TicketsTWO-TIME BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK (2024)
BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR HONORABLE MENTION (2024)
CAREER
Will begin his second season with the Bearcats as one of the most experienced and best dual threat quarterbacks in the country, having already logged 19 starts and passed for 33 touchdowns to go along with 13 rushing scores and just 12 interceptions…Has two years of eligibility remaining…Has five career three-touchdown passing games.
2024
Emerged as one of the Big 12’s top signal-callers and one of the nation’s top dual threat quarterbacks in his first season at Cincinnati after transferring from Indiana…Was the ONLY FBS quarterback to log a 425-yard passing game (at Texas Tech) and a 125-yard rushing game (at Iowa State) in 2024…Capped 2024 as one of just four players in the nation to pass for 2,800+ yards and 18 touchdowns and rush for nine touchdowns…Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and Big 12 Newcomer of the Year honorable mention honoree…Completed 249 of 389 pass attempts (64%) for 2,813 yards and 18 touchdowns with just seven interceptions…Added 447 yards and nine scores on the ground…His 64% completion percentage ranked third in the Big 12 and sixth in a single-season in Cincinnati history…His top performance came on the road on Texas Tech when he completed 31 of 45 pass attempts for 426 yards and four touchdowns with one interception, while adding 52 rushing yards in 44-41 shootout loss to the Red Raiders…His 478 total yards were the most in a single-game by a Big 12 player in 2024, and the fourth-highest total by a Power 4 quarterback…His 426 passing yards in the game were the third-most in the Big 12 in 2024…His nine rushing touchdowns were the third-most by a UC QB behind only Desmond Ridder in 2020 (12) and Tony Kapetanis in 1979 (11)…Started the year with 148 passes without an INT – the longest streak to start the season by an FBS QB…Capped season by completing 21 of 34 passes for 160 yards to go along with 93 rushing yards and one score in frigid temperatures against TCU...Finished 21 of 39 for 200 yards and two touchdowns at Kansas State...Only passed for 66 yards at Iowa State, but rushed for a career-best 143 yards and a touchdown against the Cyclones...Completed 24 of 36 attempts (69.7%) for 278 yards and one touchdown versus West Virginia...Added 48 yards and one score on the ground versus the Mountaineers...Passed for 180 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions at Colorado with 48 rushing yards..Had two rushing touchdowns and completed 23 of 31 passes (74.2%) for 206 yards in a 24-14 victory over Big 12 Champion Arizona State...Completed 25 of 38 passes for 241 yards and one touchdown at UCF...Added a rushing score in Orlando...Completed 12 of 15 pass attempts (80%) for 188 yards for two touchdowns and added a rushing score in a 30-0 win over Houston....Was 21 of 34 (61.8%) for 186 yards and one score at Miami (Ohio)...Passed for 298 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions against Pitt, completing 22 of 38 attempts (57.9%)...Made his Cincinnati debut against Towson, completing 22 of 31 passes (71%) for 383 yards and two scores to go along with two rushing touchdowns...Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors following the game.
Spent two seasons at Indiana, redshirting in 2022 before passing for 1,587 yards and 15 touchdowns with only five interceptions in 2023…He appeared in 10 games with seven starts, including a five-touchdown game at Illinois and a three-touchdown passing effort at Penn State in his first career road start…A dual-threat quarterback, he added 286 yards and four touchdowns on 112 carries last season and rushed for 151 yards over the final three games…A two-year starter at Lake Dallas [Texas] High School, he passed for 1,271 yards and 14 touchdowns with 791 yards and 15 scores on the ground as a senior in 2021.