Trace McSorleyNorth Team

CAREER: Records Set: Holds Penn State's career records for: wins (31), completions (703), passing yards (9,653), passing touchdowns (75), total offense (11,275), rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (29), touchdowns responsible for (104), 300-yard passing games (10) and 200-yard passing games (27). Rankings: Became the program's wins leader against Rutgers, moving past Todd Blackledge (1980-82) and Tony Sacca (1988-91)...Passed Christian Hackenberg (693; 2013-15) for the all-time completions record at Penn State, completing his 694th pass against Maryland...Moved past Christian Hackenberg (8,457; 2013-15) for the top spot on the Penn State career passing yards list vs. Michigan State...Sits second on the Penn State career lists for passing efficiency (145.0) and second in completion percentage (59.5) and interception percentage (2.03)...Ranks third in Big Ten history with 104 touchdowns responsible for behind only Ohio State's J.T. Barrett (147; 2014-17) and Purdue's Drew Brees (106; 1997-00)...Ranks ninth in Big Ten history in career passing yards...Sits fourth in Big Ten history in career passing touchdowns...Ranks seventh in Big Ten history in total offense...Is No. 2 at Penn State in career pass attempts (1,145). Notable (Passing): Is the only Penn State quarterback and 14th in Big Ten history to throw for more than 9,000 career yards...Threw at least one touchdown pass in 34-straight games, from the 2016 TaxSlayer Bowl until Indiana in 2018, a Penn State record, which was previously held by Kerry Collins at 14-straight games from 1993-94...His streak is the fifth-longest in FBS Autonomy Five history...Has 24 career games with multiple passing touchdowns (one in 2015, eight in 2016, 10 in 2017, five in 2018)...Has nine career games with three or more touchdown passes...Is the only quarterback in Penn State history with 50-plus touchdown passes...Is the only Penn State quarterback with multiple 80-yard completions in a career...Is the only Penn State quarterback with multiple 3,000-yard passing seasons...Is one of seven quarterbacks in Big Ten history to have back-to-back 3,000-yard passing seasons...Registered his school-record fourth career game with four-or-more touchdown passes vs. Georgia State (9/16/17), breaking a tie with Blackledge and Hackenberg, who each had three such games in their career...One of five quarterbacks in Penn State history with multiple 300-yard passing games in a career, joining Hackenberg (9), Matt McGloin (6), Collins (4) and Daryll Clark (3)...Is one of two Penn State quarterbacks to complete 600 passes in a career. Notable (Total Offense): Joined Michael Robinson (2005; 2,350 passing, 806 rushing) as the only Penn State players with 2,000 passing and 700 rushing yards in the same season...Owns 21 career games with both a rushing and passing touchdown (seven in 2016, nine in 2017, five in 2018)...Became the first Penn State player and 11th in Big Ten history to eclipse the 10,000-yard mark in total offense...Is the first Penn State quarterback in program history with four consecutive games scoring both a rushing touchdown and passing touchdown (vs. Indiana, at Northwestern, vs. Michigan, at Ohio State; 2017). Notable (Rushing): Has 1,622 career rushing yards, behind only Michael Robinson (1,637; 2002-05) among Penn State quarterbacks...Is one of two Penn State quarterbacks with more than 1,000 rushing yards, joining Michael Robinson (1,637; 2002-05)...Is the 44th player in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards...Owns 29 career rushing touchdowns, tied for sixth all-time at PSU...First Penn State quarterback with at least three rushing touchdowns in at least two career games since at least 1967.

