Recruited by Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, Utah and USC
Served an LDS mission to St. Petersburg, Russia
Speaks Russian
Majoring in marketing management
Before BYU
Named Deseret News 3A MVP as a senior
A Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News First-Team All-State selection
Threw for 3,248 yards and 36 touchdowns
Finished his career with 6,739 passing yards, third most in state history
Tied state mark with 79-career touchdown passes
First-team All-State as a junior
Threw for 3800 yards passing, 41 TD, 13 interceptions, 650 yards rushing and 7 TD his junior year
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2009
Valuable member of the squad team
Sophmore Year
2010
Earned letterman honors as a sophomore
MWC Scholar-Athlete
Saw action in four games
Completed 2-of-3 passes for 37 yards while rushing for 9 yards on 4 attempts
Completed one pass for 6 yards vs. UNLV and one pass for 31 yards in the New Mexico Bowl vs. UTEP
Junior Year
2011
Played in two games
Completed 2 of 6 passes vs. Idaho for 21 yards and had two rushes for 12 yards
Took snaps against New Mexico State
Senior Year
2012
Earned letterman honors
Played in eight games and started the final two
Went 2-0 in his two starts
Completed 73 of 116 passes for 778 yards and eight touchdowns
In first career start, completed 34 of 50 passes for 384 yards and six touchdowns, becoming one of just 10 BYU quarterbacks to throw at least six touchdown passes in a game
Rushed for first career touchdown and passed for first career touchdown against Weber State