Northwestern University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 8
Preston Stone
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 215
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Parish Episcopal
- Prev School:
- SMU
2025 Graduate Student:
Went 222-for-370 passing with 2,400 yards, 17 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions … Started all 13 games for the Wildcats … Became the first 2,000 passer at NU since Clayton Thorson threw for 3,183 yards in 2018 … Made his Wildcat debut against Tulane (8/30) when he went 19-36 through the air for 161 yards … Went 9-for-9 in the first quarter and threw his first touchdown as a Wildcat in a 245-yard, three-touchdown performance against Western Illinois (9/5) in which he threw for over 200 yards and 3+ touchdowns for the fifth time in his career ... Made his 20th career start and completed 11 of his 21 passes for 135 yards and two interceptions against Oregon (9/13) … Accounted for 127 total yards and a passing touchdown on 12-of-18 passing in NU's first Big Ten win over UCLA (9/27) ... Set season-high rushing total with 49 rushing yards on five attempts and became the first NU quarterback since Ben Bryant in 2023 with 250+ passing yards and 3+ passing touchdowns when he threw for three touchdowns and 262 yards on 20-of-31 passing against ULM (10/5) … Went 6-for-6 on NU’s first two scoring drives and completed 17 of his 26 passing attempts against Penn State (10/11) for 163 yards and two touchdowns … Went 11-for-26 with 132 yards through the air and two touchdown passes in a 19-0 win over Purdue (10/18) … Completed 15 of his 29 passes with 159 passing yards, two interceptions and one successful two-point conversion at Nebraska (10/25) in his 25th career start … Completed 8 of his first 9 passes for 62 yards and a score and went 20-for-30 for 150 yards through the air against USC (11/7) … Recorded first rushing touchdown as a Wildcat and threw for 184 yards on 13-of-27 passing against Michigan (11/15) … Tied NU single-game completion percentage record when he completed 25 of 30 passes (83.3%) for 305 yards and two touchdown passes against Minnesota (11/22) … Completed all 15 of his second-half passing attempts for 174 yards and two touchdowns against the Golden Gophers, while also adding five carries for 28 yards … Became the first NU quarterback with at least 30 passing attempts, 300 passing yards, an 80% completion rate and no interceptions since Brett Basanez on Nov. 11, 2005 against Illinois … Completed 18 of his 36 passing attempts (tied for his season high) for 136 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions against Illinois (11/29) … Made his 30th career start in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26) and completed 19 of his 31 passes for 226 yards and three touchdown passes … Led NU to a 4-0 record in games in which he threw for multiple touchdown passes with no interceptions.
Started and appeared in 12 games for the Mustangs … All-AAC Third Team selection … Named to PFF All-AAC Team … Threw for 3,197 yards passing, fourth most in the AAC, 26th in the NCAA … Recorded 28 passing touchdowns, good for third in the AAC and 11th in the NCAA, while adding four rushing touchdowns … Led the AAC in passing efficiency with a 161.3 rating, which also ranked 13th in the NCAA … Ranked first in the AAC in passing yards per completion at 15.5, fifth in the NCAA … Had four games of at least 300 yards passing … Posted nine games with multiple touchdowns … Tallied a season-high five touchdown passes against Prairie View A&M (9/16) … Passed for a season-high 371 yards against Tulsa (10/28) … Selected as the CFPA National Performer of the Week and the Manning Award as Star of the Week for his Week 9 performance vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30) … Ran for a season-high 81 yards in win at Rice (11/4) … Recorded a streak of eight straight games with throwing at least two touchdowns before season-ending injury against Navy (11/25) … Athlon Sports Preseason All-AAC Fourth-Team … Phil Steele Preseason Third Team All-AAC … Wuerffel Trophy Watch List ... The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List … AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 4, Nov. 20) ... Named AAC Offensive Player of the Week three times (Sept. 18, Oct. 30, Nov. 27) ... Named to Davey O’Brien Great 8 List for Week 8 (Oct. 23) ... Added to Davey O’Brien Midseason Watch List (Oct. 24) … Made honorable mention twice for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (Oct. 24, Oct. 31) ... Named to Davey O’Brien Class of 2023 list (Oct. 31).
