Northwestern State University Athletics

Football, 2001; Track and Field, 2001-02

LSU transfer’s one season elevated NSU football to an FCS playoff team (8-4) that gave eventual national champion Montana fits in its toughest game in postseason … despite missing 2 of 12 games due to injury, recorded four of top 10 single-game passing totals by a Demon (at the time), topped by 346 in a season-opening win at Southern …  engineered monumental 27-24 OT win at TCU with 326-yard night vs. a bowl-bound Frogs team coached by Gary Patterson … his 2,361 passing yards in 2001 was second in school history, now sixth …. 166 completions was a record, now seventh … 12 TD passes were second, now ninth … 136.81 passer rating was fifth, now 10^th … second-team All-Southland pick behind Josh McCown of regular-season champ Sam Houston …  NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in 2001 in the javelin (227-11)  and only all-time NSU great Latrell Frederick topped him at Southland meets in 2001, 2002 … fifth-round 2002 NFL Draft pick (164^th overall) … seven NFL seasons, most as Brett Favre’s backup in Green Bay … had five TD passes, 123.8 QB rating as an NFL player … was All-NFL Europe in 2003 with Scottish Claymores in spring league, while continuing with the Packers … chosen for Top 100 Demon Players of All-Time.