SEASON: Records Set: Owns Penn State’s single-season records for: passing yards (3,614; 2016), completions (284; 2017), passing touchdowns (29; 2016), rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (11; 2017, 2018), total offense (4,061; 2017), touchdowns responsible for (37; 2017), 300-yard passing games (5; 2016, 2017) and is tied for the top spot in 200-yard passing games (11; 2016, 2017). 2018: Tied the PSU record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (11)...Is one of five FBS quarterbacks with 2,000 passing and 700 rushing yards...Ranks 15th on PSU's single-season passing yards list (2,054)...Has the sixth-most total yards in a season (3,007).  2017: Became the second player in Big Ten history with 25 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing scores in a season, joining Ohio State’s J.T. Barrett (2014 & 2017)...Set the Penn State single-season record with 39 touchdowns responsible for, besting his 36 touchdowns from 2016...Owns the top-two spots in program history for passing touchdowns in a season, ranking No. 1 with 29 in 2016 and No. 2 with 28 in 2017...Ranks tied for eighth (2016) and 11th (2017) in Big Ten season history...Became the first Penn Stater to eclipse the 4,000-yard total offense mark in a season, finishing 2016 with a school-record 4,061 yards, which ranks No. 7 in Big Ten history...Ranks No. 2 in single-season passing yardage with a junior-record 3,570 yards, trailing only his 3,614 yards from 2016...Owns the single-season completions mark (284), passing McGloin (270; 2012) and Hackenberg (270; 2014)...Finished No. 2 on the single-season completion percentage charts (66.5), behind only Collins (66.7; 1994)...Finished the season ranked No. 3 on the single-season passing efficiency list (153.7)...Teamed with Saquon Barkley (18) as the third set of Penn Staters with 10-plus rushing touchdowns in a single season, joining Evan Royster (12) and Daryll Clark (10) in 2008 and Charlie Pittman (10) and Lydell Mitchell (10) in 1969...Tied with Michael Robinson (2005) for the most rushing touchdowns by a Penn State quarterback in a single season at 11...Is No. 16 on Penn State’s single-season charts with 11 rushing touchdowns...Finished No. 3 on the single-season quarterback rushing yards list with 491 yards and is only the second Penn State quarterback to rush for more than 400 yards in a single season...Ranks No. 15 on the single-season total touchdowns scored charts (11). 2016: Ranks No. 7 on the completions charts (224) and No. 6 on the Penn State single-season pass attempts (387) list...Is No. 2 in Penn State single-season pass efficiency rating at 156.9 in 2016 (Collins, 172.86; 1994)...Ranks No. 3 at Penn State with 9.33 yards per pass attempt in a single-season...Owns the Penn State record for 300-yard passing games in a single-season record with five in 2016...Tied the Penn State record for 200-yard passing games in a season with 11 in 2016 to equal the mark first set by McGloin (2012)...Became just the fourth Penn State quarterback to lead his team to 10 wins (11-3) in his first year as the starting quarterback, joining Clark in 2008 (11-2), Tom Shuman in 1973 (12-0) and Chuck Burkhart in 1968 (11-0)...Broke the sophomore season passing record previously held by Hackenberg (2,977; 2014) with 3,614 passing yards...Had a then-school-record 3,979 yards of total offense, topping the mark of 3,220 by McGloin in the 2012 season...Ranks No. 9 in Big Ten season history with 3,979 yards of total offense...Threw 29 touchdown passes to rank tied for No. 8 in Big Ten season history.

GAME: Records Set: Established a Nittany Lion record with 461 total yards against Ohio State (9/29/18), including 286 passing and 175 rushing...Completed 15-straight pass attempts at Northwestern (10/7/17) to break the Penn State record for consecutive completions, which was 14-straight completions by Collins at Minnesota in 1994...The 15 consecutive passes completed is tied for the third-most in a Big Ten Conference game with Purdue's Kyle Orton (at Wisconsin; 10/18/03)...Set the school record for passing yards in a first half with 258 yards vs. Georgia State (9/16/17). Rankings: Owns eight of the top 22 single-game passing marks...Ranks No. 4 in Penn State history with 384 yards vs. Wisconsin (12/3/16), a Big Ten Championship Game record...Threw for a then-junior single-game-record 381 yards at Michigan State (11/4/17), a total that sits No. 5 on Penn State’s single-game list, surpassing Collins’ 352 yards at Michigan State in 1993...Ranks No. 7 (376; Michigan State, 2016); No. 13 (342; vs. Washington, 2017), No. 17 (335; Minnesota, 2016), No. 18 (332; at Pittsburgh & at Indiana, 2016) and No. 22 (325; Nebraska, 2017)...Became the first Penn State quarterback with multiple 400-yard total offense games accounting for 402 total offense yards (342 passing, 60 rushing) vs. Washington in the 2017 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl to rank No. 4 on the single-game charts...Was just the third Penn State quarterback to register more than 400 yards of total offense in a game, logging 408 total offense yards (335 passing, 73 rushing) vs. Minnesota (10/1/16) to rank No. 3 all-time...Set the Big Ten Championship Game records for passing yards (384) and passing touchdowns (4) vs. Wisconsin (12/3/16). Notable: Became the first Big Ten quarterback since Ohio State's Braxton Miller (vs. Michigan, 2013) to throw for two touchdowns and rush for three scores in the same game (at Illinois, 9/21/18)...Rushed for 175 yards against Ohio State (9/29/18), the most by a Penn State quarterback since Eugene "Shorty" Miller (250 vs. Carnegie Tech) in 1913.