2022 Redshirt First-Year (at SMU):
Played in six games, making one start ... Went 28-for-48 passing for 388 yards and two touchdowns, added 14 carries for 63 yards and two rushing touchdowns ... Went 5-for-9 for 68 yards at UCF (10/5) … Completed six passes for 74 yards and threw his first-career touchdown in the fourth quarter vs. Cincinnati (10/22) … Made his first-career start in a 45-34 win at Tulsa, completing 11-of-17 passes for 219 yards and throwing a career-long 75 yard TD pass to Rashee Rice on the first play from scrimmage (10/29).
2021 First-Year (at SMU):
Saw action in three games ... Completed three passes for 24 yards... Registered one rush for two yards … Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.
High School:
A four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN … Selected for the All-American Bowl and an SI All-American candidate … First-Team All-State ... Named the Built Ford Tough Player of the Year ... Led Parish Episcopal to back-to-back TAPPS Division I State Championships with a win in 2020 … District MVP ... Registered 3,429 passing yards and 38 TDs to go with 536 rushing yards and 10 TDs as a senior … Rated the No. 5 dual-threat QB in the 247Sports Composite rankings … An ESPN 300 commit … Was a second-team Max Prep Freshman All-American … Posted over 13,100 career passing yards and 145 TDs … Also had offers from Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Houston, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Virginia, among others … Brother, Parker, was a wide receiver at SMU, and brother, Lindell, was a quarterback at Virginia
Went 222-for-370 passing with 2,400 yards, 17 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions … Started all 13 games for the Wildcats … Became the first 2,000 passer at NU since Clayton Thorson threw for 3,183 yards in 2018 … Made his Wildcat debut against Tulane (8/30) when he went 19-36 through the air for 161 yards … Went 9-for-9 in the first quarter and threw his first touchdown as a Wildcat in a 245-yard, three-touchdown performance against Western Illinois (9/5) in which he threw for over 200 yards and 3+ touchdowns for the fifth time in his career ... Made his 20th career start and completed 11 of his 21 passes for 135 yards and two interceptions against Oregon (9/13) … Accounted for 127 total yards and a passing touchdown on 12-of-18 passing in NU's first Big Ten win over UCLA (9/27) ... Set season-high rushing total with 49 rushing yards on five attempts and became the first NU quarterback since Ben Bryant in 2023 with 250+ passing yards and 3+ passing touchdowns when he threw for three touchdowns and 262 yards on 20-of-31 passing against ULM (10/5) … Went 6-for-6 on NU’s first two scoring drives and completed 17 of his 26 passing attempts against Penn State (10/11) for 163 yards and two touchdowns … Went 11-for-26 with 132 yards through the air and two touchdown passes in a 19-0 win over Purdue (10/18) … Completed 15 of his 29 passes with 159 passing yards, two interceptions and one successful two-point conversion at Nebraska (10/25) in his 25th career start … Completed 8 of his first 9 passes for 62 yards and a score and went 20-for-30 for 150 yards through the air against USC (11/7) … Recorded first rushing touchdown as a Wildcat and threw for 184 yards on 13-of-27 passing against Michigan (11/15) … Tied NU single-game completion percentage record when he completed 25 of 30 passes (83.3%) for 305 yards and two touchdown passes against Minnesota (11/22) … Completed all 15 of his second-half passing attempts for 174 yards and two touchdowns against the Golden Gophers, while also adding five carries for 28 yards … Became the first NU quarterback with at least 30 passing attempts, 300 passing yards, an 80% completion rate and no interceptions since Brett Basanez on Nov. 11, 2005 against Illinois … Completed 18 of his 36 passing attempts (tied for his season high) for 136 yards with one touchdown and three interceptions against Illinois (11/29) … Made his 30th career start in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26) and completed 19 of his 31 passes for 226 yards and three touchdown passes … Led NU to a 4-0 record in games in which he threw for multiple touchdown passes with no interceptions.
