TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders in the sixth round (215th overall) of the 2025 Draft, April 26, 2024.
AT A GLANCE
• Played five seasons (2020-24) at North Dakota State and started in 56 games at quarterback, finishing with a 45-11 record as the starting quarterback, the third most wins in FCS history.
• Two-time NCAA Division I FCS national championship quarterback with title wins over Montana State in 2021 and 2024.
• Broke NDSU career records for total offense yards (11,998), pass completion percentage (.694), passing completions (759) and yards (9,721) and finished second in passing attempts (1,094) and touchdowns (81). Also tied Easton Stick's NDSU career record with 129 total touchdowns.
• Tied for fourth in NDSU history with 48 rushing touchdowns, a Missouri Valley Football Conference record for quarterbacks.
COLLEGE: Played five seasons (2020-24) at North Dakota State and started in 56 games at quarterback, finishing with a 45-11 record as the starting quarterback, the third most wins in FCS history…Led the Bison to two NCAA Division I FCS national championships with title wins over Montana State in 2021 and 2024… Broke NDSU career records for total offense yards (11,998), pass completion percentage (.694), passing completions (759) and yards (9,721) and finished second in passing attempts (1,094) and touchdowns (81)...Also tied Easton Stick's NDSU career record with 129 total touchdowns responsible for...Tied for fourth in NDSU history with 48 rushing touchdowns, a Missouri Valley Football Conference record for quarterbacks...Recorded a 15-3 record in the NCAA playoffs…Completed 62.0 percent of his passes (196-316) for 2,709 yards and 23 touchdowns with nine interceptions in 18 postseason contests while rushing 188 times for 812 yards and 15 TDs…Owns a school-record 324 consecutive passing attempts without an interception…Fifth-Year Senior (2024): Runner-up for the Walter Payton Award, presented annually to the Offensive Player of the Year in the Football Championship Subdivision...Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Player of the Year...Led the nation in passing efficiency (180.1), was second in FCS with a school-record 73.5 completion percentage, and ranked third in FCS with a league-high 33 passing touchdowns, the second most in NDSU single-season history...Broke NDSU season records for passing completions and yards as the Bison finished 14-2 overall and won the NCAA Division I FCS national championship...Also rushed 145 times for 631 yards and 12 touchdowns, tying the school record with 45 TDs...Finished with 3,882 yards of total offense, four shy of Trey Lance's 2019 school record… Had seven 200-yard passing games and finished his career with a school-record 18 games of 200-plus passing yards… Accounted for 358 total yards and three TDs in the season-opener at Colorado, including a career-high 277 yards on 18 of 22 passing...Also carried 16 times for 81 yards with a 20-yard TD...Had 207 total yards and three TDs against North Dakota...Orchestrated a 10-play, 92-yard touchdown drive against South Dakota State...Completed 7-of-7 passes to six different receivers on the game-winning drive at NDSU...Beat the Jackrabbits again in the NCAA semifinals with 179 passing yards and three TDs while rushing for 93 yards and one score...Named the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Game after running for a season-high 121 yards and two TDs against Montana State and going 19 of 22 for 199 yards through the air with two TDs…Senior (2023): Named second team All-America by Stats Perform...Second team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Ranked second in the FCS and first in the MVFC in completion percentage (72.0)...Ranked third in the MVFC with 13 rushing TDs...Had six 200-yard passing games and his first 2,000-yard season...Went 208 of 289 passing for 2,688 yards with 19 TDs and four interceptions...Led NDSU with 135 rushing attempts and tied for the team lead with 13 rushing touchdowns...Season-high 256 yards on 16-of-20 passing with two TDs at Missouri State…Junior (2022): Started all 15 games at quarterback...Ranked third in the Missouri Valley Football Conference and 14th in FCS with a 65.8 completion percentage...Fourth in the conference and 20th nationally with a 147.7 pass efficiency rating...Completed 160 of 243 attempts with 13 touchdowns and five interceptions...MVFC Offensive Player of the Week after tying school records with five rushing touchdowns and 30 points scored in the home win over North Dakota...Career-high 18 rushing attempts and 132 yards in the NCAA semifinal win over Incarnate Word, his first 100-yard rushing game...Career-high 260 passing yards in the national championship game against South Dakota State…Sophomore (2021): Played in 13 of 15 games and led the Bison to their ninth NCAA Division I FCS national championship and 10th Missouri Valley Football Conference championship finishing 14-1 overall...Went 103-for-152 passing for 1,444 yards and 14 touchdowns with only three interceptions while rushing 69 times for 280 yards and four TDs...Came off the bench to lead two late touchdown drives in a 27-20 comeback win over Missouri State...Completed 7-of-9 passing attempts for 122 yards in the win...Went 10-for-14 with a career-high three TDs against Indiana State...Passed for 218 yards and two touchdowns at South Dakota State…Freshman (2020): Played in the final eight games of the season including two starts in the NCAA playoffs against Eastern Washington and Sam Houston...Completed 30 of 59 passes (50.8%) for 363 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions...Rushed 55 times for 176 yards and four touchdowns...Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Week after accounting for 118 yards of total offense in his third career game against Illinois State...Played a majority of the second half in the 21-13 win over the Redbirds, rushing for a season-high 57 yards and completing 5 of 7 passes for 61 yards…Season-high 149 yards passing (9-for-16) against South Dakota State...Tossed 4-yard and 1-yard TD passes in the first round playoff win over Eastern Washington.
PERSONAL: Attended Solon (Iowa) High School where he was a three-year starter at quarterback and strong safety…Passed for 2,436 yards and 28 touchdowns, while rushing for 840 yards and 12 touchdowns during his senior season, setting school records in single-season passing yards and passing touchdowns, along with most all-purpose yards (3,276)…Went 32-3 as a starter, passing for 5,894 yards and 79 touchdowns while rushing for 1,184 yards and 16 touchdowns...Was a three-time all-conference selection and earned first team all-state selection as a senior…Won Cedar Rapids Gazette Offensive Player of the Year in 2019...Led team to three state tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish in 2019 and semifinal appearance in 2017…Also played baseball, where he was a two-time all-state selection, setting a school record with a 0.60 ERA.
