The field.

My football story starts in Huntingdon, playing for the Little Bearcats. I actually started as a running back — but after I threw a 30-yard touchdown on a halfback pass, I was at quarterback the next week. By the end of my freshman year I was named the #1 QB in the country for the Class of 2013 at the National Underclassmen Combine. I started five games as a sophomore at Huntingdon — 1,008 yards and 10 touchdowns — before my family moved to Florida.

At St. Thomas Aquinas, I led the program to a Florida Class 7A state title as a senior: 2,552 passing yards and 22 touchdowns against just four interceptions, plus 576 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns, and MVP honors in the 41–25 championship win over Tallahassee Lincoln. We set the record that game for the most offensive yards in a Florida state-championship game. I was named State Player of the Year and First-Team All-State, finishing second in Mr. Football voting to Derrick Henry.

I appeared in 20 games over two seasons at Houston, making 16 starts. As a true freshman in 2013, I took over as starter in week three and set the Houston freshman records for touchdowns (28) and completions (259) — leading all true freshmen in the country with 28 scores — earning American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year and third-team Freshman All-America honors from Athlon Sports. My 3,117 passing yards sat second on the all-time Houston freshman list, 14 shy of the program record. I threw five touchdowns at Rutgers, 363 yards and three scores against BYU, and 312 with four TDs against UTSA.

I transferred to Michigan to play for Jim Harbaugh, sitting out 2015 under NCAA transfer rules. That year I had three jobs: run the scout team and get the nation's #1 defense ready each week, host our biggest recruits, and keep our biggest donors company on gameday. It's where I formed lasting bonds with some of Michigan's most generous and successful alumni.

In 2016 I won the Manning Passing Academy's Golden Arm Award and was named the #1 transfer in the country by ESPN. I played in 16 games over two seasons for the Wolverines — a two-time letterwinner and two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, with the U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award and Offensive Player of the Game in the 2017 win over Purdue.

After college I played in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl and joined the New York Giants, practicing alongside Saquon Barkley before turning the page to my business career in New York City. My 2017 Michigan season was also chronicled in Amazon's documentary series All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines.