University of Nevada Athletics

Football (2006-10)
Finished his career as the only player in college football history to pass for 10,000 yards and rush for 4,000 yards… was also the only player to ever pass for rush for 1,000 yards and throw for 2,000 yards in the three consecutive years… tied former Nebraska quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch for most career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in FBS history (59)… was named the WAC Offensive Player of the Year twice in his career (2008 and 2010) and was a three-time WAC all-conference selection… earned honorable-mention All-America honors from SI.com in 2010… was named the WAC Freshman of the Year in 2007… earned the starting job at quarterback as a sophomore and never looked back… became the first sophomore to win the WAC Offensive Player of the Year award since Marshall Faulk of San Diego State in 1992… finished his career with 10,098 passing yards, 82 passing touchdowns, 24 interceptions, 4,112 rushing yards and 59 rushing touchdowns… led the Wolf Pack to one of the greatest seasons in school history in 2010 with a 13-1 record, a WAC conference championship, a win in the Kraft Fight Hunger bowl and final rankings in the national top 15… was invited to participate in the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl… was presented with the Award of Distinction by the Touchdown Club of Columbus in 2010… also finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy voting that season… was selected in the second round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers… played for six seasons for the 49ers, leading the team to the Super Bowl in 2012 after taking over for the injured Alex Smith and the NFC Championship game the following year… started sitting and then kneeling for the national anthem during the 2016 preseason as a protest against racial injustice, police brutality and systematic oppression in the country… became a free agent following the 2016 season and has not been signed since in what appears to many observers to be a reaction to his civil rights activism… founded the "Know Your Rights Camp", an organization which held free seminars to disadvantaged youths to teach them about self-empowerment, American history and legal rights… has been widely recognized for his social activism, winning prestigious awards including 2017 GQ Magazine Citizen of the Year, the 2017 Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, the 2017 American Civil Liberties Union Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award and the 2018 Harvard University W. E. B. Du Bois Medal… most recently he has been selected along with the nation’s top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci as the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope award laureates, an award given out to leaders who use their platforms for good and demonstrate a commitment to social change.