2022 SEASON

  • Coastal Football’s all-time leader with 78 career touchdown passes

  • Set a new school record by throwing at least one touchdown pass in 23 consecutive games (2019-22)

  • Threw 24 touchdown passes, which ranked 29th nationally in all of FBS

  • Completed 69.7 percent of his pass attempts, which ranked fourth nationally in all of FBS

  • Threw for 2,700 passing yards in just 11 games played

  • Passed for 200 yards or more in eight of 11 games on the season

  • Threw for two touchdowns or more in eight of 11 games on the season

  • Responsible for 30 touchdowns on the season

  • 2022 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year - first three-time player of the year in SBC history

  • 2022 All-Sun Belt first team

  • 2022 Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year - The Draft Network

  • 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College All-Sun Belt First Team

  • 2022 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference First Team

  • 2022 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy watch list

  • 2022 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist

  • A member of the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2022

  • 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award - Top 25

  • 2022 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award - Great 8 List (Oct. 3)

  • Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3)

  • 2022 Manning Award preseason watch list

  • 2022 Walter Camp Player of the Year preseason watch list

  • 2022 Davey O’Brien Award preseason watch list

  • 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watch list

  • 2022 Maxwell Award preseason watch list

  • 2022 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy watch list

  • 2022 Preseason Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year

  • 2022 preseason All-Sun Belt first team

  • 2022 Athlon Sports preseason All-America fourth team

  • 2022 Pro Football Network (PFN) College Football preseason All-American honorable mention

  • 2022 College Football SIS preseason All-American honorable mention

  • 2022 Phil Steele preseason SBC All-Conference first team

  • 2022 Athlon Sports preseason All-Sun Belt first team

 

2021 SEASON

  • Awarded the 2021 Blanchard-Rogers Trophy (South Carolina's Heisman)

  • Named the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive season

  • Earned a spot on the 2021 All-Sun Belt first team for the second straight year

  • Tabbed the 2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) Sun Belt QB of the Year

  • Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference first team

  • Named to the 2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) All-Sun-Belt first team

  • Tabbed a 2021 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Football All-Sun Belt first-team selection

  • Named to the 2021 CFPA National Performer of the Year Trophy watch list

  • A 2021 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist

  • A 2021 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award - Top 10 Finalist

  • Also a 2021 Maxwell Award semifinalist

  • A member of the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2021

  • 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl MVP

  • Named a College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Honorable Mention Performer of the Week (Nov. 21)

  • Twice named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 1 and Nov. 22)

  • Named to The Athletic's midseason All-America second team

  • Broke the NCAA Division I FBC record for passing efficiency at 207.6 passing efficiency rating eclipsed the records set by Alabama's Mac Jones (203.1) in 2020 and LSU's Joe Burrow (202) in 2019

  • Completed 73 percent of his passes for 2,873 yards and 27 touchdowns

  • Only threw three interceptions during the entire season

  • Added 290 yards and four touchdowns on the ground in the running game

  • His 73.02 passing completion percentage was the best in CCU's single-season history

  • His 207.6 passing efficiency rating was the best in CCU's single-season history

  • His 16.3 average yards per completion was the best in CCU's single-season history

  • His 27 touchdown passes were the second-most in CCU's single-season history

  • His average of 261.2 passing yards per game was the second-most in CCU's single-season history

  • His 2,873 passing yards were the fifth-most in CCU's single-season history

  • His 176 pass completions were the sixth-most in CCU's single-season history

  • Connected with Isaiah Likely for a 99-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter of the win at Arkansas State (Oct. 7) for the longest pass play in CCU's history

  • Threw for 200 passing yards or more in nine of the 11 games in which he played

  • Passed for two or more touchdowns in eight contests on the season

  • Had a career day at Arkansas State (Oct. 7), as he was 18-for-23 for 365 yards and four touchdowns in the win

  • Topped that by throwing five touchdowns versus Texas State (Nov. 20), completing 22-for-28 passes for 319 yards

  • Also passed for over 300 yards in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17)

  • Picked up Cure Bowl MVP honors by going 22-for-30 for 315 yards and four touchdowns versus the Huskies

 

2020 SEASON

  • Named the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Most Inspirational Freshman

  • Earned a spot on the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-American team

