Career: Went 32-6 as a starter (third-most wins in App State history, No. 2 behind Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence for career wins among FBS QBs playing in 2020) … Finished No. 3 in school history with 69 career TD passes, No. 4 with 6,979 passing yards, No. 5 in TD responsibility (88 passing/running, plus one receiving) and No. 5 in total offense with 8,281 yards … Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 … Played in 42 career games (38 starts) … Rushed for 1,302 yards and 19 touchdowns with a long of 62 … Completed 576 passes in 914 attempts (63.0 percent) and had three times as many TD passes as interceptions (23) … Had three games with five total touchdowns (four passing, one rushing) and four games with four TD passes … Had a career-best 326 passing yards against Troy in 2019 and a career-best 109 rushing yards at ULM in 2020 … Invited to The College Gridiron Showcase ... In five years with program, helped App State go 52-13 with five bowl wins and four Sun Belt Conference championships, with a 42-10 mark in four years as an active player ... Recognized as an East-West Shrine Bowl selection ... Invited to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (became virtual) and FBS All Americans Tropical Bowl, where he led the National team to a 20-17 victory and was named its Offensive MVP ... 

2020: Third-team All-Sun Belt … Unitas Golden Arm Award Candidate and member of the Davey O’Brien Award’s QB Class of 2020 … Started all 12 games … Completed 187 of 291 passes (64.3 percent) for 2,189 yards with 20 touchdowns and 11 interceptions … Rushed for 312 yards and two scores … Threw four touchdown passes against Arkansas State and Troy to tie his career high … Went 22 of 29 for a season-high 279 yards with four TDs and no interceptions against Troy … In back-to-back wins, had a 60-yard touchdown run as part of an 82-yard rushing game against Arkansas State before rushing for a career-high 103 yards on 11 carries against ULM … Named the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 216 yards with four TDs and using the 60-yard TD to rush for 82 yards against the Red Wolves … Preseason watch lists for the O’Brien, Manning, Maxwell and Unitas awards ... Sun Belt's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year ... Preseason first-team All-Sun Belt from the league’s coaches/media as well as Lindy's, Athlon, Phil Steele and Street and Smith ... From Lindy's, Sun Belt's MVP, Strongest Arm and Coolest in the Clutch.

2019: Named first-team All-Sun Belt by PFF College and third-team by the league’s coaches … Had 28 touchdown passes (No. 3 in App State’s single-season history), 2,718 passing yards (No. 7) and 3,158 total yards (No. 10) while leading App State to a 13-1 record … With seven rushing touchdowns, totaled 35 touchdowns (No. 4 in App State history in TD responsibility) … Threw only six interceptions as App State set a program record with fewest turnovers in a season (nine) and tied the program record for fewest lost fumbles (three) … Had career-high 326 passing yards and matched career high of four passing TDs in regular-season finale at Troy. Also passed for four TDs two weeks earlier in road win at Georgia State … FBS leader in red zone pass TD rate (44.4) ... Had five total TDs in both road wins at Georgia State and Troy … Had nine games with at least two TD passes and five games with at least three TD passes … Completed 20 of 29 passes for 224 yards and rushed for 57 yards in win at North Carolina … Completed 19 of 23 passes for 246 yards with two TD passes against Coastal Carolina … Scored both of App State’s TDs as a runner in a 17-7 win at Louisiana, with his 7-yard keeper in the closing minutes capping a 19-play, 97-yard drive that lasted 10:11 … Summer counselor at 2019 Manning Passing Academy, where he placed second in the passing skills competition ... Maxwell Award watch list ... Walter Camp Player of the Year watch list ... Davey O’Brien Award watch list ... Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list... Manning Award watch list ... Labeled the Sun Belt’s “Most Accurate Passer” (Lindy’s), the Sun Belt’s “Strongest Arm” (Lindy’s) and the Sun Belt’s “Best Passing QB” (Street & Smith).

2018: Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year ... Second-team All-Sun Belt ... Played and started in 12 of 13 games (sat out Coastal Carolina game) … Injury limited to three plays at Georgia Southern, so otherwise was 10-1 as a starter with the lone loss coming during his first career start in an overtime game at No. 9 Penn State … Completed 159 of 254 passes (62.6 percent) for 2,039 yards with 21 touchdowns and just six interceptions. Also had 92 rushes for 504 yards (5.5 average, counting sacks) with a team-high 10 touchdowns on the ground … One of five FBS quarterbacks in 2018 with at least 20 passing TDs and 10 rushing TDs … Led Sun Belt quarterbacks in QBR, passing efficiency, yards per completion and point responsibility per game … In his first career start at Penn State, completed 25 of 38 passes for 270 yards with two touchdowns and rushed for 43 yards with one touchdown. In the fourth quarter, completed 9 of 15 passes for 153 yards and accounted for three touchdowns (two passing) as the Mountaineers turned a 14-point deficit into a 38-31 lead before Penn State won 45-38 in overtime. He finished a single yard short of tying the school record for total offense by a quarterback in his starting debut … Named the CFPA’s National Performer of the Week by going 14-of-14 for a season-high 295 yards and three passing TDs at Charlotte, marking the first time an App State or Sun Belt QB finished a game with 10-plus completions and no incompletions … As MVP of the New Orleans Bowl, had three passing touchdowns and one receiving touchdown while having a hand in 213 yards (177 passing, 28 rushing, 8 receiving). Had TD passes of 1, 17 and 11 yards in that win, and his touchdown catch on an 8-yard wide receiver pass from Malik Williams was the first catch of a TD pass by an App State quarterback in at least 35 years … Had touchdown runs of 25 and 35 yards in a 30-19 win against Louisiana in the first Sun Belt Championship Game … To reach the title game, threw two TD passes and rushed for a touchdown to help App State build a 21-0 lead in a 21-10 win against Troy in the regular season finale … Had touchdown runs of 50-plus yards against South Alabama (54) and Arkansas State (62) … After sitting out a win at Coastal Carolina, was 63-for-97 passing for 717 yards with 11 total TDs (seven passing) and no INTs in the next four games.

2017: Appeared in four games as the No. 2 quarterback … Was 6 of 10 passing for 33 yards after going 3 for 5 against both Georgia and Savannah State in the opening two games … Also appeared in the final two games against Louisiana and Toledo … Rushed eight times for 45 yards on the year, with five carries for 19 yards coming vs. Savannah State … His longest completion of 14 yards came against Savannah State. Also had an 18-yard run in that game.

2016: Redshirted 

High School: Rated a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports ... Named honorable-mention 7-A all-state as a senior ... Two-time member of Trussville Tribune All-Tribune team ... Completed 267 of 437 passes (61.1 percent) for 3,675 yards and 25 touchdowns as a three-year starter ... Finished prep career with more than 6,000 yards of total offense in 31 games ... Completed 103 of 169 passes (60.9 percent) for 1,461 yards and 12 touchdowns and ran for 829 yards and five scores before sustaining a season-ending leg injury after just nine games as a senior ... Rushed for 1,137 yards and 18 touchdowns in 11 games as a junior ... Coached by Josh Floyd ... Chose App State over Ga. Southern, Arkansas State, Georgia State, ULM, South Alabama, Troy, Middle Tennessee, So. Miss, Western Kentucky and Akron.