2024 Redshirt Junior (at SMU):
Appeared in seven games, started in four … Named team captain … Threw for 421 yards with five touchdown passes and a 59.0 completion percentage … Passed for a season-high 254 yards in comeback win at Nevada (8/24), named the East-West Shrine Bowl Week 0 Monday Morning Quarterback … Tossed a season-best two touchdowns against HCU (8/31). Named to Preseason DCTF All-Texas Second Team Offense … Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List … Pick Six Previews Preseason All-ACC Second Team … Davey O’Brien Preseason Watch List … Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List … East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 List … Manning Award Watch List … Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List.
Started and appeared in 12 games for the Mustangs … All-AAC Third Team selection … Named to PFF All-AAC Team … Threw for 3,197 yards passing, fourth most in the AAC, 26th in the NCAA … Recorded 28 passing touchdowns, good for third in the AAC and 11th in the NCAA, while adding four rushing touchdowns … Led the AAC in passing efficiency with a 161.3 rating, which also ranked 13th in the NCAA … Ranked first in the AAC in passing yards per completion at 15.5, fifth in the NCAA … Had four games of at least 300 yards passing … Posted nine games with multiple touchdowns … Tallied a season-high five touchdown passes against Prairie View A&M (9/16) … Passed for a season-high 371 yards against Tulsa (10/28) … Selected as the CFPA National Performer of the Week and the Manning Award as Star of the Week for his Week 9 performance vs. Tulsa (Oct. 30) … Ran for a season-high 81 yards in win at Rice (11/4) … Recorded a streak of eight straight games with throwing at least two touchdowns before season-ending injury against Navy (11/25) … Athlon Sports Preseason All-AAC Fourth-Team … Phil Steele Preseason Third Team All-AAC … Wuerffel Trophy Watch List ... The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List … AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Sept. 4, Nov. 20) ... Named AAC Offensive Player of the Week three times (Sept. 18, Oct. 30, Nov. 27) ... Named to Davey O’Brien Great 8 List for Week 8 (Oct. 23) ... Added to Davey O’Brien Midseason Watch List (Oct. 24) … Made honorable mention twice for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award (Oct. 24, Oct. 31) ... Named to Davey O’Brien Class of 2023 list (Oct. 31).
2022 Redshirt First-Year (at SMU):
Played in six games, making one start ... Went 28-for-48 passing for 388 yards and two touchdowns, added 14 carries for 63 yards and two rushing touchdowns ... Went 5-for-9 for 68 yards at UCF (10/5) … Completed six passes for 74 yards and threw his first-career touchdown in the fourth quarter vs. Cincinnati (10/22) … Made his first-career start in a 45-34 win at Tulsa, completing 11-of-17 passes for 219 yards and throwing a career-long 75 yard TD pass to Rashee Rice on the first play from scrimmage (10/29).
2021 First-Year (at SMU):
Saw action in three games ... Completed three passes for 24 yards... Registered one rush for two yards … Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.
High School:
A four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN … Selected for the All-American Bowl and an SI All-American candidate … First-Team All-State ... Named the Built Ford Tough Player of the Year ... Led Parish Episcopal to back-to-back TAPPS Division I State Championships with a win in 2020 … District MVP ... Registered 3,429 passing yards and 38 TDs to go with 536 rushing yards and 10 TDs as a senior … Rated the No. 5 dual-threat QB in the 247Sports Composite rankings … An ESPN 300 commit … Was a second-team Max Prep Freshman All-American … Posted over 13,100 career passing yards and 145 TDs … Also had offers from Alabama, Auburn, Baylor, Florida, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Houston, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and Virginia, among others … Brother, Parker, was a wide receiver at SMU, and brother, Lindell, was a quarterback at Virginia
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