Anthony Colandrea

A veteran starter at quarterback transferring from Virginia who now looks to lead the Rebels behind center … Named 2025 Preseason Third Team All-Mountain West by Athlon ... Ranked No. 32 by 247Sports and No. 42 by On3 among all transfer portal QBs … Also received offers in the transfer portal from Ole Miss and Syracuse. 2025: Named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year Named First Team All-Mountain West Tied with Randall Cunningham for the most conference Offensive Player of the Week awards in a Rebel career with four Made 21-of-26 passes for 253 yards and three touchdowns in a home victory over Hawai’i Completed 15-of-22 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns, along with rushing for 33 yards and two scores in a win at Colorado State Went 36-for-46 for 382 yards and three touchdowns vs. New Mexico Named to the Manning Award Watch List Named a Manning Award Star of the Week (Oct. 13) Completed 20-of-32 passes for 361 yards and one touchdown, while rushing for 62 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Air Force Connected on 15-of-21 passes for 203 yards and three touchdowns in a win over UCLA Named to the Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 (Sept. 8) Completed 15-of-21 attempts for 195 yards and one touchdown, while rushing for 93 yards in the season-opening victory over Idaho State VIRGINIA (2023-24): In two seasons with the Cavaliers, started in 17 of his 19 games played Amassed 4,083 passing yards and 26 TDs through the air with a 62.6 percent completion rate Rushed for 502 yards and two TDs on the ground Averaged nearly 215 passing yards per game An honorable mention on College Football Network’s Freshman All-America Team in 2023 Set the UVA freshman single-season records for completions (154), passing yards (1,958) and total offense (2,183) His 1,958 passing yards as a rookie were the most of any true freshman Power-5 quarterback. HIGH SCHOOL: Rated a consensus three-star recruit coming out of Lakewood HS in Florida.