Biography
2023: Received a M.S. in computer science in December 2023 … Captain … Harlon Hill Award finalist and runner-up … Consensus All-American earning second-team honors from the Associated Press, AFCA, D2CCA, D2football.com, and Don Hansen … His 10 career all-America honors are the most in program history … First-Team Academic All-America, the first three-time recipient in program history ... D2CCA Super Region 4 Offensive Player of the Year … D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 … RMAC Offensive Player of the Year … First-Team All-RMAC … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … NFFCC Colorado Offensive Player of the Year … NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado … NFFCC Academic All-Colorado First Team ... RMAC Offensive Academic Player of the Year … National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society member ... First-Team Academic All-RMAC … Team's Offensive Player of the Year and recipient of the Tom Mead Spirit Award ... Record-setting career ended with the all-time college football records in passing touchdowns (162) and total touchdowns responsible for (191) … Set the NCAA Division II records for career quarterback rating at 172.4 and for most career games with a touchdown pass at 55 … Ranks #2 all-time in D-II in total offensive yards (17,006) and completion percentage (.701) and #3 in passing yards (15,006) … Holds Mines and RMAC records in those categories and is the program leader in starts (57) and wins (50) … Starting all 15 games in 2023, threw for 4,298 yards and 43 touchdowns completing 70.7 percent of his passes … Also ran for 449 net yards on 106 attempts with five touchdowns … Led NCAA Division II in rating (174.5) and ranked in the top three in passing yards, touchdowns, and completion percentage … RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 1, Week 4, Week 7, Week 9) … NFFCC Colorado Player of the Week (Week 7) … Went over 300 passing yards five times with a season high of 344 with five touchdowns against South Dakota Mines … Also threw for five scores against Adams State and Black Hills State … Ran for touchdowns in five consecutive games including three postseason games vs. Augustana, Central Washington, and Kutztown … Had four total touchdowns and 318 total yards in the national semifinal vs. Kutztown … Threw for 270 yards and a score in the national final vs. Harding … Had 10 total touchdowns and averaged 309.8 total yards per game in four postseason appearances … Averaged 283.8 yards passing, 24.5 rushing yards, and 2.5 total touchdowns per game in six starts vs. the AFCA top 25 … Ran for a season-high 90 yards against Western Colorado and had 83 against Central Washington in the regional final ... Lindy's Preseason D-II Most Valuable Player ... Lindy's Preseason First-Team All-America ... D2football.com Elite 100 Preseason First Team ... Topped the Associated Press' preseason list of six small college football players to watch.
2022: Received a B.S. in computer science in May 2023 ... Team captain ... Harlon Hill Award winner as the national player of the year in NCAA Division II ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Overall Team Member of the Year for NCAA Division II as the nation's top student-athlete ... Colorado Sports Hall of Fame Male College Athlete of the Year ... D2CCA Ron Lenz National Offensive Player of the Year ... D2football.com Offensive Player of the Year … College Sports Communicators Academic All-American of the Year in football... Associated Press First-Team All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-America ... Don Hansen First-Team All-America ...D2CCA Super Region 4 Offensive Player of the Year … D2football.com Elite 100 First Team … Don Hansen First-Team All-America ...First-Team Academic All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-Super Region 4 ... NFFCC Colorado Offensive Player of the Year … NFFCC First-Team All-Colorado … RMAC Offensive Player of the Year ... RMAC Offensive Academic Player of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC ... First-Team Academic All-RMAC ... CSC Academic All-District ... NFFCC Colorado Player of the Week (Sept. 20 and Nov. 28) ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 3, Oct. 17, Nov. 7) … Mines' Offensive Player of the Year as voted by his teammates ... Produced one of the top offensive seasons in NCAA Division II history with 4,778 passing yards and 52 touchdowns … Led NCAA Division II in passing yards, passing touchdowns, pass efficiency (178.8), and points responsible for (342) … Generated the third-most total yards (5,221) in a season in D-II history, adding 443 rushing yards and five ground touchdowns to his season … Set the Mines single-season record for passing yardage and threw the second-most touchdowns ever in a Mines season … Crossed 10,000 yards and 100 touchdowns for his career during the season and ended the season with 10,708 yards and 119 passing touchdowns …Had a monster postseason producing 23 total touchdowns (19 passing, 4 rushing), more than double the next-best player in D-II … Had five or more total touchdowns in each of the first four rounds of the NCAA Division II tournament including four passing TDs vs. CSU Pueblo, Minnesota State, and Angelo State, and five against Shepherd … Had six total touchdowns (4 passing, 2 rushing) in the regional final at Angelo State … Threw for two touchdowns in the national title game against Ferris State … Produced a pair of 100-yard rushing games, both in the playoffs, against Minnesota State and Angelo State … Threw for 300+ yards 11 times in 16 games and 350+ four times, including a career-high 384 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 377 vs. Black Hills State, and 371 vs. Shepherd in the national semifinals.
