HONORS: Second-team All-Southland Conference 2019... named first-team sophomore All-American by Hero Sports... named preseason first-team All-Southland Conference 2020... preseason All-ASUN selection 2021... Walter Payton Award Watch List for 2021
2020: Played in eight of nine games, starting eight... passed for 1,861 yards and 19 touchdowns with 10 interceptions... completed 174 of 310 passes (56.1 percent)... threw for 232.6 yards per game... had one rushing TD... threw for 320 yards (30 of 45) and 2 touchdowns in victory at Eastern Kentucky... had 5 touchdown passes in win over Missouri Western... had three TD passes twice (at FBS UAB, at North Dakota State)... threw for 302 yards at FBS Arkansas State... attempted 49 passes twice (vs. Austin Peay, Arkansas State)... tied for 3rd in the FCS with 19 passing TDs... 7th in passing yards (1,861) in the FCS... has thrown for 6,652 career yards (4th in school history) and 58 career touchdowns (4th in school history)... has completed 570 passes (3rd in school history) of 919 attempts (3rd in school history) and has completed 62% of his passes, with 27 interceptions... his 6,705 yards of career total offense ranks 4th in school history.
2019: Played in all 13 games... was named a first-team FCS Sophomore All-American by Hero Sports... was a second-team All-Southland selection... set the UCA single-season school record with 3,704 yards and tied the school record with 32 touchdown passes... moved to 9th in career passing yards at UCA with 4,791 yards... named to the 2020 preseason All-SLC first team... threw for career-high 434 yards in win at Lamar... had 405 passing yards vs. Sam Houston State... had career-high 5 touchdown passes in win over Incarnate Word... had 4 TD passes vs. SHSU and Lamar... went 30 for 37 with no INTs and 4 TDs vs. Lamar... completed 20 of 28 for 324 yards and 3 TDs in win over FBS Western Kentucky in season opener... completed 36 of 53 for 367 yards in win over Abilene Christian... set school single-season records for pass attempts (490) and completions (316)... averaged 284.9 passing yards per game... also set school record for single-season total offense (3,666 yards)
2018: Played in four games before breaking his ankle vs. Sam Houston State in Game 4... passed for 1,009 yards and six touchdowns, completing 68.8 percent (77 of 112) with just 1 interception... rushed 23 times for a net of 42 yards with a pair of touchdowns... averaged 252.2 passing yards per game
2017: Played in eight games for the Bears...completed three passes for 78 yards and a touchdown for an efficiency of 183.60...ran the ball three times for 26 yards, including a long of 19, all at Lamar...was 2-for-3 for 43 yards at Lamar...completed his only pass attempt for a 35 yard touchdown against Incarnate Word
2016: Redshirted at UCA
High School: played at Conway (Ark.) High School... 2013 All-Conference team... 2014 All-State team... 2015 All-State team... THV 11 Player of the Week (Sept. 11, 2014)... passed for over 2,000 yards all three years as starter for Wampus Cats... 2013 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Metro team... 2,333 passing yards in 2015, with 17 total touchdowns... averaged 6.3 rushing yards per carry and 212 yards per game... 3-star rated by 24/7 Sports... 2-star rated by Rivals... rated #18 in Arkansas by Arkansas Varsity... rated #12 in Arkansas by Hooten’s Magazine... late mother Dandra Thomas was all-conference basketball and volleyball player at UCA and is in the Conway HS Hall of Fame... aunt and uncle Mario and Micaela Thomas both played basketball at UCA
