2025 Football Roster
Stone, Preston
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
Bio
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.
2023 Redshirt Sophomore (at SMU):
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
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.
2023 Redshirt Sophomore (at SMU):
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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