Drew Mestemaker

2025: Winner of the 2025 Burlsworth Trophy for the best former walk-on in the nation … named American Conference Offensive Player of the Year … selected to First Team All-American Conference … honored as Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Offensive Player of the Year … named Dave Campbell’s Texas Football First Team All-Offense … finalist for Manning Award, Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … semifinalist for Davey O’Brien Award and Walter Camp Award … named AP National Player of the Week, Davey O’Brien Award QB of the Week, American Conference Offensive Player of the Week, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week, Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Week after breaking the UNT and American Conference record with 608 passing yards at Charlotte (10/27) … honored as PFF National Quarterback of the Week and PFF National Team of the Week selection after throwing for 469 yards, three touchdowns at Rice (11/24) … two-time Manning Award Stars of the Week recognition (10/27, 11/24) … three-time Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 honoree (10/20, 10/27, 12/1) … two-time Burlsworth Trophy National Walk-On of the Week (10/20, 10/27) … appeared and started in all 13 games … enters the 2025 Isleta New Mexico Bowl with 4,129 passing yards, the most in UNT single-season history … became the fifth freshman in FBS history with 4,000 passing yards … enters the bowl game with 31 passing touchdowns, marks the fourth 30-plus passing touchdown season in program history … holds a season passing efficiency mark of 174.79 – highest in UNT history – with 292 completions on 416 attempts … owns the highest single-season mark for completion percentage (70.2) in program history … opened the season with 329 passing yards, four total touchdowns versus Lamar … finished 24-for-29 with four passing touchdowns versus Washington State … scored five total touchdowns, including four passing, in Homecoming win over UTSA … notched second-highest passing efficiency mark (296.9) in program history in win at Rice … completed 20 of 24 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns against Temple. 2024: Appeared in five games on the year with one start ... preserved a redshirt season … finished the season 30 for 46 for 462 yards passing and two touchdowns … also rushed 14 times for 87 yards and a touchdown ... made career debut at Texas Tech, passing for 56 yards while rushing for 26 … came in late vs. Wyoming and completed two passes for 13 yards ... burst onto the scene in his first career start in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, racking up 448 yards of total offense, tied for the most of any player in the 2024-25 bowl cycle against Texas State ... finished the First Responder Bowl 26 of 41 for 393 yards and two touchdowns while rushing nine times for 55 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown rush. Prior to UNT: Prepped at Vandegrift HS in Austin, Texas … named a team captain prior to the season … was a THSCA Honorable Mention Academic All-State selection … earned Second Team All-District 25-6A honors as a punter Honorable Mention accolades as a safety … also served as the team's primary punter ... helped lead Vandergrift to the 25-6A district title for the sixth straight year in 2023.