BOWL: Owns the career bowl passing records for yardage (738), completions (64) and touchdown passes (8) in three bowl games played...His 32 completions and 342 yards passing vs. Washington in the 2017 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl both rank No. 2 in a single bowl game behind Hackenberg’s 34 completions and 371 passing yards in the 2014 New Era Pinstripe Bowl...Completed 78.0 percent of his passes (32-of-41) to set the single-game bowl completion percentage mark, passing Matt Knizner’s previous mark of 72.7 percent (8-of-11) in the 1986 Orange Bowl...Ranks tied for No. 1 (4; 2017 Rose) and tied for No. 6 (2; 2017 Fiesta & 2016 TaxSlayer) on the single-game bowl passing touchdowns charts...Set the single-game bowl record with 402 yards of total offense in the 2017 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.

SENIOR (2018):

Awards: Postseason: Named second-team All-Big Ten by the league's coaches and media...Selected second-team All-Big Ten by the Associated Press...Accepted an invitation to play in the Reese's Senior Bowl...Is a Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District selection...Named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, the 18th in program history...Finalist for the Campbell Trophy...Academic All-Big Ten selection...Earned the team's Most Valuable Player, Captain's Award and Lions Pride Outstanding Senior awards at the team's awards banquet. In-Season: Finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award...Selected as a finalist for the Pop Warner National College Football Award...Semifinalist for the Maxwell Award (national player of the year)...Was a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Award...One of 20 semifinalists for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award...Named to the Pro Football Focus Midseason All-Big Ten team...Named Rose Bowl Player of the Week and Senior Bowl Senior of the Week after the Ohio State (9/29) game...Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week following the Ohio State (9/29) game...Selected to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week following the Kent State (9/15) game. Preseason: Candidate for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award...Among the candidates on the preseason watch list for the Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award (nation’s top quarterback), Wuerffel Trophy (college football’s premier award for community service) and Walter Camp Award (national player of the year).

Season: Made 12 starts...One of 10 Penn Staters to enter 2018 having already earned a degree...Graduated with his degree in accounting in May 2018...Is one of only five FBS quarterbacks with 2,000 passing and 700 rushing yards...Tied for the Penn State rushing touchdowns by a quarterback record (11).

Rankings: Leads Big Ten quarterbacks with 11 rushing touchdowns, ranking third overall in the conference and 44th in the FBS...Ranks No. 2 in the Big Ten with 13.05 yards per completion, good for No. 32 in the nation...Sits No. 3 in the Big Ten in points responsible for (162) and No. 4 in the conference in points responsible for per game (13.5)...Is No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 45 in the country with 250.6 total yards per game.

