Bio

JUNIOR (2015): Most Valuable Player, offense . . . Permanent Team Captain, offense . . . "Extra Heartbeat" Award, offense . . . Players Choice Award, offense . . . second team All-Big Ten by league coaches and media, and Associated Press . . . third team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele . . . Big Ten Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week following 31-17 win at Iowa State . . . Manning Award National Quarterback of the Week following 31-17 win at Iowa State . . . 2015 - - Started all 14 games at quarterback . . . completed 223-362 pass attempts for 2,809 yards and 17 touchdowns, with just five interceptions . . . also rushed for 237 yards and six touchdowns . . . started at quarterback in 31-14 win over Illinois State . . . completed 15-24 pass attempts for 211 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions, while rushing eight times for 26 yards . . . scoring strike covered nine yards, while also scoring on runs of six and one yard . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 31-17 win at Iowa State as offense gained 475 yards total offense . . . completed 15-25 passes for 215 yards and career-best three touchdowns, with no interceptions . . . also rushed 10 times for 77 yards, with long runs of 44 and 57 yards . . . scoring strikes covered 14, 3 and 25 yards as offense scored touchdowns on final two possessions of the fourth quarter . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 27-24 win over Pitt as offense gained 363 yards total offense . . . completed 27-40 pass attempts for 258 yards, with one interception vs. Pitt, while also rushing eight times for 39 yards and one touchdown . . . scored on nine-yard run in the second quarter, then led seven-play, 31 yard drive in the final minute of the game that led to game-winning 57-yard field goal as time expired . . . started at quarterback in 62-16 win over North Texas as offense gained 488 yards total offense . . . completed 18-21 pass attempts for 278 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions . . . one rushing attempt for nine yards . . . completed scoring strikes of 43 and 81 yards on consecutive pass attempts, while completing first 15 attempts of the game until first incompletion early in the third quarter . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive play in 10-6 win at Wisconsin . . . completed 9-21 pass attempts for 77 yards and the only touchdown in the game, with one interception . . . completed one-yard pass for second period touchdown while also rushing nine times for 12 yards . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive play in 29-20 win over Illinois as offensse rushed for 278 yards and gained 478 yards total offense . . . completed 15-31 attempts for 200 yards and two scores vs. Illinois, while rushing five times for 29 yards . . . scoring strikes covered 21 and 17 yards . . . started at quarterback in 40-10 win at Northwestern as offense rushed for 294 yards and gained 492 yards total offense . . . completed 15-25 pass attempts for 176 yards at Northwestern, with one interception . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 31-15 win over Maryland . . . completed 12-23 pass attempts for 183 yards vs. Maryland, with no interceptions . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 35-27 win at Indiana, as offense rushed for 234 yards and gained 467 yards total offense . . . completed 19-31 pass attempts for 233 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions . . . also rushed five times for 38 yards and scored on a seven-yard run . . . completed 7-11 attempts for 102 yards in fourth quarter while leading two long touchdown drives . . . started at quarterback in 40-35 win over Minnesota as offense rushed for 272 yards and gained 506 yards total offense . . . completed 18-26 pass attempts for 213 yards, with no interceptions . . . also rushed 10 times for 50 yards, including two one-yard touchdown runs . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 40-20 win over Purdue . . . completed 12-20 pass attempts for 213 yards and three touchdowns, with no interceptions . . . also rushed seven times for 12 yards while throwing scoring strikes of 7, 35 and 22 yards . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 28-20 win at Nebraska . . . completed9-16 pass attempts for 97 yards and one touchdown, with no interceptions . . . also rushed three times for five yards . . . scoring strike covered 10 yards for first touchdown of the game . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 16-13 loss to Michigan State . . . completed 18-26 pass attempts for 216 yards and one touchdown, with one interception . . . scoring strike covered 85 yards and gave Iowa a 13-9 fourth quarter advantage . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford . . . completed 21-33 pass attempts for 239 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception . . . completed scoring strikes of 36 and 31 yards. 

