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Position:	QB
Height:	6-5
Weight:	203
Hometown:	Provo, UT
High School:	Provo
Years:	1974-1977

Stats
Game Log
Notes

Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
1975	110-180-7	1471	8.2	10	140.31
1976	207-372-19	3192	8.6	29	143.23
1977	98-156-3	1167	7.5	16	155.66
TOTALS	415-708-29	5830	8.2	55	145.23

Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
1975	57	90	234	-144	-2.5	11	2
1976	77	103	376	-273	-3.5	11	1
1977	29	88	113	-25	-0.9	15	0
TOTALS	163	281	723	-442	-2.7	15	3

10/8/1977 Oregon State 24 BYU 19

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
22-48-3	255	5.3	29	3	98.58

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
9	22	41	-19	-2.1	12	0

9/30/1977 BYU 54 New Mexico 19

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
19-23-0	273	11.9	64	5	254.05

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
8	37	38	-1	-0.1	15	0

9/24/1977 BYU 65 Utah State 6

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
30-40-0	321	8.0	33	6	191.91

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
5	22	6	16	3.2	10	0

9/10/1977 BYU 39 Kansas State 0

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
27-45-0	318	7.1	34	2	134.03

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
7	7	28	-21	-3.0	4	0

12/18/1976 Oklahoma State 49 BYU 21

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
23-34-4	209	6.1	27	1	105.46

Rushing
No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
6	6	1.0	7	0

11/20/1976 BYU 34 Utah 12

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
25-35-3	415	11.9	41	3	182.17

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
6	6	30	-24	-4.0	6	1

11/13/1976 BYU 21 New Mexico 8

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
17-35-1	288	8.2	36	3	140.26

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
13	21	71	-50	-3.8	10	0

11/6/1976 BYU 40 Texas-El Paso 27

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
15-29-1	319	11.0	60	4	182.74

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
7	10	46	-36	-5.1	7	0

10/30/1976 BYU 43 Arizona State 21

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
20-37-2	339	9.2	81	2	138.04

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
5	11	26	-15	-3.0	11	0

10/23/1976 BYU 45 Utah State 14

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
28-48-2	468	9.8	44	5	166.28

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
4	6	19	-13	-3.2	4	0

10/16/1976 BYU 63 Southern Mississippi 19

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
23-31-2	445	14.4	68	3	213.81

Rushing
No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
4	-6	-1.5	3	0

10/9/1976 Wyoming 34 BYU 29

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
24-42-2	324	7.7	65	3	135.99

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
9	15	49	-34	-3.8	8	0

10/2/1976 BYU 8 San Diego State 0

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
10-25-2	80	3.2	17	0	50.88

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
6	9	21	-12	-2.0	6	0

9/25/1976 BYU 23 Arizona 16

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
18-28-1	200	7.1	43	2	140.71

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
9	11	23	-12	-1.3	3	0

9/18/1976 BYU 42 Colorado State 18

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
13-33-1	172	5.2	26	4	117.12

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
7	0	56	-56	-8.0	0	0

9/11/1976 Kansas State 13 BYU 3

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
15-29-2	142	4.9	24	0	79.06

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
7	9	24	-15	-2.1	7	0

11/29/1975 Southern Mississippi 42 BYU 14

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
8-12-1	64	5.3	19	1	122.30

Rushing
No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
4	-14	-3.5	7	0

11/22/1975 BYU 20 Texas-El Paso 10

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
13-24-0	157	6.5	30	0	109.12

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
5	1	47	-46	-9.2	1	0

11/15/1975 BYU 51 Utah 20

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
10-15-1	150	10.0	46	1	159.33

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
6	11	23	-12	-2.0	6	1

11/8/1975 BYU 24 Utah State 7

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
15-24-0	139	5.8	16	2	138.65

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
7	9	42	-33	-4.7	8	0

11/1/1975 Arizona 36 BYU 20

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
27-44-2	387	8.8	66	2	141.15

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
6	11	31	-20	-3.3	4	1

10/25/1975 BYU 33 Wyoming 20

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
9-19-1	159	8.4	41	1	124.51

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
11	22	21	1	0.1	7	0

10/11/1975 BYU 28 Air Force 14

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	TD	Effic
14-19-1	229	12.1	1	181.77

Rushing
No	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
12	-9	-0.8	11	0

10/3/1975 BYU 16 New Mexico 15

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
10-12-0	148	12.3	37	2	241.93

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
4	6	0	6	1.5	6	0

9/27/1975 Arizona State 20 BYU 0

Passing
C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
4-11-1	38	3.5	18	0	47.20

Rushing
No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
2	0	17	-17	-8.5	0	0

1978 NFL draft round 3 draft overall 73 (Houston Oilers)