  • Named to The Athletic's 2020 College Football Freshman All-American team

  • A 2020 Manning Award finalist

  • A 2020 Shaun Alexander-FWAA Freshman of the Year Award semifinalist

  • A 2020 Maxwell Award semifinalist

  • A 2020 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist

  • A member of the Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2020

  • A 2020 Phil Steele SBC All-Conference first team honoree

  • Named the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year

  • Tabbed the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year

  • Chosen to the 2020 All-Sun Belt first team

  • Named to the 2020 Maxwell Award, the 2020 CFPA National POTY Trophy, and the 2020 FWAA Freshman All-American watch lists during the season

  • Named to the FWAA "Fresh Four" List three times throughout the season (Nov. 2, Nov. 23, and Dec. 13)

  • Named to the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award's Great 8 List three times (Sept. 14, Oct. 5, and Nov. 2)

  • A three-time Manning Star of the Week (Sept. 14, Oct. 19, and Dec. 14)

  • A three-time Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week selection (Oct. 5, Nov. 2, and Dec. 14)

  • Led the Sun Belt and ranked 10th nationally with 26 passing touchdowns on the season

  • Also led the Sun Belt and ranked in the top 30 nationally in passing efficiency at 184.3 (fifth nationally), points responsible for with 202 (ninth nationally), points responsible for per game at 18.4 (16th nationally), passing yards with 2,488 (19th nationally), and in total offensive yards per game at 277.9 (30th nationally)

  • Was second in the Sun Belt in completion percentage at 68.8 percent (172-of-250), in passing yards per completion at 14.47, and yards per attempt at 9.95

  • Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt with seven rushing touchdowns and 12th in rushing yards with 569 rushing yards from his quarterback position

  • Threw for over 200 yards in eight of the 11 games he played in on the season

  • Passed for a career-high 338 passing yards at Troy (Dec. 12)

  • Also threw for 322 yards in the air versus Arkansas State (Oct. 3) and 318 yards against No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26) in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl

  • Tallied two passing touchdowns or more in nine games on the season, including a career-high four touchdown tosses against Arkansas State and at Georgia State (Oct. 31)

  • The Chanticleers' offense ranked first in the Sun Belt in scoring (37.2 ppg), second in total yards on the season (5,398), third in total yards per game (449.8), third in rushing (218.3 ypg), and fifth in passing (231.5 ypg)

  • The offense was also first in the conference and among the nation's leaders in third-down conversion percentage (52.3), fourth-down conversion percentage (76.5), and average time of possession per game (33:50)

 
 

2019 SEASON

  • Redshirt season

  • Played in two games, versus Norfolk State (Sept. 14) and at UMass (Sept. 21)

  • Was a perfect 4-for-4 for 25 yards and a touchdown through the air on the season

  • Also rushed two times for 11 yards on the year

  • Went 3-for-3 for 30 yards and one touchdown, including a season-long 14-yard pass in the win over the Spartans

  • Completed one pass at UMass

HIGH SCHOOL / PREP

  • Rated a three-star dual-threat quarterback recruit by 247Sports

  • Also a two-star recruit as a dual-threat quarterback by Rivals

  • A three-year starter at quarterback for Porter Ridge High School under head coach Michael Hertz

  • Named the 2017 Southwestern 4A Player of the Year as a junior

  • A two-time Southwestern 4A first-team All-Conference selection (20017 and 2018)

  • Named All-UCHSF first team in 2018, second team in 2017, and earned honorable mention honors as a sophomore in 2016

  • Completed 50 percent of his passes and threw for over 3,863 yards and 34 touchdowns for his high school career

  • Also rushed for 3,003 yards and 41 touchdowns for the Pirates

  • Led his high school team to a 10-5 overall record and a spot in the 2018 North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A state championship semifinals game his senior season, throwing for 1,337 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 1,460 yards and 21 scores

  • Recorded six 100-plus rushing yard games as a senior

  • Threw for 13 touchdowns and 1,414 yards in 2017 as a junior, while also rushing for 907 yards and 12 touchdowns

  • Helped the team improve from 1-10 his freshman year to three-straight NCHSAA 4A state playoff appearances from 2016-18

  • His five rushing touchdowns in the third round of the playoffs versus West Mecklenburg in 2018 is tied for the second-most rushing touchdowns in a single game in Union County High School football history

  • Also lettered in basketball for the Pirates