Appalachian State (9/1): Completed 20-of-35 passes for 229 yards and a touchdown...Rushed for 53 yards and two touchdowns, his second career multi-rushing touchdown game...On the game-tying drive, completed 5-of-6 passes for 47 yards, ending with a 15-yard touchdown throw to KJ Hamler. at Pittsburgh (9/8): Threw for 145 yards while completing 14-of-30 passes...Threw for two scores, connecting with KJ Hamler on a 14-yard throw and Mac Hippenhammer on an 11-yard touchdown...Rushed for 36 yards, including a 4-yard touchdown run and a 20-yard run. Kent State (9/15): Completed 11-of-22 passes for 229 yards and two scores...Added 54 yards and three touchdowns on the ground...Recorded his second game with at least three rushing touchdowns...Named the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. at Illinois (9/21): Threw for 160 yards on 12-of-19 passing...Threw for three scores, his ninth game with three or more touchdown passes...Rushed for 92 yards on 15 carries...Ohio State (9/29): Set a program record with 461 yards of total offense...Completed 16-of-32 passes for 286 yards and two scores...Set career highs with 25 carries for 175 yards, including a 51-yard run...Collected his first career game with 100 yards rushing. Michigan State (10/13): Threw for 192 yards, completing 19-of-32 passes...Connected with KJ Hamler for a 5-yard touchdown pass...Passed Christian Hackenberg (8,457; 2013-15) for the Penn State career passing yards record...Rushed for 37 yards on 13 carries. at Indiana (10/20):Threw for 220 yards, completing 19-of-36 passes...Connected with Juwan Johnson for a 59-yard pass...Rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries...Posted his second career 100-yard rushing game...Became the first PSU player and 11th in Big Ten history with 10,000 total yards in his career. Iowa (10/27): Threw for 167 yards on 11 completions...Found Pat Freiermuth on an 18-yard touchdown pass...Rushed for 63 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown run, tying a career best...Collected his 20th career game with a passing and rushing touchdown...Named the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week. at Michigan (11/3): Completed five passes for 83 yards...Connected on a 25-yard pass with Pat Freiermuth and a 20-yard pass with KJ Hamler...Passed the 9,000 career passing yard mark. Wisconsin (11/10): Completed 19-of-25 passes for 160 yards...Hit DeAndre Thompkins for a 14-yard touchdown pass...Completed passes to seven different receivers. at Rutgers (11/17): Earned his 30th career win as a starting quarterback, breaking the PSU career record...Threw for 183 yards...Connected with Pat Freiermuth on 6-and 18-yard touchdowns...Rushed for 39 yards on seven carries...Earned his 24th career game with multiple passing touchdowns. Maryland (11/24): Completed 12-of-22 passes for 230 yards and a touchdown...Hooked up with Pat Freiermuth for a 5-yard score...Rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries...Recorded his 21st career game with a passing and rushing touchdown and his fifth with multiple rushing touchdowns...Earned the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week award.

JUNIOR (2017):

Awards: Selected Offensive Most Valuable Player at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl...Garnered honorable-mention All-America honors from SB Nation...Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media voters...Selected first-team All-Big Ten by Pro Football Focus...Earned second-team All-Big Ten from the Associated Press and Phil Steele...Selected first-team All-ECAC...Named a finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and Manning Award...Selected as one of 16 semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien Award...Earned the Walter Camp National Offensive Player of the Week, Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week and the Manning Award’s National Quarterback of the Week on Oct. 23 after accounting for four touchdowns – including three rushing scores – vs. Michigan...Selected Big Ten Rose Bowl Player of the Week and earned a spot on the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week on Oct. 23 after his effort vs. Michigan...Notched a slot on the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week after accounting for three touchdowns at Maryland (11/25)...Selected to the preSeason watch list for the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award and Wuerffel Trophy...Among 10 players named to the Big Ten preSeason honors list, as selected by the conference’s media members, joining teammate Barkley...Earned the Captain’s Award and the Most Valuable Offensive Player award at the annual team banquet...Named Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Started all 13 games...Selected team captain prior to the Season...Rushed for a touchdown in four-straight games from Sept. 30-Oct. 28, 2017, the longest streak by a quarterback since Daryll Clark did so in five consecutive games in 2008...Is the first Penn State quarterback with a rushing score and a passing touchdown in four consecutive games, a streak that ran from Sept. 30-Oct. 28, 2017...Had a streak of five-straight games with multiple touchdown passes dating back to 2016 snapped at Iowa (9/23)...Has a streak of 28-straight games with a touchdown pass, which is a Penn State record and finished the Season as the second-longest active streak in the FBS (40, Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma)...The 28-game touchdown pass streak will enter 2018 as the longest streak in the FBS.

