2017 Season
2017 Walter Payton Award winner (Top Offensive Player in FCS) ... became only second player in FCS history, joining Appalachian State's Armanti Edwards, to win the award multiple times
2016 Season
2016 Walter Payton Award winner (Top Offensive Player in FCS) … became the first Sam Houston player to win the Walter Payton Award, and just the second in the history of the Southland Conference … set FCS record with 57 touchdown passes, breaking old record of 56 that had stood since 1984 … Southland Conference Player of the Year … AP All-America first team … STATS FCS All-America first team … Athlon Sports All-America first team … HERO Sports All-America first team … ADA (Athletic Directors Association) All-America first team … AFCS All-America first team … All-Southland Conference first team … set school record with 4,602 yards passing, which was second most in all of FCS … threw for 300 yards in 11 of 13 games on the season … also threw for at least 3 touchdowns in 12 of 13 games … out of 503 pass attempts, only 136 came in the second half of games, including just 52 in the fourth quarter … had seven games with at least 5 touchdown passes, which was the single-game school record entering 2016 … had four games with at least 6 touchdown passes… set new single-game school record with 7 touchdown passes in the Battle of the Piney Woods against Stephen F. Austin (10/1), throwing for 438 yards on 25-for-33 passing without an interception and in just three quarters of play … equaled that school record in the regular-season finale when he threw 7 more touchdowns and no interceptions in just three quarters against Central Arkansas (11/19), completing 27 of 42 passes for 431 yards … threw for a career-best 504 yards and 6 touchdowns in win over McNeese (11/5).
2015 Season
Split time as Bearkats’ quarterback with Jared Johnson … ranked seventh in Southland passing with 134.5 yards per game … passed for 1,883 yards and 14 TDs … top performance 28-of-42 passes for 358 yards and 4 TDs to lead Kats to 48-21 win over Colgate in NCAA quarterfinals … threw for 313 yards and 3 scores in second round NCAA win at McNeese … participated in spring drills after transferring in January 2015 …
UAB
2014 Season
Passed for 361 yards and 3 TDs in six appearances as backup quarterback in 2014 at UAB … redshirted in 2013 … played baseball as freshman
Stratford High School
Rated No. 18 QB by ESPNU … threw for 1,863 yards and 12 TDs as senior for coach Eliot Allen (who coached Colts’ Andrew Luck) … posed 2.40 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 48 innings as pitcher
Houston Second Baptist Prep
Totaled 2,358 yards passing and 23 TDs a junior in 2011
Personal
General Business major ... Born August 15, 1993
