Quarterback, Air Force, 2012–⁠14

Kale Pearson

Number
No. 2
Height
5′9″
Hometown
Tulsa, OK

Kale Pearson played quarterback at Air Force (2012–⁠14).

Career highs

226passing yards, career highat Wyoming, 20143touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Nevada, 2014127rushing yards, career highvs. Boise State, 20142rushing touchdowns, career highat Georgia State, 2014

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2012Air Force122941.41284.404
2013Air Force5862.5465.800
2014Air Force10117159.11,5909.3143
Career11820856.71,7648.5147

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Air Force25492.0210
2013Air Force3155.009
2014Air Force1716874.0642
Career1997513.8842

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Air Force2QB
2013Air Force2QB
2014Air Force2QB5′9″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Air Force110.16––1.8–––
2014Air Force3410.3175th (n=147)0.24107.036%0.550.18

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Air Force 12 games, 1,590 passing yards, 14 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 30vs.NichollsW 44–⁠1636190046
Sep 6atWyomingL 13–⁠1717322260022
Sep 13atGeorgia StateW 48–⁠381215224205
Sep 27vs.Boise StateW 28–⁠145114810127
Oct 4vs.NavyW 30–⁠2111161123061
Oct 11atUtah StateL 16–⁠349181690143
Oct 18vs.New MexicoW 35–⁠31591591066
Nov 1atArmyW 23–⁠68121412141
Nov 8atUNLVW 48–⁠21561151067
Nov 15vs.NevadaW 45–⁠38111512930109
Nov 21atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠3010221711159
Dec 20 ✦vs.Western MichiganW 38–⁠2459770041
2013 Air Force 1 game, 46 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.ColgateW 38–⁠1358460015
2012 Air Force 7 games, 49 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.Idaho StateW 49–⁠21–––––5
Oct 13atWyomingW 28–⁠27–––––5
Oct 20vs.New MexicoW 28–⁠2312140014
Nov 3atArmyL 21–⁠41711500113
Nov 10atSan Diego StateL 9–⁠28135011
Nov 24atFresno StateL 15–⁠481515010
Dec 29 ✦vs.RiceL 14–⁠3328440111

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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