Rankings: Ranked No. 12 nationally and No. 2 the Big Ten in points responsible for per game (18.0)...Finished No. 14 in the FBS and led the Big Ten in total offense (312.4 ypg)...Ended the Season No. 8 nationally and tops in the Big Ten in completion percentage (66.5)...Ranked No. 15 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten in passing touchdowns (28)...Finished No. 11 nationally and No. 2 in the Big Ten in passing efficiency (153.7)...Ended the Season No. 17 in the FBS and led the Big Ten in yards per pass attempt (8.36)...Finished No. 19 nationally and led the Big Ten in passing yards per game (274.6)...Ranked No. 16 in the FBS and led the Big Ten in completions per game (21.5)...Ended the Season tied for No. 43 nationally and No. 4 in the Big Ten in rushing touchdowns (11)...Ranked No. 50 in the FBS and No. 4 in the Big Ten in yards per pass completion (12.57)...Ended the Season tied No. 61 nationally and No. 5 in the Big Ten in total touchdowns (11).

Akron (9/2): Completed 18-of-25 passes for 280 yards and two touchdown passes...Posted his 12th career 200-yard passing game...Was not sacked in the game...Rushed 12 times for 48 yards and one score...Completed a long pass of 43 yards to Saquon Barkley. Pittsburgh (9/9): Threw for 164 yards and three touchdown passes...Completed 15-of-28 passes...Rushed eight times for 65 yards, including a career-long scamper of 36 yards. Georgia State (9/16): Completed 18-of-23 passes for 309 yards and four touchdown passes...Rushed for 24 yards on two carries, including an 8-yard touchdown run late in the first half...Threw touchdown passes to four different pass catchers, including one to fellow quarterback Tommy Stevens to open the scoring...Completed a career-long 85-yard touchdown pass to Barkley, which is the third-longest pass play in school history and the longest pass by a Penn Stater in Beaver Stadium history...Named the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week. at Iowa (9/23): Threw a touchdown pass to Juwan Johnson as time expired to cap a come-from-behind win, the first walk-off win in regulation for Penn State since 1929 vs. Lafayette (per Lou Prato’s Penn State Football Encyclopedia)...Accounted for 345 yards of total offense...Completed 31-of-48 passes for 284 yards and one touchdown...Connected with eight different pass catchers on the night...Rushed 17 times for 61 yards. Indiana (9/30): Posted his seventh career 300-yard passing game with 315 yards through the air...Completed 23-of-36 passes with two touchdown throws and one interception...Had one rushing score in the game. at Northwestern (10/7): Completed 25-of-34 passes, including a school-record streak of 15-straight attempts between the first and third quarters, surpassing Kerry Collins’ 14-straight completions vs. Minnesota in 1994...Compiled 245 passing yards...Connected with Stevens on a second-quarter touchdown pass...Also ran one in from 5 yards out in the fourth quarter...Garnered the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week award. Michigan (10/21): Became the first Penn State quarterback with three rushing scores since at least 1967...Accounted for four touchdowns (3 rushing, 1 passing)...Completed 17-of-26 passes for 282 yards and one touchdown...Connected with Barkley on a 42-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter...Rushed 11 times for 76 yards and three scores...Made his first career tackle...Named the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week. at Ohio State: Completed 17-of-29 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns...Connected with DaeSean Hamilton for a 13-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter...Hit DeAndre Thompkins for a 37-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter, a play that was initially ruled an interception, but was overturned upon review of the play...Rushed 13 times for 49 yards and one touchdown...Scampered in from 6 yards out for a rushing score in the second quarter. at Michigan State (11/4): Completed 26-of-47 passes to set the Penn State junior single-game passing record at 381 yards...His passing yardage total ranks No. 5 on the Penn State single-game charts and are the second most in his career (384 vs. Wisconsin; 2016)...Threw three touchdown passes and was intercepted three times...Connected on touchdown passes of 31, 27 and 70 yards...Rushed seven times for 2 yards...Totaled 383 yards of total offense to rank No. 7 on the single-game charts. Rutgers (11/11): Accounted for three touchdowns (2 passing, 1 rushing)...Threw for 214 yards on 16-of-21 passing...Rushed 13 times for 44 yards...Earned the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week. Nebraska (11/18): Accounted for four touchdowns...Threw for 325 yards and three touchdowns on 24-of-36 passing...Rushed nine times for 46 yards and one touchdown...Totaled 371 yards of total offense to rank No. 8 on the single-game charts. at Maryland (11/25): Threw a pair of touchdown passes and rushed for one score...Completed 22-of-33 passes for 237 yards...Ran the ball seven times for 36 yards...Earned the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week. vs. Washington (12/30): Completed 32-of-41 passes for 342 yards and two touchdowns...Was a perfect 12-for-12 for 193 yards and two touchdowns on third down, which led to 11 first downs...His 32 completions are the most since Christian Hackenberg had 34 vs. Boston College in the 2014 New Era Pinstripe Bowl...Rushed for 60 yards on 12 carries...Finished the game with 402 yards of total offense, a total that sits No. 3 on the single-game charts.