SOPHOMORE (2014): Saw action nine games, with one start . . . completed 52-92 pass attempts for 645 yards and five touchdowns, with two interceptions . . . also rushed 28 times for 156 yards . . . saw action in 17-13 win over Ball State as offense gained 455 yards total offense . . . completed 2-3 passes for 20 yards vs. BSU, with only incompletion initially ruled a touchdown before being over-turned . . . saw action in 24-20 win at Pittsburgh, taking every offensive snap in the second half in leading rally from 17-7 deficit . . . completed 7-8 passes for 98 yards, with no interceptions . . . completed 62-yard pass on first drive of third quarter that led to touchdown . . . also had two rushing attempts for five yards . . . started at quarterback and played every offensive down in 24-10 win at Purdue . . . completed 17-27 pass attempts for 245 yards and a touchdown, with one interception . . . also ran eight times for 29 yards . . . scoring strike covered 23 yards to give Iowa a 17-10 lead in the third quarter . . . saw action in 45-29 win over Indiana as offense gained 426 yards total offense . . . completed 2-5 pass attempts for nine yards and rushed four times for 28 yards vs. Indiana . . . saw action in 48-7 win over Northwestern as offense gained 483 yarsdsa total offense . . . completed 5-6 passes for 23 yards and rushed three times for 23 yards vs. Northwestern . . . saw action in 51-14 loss at Minnesota . . . completed 3-7 passes for 32 yards and one touchdown at Minnesota, the score coming on a 24-yard completion in the final minute . . . saw action in 30-14 win at Illinois as offense rushed for 304 yards and gained 587 yards total offense . . . completed 3-3 pass attempts for 73 yards and a touchdown at Illinois, with a long of 53 yards . . . scoring strike covered 19-yards for Iowa's final score of the day . . . saw action as holder for placements in 26-24 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin . . . did not see action in 37-34 overtime loss to Nebraska . . . saw action in 45-28 TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee . . . completed 13-23 pass attempts for 145 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception . . . also rushed eight times for career-high 82 yards . . . scoring strikes covered 31 and 18 yards.

FRESHMAN (2013): Saw action in five games . . . completed 9-27 pass attempts for 179 yards and one touchdown, with two interceptions . . . also had 13 rushing attempts for 49 yards and two scores . . . saw first career action in 59-3 win over Western Michigan as offense gained 446 yards total offense . . . completed 1-3 passes for 54 yards and rushed four times for 30 yards vs. WMU . . . saw action in 28-9 loss to Wisconsin . . . completed 4-15 passes for 70 yards, with one interception . . . saw action in 38-14 win at Purdue as offense rushed for 318 yards and gained 509 yards total offense . . . one rushing attempt for five yards and a touchdown in win at Purdue for first career score . . . saw action in 38-17 win at Nebraska . . . was 0-2 passing at Nebraska, with one rushing attempt for a four-yard touchdown . . . saw action in 21-14 Outback Bowl loss to LSU . . . completed 4-7 pass attempts for 55 yards and one touchdown, with one interception . . . also rushed three times for 11 yards . . . scoring strike covered four-yards in finals minutes to cut deficit to 21-14. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned first team all-state honors as a senior . . . runner-up for "Mr. Football Award" in Tennessee as a senior . . . co-captain and starting quarterback for West team in Tennessee state all-star game . . . led quarterbacks in all-star game by completing 14-of-21 attempts for 146 yards and two touchdowns, with no interceptions . . . named first team all-region and region MVP as a junior and senior . . . named second team all-state as a junior . . . Led state of Tennessee in passing yards, completions and touchdowns as a junior and senior . . . passed for 2,148 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior, completing 64 percent of pass attempts . . . totaled 2,408 yards and 19 touchdowns as a junior, completing 58 percent of pass attempts . . . passed for 900 yards and eight touchdowns in five games as a sophomore . . . team advanced to state playoffs three straight years . . . led team to D-II-AA state semifinals as a junior . . . team captain as a senior . . . four-year letterman in both football and baseball. 

PERSONAL; Born 11/16/93 . . . leisure studies (Recreation and Sport Business) major . . . member of National Honor Society . . . member of high school Honor Roll and Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Scholar) . . . parents are Susan and Casey Beathard . . . high school coaches were Roc Batten and Marty Euverard.