*2003 First-Team All-OVC

2003: Named first-team All-Conference . . . was 242-for-408 for the season for a school-record 2,759 yards . . . threw for 23 touchdowns for the season . . . also rushed 115 times for 381 yards and six touchdowns . . . had a school-record 3,140 yards of total offense . . . went 12-for-21 for 153 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown on nine carries in the season-opener at Chattanooga . . . went 27-for-37 for 292 yards and five touchdowns against West Alabama . . . completed 18-of-36 passes for 138 yards and a touchdown, and rushed 13 times for 47 yards at San Diego State . . . went 22-for-35 for 246 yards and three touchdowns, and rushed 17 times for 58 yards and two touchdowns against Southeast Missouri State . . . went 22-for-43 for 262 yards and a touchdown at Eastern Kentucky . . . went 12-for-24 for 303 yards and two touchdowns at UT-Martin . . . went 30-for-47 for 263 yards and three touchdowns against Tennessee State . . . went 24-for-36 for 313 yards and two touchdowns at Tennessee Tech . . . went 34-for-60 for 360 yards and three touchdowns against Jacksonville State . . . went 26-for-38 for 279 yards and a touchdown at Eastern Illinois.

2002: Completed 84-of-161 passes for 918 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions . . . third leading rusher on the team with 219 yards on 81 carries with one touchdown . . . completed 24-of-44 passes for 260 yards and one touchdown in the double overtime win over North Alabama . . . started seven of 11 games . . . accounted for 252 yards of total offense off the bench at Morris Brown, completing 11-of-17 passes for 146 yards and rushing for a season-high 86 yards on 12 carries with one touchdown in Samford's 20-7 win. . . passed for 241 yards, completing 18-of-34 passes with one touchdown in the 51-44 loss to Tennessee Tech . . . also ran 11 times for 54 yards and one touchdown against Tennessee Tech, finishing the game with 295 yards of total offense . . . rushed for 30 yards on nine carries and threw for 31 yards with one touchdown at Youngstown State.

2001: Set the Samford record for completions in a game with 32 as a true freshman . . . inherited the starting job midway through the 2001 season and completed 120-of-219 passes for 1,466 yards and 13 touchdowns . . . threw for more than 200 yards in three of the last five games . . . two-time I-AA Independent Player of the Week with his efforts against Elon and VMI . . . also chosen as Co-Offensive Player of the Week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette . . . rushed for a total of 228 yards and a score . . . threw only six interceptions, compared to 13 touchdowns . . . played in tandem with Josh Kellett through the first four games . . . rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown, and threw for 60 yards in the triple-overtime win over Gardner-Webb . . . completed eight-of-11 passes for 95 yards and a score, and rushed for 22 yards against Nicholls State . . . accounted for only 51 yards of offense against Jacksonville State, rushing for 26 and passing for 35 . . . took over for injured Kellett against Alcorn State, passing for 116 yards and rushing for another 41 . . . connected with Jason Ogletree for his career-long 69-yard touchdown pass . . . completed 15-of-25 passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns in his first collegiate start, a 45-24 win over Charleston Southern . . . passed for 140 yards and a score as the running game dominated UT-Martin in the homecoming win . . . completed 19-of-33 passes for 265 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 82 yards in the win over Elon . . . busted a career-long 48-yard run against the Phoenix . . . passed for 139 yards but no touchdowns against nationally ranked Eastern Kentucky . . . rebounded from Eastern Kentucky with a career performance, completing 32-of-44 passes for 403 yards and four touchdowns against VMI.

High School: Started for Alabama in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game . . . completed 12-of-21 passes for 206 yards and one touchdown in the game, including a 53-yard strike that sealed the game for Alabama . . . as a senior, he threw for 3,302 yards and 33 touchdowns . . . also rushed for six touchdowns and was selected as the Alabama 6A Back of the Year . . . Mobile Register named him Co-Offensive Player of the Year . . . also won first-team honors as a member of the All-Region team . . . won several Player of the Week honors . . . also played basketball for Theodore High School . . . graduated with honors.

Personal: Born Feb. 8, 1983 . . . son of Henry L. and Julia Nelson . . . brother Pedro played football at Mississippi College . . . majoring in sociology.