| Toledo Rockets – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Senior |
| Major | Computer Science and Engineering Technology |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 245 lb (111 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Plant (Tampa, Florida) |
Tucker Gleason is anAmerican footballquarterback for theToledo Rockets. He previously played for theGeorgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Gleason grew up inTampa, Florida and attendedEast Lake High School and transferred toPlant High School during his junior year.[1] While at Plant, he became the second player in school history to throw for 2,000 yards and complete 1,000 rushing yards in his junior season.[2] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Georgia Tech over offers from Cincinnati, Duke, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Toledo, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia.[3][4]
During the 2020 season, Gleason only played for two games and did not throw any passes.[1] He later on entered the transfer portal.[5] It was announced that he was transferring toToledo.[6][7][8]
Gleason played three games during the 2021 season and completed five passes for 69 yards.[9]
In the 2022 season, Gleason started at quarterback during the Week 9 game againstEastern Michigan[10] and theBattle of I-75 game againstBowling Green afterDequan Finn had suffered an injury.[11] He was named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after completing 15 of his 27 passes and completing 238 yards and three touchdowns during the Week 9 game.[1] He completed the 2022 season with 884 passing yards, 185 rushing yards, and eight passing touchdowns.[12] During the 2023 season, he played in all 14 games and finished the season with completing 28 out of 55 passing attempts for 383 yards and four touchdowns.[13] During the 2024 season, he played in and started 12 games including the2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl, finishing the season with completing 233 out of 385 passing attempts for 2,808 yards and 24 touchdowns along with 97 rushing attempts for 364 yards and seven touchdowns.[14]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Toledo Rockets | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 5 | 9 | 55.6 | 69 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 120.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 1–1 | 58 | 122 | 47.5 | 884 | 7.2 | 8 | 3 | 125.1 | 42 | 185 | 4.4 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 0–1 | 28 | 55 | 50.9 | 383 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 129.8 | 12 | 55 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 7–5 | 233 | 385 | 60.5 | 2,793 | 7.3 | 24 | 8 | 137.9 | 97 | 364 | 3.8 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Career | 40 | 15 | 8–7 | 324 | 571 | 56.7 | 4,129 | 7.2 | 36 | 12 | 134.1 | 152 | 608 | 4.0 | 10 | |
Gleason's father, Jim, was alinebacker andkicker at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 1992. His two brothers, Jared and Thad, were also college football players with Jared playing at theoffensive line atStetson in 2014[16] and Thad playing as along snapper atColorado in 2017.[1]