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- Position Quarterback
- Class Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt. 6-5 / 225
- Hometown Chandler, AZ.
- Highschool Hamilton HS
Before Louisville: Played three seasons at Texas Tech … owns one season of eligibility … passed for 2,922 yards and 20 touchdowns … threw for 746 yards and seven touchdowns in 2023 … named to Shrine Bowl 1,000 list (7/19) … named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list … named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award preseason watch list … pushed the Red Raiders to an undefeated record as the starting quarterback in 2022 … appeared in seven games overall with five starts, all wins … missed six games early in the season due to a shoulder injury suffered during the opener against Murray State … came off the bench for two games before returning to the starting role for the final four contests … now 8-1 as a starting quarterback at Texas Tech and 12-4 over his collegiate career … is a perfect 8-0 as a starter at Texas Tech in games he has finished … closed the year 106-of-177 overall for 1,304 yards and seven touchdowns … averaged 243.8 passing yards per game in contests he started as well as 300.0 yards of total offense per game … of his 106 completions, 46 went for 10 yards, 21 resulted in 20 yards, 12 were for 30 yards and three finished at 40 yards or longer … part of a Texas Tech offense that became only the second program since 1996 to have three different quarterbacks throw for at least 1,000 yards in a season … also rushed for 269 yards and four touchdowns on 72 carries … was the Red Raiders’ third-leading rusher and ranked fourth for total carries … had at least 10 carries in three of his final four starts of the season with the lone exception being nine attempts in that span against Oklahoma … had at least 30 rushing yards in all four of those games with two games with 70 or more yards and one 100-yard performance … received a 74.1 offensive grade by Pro Football Focus, which led the quarterback room and ranked third on the offense … credited with playing in 403 offensive snaps by PFF … was 11th in the league for passing yards and 12th overall for touchdown passes, completions and passing attempts at the end of the season … ranked tied for sixth in the league with 12 completions of 30 or more yards … posted the second-highest single game amount for total offensive yards among league players with his performance versus Oklahoma … departed the season opener versus Murray State (9/3) early in the second quarter following a shoulder injury … was 6-of-10 passing to that point for 154 yards and a touchdown to go along with one rushing attempt for 17 yards … injury kept him on the sidelines for the next six games until he returned late in the loss to Baylor (10/29) … played only in the final few series, finishing 1-of-2 for seven yards with four rushes for negative-21 yards versus the Bears … came off the bench again a week later at TCU (11/5), completing 9-of-22 passes for 78 yards and a score while rushing seven times for nine yards and another touchdown … returned to the starting lineup against Kansas, leading the Red Raiders to a victory to start a four-game winning streak to end the season after completing 20-of-33 passes for 246 yard and a touchdown to go along with 12 rushes for 76 yards and another score … extremely accurate in the road win at Iowa State, finishing 15-of-21 overall for 141 yards and a touchdown … lone score came via a late four-yard fade pass to Baylor Cupp in the fourth quarter that proved to be the game-winner … also rushed 14 times in the win for 33 yards … recorded the best passing performance of his career to close the regular season, throwing for a career-high 436 yards on 31-of-50 passing versus Oklahoma … set career highs for not only passing yards in the overtime win but also completions and attempts … had two touchdown passes in the victory with both coming in the second half … wrapped the year by earning MVP honors of the TaxAct Texas Bowl with 353 yards of total offense in the win over Ole Miss (12/28) … completed 24-of-39 passes for 242 yards and a touchdown in the win, while setting career highs with 25 rushing attempts for 111 yards and two touchdowns … became the first Red Raider quarterback to rush for 100 yards in a game since 1976 when Rodney Allison totaled 106 yards on the ground versus Baylor … named the MVP of the TaxAct Texas Bowl after leading the Red Raiders to a 42-25 victory over Ole Miss … tabbed to the preseason watch lists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the Reese’s Senior Bowl … recognized for his work in the classroom as part of the Academic All-Big 12 second team … a broken collar bone injury eventually limited him to only four starts in 2021 … had completed 64-of-92 of his passes for 872 yards and six touchdowns up to that point with 16 rush attempts for 14 yards and a pair of scores … finished with an impressive 69.5 completion percentage in his debut season … returned to practice late in the season but was not cleared for contact … made his Red Raider debut by completing 17-of-24 passes for 231 yards and a touchdown in the come-from-behind victory over Houston … first touchdown as a Red Raider came on a three-yard strike to Xavier White in the fourth quarter, extending Texas Tech’s lead to 31-21 with 2:05 remaining … rushed six times for negative-2 yards in the win, but did manage to find the end zone on the ground via an eight-yard scamper midway through the third quarter … was Texas Tech’s first touchdown as part of 31 unanswered points in the second half … connected on 12-of-22 passes for 174 yards and a touchdown the next week against Stephen F. Austin … touchdown was via a 75-yard deep strike to Erik Ezukanma on the opening drive of the game, marking the longest completion of his career … put together his first career 300-yard game to close non-conference play after completing 26-of-35 passes for 399 yards and four touchdowns … set career highs for completions, attempts, passing yards and matched his career mark for passing touchdowns in the win … found Travis Koontz