Biography
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
COLLEGE
- Set the following school records: Season Passing Yards 3,253 (2019), Season TD Passes 30 (2019), Season Completion Percentage 66.9% // 107-of-160 (2022), Season Passing Yards/Game 250.2 (2019), Season TD-INT Ratio 4.28 // 30 TDs, 7 INTs (2019), Season Pass Efficiency Rating 178.7 (2019), Season Passing Yards in Bowl Game 278 (2019 Outback Bowl), Sophomore Passing Yards 3,252 (2019), Sophomore TD Passes 30 (2019), Sophomore Total Offense 3,196 // -57 Rushing, 3,253 Passing (2019), Consecutive Games with a TD Pass 18 (12/26/18 – 11/13/20), Consecutive Completions 16 (10/16/21 vs. Nebraska), Career Passing Efficiency Rating 151.0, Career Completion Percentage 62.2% // 661-of-1,063, Career games won as starting quarterback 33 (of 47 career starts)
- Played in 51 career games (47 starts)
- Registered a 33-14 (.702) record as a starting quarterback
- His 33 wins are the most by a Minnesota quarterback in recorded history
- Completed 661 passes (second in school history) of 1,063 attempts (second in school history) for 9,454 yards (second in school history)
- Career completion percentage of 62.2 ranks first in school history and his 65 career TD passes ranks second
- Four games where he completed 83 percent or more of his passes (21-22 at Purdue in 2019; 18-20 vs. Penn State in 2019; 20-24 vs. Nebraska in 2021 and 23-26 at Michigan State in 2022)
- Threw a TD pass in a school-record 18 consecutive games (12/26/18 – 11/13/20)
- Made his first career start on Oct. 26, 2018 against Indiana where he threw for 302 yards (most for a freshman making his first career start) and three TDs
- In 2019, became the second quarterback in the last 20 years (Florida State's Jameis Winston in 2013) to complete at least 90% of his passes (minimum 20 passes) in two games when he completed 21-of-22 passes (95.4%) at Purdue and 18-of-20 passes (90%) against Penn State
- First quarterback in school history to throw a TD pass in every game of the season (30 TD passes in 13 games in 2019)
- four 300-yard games in his career (one in 2018, three in 2019), which is tied for the fourth most in school history
- 2023 East-West Shrine Bowl
- 2023 Hula Bowl
- 2022 Wuerffel Trophy Finalist
- 2022 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Semifinalist
- 2021 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Semifinalist
- 2020 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention
- 2019 All-Big Ten Second Team
- 2019 Davey O'Brien Award semifinalist
- 2019 The Manning Award finalist
- 2019 Love of the Game Award
- Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week: (2x in 2019, 1x in 2022)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Week: (1x in 2018)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2021, 2019, 2018)
PERSONAL
- Attended Ryle High School in Union, Ken., where he played as a junior and a senior (played as a freshman and sophomore at Hazard High School in Hazard, Kentucky) before enrolling at Minnesota in January 2017
- As a senior, passed for 2,747 yards and 27 TDs as team finished 12-1 and reached 6-A state quarterfinals
- Named a finalist for Kentucky's Mr. Football award
- As a junior, threw for 2,674 yards and 21 TDs
- At Hazard, passed for 4,990 yards and 56 TDs as a freshman and sophomore
- One of only few Kentucky high school quarterbacks to pass for more than 10,000 yards in his career
- Consensus three-star recruit
- Coached by Michael Engler
- Son of Pat and the Ted Morgan (Ted passed away from Glioblastoma on July 12, 2021)
- Married his wife, Sarah, on July 9, 2022
- Has one brother (Tyler) and one sister (Grace)