19 Facts About Gardner Minshew

1. Gardner Minshew threw to 10 receivers, led by Dezmon Patmon with 10 for 127 yards.

2. Gardner Minshew started five games last season, throwing for 2,140 yards and 16 touchdowns.

3. Gardner Minshew leads the nation in yards passing per game and total offense per game (398.4), while ranking fifth in TD passes (23) and first in the Pac-12 in completion percentage (69.8).

4. Gardner Minshew engineered the winning drive in the final 1:25 with the big play coming on a 35-yard pass to Jamire Calvin on third-and-2 from the 33.

5. Gardner Minshew is an American student and football player.

6. Gardner Minshew announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon he�d accepted an invitation to compete in the game, which will take place less than 200 miles away from his hometown of Brandon, Mississippi.

7. Gardner Minshew will have the same opportunity as WSU predecessor Luke Falk to wow a large gathering.

8. Gardner Minshew considered Mumme a mentor, a second-father, a genius and more.

9. Gardner Minshew has become one of the faces of college football this season, mobbed by fans, pursued by reporters, pushed as a Heisman Trophy candidate.

10. Gardner Minshew is nicknamed the Mississippi Mustache and it has become a thing among Cougars fans to post a selfie while sporting a fake mustache.

11. Gardner Minshew will have the same opportunity as WSU predecessor Luke Falk to wow a large gathering of professional scouts with his arm.

12. Gardner Minshew will have the same opportunity as WSU predecessor Luke Falk to wow a large.

13. Gardner Minshew headed to the Senior Bowl, named Walter Camp finalist.

14. Gardner Minshew breaks social media silence with thank you post.

15. Gardner Minshew could have locked in a trip to NYC with a stronger effort in the season finale.

16. Gardner Minshew finished with a decent completion percentage of 74.3, but he threw two interceptions.

17. Gardner Minshew enrolled as a graduate student at Washington State in the fall of 2018.

18. Gardner Minshew transferred to East Carolina University in 2016 where he played in seven games while starting two at QB for the Pirates.

19. Gardner Minshew began his college football career in 2015 at Northwest Mississippi Community College.