Tucker Gleason

#4 · QB · Sr. · Toledo6′3″ · 245 lb · Tampa, FL · Plant

Tucker Gleason is a quarterback at Toledo who has not played in Toledo's 9 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.

Where Gleason comes from

Tampa, FLHometown
PlantHigh school
About 950 miles from Glass BowlDistance
Three-star, No. 1,028 in the 2020 class.Recruiting profile
On the Toledo roster since 2021Roster

Where Gleason fits

Toledo lists 5 quarterbacks this season.

Toledo quarterbacks with a game this season

John Alan Richter9 games this season
Khamoni Robinson2 games this season
Walter Moses2 games this season

Toledo is 7-2. Next: vs Massachusetts, Wed Nov 11.

Similar players

Same class and position

Dexter Williams IITulsa · QB · No. 1081 in the 2020 class
Noah KimEastern Michigan · QB · No. 1245 in the 2020 class
Parker NavarroOhio · QB · No. 1448 in the 2020 class

From Plant

Duke ClarkFlorida · RB
Darryon WilliamsFlorida State · WR
Max HuntPittsburgh · TE

Also from Tampa, FL

Trey HeddenNew Mexico State · QB
Jordan MagwoodFlorida Atlantic · QB
EJ Archield Jr.Delaware · QB
Jadon OlafssonGeorgia State · QB

Gleason operates within the system without forcing anything. The five seasons at Toledo span two head coaches: Jason Candle and Robert Weiner. All-MAC in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 309 passing yards and 9 rushing yards against Northern Illinois — Week 11, 2025.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Toledo	207	320	64.7%	2,515	7.9	21	9	146.7	76
2024	Toledo	233	385	60.5%	2,793	7.3	24	8	137.9	35
2023	Toledo	28	55	50.9%	383	7.0	4	1	129.8	45
2022	Toledo	58	122	47.5%	884	7.2	8	3	125.1	41
2021	Toledo	5	9	55.6%	69	7.7	0	0	120.0	--
Career		531	891	59.6%	6,644	7.5	57	21	138.6	52

Season	Team
2025	Toledo	46	144	3.1	4	35
2024	Toledo	97	364	3.8	7	35
2023	Toledo	12	55	4.6	0	24
2022	Toledo	42	185	4.4	3	27
2021	Toledo	1	4	4.0	0	4
Career		198	752	3.8	14	35

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	L 16-24@ Kentucky	23/40	270	1	1	6.8	36.0
Wk 2	W 45-21vs Western Kentucky	7/12	155	2	0	12.9	92.0
Wk 3	W 60-0vs Morgan State	13/17	174	1	0	10.2	75.3
Wk 4	L 13-14@ Western Michigan	15/30	89	0	2	3.0	11.7
Wk 5	W 45-3vs Akron	16/19	237	3	0	12.5	90.8	3 TD passes
Wk 7	L 23-28@ Bowling Green	19/30	264	1	1	8.8	39.5
Wk 8	W 45-10vs Kent State	21/28	294	4	0	10.5	79.8	4 TD passes
Wk 9	L 7-28@ Washington State	26/41	238	1	1	5.8	33.0
Wk 11	W 42-3vs Northern Illinois	25/31	309	2	0	10.0	92.6	Season-high 309 yds
Wk 12	W 24-3@ Miami (OH)	18/31	169	2	2	5.5	60.6
Wk 13	W 38-9vs Ball State	15/24	218	4	2	9.1	46.9	4 TD passes
Wk 14	W 21-3@ Central Michigan	9/17	98	0	0	5.8	48.1
Total		207/320	2515	21	9	7.9	—

Highs and lows

Only games with 20 or more plays count for best and lowest.
Best by our grade	Kent State	W 45-10 · Graded great · 294 yds, 4 TD, 0 INT · Rush 3 for 1 · Sacked 0
Lowest by our grade	at Western Michigan	L 13-14 · Graded shaky · Steady all game · 89 yds, 0 TD, 2 INT · Rush 6 for -4 · Sacked 2
Costliest play	at Bowling Green	Interception, Q4 1:06 · Win chance 26% to 2%

Passing profile

Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)

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

207/320 (64.7%) · 21 TD · 9 INT

313 of 320 attempts matched to play-by-play

144 of 313 attempts charted for true throw depth

Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 313 passing plays (199 completions) against the box score's 320 attempts (207 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.

