Wisconsin Badgers

Honors and Awards
2016: Academic All-Big Ten
2015: Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten
2014: Academic All-Big Ten
2013: Academic All-Big Ten

Career: Played in 26 games with five starts ... completed 125 of 192 passes (65.1%) for 1,540 yards and 9 touchdowns ... went 4-1 as starting quarterback in 2016, leading Badgers to season-opening win over No. 5 LSU in Lambeau Field College Classic and No. 12 Western Michigan in Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ... part of winningest senior class in school history, posting a record of 41-13 (.759), including a 26-7 (.788) mark in Big Ten play and three consecutive bowl wins
... four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree … graduated with bachelor's degree in kinesiology in December 2015

2016 Season: Earned fourth letter, playing in 11 games with five starts at quarterback ... completed 68.1% of his passes (96 of 141) for 1,245 yards, 5 touchdowns and 3 interceptions ... over last four games of season, completed 77.4% of his passes (41 of 53) for 558 yards, 1 touchdown and no interceptions ... tied Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic record for completion percentage by completing 11 of 12 passes (91.7%) for 159 yards in leading Badgers to win over No. 12 Western Michigan on Jan. 2 ... completed 19 of 31 passes for 205 yards and 2 interceptions in season-opening win over No. 5 LSU in Lambeau Field College Classic on Sept. 3 ... threw for 174 yards on 16-for-21 passing vs. No. 8 Penn State in Big Ten Football Championship Game on Dec. 3 ... went 15-for-22 for 231 yards and 2 touchdowns (186.4 efficiency rating) vs. Akron on Sept. 10 ... completed 5 of 6 passes for 102 yards and a touchdown at Purdue on Nov. 19 ... went 4-for-6 for 59 yards and a touchdown at Iowa on Oct. 22 ... went 1-for-1 with a 7-yard touchdown pass vs. Illinois on Nov. 12

2015 Season: Earned third letter, playing in seven games … completed 27 of 47 passes (57.4%) for 281 yards and three touchdowns … went 22-for-33 for 232 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions, all career highs, while playing in relief of starter Joel Stave (head injury) at Illinois on Oct. 24 … completed 4 of 6 passes for 27 yards and a touchdown vs. Miami (Ohio) on Sept. 12 … went 1-for-2 for 22 yards vs. Hawai’I on Sept. 26

2014 Season: Earned second letter, playing in six games ... appeared at quarterback in three games and punted in four games ... went 1-for-1, completing 6-yard pass for first career touchdown vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6 ... went 0-for-2 passing vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 ... took snaps at quarterback but didn't attempt a pass vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15 ... punted four times for 142 yards (35.5 average) at Rutgers on Nov. 11 ... recorded one punt for 52 yards vs. Maryland on Oct. 25 ... also punted once vs. Minnesota (31 yards) on Nov. 22 and vs. Nebraska (18 yards) on Nov. 15

2013 Season: Earned first letter, playing in two games ... saw action vs. Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7 ... made his Badgers debut and completed his only pass for 8 yards vs. UMass on Aug. 31

2012 Season: Redshirt season

High School: Four-star recruit by ESPN and Scout, three-star recruit by Rivals ... ranked by Scout as the No. 7 quarterback in the country, by Rivals as the No. 12 QB and by ESPN as the No. 15 QB ... holds school records for career passing yards and completions, surpassing Matt Gutierrez who played three seasons in the NFL ... invited to ESPN Elite 11 QB camp and played in Semper-Fidelis All-American Bowl ... holds career numbers of 272-of-437 passing (62.2 percent) for 5,178 yards and 46 touchdowns ... as a senior, completed 99-of-171 passes for school record 1,999 yards and 16 touchdowns, while also rushing for 338 yards and 19 touchdowns ... honored as the Fox GoldenStatePreps California Junior Player of the Year after completing 102-of-153 passes for 1,922 yards and 20 touchdowns, also ran for 236 yards and 11 scores ... named to the ESPN CalPreps All-State Junior and Sophomore teams ... in sophomore season, threw for 1,257 yards on 71-of-113 passing with 10 touchdown and ran for 101 yards and another touchdown ... three-year state champion and letterwinner in football ... team was 38-1 in his career ... head football coach was Bob Ladouceur

Personal: Parents are Guy and Inge (ing-GUH) Houston ... father, Guy, played football and baseball at St. Mary's College (Calif.) from 1978-82 ... grandfather, Fred Houston, played football at Fresno State (1951-54) ... an Eagle Scout ... named after Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr ... graduated with bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in December 2015 and is pursuing master’s in kinesiology