Sophomore Season (2006)

2006 Stats
  Rushing Passing Total
Offense
Opponent Rush Yds. TDs Att Comp Int Yards TD Conv Plays Yds
vs. Murray State 9 -27 0 32 23 0 320 5 0 41 293
vs. Ole Miss 13 89 1 40 24 0 243 1 0 53 332
at New Mexico 11 25 1 36 25 1 199 1 0 47 224
vs. Ohio 9 44 1 34 18 1 258 2 0 43 302
vs. Colorado 10 -1 0 35 23 2 253 4 0 45 252
at Texas Tech 13 37 0 22 15 1 173 1 0 35 210
at Texas A&M 10 33 0 29 21 0 295 1 0 39 328
vs. Kansas State 13 47 0 31 24 0 262 4 0 44 309
vs. Oklahoma 20 75 1 44 23 3 284 0 0 64 359
at Nebraska 9 13 0 38 20 2 244 2 0 47 257
at Iowa State 11 19 0 44 29 0 310 1 0 55 329
vs. Kansas 10 39 0 38 26 0 356 4 0 48 395
vs. Oregon State
(Sun Bowl)		 9 -14 0 29 16 0 330 2 0 38 316
Season Totals 147 379 4 452 287 10 3527 28 0 599 3906

First-year starter who had the unenviable task of replacing legendary record-setting QB Brad Smith, and promptly attained legendary status of his own, setting numerous passing records on his own, and helped lead the Tigers to 8 regular-season wins for just the 10th time in school history … Shattered MU single-season records for passing yards (3,527 – old mark was 2,436 by Jeff Handy in 1992), and passing TDs (28 – old mark was 18 by Terry McMillan in 1969), among many other records … Also broke Smith's season record for TDs responsible for, with 32, and total offense, with a record 3,906 yards of offense – his per-game average of 300.5 ranked 5th in the NCAA, the highest a Tiger has rated in that category since Bob Steuber was 3rd in the nation in total offense in 1942 … Named 2nd-Team All-Big 12 quarterback by league coaches, and twice won the Big 12's weekly offensive player of the week, after huge outings in the regular season opener against Murray State (320 yards, MU game-record 5 TDs), and in the regular-season finale against Kansas (356 yards, 4 TDs) … Is also an outstanding student who was named 1st-Team Academic All-District by ESPN The Magazine and 1st-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Season pass efficiency rating of 145.06 ranked 22nd in the NCAA, and was the 2nd-best in MU single season history (154.3 by Phil Johnson in 1990 is the record), and his career mark of 139.40 is currently the best in MU history … Had 11 200-yard passing games on the year, which broke the old mark of 8 held by Kent Kiefer in 1990 … Closed the season in prolific fashion, as he threw for 996 yards, 7 TDs, zero INTs and had a QB rating of 160.15 in the last 3 games (Iowa State, Kansas, Oregon State) … Was dynamic in MU's heartbreaking bowl loss to Oregon State, as he threw for an MU bowl-record 330 yards and 2 TDs on just 16 completions (an eye-popping 20.6 yards per completion) … Closed the regular season by dissecting the Kansas defense for a career-high 356 passing yards and 4 TDs on 26-of-38 passing, including a career-long 74-yarder to WR Jared Perry … Also had a 76-yard TD pass called back on a silly personal foul penalty that took place 20 yards behind the play … Made quite a splash in his first career start, as he tossed a school record 5 TD passes against Murray State in the opener, including his first career 300-yard passing day (320 yards) ... Had a big day, in leading MU to a win over Ole Miss in game #2, as he registered 332 yards of total offense, including 243 passing yards (1 TD) and a career-high 89 rushing yards (1 TD) … Accumulated 300 yards of offense in 8-of-13 games on the season, including a career-best 395 against Kansas … Tossed 4 TDs in his Big 12-opener against Colorado ... The Kansas game was the 4th game he had at least 4 TD passes, (was already the first player in MU history to throw for 4 TDs in a game more than once) ... Threw for at least 250 yards in 10-of-13 games ... Was held without a TD pass for the only time against Oklahoma ... Was also the team's No. 2 rusher with 379 yards and 4 rushing TDs, with his 4th coming against Oklahoma, as he ran for 75 yards on a career-high 20 carries ... Threw for 310 yards against Iowa State, and scored what would have been the game-winning TD on a keeper on 4th-and-goal from the 1-yardline with just 25 seconds left, but the TD was taken away by a holding call that the Big 12 Conference later confirmed was an incorrect call.