Rank:
82
Round Drafted:
73
College:
Oklahoma State Cowboys
Has played at a level that matches some of Oklahoma State’s all-time best quarterbacks … 12-3 career record as a starter, with seven of those 12 wins coming away from home … His 9.1 yards/completion over the span of his career is a record at Oklahoma State (min. 200 pass attempts). A second-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree … Honored by the coaches as the Bob Fenimore Award recipient, given to the team’s offensive MVP … His 264 completions, 424 pass attempts, 3,770 passing yards 290.0 passing yards per game and 287.3 yards of total offense per game trail only Brandon Weeden in 2010 and 2011 on Oklahoma State’s single-season list … Surpassed 300 yards passing six times and 400 yards three times … According to ESPN Stats and Info, his 40 completions on passes thrown at least 20 yards down the field tied California’s Jared Goff for the national lead among Power Five conference quarterbacks … He had 13 touchdowns against just two interceptions on such passes (+11), a differential that matched Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield … According to ESPN Stats and Info, he ranked seventh among qualified Power Five quarterbacks in average pass distance (10.9 yards past the line of scrimmage) … Ranked in the top 10 nationally in completions of 30 yards or longer (28) and also completions of 40 yards or longer (16) … The Big 12 leader with 14.28 yards per completion and ranked second in the league with 3,770 passing yards despite splitting quarterback reps with J.W. Walsh … Earned several awards after he threw a career-best five touchdown passes against no interceptions in a win over No. 5 TCU, including the Walter Camp National Player of the Week, Big 12 Player of the Week, Davey O’Brien Award Performance of the Week, Manning Award Star of the Week and OSU’s offensive player of the game … His passer rating in that game was 258.6, which set a single-game OSU record (min. 20 attempts) … Five touchdown passes tied for fourth-most in a game in school history … Had a career-high 437 passing yards vs. Kansas State, marking the most ever in a game for an OSU sophomore, the fourth-most passing yards in OSU history and the most for a Cowboy since 2011 … His 55 pass attempts vs. Kansas State marked the fifth-most in a game in school history and his 34 completions in that game marked the sixth-most in a game
