The 1st player drafted from CCU in school history...Only the 3rd QB drafted by the Vikings in the past 10 years, joining Tarvaris Jackson (2nd round, 2006) and Daunte Culpepper (1st round, 1999)...Was not invited to the NFL Combine but impressed scouts during his pro day and attended a workout at Clemson to help raise his stock...Was the 1st of the Vikings 8 draft picks to sign.
Part of the groundbreaking process at Coastal, leading the team to the Division I-AA playoffs in 2006, the 4th season of the Chanticleers’ football program...Posted a 30-8 record as a starter...Guided team to 3 Big South Conference titles in his 4 seasons...Holds every school passing record...Tabbed as an Associated Press and AFCA 1st-Team All-America as a senior...Finished 7th as a senior in the voting for the Walter Payton Award- the I-AA Offensive Player of the Year Award.
2006 Became the 1st consensus All-America in school history...Tabbed as Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Year...Tossed a conference-record 29 TD passes... Led Chanticleers to I-AA playoffs and faced 2-time defending champions Appalachian State, throwing for 351 yards and 3 TDs against the #1Mountaineers...Engineered 28 points against Appalachian State, the most surrendered by the national champs during the season...Led CC to the #13 ranking in the country...Named Big South Offensive Player of the Week 4 times...Ranked 4th in conference in rushing with 656 yards, the league QB to break the 600-yard plateau...Had career-high 119 rushing yards at Gardner-Webb, including a 76-yard bootleg...Threw 3+ TDs in 6 games and had 4 TDs in a pair of games...Had 5 games with 300+ yards.
2005 Started all 11 games for the Big South champs...The CC offense as a whole was rewarded with Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors in an upset win over defending I-AA national champs James Madison...Earned the award himself after running for 111 yards and 3 TDs and throwing for 157 yards in homecoming win over Virginia Military Institute...Rambled for school-record 77-yard TD against VMI...Topped South Carolina State and earned Big South POW honors with game-winning drive in the final minutes...Averaged 184.2 yards of total offense per game.
2004 Started opening 8 games before season-ending shoulder injury sidelined him against Gardner-Webb...Helped team win Big South Conference crown...Earned 1st Big South Offensive Player of the Week honor for the 1st time after throwing for 3 TDs and rushing for another vs. Charleston.
2003 Started 9 of his 10 games...Threw 1st career TD pass at Davidson...Ran for 69 yards on 11 carries with a TD at Savannah State...Had season-best 2 TD passes at Liberty...Ranked 3rd on the team in rushing.
2002 Redshirted as a true freshman.
Majored in recreation and sports management...Brother, Chris, played football at University of Louisville...Father and brother are in the elevator installation and service business...Mother, Harriet, passed away in 2004...Aspires to return to his “home away from home” at CCU after his football career to work as a coach or administrator...Has volunteered with Habitat For Humanity.