Adjusted ANY/A

7.6639 of 206 QBs

Sack rate

1.5%11 of 206 QBs

Rarely sacked (11 of 206 QBs) and still 39 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.

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

11% of attempts (16)

94%comp

Air -3.4 · YAC 10.2 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

56% of attempts (80)

71%comp3 INT

Air 4.2 · YAC 4.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

20% of attempts (29)

52%comp1 INT

Air 14.1 · YAC 3.3 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of attempts (19)

32%comp1 INT

Air 25.6 · YAC 7.7 avg

Overall 64.7% completion on 320 attempts · 32% completion on 19 deep attempts (20+ air yds).

Situational

Is this a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs the 2025 baseline

No situation is more than 15 percentile points from the season baseline.

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-10 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/119 (2.5%) · league sack rate 4.2%

Down 2

+15 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 2/91 (2.2%) · league sack rate 4.5%

Down 3+

-2 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 0/91 (0.0%) · 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

5 seasons under Jason Candle — 43-24 over that span.

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Toledo9-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2023Toledo11-3HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2024Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Balanced

2025Toledo8-5HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 54 (#53 of 146). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

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

54Rotational starter #53 of 146 · 2025?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: sack rate (97th percentile). Strength: success rate (84th percentile). Concern: interceptions (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#6 / 183 · 97th pct

1.6%

Success rate#28 / 183 · 84th pct

45.0%

Explosive rate#41 / 183 · 78th pct

10.9%

EPA / dropback#51 / 183 · 72nd pct

0.27

Interception rate#113 / 183 · 39th pct

2.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Pass TDs#39 / 183 · 78th pct

Yards / att#44 / 183 · 75th pct

7.9

Pass yards#60 / 183 · 67th pct

2515

Completion %#59 / 183 · 67th pct

64.7%

Fumbles lost#32 / 174 · 66th pct

Rush TDs#67 / 183 · 59th pct

Rush yards#85 / 183 · 54th pct

144

Interceptions#135 / 183 · 22nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

56th → 72nd percentile

Success rate

79th → 84th percentile

Explosive rate

49th → 78th percentile

Sack rate

78th → 97th percentile

Interception rate

89th → 39th percentile

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 298 dropbacks

76Zeitgeist Passer Rating16th of 142 FBS QBs

NCAA passer rating 146.7 39th of 142 FBS QBs

ZPR ranks this quarterback 23 places higher than passer rating does: passer rating cannot see sacks, and a sack comes on only 1.7% of dropbacks.

Positive-play rate weight 24%

51.9%91st pct of FBS QBs

share of dropbacks that gained expected points · +0.5% schedule adj.

Yards per attempt weight 56%

7.6673rd pct of FBS QBs

sacks excluded

Sack rate weight 21% (penalty)

1.4%97th pct of FBS QBs

the input passer rating cannot see · -0.3% schedule adj.

Opponent-adjusted; garbage time excluded (20 of 318 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home6g	231	2.7	10.9	0.3
Road6g	188	0.8	6.0	1.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-76g	198	1.3	9.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	221	2.2	7.8	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Robert Weiner

Pass share

45.9%

397 pass / 467 run

Plays / game

66.5

13 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

54 · #53 of 146 QBs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #53 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-MAC

Based on 2025: #2 of 12 Mid-American QBs

How the All-MAC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).

Starter

The No. 1,028 recruit in the country is starting at quarterback in the Mid-American as a senior.