CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
• C-USA Academic Medalist (2016)
• C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2016)
• Conference USA Newcomer of the Year (2015)
• All-Conference USA Honorable Mention (2015)
• Conference USA All-Academic Team (2015)
• Louisiana Newcomer of the Year (2015)
• First Team All-Louisiana (2015)
REDSHIRT SENIOR (2015)
• Started and played in all 13 games at quarterback for the Bulldogs.
• Threw for 4,033 yards to rank third in school history over the course of the season with 27 passing touchdowns (ranking eighth) with only eight interceptions as he was 281-for-450 passing.
• Passed for 274 yards in a 12-for-15 performance and tied a career-high with four touchdowns, while also rushing for 15 yards and a rushing touchdown in his first appearance at LA Tech against Southern (9/5).
• Completed a season-high 30 passing attempts for 314 yards and a touchdown against Kansas State. (9/19), also carried the ball a season-high 19 times for 42 yards and two scores.
• Completed 20-of-33 pass attempts for 290 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing seven times for a season-high 56 yards and a score against ULL (10/3).
• Completed 25-of-41 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing the ball six times for 20 yards against Mississippi State (10/17).
• Completed 17 of 26 passes for 320 yards and a career-high four touchdowns against Rice (10/30).
• Passed for an R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl record 458 yards (also career high) in a 26-for-38 performance with three touchdowns with a NOLA Bowl record 71-yard long pass in a win over Arkansas State (12/19).
FLORIDA (2011-14)
• Played in nine games and made six starts at quarterback as a senior, throwing for 1,140 yards with nine touchdowns on the season.
• Threw for a career-high 295 yards with three touchdowns in the win over Kentucky.
• Completed a career-high 31 passes in the season opener against Eastern Michigan.
• Started three games as a junior before suffering a season-ending fracture in his leg.
• Threw for 477 yards completing 42-of-63 passes in his limited action.
• Had career highs of attempts (33), completions (22) and passing yards (291) at Miami in week two.
• Started 12 games for the Gators, 11 at quarterback, as a sophomore, completing 156-of-245 passes for 1,646 yards with 12 touchdowns and five interceptions on the year.
• Also ran 118 times for 408 yards (3.5 avg) on the season with three touchdowns.
• His 408 rushing yards rank seventh in school history by a quarterback for a single season.
• Threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Frankie Hammond at Tennessee for the longest pass of his career.
• Was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against the Volunteers, rushed 11 times for a career-high 177 yards and three touchdowns at Vanderbilt.
• The 177 yards rushing is a school record by a Gator quarterback, surpassing Tim Tebow's mark of 166 yards at Ole Miss in 2007.
• Threw for a career-best four touchdowns against South Carolina and was the only FBS player in 2012 to have four touchdown passes and throw for less than 100 yards in the same game.
• In his first career start at quarterback at Texas AaM, he was 13-of-16 passing for 162 yards and did not turn the ball over.
• Saw action in five games as a true freshman quarterback.
• Completed 16-of-34 passes for 148 yards to own a 71.86 efficiency rating throughout his freshman campaign.
• Made his Gator debut in the season opener against FAU and his SEC debut against Kentucky.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Maxwell Football Club National High School Player of the Year.and Gatorade Florida Player of the Year.
• Rated the No. 1 quarterback nationally according to Scout.com and Rivals.com.
• Threw for a career 4,844 passing yards and 36 touchdowns and helped lead the Huskies to their first winning season in their fourth year as a varsity program.
• Had 1,819 yards and 15 touchdowns passing, 1,333 rushing yards with 20 touchdowns and caught two touchdown passes his senior year.
• Threw for 1,427 yards with 11 touchdowns and ran for 170 yards with five touchdowns his junior year.
• Participated in the Under Armour High School All-American Game in 2011.
• Coached by Nate Gierke.
PERSONAL
Jeff Driskel … Son of Jerry and Mary Driskel … Mother, Mary, played volleyball at Air Force and brother, Jason, played football at Florida Atlantic … Recruited by Tony Petersen.