexico StateOct. 1314 yds29 of 40, 1 INTBox score only

29 of 40 for 314 yards and an interception.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

W 52-7 vs MercyhurstSept. 26309 yds19 of 23, 4 TDBox score only

19 of 23 for 309 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 20-70 at GeorgiaSept. 1231 yds6 of 14, 1 INTBox score only

6 of 14 for 31 yards and an interception.

Not drawn: the play-by-play doesn’t add up to the box score.

L 14-49 at NevadaSept. 5203 yds24 of 40

Play by playOn the field

24 of 40 for 203 yards. He ran 6 times for 34 yards, after 13 runs in his other five games combined.

2 of 12 of his drives scored
7 of 15 on 3rd and 4th down
sacked 3 times
6 runs for 34 yds

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
Punt3 of 3, 29 yds1
Punt2 of 3, 17 yds
Punt1 of 2, 0 yds
Second quarterbegan down 14-0
TD4 of 4, 39 yds
Punt0 of 1, 0 yds2
Half3 of 7, 20 yds3
Third quarterbegan down 21-7
Punt1 of 1, 8 yds
Fumble5 of 7, 52 yds4
Punt0 of 3, 0 yds
Downs3 of 6, 24 yds
Fourth quarterbegan down 35-7
Fumble—
TD2 of 3, 14 yds
FinalL 14-49

a drive that ended in a touchdown or a field goala drive he didn’t playa completion, by its yardshis runincompleteinterceptedsacked, by the yards lost

completea touchdownincompleteinterceptedhis runsacked

1
No gain on 3rd and 12. First quarter, down 7-0.
2
2-yard run on 3rd and 8. Second quarter, down 14-7.
3
6-yard completion to Ajay Allen on 4th and 3. Second quarter, down 21-7. Converted.
4
26-yard completion to CC Ezirim on 3rd and 7. Third quarter, down 28-7. Converted.

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leftmiddlerightno spot

a completionincompleteinterceptedsacked, below the line

Each pass sits where it was caught or thrown to, in yards past the line. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.

Signature game

Week 4 · 2026

W 52-7

vs Mercyhurst

309 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · 18 rush yds (7 car)

Dominant 45-point win at home against Mercyhurst.

With B. Glenn — 101 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 72.6 · 50 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · N. Johnson — 1 rec · 72 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · New Mexico State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA −9.05R.Tisdale Jr. pass intercepted by D.Peters at WKU45 D.Peters return 45 yards for a touchdown
Week 4 · Mercyhurst · 2nd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +6.25Tisdale Jr. to Johnson: a 72-yard touchdown pass.
Week 4 · Mercyhurst · 4th and 5 · Q2 · EPA +5.58Tisdale Jr. to Allen: a 41-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · New Mexico State · 4th and 2 · Q4 · EPA −5.07R.Tisdale Jr. sacked for loss of 10 yards (G.Peterson), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 5 · New Mexico State · 4th and 6 · Q3 · EPA −4.40R.Tisdale Jr. sacked for loss of 8 yards (J.Gwan), TURNOVER ON DOWNS
Week 1 · Nevada · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA −4.27Tisdale Jr. to McGill: a 5-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 4 · Mercyhurst · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +3.69Tisdale Jr. to Burroughs: a 20-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Georgia · 3rd and 11 · Q2 · EPA −3.41R.Tisdale Jr. pass intercepted by D.Jones at WKU44 D.Jones return 43 yards (Q.Humphreys) PENALTY UGA UNS: Unsportsmanlike Conduct (D.Jones) 15 yards from WKU01 to WKU16. UGA is challenging the ruling on the field - "Short of the goal line". CALL UPHELD
Week 1 · Nevada · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +3.39Tisdale Jr. to Ezirim: a 26-yard pass.
Week 5 · New Mexico State · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Tisdale Jr. to Stafford Jr.: a 36-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	Conference USA
Passing yards	883	127th of 370	11th of 28
Yards an attempt	7.2	T-88th of 152	7th of 13
Touchdown passes	4	T-134th of 370	T-11th of 28
Passer rating	132.8	T-99th of 152	8th of 13
Completion percentage	65.0	T-59th of 152	6th of 13
Rushing yards	6	T-243rd of 370	17th of 28
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game.

All Conference USA quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	JJ Kohl	1,801	11	9	255	7.1
2	Caden Creel	1,746	13	8	209	8.4
3	Landyn Locke	1,653	12	5	236	7.0
4	Rickie Collins	1,617	7	6	229	7.1
5	Roman Gagliano	1,587	12	4	258	6.2
6	Nick Minicucci	1,477	14	4	170	8.7
7	Deshawn Purdie	1,453	10	1	152	9.6
8	Henry Belin IV	1,071	8	4	126	8.5
9	Trey Hedden	906	5	6	124	7.3
10	Brock Glenn	887	6	4	165	5.4
11	Rodney Tisdale Jr.	883	4	2	123	7.2
12	Skyler Locklear	788	4	2	108	7.3
13	Adam Damante	638	4	4	118	5.4
14	Tyler Bell	373	3	1	49	7.6
15	DJ Bailey	258	0	0	37	7.0
16	Braden Streeter	175	1	3	35	5.0
17	Landon Varnes	154	0	0	22	7.0
18	EJ Archield Jr.	137	0	0	19	7.2
19	Jaylen Henderson	131	2	0	18	7.3
20	Zach Marker	109	0	0	15	7.3
21	Brett Holloway	64	1	1	5	12.8
22	Riley Trujillo	38	0	0	3	12.7
23	Jack Moran	25	0	0	2	12.5
24	Skyler Williams	12	0	1	4	3.0
25	Elijah Leonard	7	0	0	1	7.0
26	Ethan Vasko	6	1	0	2	3.0
27	Caleb McMickle	3	0	0	2	1.5
28	Peter Costelli	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -18 to +27 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Pass targets

