University of South Dakota Athletics

2017
Voted one of five team captains … one of four Coyotes who started all 13 games, he at quarterback … named Phil Steele’s FCS Offensive Player of the Year and College Sports Madness' Offensive Player of the Year … runner-up for the Walter Payton Award given to the top offensive player in FCS football … first-team all-American quarterback by Phil Steele, the Associated Press, and HERO Sports … only quarterback named to the Walter Camp FCS All-America Team ... second-team all-American by STATS … became the first Coyote to be named Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year … earned first-team all-MVFC honors … one of 49 players selected to the FCS Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team … named to the MVFC all-academic team … led the nation’s second-ranked offense which set an MVFC record by averaging 523.6 yards per game … set 20 program records and five MVFC records including new marks for passing yards (4,134) and total offense (4,854) … accounted for 43 touchdowns – 32 passing and 11 rushing – and led the nation in total offense while taking on one of the toughest schedules in the country … in essentially 12 games, faced eight top-25 opponents and one FBS foe … five opponents were ranked in the top 10 … completed the eighth-most prolific season in FCS history in terms of total offense … was the only quarterback in the nation who ranked in the top 10 in each of the following categories: passing yards (2^nd, 4,134), total touchdowns (3^rd, 43), touchdown/interception ratio (3^rd, 4:1), completion percentage (8^th, 65.7 percent) and pass efficiency ratio (8^th, 156.5) … committed just eight turnovers in 481 pass attempts and 168 rushes … passed for 378 yards and four touchdowns in a 38-31 road win at No. 22 Nicholls in the Coyotes’ FCS playoff debut (11/25) … passed for a USD and FCS playoff record 520 yards while accounting for six touchdowns (5 pass, 1 run) in the round of 16 against No. 5 Sam Houston State (12/2) … accounted for 571 yards in that game, which is also a FCS playoff record ... set USD records for completions (39) and attempts (63) while passing for 440 yards against No. 24 Illinois State (10/21) … also surpassed 400 yards against UNI (11/4) … passed for 306 yards, ran for 119 yard and accounted for four touchdowns in the team’s upset of FBS Bowling Green (9/9) ... threw for 248 yards and accounted for six touchdowns (5 passing) in one half in the season opener at Drake (9/2) ... earned MVFC Player of the Week awards three times (Drake, Bowling Green, Indiana State), and National Player of the Week twice (Bowling Green, Indiana State) ... MVFC Honor Roll member

2016
First Coyote in five seasons in the Valley to be named MVFC Newcomer of the Year … became the third USD quarterback since 2009 to be named an all-conference quarterback (Noah Shepard & Dante Warren) … was one of two Coyotes on the MVFC all-newcomer team … accounted for 31 of USD’s 41 touchdowns during the season … finished fourth in the nation in points responsible for per game (18.6) … finished as the Valley’s fourth-leading rusher and sixth-leading passer in terms of yards per game … completed 164 of 273 passes for 1,947 yards and 22 touchdowns against nine interceptions … also ran 161 times for a team-high 823 yards and nine scores … three times was named MVFC Newcomer of the Week and was named Offensive Player of the Week after accounting for six touchdowns in the Coyotes’ 52-49 double-overtime win against Weber State in the home opener (9/10) … led USD from 21 points down in completing the greatest fourth-quarter comeback in MVFC history … threw two fourth-quarter touchdowns including a 26-yard strike to Shamar Jackson that tied the game with 27 seconds left … added a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jackson in overtime … became the first Coyote player since 2010 to pass for four touchdowns in a game, and the first Coyote since 2009 to account for six touchdowns in a game … passed for 117 yards and a score and ran for 131 yards and two scores in his Coyote debut in the season opener at New Mexico (9/1) … capped the first two drives of the season with touchdown runs of 55 and 42 yards to stake USD to a 14-7 lead … twice passed for four touchdowns in a game … had five 100-yard rushing efforts … completed 28 of 39 passes for a season-high 378 yards and two touchdowns against 15^th-ranked Western Illinois (10/29), becoming the Coyotes’ first 300-yard passer since 2013 … also ran for 102 yards and a score against the Leathernecks … passed for two scores in all six Valley games he played in from start to finish … finished 23^rd in the nation for pass efficiency (140.0) and 30^th for completion percentage (60.1 percent) … threw the 22^nd-most touchdowns nationally … ranked 35^th nationally in rushing yards per game (82.2) and was 52^nd in passing yards per game (194.7) … was 15^th nationally for total offense per game (276.9) ... MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award winner … MVFC Conference Honor Roll member

Minnesota
2015
Played in five games as a quarterback and wide receiver … caught one pass for four yards … ran the ball four times for eight yards ... moved from quarterback to wide receiver full time during the season ... Academic All-Big Ten

2014
Played in five games and was the starting quarterback in a 24-7 win against San Jose State … carried 18 times for 161 yards and a score in the win ... his rushing total is third-most by a quarterback in a game in Minnesota
history ... Academic All-Big Ten

2013
Redshirted

Prep
Guided Marian Central Catholic High School to consecutive conference championships, the state quarterfinals, and 11-1 records during his junior and senior seasons … 2011 and 2012 conference and area Player of the Year … 2012 first-team all-state selection … 2011 and 2012 Academic All-State … Senior year completed 172-of-250 passes for 2,662 yards, 26 touchdowns, and four interceptions … ran for 1,276 yards and 22 touchdowns … Junior year threw for 2,456 yards and 26 touchdowns … ran for 970 yards and 17 touchdowns

Personal
Parents are Erik and Christine … graduated from University of Minnesota with a degree in kinesiology (Spring 2016) ... working towards his master's in kinesiology and sport management.