2023: Started all 11 games he appeared in, connecting on 185 of 283 passes (65.4 pct.) for 2,406 and 22 TDs with just five INTs on his way to being named the AAC Offensive Player of the Year and earning first-team All-AAC recognition…Ranked No. 2 on the team with 286 rushing yards and five TDs on 98 attempts (2.9 avg.)…Helped guide the Green Wave to an 11-3 overall record and an 8-1 mark in the conference…Vs. South Alabama (Sept. 2): Completed 14 of 15 passes (93.3 pct.) for a season-high 294 yards and four TDs with no INTs on his way to being named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week, finishing with a career-high average of 19.60 yards per attempt…Vs. North Texas (Oct. 21): Threw for 194 yards and three TDs on 15-of-21 passing (71.4 pct.) while adding a season-high 70 rushing yards and a TD on 15 attempts (4.7 avg.) as he was named the AAC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time on the season…At Rice (Oct. 28): Completed 22 of 30 passes (73.3 pct.) for 263 yards and two TDs while adding a rushing TD for the third straight game as he posted 40 yards on 12 carries (3.3 avg.)…At Florida Atlantic (Nov. 18): Threw for 252 yards and three TDs on 21-of-28 passing (75.0 pct.).
2022: Started all 13 games he played in, throwing for a career-high 3,009 yards and a career-best 27 TDs with just five INTs on 215-of-338 passing (63.6 pct.)…His passing-yardage total ranks No. 4 in single-season school history…Ranked No. 2 on the team with a career-high 478 rushing yards and a career-best 10 rushing TDs on 129 attempts (3.7 avg.)…Recorded four 300-yard passing games…Earned second-team All-AAC honors and was named to the AAC's All-Academic Team…Vs. Alcorn State (Sept. 10): Threw for 318 yards and three TDs with no INTs on 17-of-21 passing (81.0 pct.)…At Kansas State (Sept. 17): Rushed for a career-high 87 yards on 13 carries (6.7 avg.)…Vs. East Carolina (Oct. 8): Completed 27 of 34 passes (79.4 pct.) for 326 yards and two TDs with no INTs while adding a rushing TD…At South Florida (Oct. 15): Threw for 329 yards and two TDs with no INTs on 23-of-35 passing (65.7 pct.) along with two rushing TDs…Vs. SMU (Nov. 17): Threw three TD passes and ran for three TDs, finishing with 70 rushing yards on 10 carries (7.0 avg.)…Vs. Central Florida (Dec. 3): Posted a career-high 394 passing yards and four TDs on 20-of-33 passing (60.6 pct.) along with a rushing TD in the 33-20 win in the AAC title game…Vs. Southern California (Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Jan. 2): Completed 8 of 17 passes (47.1 pct.) for 234 yards and two TDs while adding 83 rushing yards on 15 carries (5.5 avg.) in the 17-8 win over the Trojans.
2021: Started all 11 games he appeared in, throwing for 2,381 yards and 21 TDs with eight INTs on 189-of-328 passing (57.6 pct.)…Rushed for 154 yards and five TDs on 104 carries (1.5 avg.)…At Oklahoma (Sept. 4): Threw for 296 yards and three TDs with no INTs on 27-of-44 passing (61.4 pct.) while adding a rushing TD against the No. 2-ranked Sooners…At SMU (Oct. 21): Completed 11 of 22 passes (50.0 pct.) for 234 yards and three TDs with no INTs…Vs. South Florida (Nov. 20): Posted a season-high 311 yards and three TDs on 19-of-24 passing (79.2 pct.), recording a season-high average of 12.96 yards per attempt.
2020: Saw action in 10 games with nine starts as a true freshman, throwing for 1,806 yards and 20 TDs with eight INTs on 140-of-254 passing (55.1 pct.)…His 20 TD passes ranked No. 1 in the nation among true freshmen…Also rushed for 229 yards and eight TDs on 115 carries (2.0 avg.)…Threw for multiple TD passes in eight games on the season…At Southern Miss (Sept. 26): Came off the bench in his collegiate debut, throwing for 142 yards and two TDs on 9-of-19 passing (47.4 pct.) while adding seven carries for 40 yards (5.7 avg.) and a TD…At Houston (Oct. 8): Made his first start with the Green Wave, throwing for 141 yards and a TD while adding a rushing TD…Vs. Memphis (Dec. 5): Posted a season-high 254 passing yards and two TDs with no INTs on 21-of-33 passing (63.6 pct.) along with two rushing TDs.
HIGH SCHOOL: Completed 75 of 108 passes (69.4 pct.) for 1,380 yards and 16 TDs with just three INTs as a senior at Deerfield Beach (Fla.) High School in 2019 as he led the Bucks to the Class 8A semifinals…Added 43 carries for 200 yards (4.7 avg.) and three TDs, including one 100-yard rushing game…Attended Boca Raton (Fla.) High School for his first three years, where he connected on 91 of 172 passes (52.9 pct.) for 1,208 yards and 12 TDs with nine INTs and added 69 carries for 447 yards (6.5 ag.) and three TDs as a junior…Also played basketball for three years…Played varsity baseball when he was in seventh and eighth grade.
PERSONAL: Given name Michael Wayne Pratt…Born in Miami, Fla. …Did not start playing football until his freshman year of high school…Was home-schooled through his eighth-grade year…While at Tulane, was a supporter of the "Son of a Saint" program, which provides mentorship, education and support for boys that grow up without fathers involved in their lives…Also visited children's hospitals during his time at Tulane.
