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2021 Football Roster

David Calvert
Farrell Shine
David Calvert
Andrew Wevers
David Calvert
David Calvert
David Calvert
Andrew Wevers
Andrew Wevers

12 Carson Strong

  • Position
    Quarterback
  • Ht./Wt.
    6-4 / 215
  • Class
    Junior
  • Hometown
    Vacaville, Calif.
  • High School
    Wood HS

Biography

Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year (2021)
All-Mountain West First Team (2021)
Unitas Golden Arm Award Semifinalist (2021)
Manning Award Semifinalist (2021)
Davey O'Brien Semifinalist (2021)
Davey O'Brien Quarterback Class of 2021 (2021)
Davey O'Brien Quarterback Class of 2020 (2020)
Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year (2020)
All-Mountain West First Team (2020)
2x Mountain West Player of the Week
Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List (2020)

NEVADA
JUNIOR (2021) - 
Named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year as well as to the All-Mountain West First Team for the second consecutive year... Led the conference in touchdown passes (36) and passing yards (4,175)... Set program records in single-season passing touchdowns and single-game completions (49), and was second all-time in program history in single-season passing yards as well as third all-time in career-passing yards (9,368)... Hist 74 career-touchdown passes was third all-time in program history... Posted nine 300-plus passing yard games which was the most in the MWC... Threw a career-high six touchdowns against New Mexico State on Oct. 9... Completed 49 of 61 pass attempts for 476 yards and four touchdowns at Fresno State on Oct. 23... The 49 completions were a career high and the 476 yards marked a season high, and the 80.3 percent completion percentage was a career high... Posted a career-high 247.2 QBR at Colorado State in the final game of the season on Nov. 27... Invited to Reese's Senior Bowl, joining teammates Cole Turner and Romeo Doubs to make up a trio of Nevada football players for the first time in program history. 

SOPHOMORE (2020) – Named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year as well as to the All-Mountain West First Team ... Selected to the Davey O'Brien Award Quarterback Class of 2020 ... Twice earned Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 26, Dec. 7) ... Paced the Mountain West in passing yards (2,858), passing touchdowns (27), completion percentage (70.1) ... Ranked in the FBS top 10 in completions per game (27.7, second), passing yards per game (317.6, seventh), completion percentage (seventh), and touchdown passes (ninth), while coming in 11th in passing yards ... Finished the year with an interception rate of just 1.13, throwing just four picks over 355 attempts ... Posted five 300-yard passing games, twice hitting the 400-yard mark, over the season's nine games ... Threw for 420 yards and four touchdowns, going 39-for-52, in season-opening win against Wyoming (Oct. 24) ... Went 21-for-27 for 350 yards and two more touchdowns at UNLV (Oct. 31) ... Eclipsed the 400-yard mark again in win over Utah State, finishing with 411 yards and three touchdowns on 36-for-52 passing (Nov. 5) ... Ran his season-opening streak of 300-yard passing games to four with 336 yards and three touchdowns against New Mexico (Nov. 14) ... Tossed a career-high five touchdowns against Fresno State, finishing 23-for-39 for 354 yards (Dec. 5) ... Matched that career high of five touchdown passes in the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl win over Tulane, finishing with 271 yards on 22-for-28 passing (Dec. 22).
 
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019) – Served as Nevada’s primary starting quarterback, appearing and starting in 10 contests … Named one of the team’s Newcomers of the Year … Threw for 2,335 yards and 11 touchdowns on the season, completing 63.4 percent of his passes … Averaged 233.5 yards per game … In his first-ever collegiate start, knocked off Purdue to start the season in a come-from-behind effort where he tossed three touchdowns, no interceptions and 295 yards … Tossed 351 yards passing against UNLV on 54 attempts and a season-best 33 completions … Threw a season-best 402 passing yards in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against Ohio where, along with his 31 completions, were Nevada bowl game records … Completed a 42-yard pass in the contest, good for the sixth-longest pass play in Nevada bowl history … Earned Academic All-MW honors.
 
FRESHMAN (2018) – Earned the Pack’s offensive scout team award ... Played in one game for the Wolf Pack against Portland State where he had one rush for four yards … Will redshirt in 2018.
 
HIGH SCHOOL – Graduated from Wood High School in Vacaville, Calif. where he was a two-sport athlete in football and basketball … Did not play as a senior due to injury … As a junior, completed 184-of-266 (69.2 percent) for 2,732 yards, 26 touchdowns and just four interceptions in 10 games … Averaged 18.1 points, 12.8 rebounds, 2.8 assists per game and tallied 21 double-doubles in basketball as a junior.
 
PERSONAL – Joined the team in the 2018 spring semester … Was Nevada’s first commitment in its 2018 recruiting class ... Management major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2018Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'4" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'4" 220 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'4" 215 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Junior

    Quarterback
    6'4" 215 lbs
    12