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2024
Threw for 2,808 yards and 24 TDs with eight interceptions...Connected on 60.5% of his passes (233-385)...Second in the MAC in TD passes and total offense (264.3)...Fourth in the league in passing efficiency (138.20)...Second on team with 364 yards rushing...Led team with seven rushing TDs...Threw for career-best 336 yards and two TDs on 26-of-50 passing in 48-46, six-overtime win vs. Pitt in GameAbove Sports Bowl...Also rushed for 34 yards and one score vs. Pitt...Rushed for 66 yards and two TDs with runs of 32 and 30 yards vs. CMU...18-34 for 251 yards and three TDs with one rushing TD at EMU...Connected on 30-of-45 passes for 320 yards and two passing touchdowns, added a 12-yard rushing score vs. BGSU...Completed 14-of-26 passes for 145 yards vs. Buffalo before leaving the game with an injury in the third quarter...Did not play against NIU...27-for-38 with two passing TDs and a rushing score against Miami...19-for-33 for 200 yards and two TDs vs. WKU along with a season-best 35-yard run...23-for-28 with 285 yards and three passing TDs, added 40 rushing yards at Mississipppi State (9-14-24)...Named MAC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts vs. MSU...Also named a Manning Award Star of the Week and was chosen among the Davey O’Brien Foundation’s “Great 8”...Went 8-for-23 with three TDs on 175 yards vs. UMass...Completed 15-of-24 passes for 202 yards and three TDs vs. Duquesne...Team captain.
2023
Starter vs. Wyoming in Barstool Sports Arizona Bowl, completing 14-of-34 passes for 184 yards...Also rushed for 42 yards on seven carries...Came in for the injured Dequan Finn in the second half vs. WMU and led Rockets to five touchdowns in a 49-31 win...6-of-10 for two TDs and 109 yards vs. WMU...Completed 8-of-11 passes for 90 yards and two TDs in a reserve role vs. Texas Southern...Also served as team's holder...Academic All-MAC.
2022
Moved into starting role vs. EMU and BGSU in place of injured Dequan Finn...Named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after completing 15-of-27 passes for 238 yards and three TDs at EMU...Connected on 22-of-40 passes for 329 yards vs. BGSU...Also ran for 106 yards and two TDs vs. the Falcons...Entered game in second quarter at WMU, completing 13-of-38 passes for 200 yards and one TD...Also rushed for 26 yards and one score...Academic All-MAC.
2021
Played in three games....Completed five passes in nine attempts for 69 yards...3-of-6 for 34 yards vs. Akron.
2020 (at Georgia Tech)
Played in two games but did not throw any passes...Maintained freshman eligibility.
High School
Rated as a three-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN…Tabbed as the No. 26 pro-style quarterback in the nation by ESPN … Threw for more than 3,000 yards and 33 touchdowns in two seasons at Plant High School in Tampa, Fla. for current Rocket assistant coach Robert Weiner...Threw for 2,001 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior in 2018 … Became the second player in Plant history to throw for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a single-season as a junior…Is also the second-leading rusher by a quarterback in Plant history despite playing only two seasons at the school (transferred to Plant prior to junior season after playing first two seasons at East Lake High School)…Named second-team all-state, first-team all-county and to MaxPreps’ underclass all-America team following prolific junior campaign in 2018…Named all-county as a senior…Will be inducted into Plant’s Hall of Fame in 2020…Team captain…Received invitation to play in prestigious Blue-Gray All-American Bowl...Honor roll student.
Personal
Full name is Tucker Anthony Gleason...Parents are Jim and Andrea Gleason...Father played linebacker and kicker at MIT (1990-92)…Two brothers, Jared and Thad, and sister Allie May...Jared played offensive line at Stetson (2014)…Thad played long snapper at Colorado (2017)...Married to wife Emma in July of 2025...Earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science...Pursuing second degree in computer science and engineering technology.
Career Game Highs
Completions: 31 (vs. Akron, 11-26-24)
Attempts: 50 (vs. Pittsburgh, 12-26-24)
Passing Yards: 336 (vs. Pittsburgh, 12-26-24)
Passing Touchdowns: 3 (Five times, last at Mississippi St., 9-14-24)
Rushing Yards: 106 (vs. Bowling Green, 11-15-22)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2 (Twice, last vs. CMU, 11-12-24)
