Danny Wimprine made a name for himself last season in his first full season as starting quarterback at Memphis.
Wimprine has set nearly every passing record in his first two seasons, including 50 last season alone, and is garnering some national attention for his work.
The Louisiana native has been listed as one of 42 candidates for the Davie O'Brien National Quarterback Award.
The 6-foot 1 junior, the most prolific passer in program's history, has stockpiled 4,149 passing yards in his career, just 163 shy of Danny Sparkman's record.
Even though Wimprine is a junior, he didn't take over the starting position until midway through his freshman season and after his first season and a half he holds the records for most touchdowns, completions and attempts in a career. He is also most yards passing and touchdowns in a season.
However, Wimprine is expecting challenges this season like never before with the absence of his top three receivers from last year.
Tavares Gideon was expected to be the go-to-guy but was taken out this summer by a knee injury. Travis Anglin graduated and is in camp with the Detroit Lions, while Antoine Harden was kicked off the team for a violation of team rules.
