Selected after junior season by Oakland Raiders in 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft, Aug. 22, 2011…Signed first contract, Aug. 26, 2011…Placed on reserved/suspended by commissioner, Sept. 3, 2011…Reinstated by commissioner, Oct. 10, 2011…Returned to active roster, Oct. 17, 2011.
Selected after junior season by Oakland Raiders in 2011 NFL Supplemental Draft, Aug. 22, 2011…Signed first contract, Aug. 26, 2011…Placed on reserved/suspended by commissioner, Sept. 3, 2011…Reinstated by commissioner, Oct. 10, 2011…Returned to active roster, Oct. 17, 2011.
CAREER: Extremely athletic and talented youngster, enters second pro season after tumultuous first two months in NFL, one of most unique college-to-pro transitions in recent memory…Played one snap – erased by penalty.
2011: Played one snap as a rookie…Inactive for four games…Did not play in five games…(10/23) vs. KC: On only play, lined up as a WR, ran in motion, then took the snap to attempt a QB sneak, but officials called him for a false start, nullifying the play.
COLLEGE: Led Ohio State to a 31-4 record as a starter…Totaled 57 career TD passes to tie Bobby Hoying for most all-time at Ohio State…Accounted for 76 career TDs (57 passing, 17 rushing, two receiving)…Completed 477-of-783 passes (60.9 percent) for 6,177 yards…Rushed for 2,164 yards on 436 carries (5.0 avg.)…As a 2010 junior, his final campaign, completed 65 percent of his passes for 2,772 yards and 27 TDs…Led an offense that averaged 38.8 points per game, second in the Big Ten and 11th in the nation…Ranked 10th nationally in pass efficiency (157.9 rating)… Ohio State’s all-time rushing leader among QBs with 2,164 yards, led the Big Ten in 2010 with 25 TD passes in conference play…The 2010 Sugar Bowl MVP, rushed for a career-high 115 yards and threw for 221 yards and two TDs against Arkansas…Responsible for a school-record six TDs in win over Eastern Michigan, throwing for four TDs and adding one score each rushing and receiving…Completed a school-record 16 consecutive passes, against Ohio…An honorable-mention All-Big Ten selection as a sophomore, was 167-for-295 for 2,094 yards, with 18 TDs; also Ohio State’s leading rusher with 779 yards…Had six TD passes and only two INT in last five games of regular season, all wins to clinch Big Ten title…Named Rose Bowl MVP…A Big Ten all-academic selection…Went 8-1 as starting QB as a true freshman, when he was Big Ten Freshman of the Year…Was 100-for-165 (60.6) passing for 1,311 yards and 12 scores…Also rushed for 631 yards and six TD…Became only the second true freshman to start at quarterback for the Buckeyes.
PERSONAL: Attended Jeannette (Pa.) High School…Quarterbacked team to 16-0 record and the PIAA and WPIAL crowns…Also helped the basketball team to WPIAL and PIAA titles, a first in the Keystone State…Named the USA Today and Parade Player of Year…Had 4,238 career rushing yards and 4,340 career passing yards, the first 4,000-4,000 year ever in Pennsylvania …Posted 1,899 rushing and 1,889 passing yards as a senior, accounting for 58 TD…The MVP of U.S. Army All-American Bowl…Won consecutive Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review player of the year awards, as a junior and senior… Scored more than 2,000 points in basketball… Volunteered at the High School Player Development event in Oakland in May 2012…Spent time at Buena Vista UMC in Alameda, Calif., in April 2012…In December 2011, volunteered with Oakland’s Solar Rays Extended Day Program and the Henry Robinson Multi-Service Center, and also paid a visit to Oakland Children’s Hospital…Volunteered with the Alameda County Food Bank in November 2011.
