Harding University Athletics

Career Highlights

• Career Games/Starts: 29/22 ... Bison debut: at Southwest Baptist (8/27/05) ... First Career Start: at Delta State (10/22/05).
• Has earned three letters as Harding's starting quarterback for much of the last three seasons.
• Holds 27 Harding offensive records.
  • Career
    • Pass Attempts (868)
    • Pass Completions (534)
    • Passing Yards (6,121)
    • Passing TDs (56)
    • Pass Completion Pct. (61.5)
    • Passing Efficiency (134.4)
    • Passing Yards/Game (211.1)
    • Total Offense Yards (6,510)
    • TDs Responsible For (64)
    • Total Offense/Game (224.5)
  • Season
    • Pass Attempts (453, 2007)
    • Pass Completions (297, 2007)
    • Passing Yards (3,198, 2007)
    • Passing TDs (32, 2007)
    • Pass Completion Pct. (65.6, 2007)
    • Passing Efficiency (142.9, 2007)
    • Average Yards/Pass (7.8, 2006)
    • Passing Yards/Game (319.8, 2007)
    • Total Offense Yards (3,310, 2007)
    • TDs Responsible For (35, 2007)
    • Total Offense/Game (331.0, 2007)
  • Game
    • Most Passes Completed (46 vs. Arkansas Tech, 2007)
    • Highest Pct. Passes Completed (83.3 at West Georgia, 2006)
    • Most Passing Yards (529 vs. Arkansas Tech, 2007)
    • Most Touchdown Passes (7 vs. Arkansas Tech, 2007)
    • Most Total Offense Yards Gained (549 vs. Arkansas Tch, 2007)
    • Highest Avg. Gain Per Play (11.8 at Southwest Baptist, 2006)
• Redshirted in 2003 ... on the squad but did not play in 2004.

Awards

• 2007 First-Team AP Little All-America
• 2007 Harlon Hill Finalist ... tied for seventh place
• 2007 First-Team Daktronics All-Southeast Region
• 2007 Second-Team Football Gazette All-Southeast Region
• 2007 First-Team All-GSC ... Offensive Player of the Year
• Two-time GSC Offensive Player of the Week

2007

• Started all 10 games at quarterback ... completed 297-of-453 passes for 3,198 yards and 32 TD, all school records ... rushed 82 times for 112 yards and three TD.
• Completed 20 or more passes in nine of 10 games, including a Harding and GSC record 46 completions vs. Arkansas Tech (11/3).
• Attempted 40 or more passes in eight of 10 games, including a season-high 62 vs. Arkansas Tech.
• Passed for more than 300 yards in seven games, including a school-record 529 yards vs. Arkansas Tech ... passed for 401 yards vs. West Georgia (10/4).
• Threw three or more TD passes in six games ... threw a school-record seven TD passes vs. Arkansas Tech ... threw five TD passes vs. West Georgia.
• Led the GSC in passing yards per game (319.8; 3rd in NCAA II), total offense (331.0; 3rd in NCAA II), completion pct. (65.6), passing yards (3,198; 11th in NCAA II) and passing TD (32) ... ranked second in the GSC and 28th in NCAA II in passing efficiency (142.9).

2006

• Started nine of 10 games at quarterback ... Cam Rowan started the season finale at Ouachita Baptist as a senior.
• Completed 157-of-272 passes for 2,110 yards and 22 TD ... rushed 97 times for 182 yards and 3 TD.
• Ranked third in the GSC and 27th nationally in passing yards per game (211.0) ... ranked third in the GSC and 24th nationally in total offense (229.2) ... ranked fourth in the GSC and 34th nationally in passing efficiency (138.5) ... ranked 34th nationally in passing yards (2,110).
• Broke Harding’s single-game record for completion percentage by connecting on 20-of-24 (83.3 percent) against West Georgia (10/7).
• Earned GSC Player of the Week honors after completing 20-of-31 passes for 416 yards and four TD at Southwest Baptist (8/31) ... 416 yards ranked second in an HU single game ... became only the third different Harding quarterback with four TD passes in a game and the first since Freddie Langston in 2001.
• Passed for three or more TD in a game five times ... accounted for four TD in a game three times.

2005

• Played in six games before becoming the team’s starter with three games remaining in the season ... completed 80-of-143 passes for 813 yards and 2 TD ... rushed 37 times for 95 yards and two TD.
• Came off the bench to complete 17-of-25 passes (68 percent) for 180 yards and one TD at Arkansas-Monticello ... completed a 10-yard TD pass to Heath Adams in the second quarter ... started the next three games ... connected on a season-high 20-of-35 passes at Delta State in his first career start ... threw a 28-yard TD pass to Kyle Wess for HU’s first score against Ouachita Baptist.
• Scored 1-yard TD runs on quarterback sneaks vs. Arkansas Tech and Ouachita Baptist.

2004

• Listed as the team’s third quarterback, but did not play.

Previous School

• Played quarterback at Seminole High School in Seminole, Okla. ... 3A All-Star ... completed 91-of-187 passes for 2,215 yards and 22 TD ... led Seminole to three consecutive state-championship games ... went 12-of-24 for 306 yards and 2 TD against Sulphur in the 2002 AAA Oklahoma State Championship Game ... named the district’s Offensive Most Valuable Player.

Personal

• Born: Feb. 23, 1985 in Shawnee, Okla. ... Major: Management ... Parents: Reginald and Sharon Knighton.

• Completions - 46 vs. Arkansas Tech (11/3/07)
• Attempts - 62 vs. Arkansas Tech (11/3/07)
• Passing Yards - 529 vs. Arkansas Tech (11/3/07)
• Passing TD - 7 vs. Arkansas Tech (11/3/07)
• Rushes - 15 at North Alabama (9/14/06)
• Rushing Yards - 51 (twice), last vs. Southwest Baptist (8/30/07)
• Rushing TD - 1 (eight times), last vs. Arkansas Tech (11/3/07)