2021: D2football.com Elite 100 selection … CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America … CoSIDA Academic All-District … RMAC Offensive Academic Player of the Year ... First-Team All-NFFCC … Second-Team All-RMAC … RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 1) ... NFFCC Colorado Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 1) … Started all 14 games at quarterback, completing 260 of 382 passing attempts for 3,105 yards and 38 touchdowns against only eight interceptions … Ranked third nationally in completion percentage (.681), eighth in efficiency (164.9), fifth in passing touchdowns (38), and 15th in passing yards (3,105) … A dual threat on the ground, was the team’s second-leading rusher with 492 net yards and seven touchdowns … Threw for touchdowns in all 14 games including eight 3+ and three 4-TD games … Also had four total touchdowns (passing and running) against Adams State and Valdosta State … Top games included a 362-yard, four-touchdown day at Black Hills State and 348 yards and three touchdowns against Bemidji State … Had a terrific postseason, throwing for 862 yards and nine touchdowns while rushing for 115 yards and three scores in three NCAA games … Had four total TDs in the NCAA semis against Valdosta State as he ran for a season-high 87 yards and two scores while throwing for 260 yards and two touchdowns as well.
2019: Harlon Hill Trophy nominee ... Blaster Awards winner for Male Rookie of the Year ... Don Hansen’s Football Gazette Honorable Mention All-America and Second-Team All-Region … Football Gazette’s Super Region Four Freshman of the Year … D2CCA Second-Team All-Region ... NFFCC Colorado Offensive Player of the Year … RMAC Offensive Freshman of the Year ... First-Team All-RMAC … First-Team All-NFFCC ... NFFCC First-Team Academic All-Colorado … RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 16, Sept. 23, Oct. 14, Oct. 21) ... NFFCC Colorado Player of the Week (Sept. 23, Oct. 14) ... Team's Offensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year … Started the second game of the season against Black Hills State and occupied the QB role after that, winning his first 11 starts as a true freshman … Threw for 2,825 yards, 29 touchdowns, and just five interceptions on 252-of-342 passing … His 73.68 percent completion rating was second-best in Mines history … Ranked second in NCAA Division II in completion percentage, sixth in efficiency (168.1), 12th in passing TDs, sixth in points responsible for (246), and 14th in total offense (285.3 ypg) ... A dual threat quarterback who was the team’s third-leading rusher on 598 yards and 11 touchdowns from 145 carries … In his career debut against BHSU, completed 20-of-22 passes for three touchdowns and ran for 50 yards and a score … Threw at least two touchdowns in 11 of 12 starts including four each against Fort Lewis and Chadron State … Ran for scores in nine different games, with two-TD days against Western Colorado and Azusa Pacific … Combined for four touchdowns seven times, including becoming the first player in program history to throw, run for, and catch a touchdown in a game (4 passing/1 rushing/1 receiving) against Fort Lewis … Threw for a career-high 339 yards in that Fort Lewis Game … Completed a career-high 32 passes on 40 attempts for 263 yards against Western … Became first Mines quarterback since 2016 to run for 100+ yards when he ran for 108 at Azusa Pacific.
HIGH SCHOOL: Standout quarterback for Magnolia West (Texas) ... Two-time district MVP ... Threw for 3,441 yards, 53 touchdowns, and ran for 870 yards as a senior ... Named to the 2018-19 Greater Houston First Team ... 2018 Montgomery County MVP ... Earned six combined letters between football and basketball ... Academic All-State honoree.
