Let’s welcome our star player, the sensational quarterback who has shown exceptional prowess on the field! 🌟🏈
**Career Highlights and Achievements:**
– **College Performance:**
– Played in 9 games with 6 starts, completing 115 of 198 passes for 1,274 yards, 10 touchdowns, and only 2 interceptions.
– Notable performances include coming off the bench to throw for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns against Wake Forest.
– In his first career start against Northern Illinois, he led the Commodores to a 38-28 comeback win with 4 touchdown passes and 255 yards, including three third-quarter touchdown passes within six minutes.
– Threw 2 touchdown passes each against Ole Miss and South Carolina.
– Despite an injury keeping him out against Kentucky and Florida, he returned in the regular-season finale against Tennessee, completing 11 of 17 passes for 79 yards.
– **Vanderbilt to LSU:**
– Transferred from Vanderbilt, where he started 12 games over two years, accumulating 2,731 passing yards and 22 touchdowns.
– Completed 222 out of 394 passes with 9 interceptions in 12 games and also rushed for one touchdown.
– **High School Stardom:**
– A standout from Cherokee High School in White, Georgia, and an Under Armour All-American.
– Finalist at the Elite 11 competition, rated as one of the nation’s top pro-style quarterbacks in the Class of 2022.
– Three-year starter, throwing for 6,931 yards and 65 touchdowns during his high school career.
– As a junior, named co-offensive 5-7A Regional Player of the Year in Georgia, throwing for 2,505 yards and 23 touchdowns, leading his team to an 8-3 record.
– Tossed for 2,399 yards and 20 touchdowns as a sophomore.
– Graduated early and enrolled at Vanderbilt in January 2022, coached by Josh Shaw.
– **Recent Season Highlights:**
– Started all six games he played in, including the first five of the season and the season finale against Tennessee.
– Completed 107 of 196 passes for 1,457 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 7 interceptions.
– Threw 11 touchdown passes in the first four games of the season.
– Season highlights include 258 yards and 3 touchdowns in a win over Hawaii, 194 yards and 2 touchdowns against Alabama A&M, 314 yards and 3 touchdowns at Wake Forest, and 335 passing yards and 3 touchdowns at UNLV.
– In his final start at Vanderbilt, he threw for 167 yards and a touchdown against Tennessee.
We are thrilled to have such a talented and accomplished quarterback joining our team! Welcome aboard, and we can’t wait to see you shine even brighter in your new chapter! 🎉👏
