All-Big South Conference candidate … Academic All-America candidate … Returns for third season as a starter at quarterback … Missed 2014 spring practice but is back at full strength after offseason rehabilitation … Ranks seventh in school history with 5,611 career passing yards, and needs just three yards to move into sixth … Ranks second in GWU history with a 61.3 percent completion rate … Ranks sixth in career completions, connecting on 503-of-821 attempts … Ranks 10th in career touchdown passes with 26 … Outstanding student who has shown tremendous leadership qualities on and off the field.
2013 at Gardner-Webb: Earned first-team Capital One Academic All-District III honors … A third-team All-Big South Conference choice by College Sports Madness … Started all 12 games at quarterback and set a new career-high for wins (7) … Posted new career-high totals in completions (229), attempts (377), yardage (2,497) and touchdowns (12) through the air … Passed for a career-high 389 yards and four touchdowns at Charlotte (10/5) … Was 23-of-36 for 205 yards in a win over No. 11 Richmond (9/14) … Passed for 200 yards or more in eight of his 12 starts … Was 22-of-31 for 276 yards and two touchdowns in a win over eventual Southern Conference champion Furman (8/31) in the season opener … Passed for 134 yards and rushed for a season-best 27 yards in the win over No. 12 Charleston Southern (11/16) … Helped Gardner-Webb to a 3-1 record against top-25 teams.
2012 at GWU: Earned a spot on the 2012 Big South Conference All-Academic Team, and was a finalist for Big South Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Led the league in passing yards per game and was the league’s top yardage producer overall during the regular season … Completed 215-of-334 passes for 2,483 yards and 12 touchdowns … Topped the 200-yard mark in six games … Topped the 300-yard mark four times, which marked the most for a GWU quarterback since the move to NCAA Division I in 2000 … Passed for a career-best 383 yards and a touchdown at Liberty (10/6), lifting Gardner-Webb to a commanding 28-10 lead early in the third quarter … Completed 16-of-17 passes for 301 yards and a score in the first half, connecting on his first six passes to start the game … Started five different games by completing at least his first five passes … Named Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Week following another big game vs. VMI (10/27) … Completed 24-of-32 passes for 328 yards and four touchdowns, with no interceptions … Became the first Gardner-Webb passer to throw for 300-plus yards and four touchdowns in a game since the 2002 season finale … Completed 22-of-32 passes for 321 yards and a pair of scores vs. Coastal Carolina (11/3) … Was 30-of-43 for 320 yards vs. Samford (9/15) … Completed 17-of-25 passes for 239 yards and a score vs. Presbyterian (11/17) in the season finale … Completed 19-of-31 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown vs. No. 10 Wofford (9/1) … Had consecutive 300-yard games in Big South play, the first time a GWU quarterback had done so since 2008.
2011 at GWU: Played in nine games, making five starts under center … Completed 59-of-110 passes for 631 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Was picked off three times … Most efficient game came in the win at Coastal Carolina (10/22) … Completed 16-of-25 passes for 177 yards and a score … Was very effective on third downs in that game … Passed for a season-high 215 yards at Presbyterian (10/15) … Was solid in his first career start vs. Liberty (10/8), completing 17-of-31 passes for 162 yards … Caught a seven-yard pass in that game, and rushed three times for four yards.
2010 at GWU: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Olympic (N.C.) High under Coach Barry Shuford ... Passed for 4,162 yards and 41 touchdowns in three years as the Trojans’ starter under center … A first-team All-Conference selection as a senior … Completed 109-of-158 passes for 1,733 yards and 25 touchdowns in 2009 … Rushed for five touchdowns … Missed playoffs after suffering an injury midway through the season finale … Led team to a 10-2 regular season mark and a school-record 459 points … Passed for 300 yards and a school-record five touchdowns vs. East Gaston … Had six total touchdowns in that game … Completed 20-of-28 passes for 300 yards and three touchdowns vs. Sun Valley … Earned All-Conference honors as a junior after completing 125-of-205 passes for 1,619 yards and 11 touchdowns … Ran for three touchdowns … Passed for 700 yards as a sophomore … Chose Gardner-Webb after considering Davidson, Marist, Cornell, Western Carolina and Wingate.