SOPHOMORE (2016):

Awards: Named to the ESPN.com Big Ten All-Bowl Team...Earned Grange-Griffin Most Valuable Player award as MVP of the Big Ten Championship Game...Selected All-Big Ten second team by the conference coaches and media panel...First Penn State quarterback to earn All-Big Ten first or second team honors since Daryll Clark (first team) in 2009...Named to Phil Steele’s and the Athlon Sports All-Big Ten second team...Earned Big Ten Breakout Player distinction from Athlon Sports...Named honorable mentionCampus Insiders SOPHOMORE All-America...Named Pro Football Focus All-Big Ten second team...Earned All-ECAC honorable mention honors...Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week after his showing vs. Maryland (10/8)...Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week after his outing at Rutgers (11/19)...Was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, the Rose Bowl Game Big Ten Player of the Week, earned a Helmet Sticker from ESPN’s "College Football Final" and was one of eight quarterbacks named to the Manning Award Stars of the Week list following his effort vs. Michigan State (11/26)...Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second time in his career...Named Most Valuable Offensive Player at the annual Nittany Lion Football Banquet...Shared the 2017 Frank Patrick Memorial "Total Commitment" Award, given during spring practice to squad members who consistently follow through with their responsibilities in all facets of the football program and do so in exemplary manner, with Josh McPhearson and Tommy Stevens.

Season: Started all 14 games...One of 18 first-time starters in 2016...Is the first Penn State quarterback with three-straight games throwing four touchdown passes since Todd Blackledge in 1982 (vs. Temple, Maryland and Rutgers)...Threw TD passes to 10 different receivers, marking the first time since 1971 a Penn State quarterback found 10-plus pass catchers for scores...His seven rushing touchdowns were the most by a Penn State quarterback since Daryll Clark had seven in 2009...His 365 rushing yards in 2016 were the most by a Penn State quarterback since Michael Robinson (806 yards) in 2005. 

Final Rankings: Led all FBS passers in yards per completion (16.13 ypc)...Paced the Big Ten and was No. 13 in the FBS in passing efficiency (156.9)...No. 1 in the Big Ten and No. 25 nationally in total offense (284.2 ypg)...Finished atop the Big Ten and No. 18 in the FBS with 29 passing touchdowns...Led the Big Ten and No. 13 in the FBS in total passing yards (3,614)...No. 29 nationally and No. 3 in the Big Ten in passing yards per game (258.1)...No. 6 in the FBS and No. 1 in the Big Ten in yards per pass attempt (9.34 ypa)...Had seven games with a passing and rushing touchdown in 2016, ranked second nationally to Lamar Jackson of Louisville (9). 