for two of his touchdown passes, hitting the tight end on four-yard and one-yard scores … also connected with Trey Cleveland for a 28-yard touchdown midway through the second quarter and then Mason Tharp on a 25-yard scoring strike late in the third quarter … was 9-of-11 for 68 yards against Texas (9/25) at the time of his injury, which came after he dove into the end zone on a six-yard touchdown scamper … injury closed Texas Tech’s drive to start the second quarter … arrived in Lubbock following three years at the University of Oregon … was the Ducks’ starter at quarterback for their run to the Pac-12 Championship and an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl in 2020 … combined to complete 64.8 percent of his passes over his Oregon career, throwing for 1,703 yards and 16 touchdowns with only six interceptions … made 68 rushing attempts for 282 yards and two touchdowns over his 15 career games as well … bulk of those totals came as a sophomore in 2020 where he made all seven starts … started in all seven games at quarterback for a Ducks program that finished 5-2 overall … completed 63.4 percent of his passes overall (106-for-167) for 1,559 yards and 13 touchdowns with only six interceptions … added 66 carries for 271 yards and a pair of scores on the ground as well … threw for at least 200 yards in all five regular-season starts and hit the 300-yard mark twice … was among the Pac-12 and FBS leaders in several offensive categories, finishing seventh nationally in passing yards per completion (14.7), 12th in yards per pass attempt (9.34) and 15th in passing efficiency (160.4) … was the Pac-12 leader in all three categories and also ranked second in the league for passing touchdowns (13), passing yards (1,559), points responsible for (92) as well as fourth for completion percentage (63.5), passing yards per game (222.7) and points responsible for per game (13.1) … made his first career start versus Stanford (11/7), leading the Ducks to a win after throwing for 227 yards and a touchdown on 17-of-26 passing … found the end zone on the ground as well as part of 11 carries for a career-high 85 yards … rushed for 80-plus yards again the following week at Washington State, which included a 33-yard carry, the longest of his career … totaled 81 yards on nine carries versus the Cougars to go along with 312 passing yards and four touchdowns through the air on 21-of-30 passing … marked his first career 300-yard passing game … hit the mark again the following week against UCLA, finishing with a career-high 334 passing yards and three touchdowns on 19-of-30 attempts … put together another strong performance through the air with 285 passing yards and two touchdowns at Oregon State as well as his final rushing touchdown of the season … completed 14-of-26 passes in the regular-season finale at Cal, totaling 231 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 53 yards on a career-high 13 attempts … threw a pair of touchdown passes in the Pac-12 Championship win over USC as part of 8-of-15 completions for 91 yards … closed his Oregon career by completing 7-of-9 passes for 79 yards against Iowa State in the Fiesta Bowl served as the primary backup to eventual NFL first-round selection Justin Herbert in 2019 … saw action in five games, throwing for 144 yards and three touchdowns on only 12-of-15 attempts … inserted at quarterback against Auburn, Nevada, Montana, Colorado and at USC … impressed in the second half against Nevada, completing 8-of-9 passes for 92 yards and a pair of touchdowns … found eight different receivers in that performance … first career completion went for a touchdown after finding Jaylon Redd for a seven-yard score … was 1-for-2 later in the year for 14 yards versus Colorado and then 2-for-3 for 41 yards and another touchdown at USC … touchdown against the Trojans was a 36-yard strike in the fourth quarter to Mycah Pittman … redshirt season in 2018 … appeared in three games for a total of eight snaps … three appearances came against Portland State San Jose State and Oregon State.
High School: Attended Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz. … among the top quarterback prospects in the country coming out of high school … threw for 3,071 yards and 30 touchdowns with only five interceptions as a senior in 2017 … garnered first team 6A Premier League honors as well as first team All-Chandler Unified School District accolades … recognized as a first team scholar athlete by the National Football Foundation (NFF) Valley of the Sun chapter … previously totaled 2,079 passing yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior in 2016 … was an honorable mention All-Premier League recipient that season … participated in the Elite 11 camp with the nation’s top quarterback prospects … consensus four-star and top-300 prospect by the likes of ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports … rated as the No. 1 player in the state of Arizona by both Rivals and 247Sports … considered the No. 94 overall prospect in the 2018 class and the No. 6 pro-style quarterback by 247Sports … tabbed the No. 199 overall player in the class and the No. 6 pro-style quarterback by Rivals … pegged at No. 266 overall in the ESPN300 and the No. 2 player from Arizona … was the No. 1 prospect in Arizona and No. 40 overall in the 247Sports compositing rankings … chose Oregon over scholarship offers from Alabama, Arizona State, California, Colorado State, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Louisville, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon State, South Carolina and Washington State … son of Glenn and Dana Shough … has a younger brother, Brady, who played safety at Northern Arizona University … has two older half-sisters, Beth Serino and Cori Clausman, who both live in the Los Angeles area … father was a football student-athlete at Cal Lutheran where he obtained his undergraduate degree … graduated from Oregon in only three years with two degrees in criminal justice and political science … earned his master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Texas Tech in December 2022.
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