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2024 Football Roster

Profile

  • QB
    Position
  • Graduate Student
    Class
  • San Rafael, California
    Hometown
  • 6'5
    Height
  • 230
    Weight
  • Marin Catholic HS/Iowa
    High School
Spencer Petras
#7
Spencer Petras
QB
Position
Graduate Student
Class
San Rafael, California
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

HONORS
Honorable Mention All-Mountain West (2024); Academic All-Mountain West (2024); Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (2020).

CAREER NOTES
Played in 46 career games with 40 starts at Iowa (2018-22) and Utah State (2024) … completed 682-of-1,152 (.592) passes for 7,516 yards with 41 touchdowns and 30 interceptions … carried the ball 174 times in his career and scored 12 touchdowns … had 7,257 yards of total offense as he had minus 259 rushing yards in his career.

RECORDS
Completed 65.4 percent of his passes (214-of-327) during the 2024 season to rank first all-time in school history on the career list and fourth on the single season list with a minimum of 150 completions … finished the season with one 400-yard passing game and three 300-yard games … set single game school records with 41 completions and 59 attempts against UNLV (10/11/24), while his 461 passing yards against the Rebels are the fifth-most in a single game in school history.

2024 (SENIOR SEASON)
Earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors as he started all nine games he played in … was 214-of-327 (.654) passing for 2,315 yards with 17 touchdowns and 11 interceptions … carried the ball 36 times for 35 yards (1.0 ypr) and one touchdown … set career highs in completions, attempts, passing yards and passing touchdowns … threw for a career high 461 yards and a career-high-tying three touchdowns against UNLV (10/11), as he was 41-of-59 passing, which are career highs … his 41 completions and 59 attempts are both single game school records, while his 461 passing yards are the fifth most  … completed 27-of-41 (.659) passes for 372 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions at No. 21 Boise State (10/5) … completed 32-of-47 (.681) passes for 360 yards with two touchdowns and one interception against New Mexico (10/19) … scored his lone rushing touchdown of the season against the Lobos on a 2-yard run … completed 26-of-44 (.591) passes for 293 yards with two touchdowns and one interception at Temple (9/21) … was 25-of-39 (.641) passing for 194 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions at Wyoming (10/26) … led USU on a 12-play, 53-yard drive in the final 1:57 at Wyoming that culminated in a game-winning 40-yard field goal … ranked first in the MW and 13th in the nation in completions (23.78 pg), first in the MW and 22nd in the nation in passing (257.2 ypg), second in the MW and 33rd in the nation in total offense (261.1 ypg), third in the MW and 27th in the nation in completion percentage (.653), third in the MW and 41st in the nation in passing touchdowns with 17 (1.89 pg), fifth in the MW and 65th in the nation in passing efficiency (135.3), sixth in the MW and 52nd in the nation in points responsible for (12.2 ppg), eighth in the MW and 79th in the nation in yards per pass attempt (7.08), and 10th in the MW and 97th in the nation in yards per completion (10.82) … earned academic All-MW honors.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Spent six seasons at Iowa (2018-23) as he played in 37 career games with 31 starts, compiling a 20-11 record as the Hawkeyes starting quarterback ... completed 468-of-825 (.567) passes for 5,199 yards with 24 touchdowns and 19 interceptions, while also rushing for 11 touchdowns during his career ... had 10 career 200-yard passing games and threw multiple touchdown passes in six games, including a career high three touchdowns twice ... sat out the 2023 season due to injury ... started all 12 games during the 2022 campaign, as he helped Iowa to an 8-5 record and an appearance in the Music City Bowl ... was 157-of-281 (.559) passing for 1,725 yards with five touchdowns and five interceptions ... started 11 of the 12 games he played in during the 2021 season, as he was 165-of-288 (.573) passing for 1,880 yards with 10 touchdowns and nine interceptions as he helped Iowa to a 10-4 record and an appearance in the Citrus Bowl ... tied his career high with three touchdown passes at Maryland as he was 21-of-30 passing for 259 yards ... earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors as he started all eight games in the 2020 season as he helped the team to a 6-2 record ... was 140-of-245 (.571) passing for 1,569 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions ... was 26-of-50 passing, both career highs, for 216 yards against Northwestern ... threw for a career high 265 yards at Purdue as he was 22-of-39 passing ... had a career high three touchdown passes at Illinois as he was 18-of-28 passing for 220 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-star recruit by 247Sports.com ... helped Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, to a 35-5 record as a three-year letter winner ... holds school records for passing yards in a game (502) and season (4,157), passing touchdowns in a game (5) and season (50), and single-game completion percentage (100 percent) ... previous school records for passing yards and touchdowns were held by NFL quarterback Jared Goff ... named the Metro and Conference Player of the Year following his senior season as he completed 199-of-312 (.638) passes for 4,157 yards and 50 touchdowns with two interceptions ... rushed for 223 yards and nine touchdowns ... passed for 502 yards and four touchdowns in a 59-56 win in sectional championship game ... earned first-team All-Conference honors following his junior season and was named his team’s Offensive MVP as he completed 172-of-305 (.564) passes for 3,036 yards and 33 touchdowns with eight interceptions ... rushed for 310 yards and seven touchdowns ... earned four varsity letters in track & field, competing in the sprints, hurdles and shot put.  

PERSONAL
Son of Adam and Sarah Petras ... graduated from Iowa with his bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurial health ... earned his master’s degree in sports management from USU in the fall of 2024 ... last name is pronounced Pee-trus.

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