Kent State (9/3): Made his first collegiate start...Recorded his first career 200-yard passing game...Completed 16-of-31 passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns...Ran the ball 14 times for 47 yards...Connected with DaeSean Hamilton and Mike Gesicki on touchdown passes. at Pittsburgh (9/10): Recorded his first career 300-yard passing game with 332 yards – a total that ranks No. 18 on Penn State’s single-game passing charts...Became just the 12th quarterback in Penn State history to register a 300-yard passing game and accounted for the 30th 300-yard game in Penn State history...Was 24-of-35 passing...Connected with Saquon Barkley on a 40-yard touchdown pass, his only scoring throw of the game...Had 17 completions of 10-plus yards, including seven of 20-plus yards...Completed passes to eight different pass catchers in the game...Rushed nine times, including a scamper of 17 yards. Temple (9/17): Recorded his third 200-yard passing game with 287 yards on 18-of 24 passing...Hooked up on 52-yard scoring strike pass to Chris Godwin in the first quarter...Later completed a 52-yard strike to Gesicki in the third quarter...Netted his first career rushing touchdown with a 2-yard scamper in the second quarter...Had nine rushes for 8 yards. at Michigan (9/24): Completed 16-of-27 passes for 121 yards and one touchdown...Completed a long pass of 30 yards to Barkley. Minnesota (10/1): Completed 19 passes on a career-high 41 attempts for 335 yards...Passing total marks the second 300-yard passing game of his career and the 335 passing yards are No. 17 in a single-game in Penn State history...Accounted for 408 yards of total offense -- 335 passing and 73 rushing -- to mark the third-highest total in school history, the most since Christian Hackenberg posted a school-record 454 yards against UCF in the 2014 Croke Park Classic vs. UCF...The 80-yard touchdown completion to Irvin Charles was a Season long...Led the team with 73 rushing yards on only eight attempts...Was the first Penn State quarterback to lead the team in rushing since Michael Robinson (90 yards, 1 TD) at Michigan State on Nov. 19, 2005...Was the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week. Maryland (10/8): Threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns on 10-of-19 passing...Connected with Gesicki on a 5-yard touchdown pass on Penn State first drive of the game and later found DeAndre Thompkins for a 70-yard scoring strike...Rushed 18 times for a career-high 81 yards...His 81 rushing yards are the most by a quarterback since Daryll Clark had 83 against Illinois in 2009. Ohio State (10/22): Completed 8-of-23 passes for 154 yards and a touchdown...Rushed a career-high 19 times for 63 yards and one touchdown. at Purdue (10/29): Threw three touchdown passes on 12-of-23 passing for 228 yards...Threw scoring strikes of 38, 21 and 1 yards...Ran five times for 2 yards. Iowa (11/5): Completed 11-of-18 passes for 240 yards...Compiled his sixth career 200-yard passing game...Rushed for 40 yards on 14 carries and one rushing touchdown...Logged his fourth career game with a rushing and passing touchdown. at Indiana (11/12): Accounted for 345 yards of total offense and three touchdowns in the game...Completed 16-of-30 passes for 332 yards and two touchdowns...Completed eight passes longer than 20 yards in the game...Carried the ball eight times for 13 yards and one score. at Rutgers (11/19):Posted his eighth 200-yard passing game of the Season with 210 yards through the air on 17-of-33 passing...Connected with Mark Allen on a fourth-quarter touchdown pass of 27 yards...Carried the ball 11 times for 55 yards. Michigan State (11/29): Completed 17-of-23 for 376 yards and a career-high four touchdowns...Rushed for 13 yards on 10 carries...The 376 passing yards rank No. 7 on the single-game charts...His 389 yards of total offense rank tied for No. 5 in a single-game at Penn State...Was the coaching staff’s Offensive Player of the Week. vs. Wisconsin (12/3): Set a Big Ten Championship Game record with career-best 384 passing yards and a career-high-tying four touchdown passes...The 384 yards rank No. 4 on Penn State’s single-game list...Completed 22-of-31 passes in the game...His 70-yard completion to Saeed Blacknall is the third-longest pass play in Big Ten Championship Game history...Was the coaching staff’s Offensive Co-Player of the Week with Saeed Blacknall. vs. USC (1/2): Completed 18-of-29 passes for 254 yards and four touchdowns...The four touchdown passes tied a career high and equaled the Penn State bowl game record, also accomplished by Tony Sacca (1992 Fiesta), Wally Richardson (1996 Outback) and Hackenberg (2014 Pinstripe)...The 254 yards passing rank No. 4 in Penn State single-game bowl history...Rushed for 13 yards on six carries with one touchdown...Rushed for a 3-yard touchdown in the third quarter...The five touchdowns responsible for (4 passing, 1 rushing) are tied for the most in Rose Bowl history and break the Penn State bowl record.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015):