Stafford and Burroughs saw 51 of the 127 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Jonathan Stafford Jr.	33	23	242	4.6	6.1
Quincy Burroughs	18	7	122	9.3	7.4
Cameron Flowers	17	10	114	9.8	3.3
Ajay Allen	12	9	75	2.3	6.1
CC Ezirim	8	5	78	9.8	7.2
8 others	32	26	252	7.1	4.7
No receiver charted	7	Both interceptions are among these

Play by play: 127 passes, 80 caught, 883 yards; the box score counts 123 attempts. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

80/123 (65.0%) · 4 TD · 2 INT

All 123 box-score attempts covered (play-by-play lists 127 passing plays)

125 of 127 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 127 passing plays (80 completions) against the box score's 123 attempts (80 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

6.10114 of 185 QBs

Sack rate

7.5%144 of 185 QBs

Sacked on 7.5% of dropbacks (144 of 185) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (114 of 185).

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

20% of attempts (25)

84%comp

Air -2.4 · YAC 6.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

54% of attempts (67)

63%comp1 INT

Air 4.4 · YAC 4.3 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

15% of attempts (19)

58%comp

Air 13.3 · YAC 8.5 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

11% of attempts (14)

43%comp1 INT

Air 26.4 · YAC 5.5 avg

Overall 65.0% completion on 123 attempts · 43% completion on 14 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Tyson Helton — 12-9 over that span.

2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

2026Western Kentucky3-5HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 29 (#129 of 145). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

29Below cohort / limited sample #129 of 145 · through 6 games?

13 metrics · season cumulative

through 6 games score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: interceptions (81st percentile). Concern: epa / dropback (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Interception rate#47 / 157 · 70th pct

1.6%

Explosive rate#76 / 157 · 52nd pct

10.2%

Success rate#118 / 157 · 25th pct

38.5%

EPA / dropback#121 / 157 · 23rd pct

0.04

Sack rate#121 / 157 · 23rd pct

7.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#18 / 159 · 81st pct

Completion %#61 / 159 · 61st pct

65.0%

Yards / att#91 / 159 · 41st pct

7.2

Fumbles lost#80 / 142 · 32nd pct

Rush yards#128 / 159 · 20th pct

Pass yards#132 / 159 · 17th pct

883

Pass TDs#136 / 159 · 12th pct

Rush TDs#127 / 159 · 10th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

42nd → 23rd percentile

Success rate

64th → 25th percentile

Explosive rate

64th → 52nd percentile

Sack rate

38th → 23rd percentile

Interception rate

14th → 70th 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).

Zeitgeist Passer Rating

2026 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 126 dropbacks

46Zeitgeist Passer Rating70th of 119 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 132.8 83rd of 119 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 13 places higher than passer rating does: positive plays and yards per attempt come at a higher rate than the box line suggests.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

44.6%32nd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +0.9% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.6251st pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.3 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.9%28th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.2% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (11 of 137 dropbacks dropped). 50 = FBS average; the number is pulled toward 50 when the sample is thin. How ZPR is built.

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 6 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home2g	165	2.0	8.8	0.0
Road4g	138	0.0	5.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-75g	172	0.8	6.7	0.4
Weeks 8+1g	21.0	0.0	4.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

Pass share

53.4%

444 pass / 388 run

Plays / game

104.0

8 games

Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.

Western Kentucky’s quarterbacks

Rodney Tisdale Jr.	Threw in 6 of 8 games · 80 of 123, 883 yds, 4 TD, 2 INT · 7.2 yards an attempt on 123 attempts · ran for 6 yds, 0 TD
Brock Glenn	Threw in 7 of 8 games · 92 of 165, 887 yds, 6 TD, 4 INT · 5.4 yards an attempt on 165 attempts · ran for 451 yds, 5 TD
Caleb McMickle	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 1 of 2, 3 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 1.5 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 5 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Rodney Tisdale Jr.. Gray: Brock Glenn, Caleb McMickle. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4@ Nevada@ Georgia@ IndianaMercyhurst@ New Mexico StateMissouri State@ Sam HoustonDelaware

Awards

Player standing · 2026

123 pass attempts and 31 carries in 6 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

29 · #129 of 145 QBs · through 6 games

Three-star recruit. Now #129 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #10 of 16 Conference USA QBs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).

Starter

The No. 2,621 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Conference USA as a redshirt sophomore.

Rodney Tisdale Jr.

Style of play

This week

What fans said

In the game threads

Named in

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Passing profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Western Kentucky’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

123 pass attempts and 31 carries in 6 games

Starter

Three seasons at Western Kentucky

2024

2025 8 games