2023 Hampshire Honor Society
2023 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2022-23 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
2022 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
2022 AFCA Good Works Team
2022 Paul Robeson Award
2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2022 Team Captain
2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2021 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2021 Bender Award
2021 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 Team Captain
2021 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2022 (Senior): Played in four games with three starts at quarterback ... earned the Paul Robeson Award at the team banquet (12/4) as the individual whose performance, leadership and dedication on and off the field has had the greatest impact on Rutgers football ... a winner of the
Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award (6/20) ... recipient of the
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (11/30) for the second time ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/9) for the third time and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (6/27) for the fourth time ... also selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/19) ... completed 21 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown ... added 46 rushing yards with a score on the ground ... finishes ranked seventh in program history in both career completions (337) and total offense (3,876), 12th in passing yards (3,340) ... honored on Senior Day versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... completed 12 passes for 113 yards with no sacks against in the win over Indiana (10/22) ... contributed 133 passing yards and ran for a 21-yard touchdown against Nebraska (10/7) ... rushed four times in season debut at No. 3 Ohio State (10/1) ... voted a team captain for the second time (8/31) ... named to the Allstate American Football Coaches Association (AFCA)
Good Works Team (7/21) for exemplary community service, academic dedication and impact on and off the field.
2021 (Senior): Started all 13 games at quarterback ... named a semifinalist for the
William V. Campbell Trophy (9/29), which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... earned the Bender Award at the team banquet (12/12) ... recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (12/1) ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/14) for the second time and honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/14) for the third time ... passed for 1,823 yards, most by a Scarlet Knight since 2015 ... completed 180-of-303 attempts (59.4 percent) with seven touchdowns ... recorded 23 completions of at least 20 yards with a long of 75 ... ranked second on the team with 297 rushing yards ... scored two touchdowns on the ground ... collected 2,120 yards of total offense for an average of 163.1 per game to rank eighth in the Big Ten ... went 8-for-13 passing in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... rushed for a touchdown and threw for 97 yards in the win at Indiana (11/13) ... rushed for go-ahead touchdown on a 15-yard carry in the fourth quarter and passed for 138 yards in the win at Illinois (10/30) ... threw for 152 yards and a touchdown with 22 rushing yards at Northwestern (10/16) ... passed for 208 yards and rushed for 21 versus No. 11 Michigan State (10/9) ... added 16 completions with a 75-yard touchdown pass against No. 11 Ohio State (10/2) ... completed 18 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown with 46 rushing yards at No. 19 Michigan (9/25) ... went 21-for-26 for a season-best 323 yards and two touchdowns to beat Delaware (9/18) ... went 22-for-28 for 145 yards and a touchdown pass at Syracuse (9/11) ... completed 15 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown with a game-high 71 rushing yards in the win over Temple (9/4) ... voted a team captain.
2020 (Senior): Started seven games at quarterback ... named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/1) ... completed 136-of-221 passes for 1,253 yards and nine touchdowns ... added 193 rushing yards with a score on the ground ... averaged 206.6 yards of total offense per game, seventh-best in the Big Ten ... had four games with at least 20 completions with a high of 29 ... reached 200 passing yards twice with a best of 381, eighth-highest in a game in program history ... logged four games with multiple touchdowns accounted for ... ranked third in the Big Ten with a 61.5 completion percentage, third with 19.43 completions per game, fifth with nine passing touchdowns, seven with 1,253 passing yards and 10th with 64 points responsible for ... registered 16 completions of at least 20 yards with two touchdown throws of over 60 yards ... tied for the team lead with 20 rushing first downs picked up ... collected 49 yards on the ground in the win at Maryland (12/12) ... rushed for 56 yards and threw a touchdown pass versus Penn State (12/5) ... went 29-for-43 passing for 381 yards, eighth-most in a game in program history, and three touchdowns against Michigan ... engineered a 16-play, 75-yard drive capped by a 11-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 27 seconds left and rushed for a two-point conversion to tie the game and force overtime ... passed for 256 yards and two touchdowns on 21 completions versus Illinois (11/14) ... went 22-for-33 passing for 168 yards at No. 3 Ohio State (11/7) ... recorded 21 completions with two touchdown passes against No. 17 Indiana (10/31) ... went 18-for-29 passing for 169 yards and a touchdown with a 24-yard rushing score to beat Michigan State (10/24) in Rutgers debut as starting quarterback.
2019 (Junior at Nebraska): Appeared in six games with two starts at quarterback … earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honors … went 34-for-52 passing for 418 yards … added 106 rushing yards on 30 attempts with three touchdowns … completed 14-of-16 passes for 201 yards with two rushing scores plus a 22-yard reception versus Indiana (10/26) … earned first collegiate start at Minnesota (10/12) and went 14-of-23 passing for 135 yards, long completion of 51, and rushed for 49 yards … rushed for 33 yards and passed for 41 yards in relief, including leading a game-winning drive, against Northwestern (10/5) … contributed a 3-yard rushing touchdown in addition to 30 passing yards on three completions versus Northern Illinois (9/14).
2018 (Sophomore at Nebraska): Played in one game ... initially ruled ineligible after transfer before waiver granted immediate eligibility on Oct. 12 … made Nebraska debut in the win over Bethune-Cookman (10/27), recording a rushing touchdown with 13 yards on the ground and 29 passing yards.
2017 (Freshman at UCF): Appeared in eight games as the backup quarterback for Knights, who went 13-0 as the nation’s only undefeated team … completed 22-of-29 passes for 276 yards and one touchdown … added 77 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground … had a 46-yard completion at Temple (11/18) … notched first career passing touchdown on a 35-yard strike versus Connecticut (11/11) … went 4-for-5 passing for 72 yards and rushed for a touchdown against Austin Peay (10/28) … completed all four passing attempts and recorded a 13-yard rushing score versus East Carolina (10/14) … made collegiate debut against FIU (8/31) and went 10-for-12 passing for 79 yards.
Prior to College: Played for coach Tim Turman, his grandfather, at Bishop Neumann … passed for 4,561 career yards while adding 2,250 rushing yards and accounting for 6,811 yards of total offense and 77 total touchdowns … threw for 2,001 yards and rushed for 739 yards as a senior in 2016 to earned All-Nebraska accolades from the
Omaha World-Herald … helped Bishop Neumann finish as the Class C-1 runner-up … a three-star prospect and the No. 5 player in Nebraska by
247Sports and
ESPN … also played high school basketball and collected third-team All-Nebraska honors as a senior when Bishop Neumann won the C-1 state championship.
Personal: Father Mike (1990-92) and uncles Jon (1994-96), Mark (1998-01) and Matt (1994-96) are all Nebraska football letterwinners … earned undergraduate degree in communications studies from Nebraska in May 2020 ... studying as a graduate student in the communication, information and media program.
