Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

FOOTBALL - 2000: Played on junior varsity … 2001: Started all nine games … Completed 164 of a school-record 357 passes (45.9%) for school-record 2,362 yards and 18 touch-downs … Pass efficiency rating was 114.23 … Intercepted just seven times … Had five games of three-or-more touchdowns … Had five games with no interceptions … Ran for a team-high 235 yards and six touchdowns on 93 carries … Set the school-record with 2,597 yards of total offense … Caught one pass for 25 yards … Averaged 29.0 all-purpose yards and 288.8 yards of total offense per game … Team finished 8-1 overall, including an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs (first-ever in school history), and won the UCAA Championship … Team earned top seed in NCAA Playoff Tournament … Led the UCAA in total offense (292.4 yards) and was second in pass efficiency during the regular season … Second in Upstate New York in passing yards per game (269.5) and total offense (292.4 yards) … Seventeenth in the NCAA in total offense (294.8 yards per game) … Team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player … All-UCAA First Team … UCAA Offensive Player of the Year … All-ECAC Northwest Honorable Mention … 2002: Captain … Started all ten games… Completed 204 of 331 attempts (61.6%) for 2,861 yards and 29 touchdowns … Averaged 286.1 yards per game … Intercepted only eight times … Recorded a passing efficiency rating of 158.32 … Had at least of touchdown pass in nine games … Recorded multiple touchdown passes in seven games, including five contests with four-or-more … Rushed a team-high 107 times for 312 yards and five touchdowns … Averaged 2.9 yards per carry and 31.2 yards per game … First on team in rushing touchdowns and third in rushing yards … Caught one pass for nine yards … Had 3,173 yards of total offense for an average of 317.3 yards per game … First on the team in total offense and fourth in scoring (30 points) … Set nine school records … Team finished 8-2 overall, including a victory in ECAC Championship Game ... First in the UCAA in passing yards per game, total offense and pass efficiency … First in Upstate New York in total offense and passing efficiency and second in passing yards per game … Fourth in the nation in total offense and eighth in passing efficiency … Team’s Co-Offensive Most Valuable Player … All-UCAA Second team … 2003: Captain … Started all eight games … Completed 182 of 291 attempts (62.5%) for 2,177 yards and 25 touchdowns … Averaging 272.1 yards per game … Intercepted only six times … Recorded a passing efficiency rating of 149.61 … Had at least one touchdown pass in all eight games … Recorded multiple touchdown passes in last seven games, including six contests with three-or-more … Did not throw an interception in four games … Rushed 84 times for 184 yards and two touchdowns … Averaged 2.2 yards per carry and 23.0 yards per game … Third on team in rushing touchdowns and third in rushing yards … Had 2,361 yards of total offense for an average of 295.1 yards per game … First on the team in total offense … Set seven school records … First in the UCAA in passing yards per game, total offense and pass efficiency … First in Upstate New York in total offense and passing yards per game … Ninth in the nation in total offense and 16th in passing efficiency … Team advanced to NCAA National Semi-Finals … Team won ECAC Team of the Year Award … Team won Division III Lambert Trophy … Team ranked fifth in final D3Football.com Top 25 Poll … Team ranked sixth in final Don Dansen’s National Weekly Football Gazette Top 40 … Team ranked ninth in final AFCA Coaches’ Poll ... Named to Pre-Season National All-American Second Team by Lindy’s National College Football magazine ... UCAA Offensive Player of the Year ... All-UCAA First Team ... ECAC Northwest Offensive Player of the Year ... D3Football.com All-America Second Team ... All-ECAC Northwest First Team ... Football Gazette All-East Region First Team ... Football Gazette National All-American Second Team ... CoSIDA National All-America Third Team ... Football Gazette East Region Offensive Player of the Year.

 

Year	Att.-Cmp-Int.	Pct.	Yds	TD	Lg	Yds/G	Eff.
2001	357-164-7	45.9	2362	18	72	262.4	114
2002	331-204-8	61.6	2861	29	79	286.1	158
2003	291-182-6	62.5	2177	25	62	272.1	150
Totals	979-550-21	56.2	7400	72	79	274.1	141

   

Year	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
2001	93	235	6	25
2002	107	312	5	40
2003	84	184	2	57
Totals	284	731	13	57

School Records
Most pass attempts in a game (68) … Most pass attempts in a season (514) … Most completions in a game (35) … Most completions in a season (303) … Most yards gained in a single game (474) … Most yards gained in a single season (3,769) … Most touchdown passes in a single game (6) … Most touchdown passes in a single season (40) … Most career touchdown passes (87) … Most yards gained (rush + pass) in a single game (516) … Most yards gained (rush + pass) in a single season (3,955)