Awards: Selected Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Appeared in seven games...Made his collegiate debut vs. Rutgers...Threw his first career touchdown pass to Geno Lewis in the TaxSlayer Bowl vs. Georgia (1/2)...Was one of 17 redshirt freshmen to see action. 

Indiana (10/10): Attempted his first career pass – a 4-yard completion to Gregg Garrity...Rushed once for a 5-yard gain. vs. Maryland (10/24): Played one snap. Illinois (10/31): Threw three passes (0-for-3) and ran the ball three times for 15 yards. Michigan (11/21): Attempted one pass. at Michigan State (11/28): Completed 5-of-8 passes for 39 yards. vs. Georgia (1/2): Saw his first career extended action after Christian Hackenberg left the game in the second quarter due to injury...Completed 14-of-27 passes for 142 yards and two touchdown passes...Connected with Geno Lewis on a 17-yard touchdown pass for his first career scoring strike...Hooked up with DaeSean Hamilton for a 20-yard touchdown pass...Found Chris Godwin on a 21-yard completion, for his longest completion of the Season...Ran for 31 yards on seven carries...Selected as Penn State’s TaxSlayer Bowl MVP.

REDSHIRT (2014):

Redshirt Season...Earned Dean's List accolades in the 2014 fall semester.

HIGH SCHOOL:

A rare four-year starter at quarterback, helped coach Charlie Pierce’s Briar Woods High School team to four Virginia State Championship games, winning three times...Led the Falcons to a 55-5 record, amassing more than 12,000 yards of total offense and 150 career touchdowns...Made nearly 100 tackles and eight interceptions during his junior and senior Seasons...Served as a team captain as a junior and senior...Owns almost all of his school’s passing records and grabbed nine career interceptions...As a senior, named Virginia Class 5A first-team all-state, All-Northern Region and All-Potomac District at quarterback and defensive back...Named the Northern Virginia Region and Potomac District Offensive Player of the Year after throwing for 3,252 yards and 36 scores and adding 892 rushing yards and 13 TDs...Selected to play in the Chesapeake Bowl after his senior Season...Junior Season featured a 15-0 record, a third consecutive state title and the Virginia Division 4 Class 5A Player of the Year honor...Threw for 2,605 yards and 33 touchdowns and ran for 745 yards and nine scores as a junior...Other honors in his junior Season included first-team and Region II Player of the Year, first-team All-Dulles District at quarterback and second-team all-district at defensive back...Sophomore season was capped by a state title (14-1), 2,064 passing yards, 23 passing touchdowns, 264 rushing yards and 10 rushing TDs...As a freshman, guided the Falcons to a 13-2 record and a state title...He threw for 2,201 yards with 19 scores and ran for 165 yards and six scores...Played with current Nittany Lion wideout Brandon Polk at Briar Woods...Rated a three-star recruit by all four major recruiting services...Was a top-25 recruit out of the state of Virginia according to ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports...Lettered in basketball and lacrosse.

PERSONAL:

Full name is Richard Thomas McSorley III...Son of Rick and Andrea McSorley...Has one younger sister, Micaela...Father played football at the University of Richmond and an uncle, Jeff McSorley, played football at Marshall University...Sister attends Penn State...Enjoys playing organized and pick-up sports and video games...Graduated in May 2018 with a degree in accounting...Working on a second degree in journalism...Born August 23, 1995 in Centreville, Virginia.