QBGardner Minshew II
Washington State — Pac-12
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 220
- Hometown: Brandon, MS.
- Age: 22
SENIOR (2018): Graduated from East Carolina in December, 2017 and enrolled at WSU in June, 2018...won 2018 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (nation’s top senior or 4th-year junior QB)...named finalist for Walter Camp Player of the Year and Davey O’Brien Award (nation’s top quarterback)...named semifinalist for Maxwell Award (college player of the year)...named Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year and to All-Pac-12 First Team...led country in passing (367.6)...second in the country in passing yards (4,779) and total offense (376.8), fourth in touchdown passes (38) and third in completion percentage (70.7%), each are Pac-12 bests...set Pac-12 Conference and WSU single-season records in passing yards (4,779) and completions (468)...set WSU single-season record for total offense (4,898) and tied WSU single-season record for passing touchdowns (38)...only player in country with six 400-yard games and 11 300-yard games...recorded three 4th-quarter game-winning drives (Utah, at Stanford, California)...in WSU debut, threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for another at Wyoming...threw for 414 yards and three touchdowns, also rushed nine times for 32 yards including a 1-yard touchdown run against San Jose State…named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week after going 45-of-57 for 470 yards and two touchdowns against Eastern Washington…threw for 344 yards and three touchdowns at USC…threw for 445 yards and three touchdowns, also ran for 10-yard touchdown against Utah, threw go-ahead 89-yard touchdown with 4:14 remaining…named Manning Award National Quarterback of the Week and The Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week after throwing for 430 yards and five touchdowns at Oregon State…named Maxwell National Player of the Week and The Rose Bowl Pac-12 Player of the Week after throwing for 323 yards and four touchdowns against Oregon…went 40-of-50 for 438 yards and three touchdowns, leading fourth-quarter comeback win at Stanford…threw for 337 yards and one touchdown against California…threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns and also ran for a 10-yard touchdown at Colorado…set WSU single-game record and tied Pac-12 regulation record with seven touchdown passes against Arizona, threw for career-high 473 yards…threw for 152 yards against Washington...named Alamo Bowl Offensive MVP after throwing for 299 yards with two touchdown passes and one rushing touchdown in the win over Iowa State..
EAST CAROLINA CAREER
JUNIOR (2017): Went 293-of-506 for 2,140 yards with 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions...threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns against Virginia Tech...threw two touchdowns in win over BYU...went 52-for-68 for 463 yards, three touchdowns and one interception at Houston...went 31-of-45 for 444 yards and four touchdowns in win over Cincinnati...went 28-of-54 for 352 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions at Memphis...earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from ECU in December, 2017.
SOPHOMORE (2016): Appeared in seven games, two as a starter...completed 119-of-202 passes (58.9%) for eight touchdowns and four interceptions...went 29-for-49 for 336 yards at Tulsa.
JUNIOR COLLEGE: Attended Northwest Mississippi CC...as a FRESHMAN in 2015, led NWCC to a NJCAA National Championship...completed 223-of-367 passes for 3,288 yards and 28 touchdowns for NWCC during freshman campaign before graduating early...recorded a completion percentage of 60.8 and threw just five interceptions...threw for a season-high 421 yards and five TDs during Rangers’ 66-13 national title contest...earned Mississippi Bowl Player-of-the-Year honors for performance in the championship tilt, which included 302 yards and three scores in the first half alone and an overall 23-of-30 aerial effort (76.6 completion percentage)...also rushed for three touchdowns.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Miss....as a SENIOR, named to all-state and all-metro squads...named the South’s Offensive MVP in the 2014 Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game...completed 243 passes for 3,541 yards and 31 touchdowns, while also rushing for 158 yards and two scores...tallied 11,222 career passing yards and 105 total touchdowns...as a SOPHOMORE, tabbed Player-of-the-Year in 2012 by the Jackson Touchdown Club...was inducted into the Brandon High School Hall of Fame and graduated with a 4.0 GPA.
PERSONAL: Parents Flint and Kim...younger sisters, Meredith and Callie...dad, Flint played football at Millsaps College (Miss.), named to MC Athletic Hall of Fame...mom, Kim played basketball at Mississippi State.