2021 (fall): Played in seven games, with five starts at quarterback for the Redbirds ... finished the season 45-of-94 for 494 yards with three touchdown passes ... threw two of those touchdown passes in the season opening win over Butler ... also rushed for 112 yards on the season with two touchdowns.
2021 (spring): Started all four games at quarterback for the Redbirds ... completed 54 passes for 640 yards and three touchdowns during the season ... threw for a career-best 280 yards and a touchdown, including a 59-yard TD pass, in the season opener against South Dakota ... was 17-for-23 for 167 yards and a touchdown in the win over Western Illinois ... averaged 2.9 yards per carry and rushed for 138 yards on the ground.
2019: Saw action in eight contests, with three starts at quarterback in the final three games of the season ... finished the season with 184 yards passing on 15 completions with one touchdown ... also rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown ... made first career start in the first-round playoff game at Southeast Missouri, throwing for a touchdown and rushing for another in a dominant win for the Redbirds ... completed 6-of-11 passes in the second-round playoff victory at Central Arkansas.
2018: Redshirted.
Decatur Central HS: Four-year varsity letterwinner … threw for over 2,000 yards as a senior, while also running for nearly 1,400 yards on the ground … earned all-state and all-conference honors, while being named the conference MVP … tied his own school record with six passing touchdowns in a game ... threw for nearly 2,000 yards and rushed for 685 as a junior … earned all-state and all-conference honors and was named conference player of the year for the second-straight year … completed 65 percent of passes for over 1,900 yards as a sophomore to earn all-conference honors … helped team to four straight league titles and the most wins in school history … also a standout on the basketball court as a three-year starter.
Personal: Born September 10, 1999, in Indianapolis, Indiana … son of Antonio and Jeana Jefferson … one of three siblings … two-time member of the academic honor roll.
