Tucker Gleason is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and the Toledo Rockets.
Early life Gleason grew up in Tampa, Florida and attended East Lake High School and transferred to Plant High School during his junior year. 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. 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.
College career Georgia Tech During the 2020 season, Gleason only played for two games and did not throw any passes. He later on entered the transfer portal. It was announced that he was transferring to Toledo.
Toledo Gleason played three games during the 2021 season and completed five passes for 69 yards.
In the 2022 season, Gleason started at quarterback during the Week 9 game against Eastern Michigan and the Battle of I-75 game against Bowling Green after Dequan Finn had suffered an injury. 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. He completed the 2022 season with 884 passing yards, 185 rushing yards, and eight passing touchdowns. 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. During the 2024 season, he played in and started 12 games including the 2024 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.
Statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing 2020 Georgia Tech 2 0 — Redshirted 2021 Toledo 3 0 — 5 9 55.6 69 7.7 0 0 120.0 1 4 4.0 0 2022 Toledo 9 2 1–1 58 122 47.5 884 7.2 8 3 125.1 42 185 4.4 3 2023 Toledo 14 1 0–1 28 55 50.9 383 7.0 4 1 129.8 12 55 4.6 0 2024 Toledo 12 12 7–5 233 385 60.5 2,793 7.3 24 8 137.9 97 364 3.8 7 2025 Toledo 12 12 8–4 207 320 64.7 2,515 7.9 21 9 146.7 46 144 3.1 4 Career 52 27 16–11 531 891 59.6 6,659 7.5 57 21 138.8 198 752 3.8 14
Personal life Gleason's father, Jim, was a linebacker and kicker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 1992. His two brothers, Jared and Thad, were also college football players with Jared playing at the offensive line at Stetson in 2014 and Thad playing as a long snapper at Colorado in 2017.
References
External links Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio Toledo Rockets bio