Tad Hudson

#12 · QB · Sr. · NC State6′3″ · 227 lb · Huntersville, NC · Hough

Tad Hudson is a quarterback at NC State who has not played in NC State's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Coastal Carolina.

Where Hudson comes from

Huntersville, NCHometown
HoughHigh school
Hough is about 100 miles from Carter-Finley StadiumDistance
Four-star, No. 403 in the 2023 class; signed with North Carolina.Recruiting profile

Where Hudson fits

NC State lists 5 quarterbacks this season.

NC State quarterbacks with a game this season

CJ Bailey8 games this season
Will Wilson8 games this season

NC State is 4-4. Next: vs Duke, Sat Nov 7.

Similar players

Same class and position

Malachi SingletonApp State · QB · No. 389 in the 2023 class
Gabarri JohnsonOregon State · QB · No. 354 in the 2023 class
Brock GlennWestern Kentucky · QB · No. 482 in the 2023 class

From Hough

Evan PryorFlorida · RB
Samari MatthewsTexas · DB
James NestaOklahoma · LB
Curt NealPurdue · DL

Also from Huntersville, NC

Derrick EleyCharlotte · WR
Nathan PirolliLiberty · DL
Ethan JohnsonSouth Carolina · DB
Ben MajorsMemphis · LS

Hudson operates within the system without forcing anything. The two seasons span two head coaches: Tim Beck and Jeremiah Johnson. One game to point at: 311 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Louisiana Tech — Bowl, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Coastal Carolina	139	254	54.7%	1,253	4.9	6	7	98.4	25
2024	Coastal Carolina	17	26	65.4%	173	6.7	2	0	146.7	--
Career		156	280	55.7%	1,426	5.1	8	7	102.9	25

Season	Team
2025	Coastal Carolina	45	15	0.3	2	18
2024	Coastal Carolina	12	15	1.2	0	14
Career		57	30	0.5	2	18

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR
Wk 1	L 7-48@ Virginia	0/1	0	0	0	0.0	0.1
Wk 2	W 13-0vs Charleston Southern	3/5	37	0	0	7.4	74.4
Wk 3	L 0-38vs East Carolina	19/39	172	0	2	4.4	13.5
Wk 4	W 38-20@ South Alabama	13/25	112	2	0	4.5	45.1
Wk 6	L 7-47@ Old Dominion	19/30	108	1	1	3.6	39.6
Wk 7	W 23-8vs UL Monroe	2/3	18	0	0	6.0	32.2
Wk 12	L 40-45@ Georgia Southern	15/28	173	0	1	6.2	21.3
Wk 13	L 7-51@ South Carolina	27/36	174	0	0	4.8	65.9
Wk 14	L 10-59vs No. 20 James Madison	16/38	148	1	1	3.9	34.4
Bowl	L 14-23vs Louisiana Tech	25/49	311	2	2	6.3	27.8
Total		139/254	1253	6	7	4.9	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Louisiana Tech	L 14-23 · Graded solid · 311 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT · Rush 2 for -23 · A fourth-quarter interception took the team's chance of winning from 84% to 49% · Sacked 2
Lowest by our grade	East Carolina	L 0-38 · Graded rough · Steady all game · 172 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 10 for -15 · Sacked 4
Biggest game	James Madison	No. 20 at kickoff · L 10-59 · Graded shaky · 148 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · Rush 8 for -13 · Sacked 2
Best play	Louisiana Tech	Completion, touchdown, Q2 1:16 · Win chance 46% to 72%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

139/254 (54.7%) · 6 TD · 7 INT

247 of 254 attempts matched to play-by-play

101 of 247 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 247 passing plays (134 completions) against the box score's 254 attempts (139 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

3.61191 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

4.5%91 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (91 of 206), but Adjusted ANY/A hasn't followed (191 of 206).

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

29% of attempts (29)

83%comp

Air -2.3 · YAC 6.8 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

40% of attempts (40)

58%comp

Air 3.4 · YAC 4.7 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

21% of attempts (21)

43%comp1 INT

Air 14.7 · YAC 1.6 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

11% of attempts (11)

18%comp

Air 27.8 · YAC 13.0 avg

Overall 54.7% completion on 254 attempts · 18% completion on 11 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2025 baseline

No situation moves him more than 44 percentile points from his baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-39 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/69 (2.9%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

+1 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/73 (2.7%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

+44 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 6/59 (10.2%) · league sack rate 7.8%

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Tim Beck, all run-leaning offenses — 12-14 over that span.

2024Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

2025Coastal Carolina6-7HC: Tim Beck · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 18 (#143 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

18Below cohort / limited sample #143 of 146 · 2025, at Coastal Carolina?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score, at Coastal Carolina: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: success rate (4th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#74 / 183 · 60th pct

4.6%

Interception rate#108 / 183 · 41st pct

2.4%

EPA / dropback#152 / 183 · 17th pct

0.06

Explosive rate#157 / 183 · 14th pct

6.5%

Success rate#177 / 183 · 4th pct

29.3%

Box-score rates (8)

Interceptions#92 / 183 · 44th pct

Rush TDs#101 / 183 · 39th pct

Pass yards#132 / 183 · 28th pct

1253

Rush yards#138 / 183 · 25th pct

Pass TDs#140 / 183 · 22nd pct

Completion %#165 / 183 · 10th pct

54.7%

Yards / att#178 / 183 · 3rd pct

4.9

Fumbles lost#168 / 174 · 2nd pct

Season trend

EPA / dropback— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Sack rate— first qualifying season

Interception rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. 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

2025 · our own passing-efficiency number, shown next to the 1979 formula it does not replace.

After 200 dropbacks

25Zeitgeist Passer Rating130th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 98.4 141st of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 11 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%

36.6%3rd pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +1.6% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

5.7510th pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded · +0.2 schedule adj.

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

6.0%42nd pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · +1.0% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (58 of 258 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home4g	93.8	0.2	5.4	0.8
Road5g	113	0.6	3.8	0.4

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-77g	108	0.7	4.6	0.7
Weeks 8+3g	165	0.3	5.0	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Jeremiah Johnson

Pass share

46.3%

399 pass / 463 run

Plays / game

66.3

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

254 pass attempts and 45 carries in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

18 · #143 of 146 QBs · 2025, at Coastal Carolina

Former four-star. Now #143 at the position.