Finalist for Manning Award and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award as a senior...Winner of the Greise-Brees Big Ten Quarterback of the Year...Consensus First-Team All-Big Ten as a senior...Holds single-season school record for passing yards (3,175), TD passes (33) and total offense (3,513) in his one year at Wisconsin and was the nation's most efficient quarterback this past season (191.79 rating)...A Second-Team All-ACC member asa junior at NC State...Was the first freshman ever to earn All-ACC First-Team honors by a quarterback in 2008...Ranks eighth in ACC history in career total offense with 9,628 yards...Has the ability to make all the necessary throws in the NFL, with superior arm strength...Above-average athleticism and a student of the game...Cerebral field general with the ability to recognize defensive coverages and adapt...Lack of ideal height is the only thing separating him from the top QB prospects in this draft.
2011 Season Stats
Wk.
Opp.
Pass Att.
Pass Comp.
Pass Yards
Pass TD
INT
Car.
Rush Yds
Rush TD
Rush Avg.
Result
1
vs. UNLV
13
10
255
2
0
2
62
1
31
W 51-17
2
vs. Oregon State
21
17
189
3
0
4
11
0
2.8
W 35-0
3
at Northern Ill
32
23
347
3
1
5
37
0
7.4
W 49-7
4
vs. South Dakota
25
19
345
3
0
5
-2
0
-0.4
W 59-10
5
vs. Nebraska
20
14
255
2
0
6
32
1
5.3
W 48-17
7
vs. Indiana
17
12
166
1
0
2
42
0
21
W 59-7
8
at Michigan St
21
14
223
2
2
8
30
1
3.8
L 37-31
9
at Ohio State
32
20
253
3
0
6
-12
0
-2
L 33-29
10
vs. Purdue
20
15
205
2
0
10
76
1
7.6
W 62-17
11
at Minnesota
17
16
178
4
0
7
19
0
2.7
W 42-13
12
at Illinois
13
10
90
1
0
4
-6
1
-1.5
W 28-17
13
vs. Penn State
29
19
186
2
0
7
36
0
5.1
W 45-7
14
at Michigan St
24
17
187
3
0
7
-5
0
-0.7
W 42-39
17
at Oregon
25
19
296
2
1
6
18
1
3
L 45-38
Collegiate Career
Season
Pass Att.
Pass Comp.
Pass Yards
Pass TD
INT
Rating
Car.
Rush Yds
Rush TD
Rush Avg.
2011
309
225
3175
33
4
191.8
79
338
6
4.3
2010
527
308
3563
28
14
127.5
143
435
9
3
2009
378
224
3027
31
11
147.8
103
260
4
2.5
2008
275
150
1955
17
1
133.9
116
388
4
3.3
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