Western Carolina University

2023 (Junior): Saw action in just one game before being sidelined the remainder of the year with a lower-body injury … Made his Catamount debut in the road game at Arkansas (Sept. 2), finishing 15-for-23 for 98 yards with three interceptions … Returned from injury during spring drills … Splitting reps at QB in WCU’s annual Spring Game, finished 9-of-18 for 108 yards with a long pass of 48 yards.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Harvard (2019-2022) during the summer; At Harvard: Played in 14 games with five starts ... Completed 221-of-380 passes for 2,705 yards through the air with 22 career touchdowns against nine interceptions ... Threw for a team-best 2,101 yards in 2022 with 18 touchdown passes, eclipsing the 250 yard  passing mark three times including a career-high 316 yards at Penn (11/12/22) earning honorable mention FedEx Ground National Offensive Player of the Week honors (Nov. 14) ... Averaged 233.4 passing yards per game ... Rushed 42 times for 53 total yards and a TD; High School: Two-year letter winner at Tampa Catholic (2017) and Hillsborough (2018), serving as a team captain for both football teams ... Earned the 2017 Tampa Catholic Student-Athlete Award for having the highest GPA on the team ... Named the Tampa Bay Times Player of the Week in 2018.

Personal: His father, Charles Dean Jr., played football at the University of Florida.