Conner Weigman
{{Short description|American football player (born 2003)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
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| school = Houston Cougars
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| currentposition = Quarterback
| class = {{redshirt}} Junior
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|8|8}}
| birth_place = Cypress, Texas, U.S.
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| weight_lb = 215
| highschool = Bridgeland (Cypress, Texas)
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Conner Weigman (born August 8, 2003) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Houston Cougars. He previously played for the Texas A&M Aggies.
Early life
Weigman grew up in Cypress, Texas, and attended Bridgeland High School, where he played baseball and football.{{Cite web |last=Montaño |first=Alvaro |date=October 1, 2021 |title=Bridgeland QB Conner Weigman taking season 'one day at a time' |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/cyfair/sports/article/Football-Bridgeland-QB-Conner-Weigman-taking-16500462.php |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Houston Chronicle}} He became Bridgeland's starting quarterback during his sophomore season.{{Cite web |last=Craven |first=Mike |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Elite Texas A&M QB commit Conner Weigman looking to leave lasting legacy |url=https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2021/10/06/bridgeland-quarterback-texas-a-m-commit-conner-weigman-is-a-competitor-at-heart |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Dave Campbell's Texas Football}} Weigman passed for 3,808 yards and 42 touchdowns against 11 interceptions in his junior season.{{Cite web |last=Galatzan |first=Matt |date=July 9, 2021 |title=Texas A&M Commit Conner Weigman Debuts At No. 4 in SI All American's QB Rankings |url=https://www.si.com/college/tamu/news/texas-a-m-commit-conner-weigman-debuts-at-no-4-in-si-all-americans-qb-rankings |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=SI.com}} As a senior, Weigman passed for 2,588 yards and 29 touchdowns with six interceptions while also rushing for 754 yards and nine touchdowns. At the end of the season he was named the Offensive Player of the Year by the Houston Touchdown Club and the National High School Quarterback Of The Year by the National Quarterback Club{{Cite web |date=December 30, 2021 |title=Bridgeland's Conner Weigman named National High School Quarterback of Year. |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/hs-sports/football/article/Conner-Weigman-National-High-School-Quarterback-16739020.php |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Houston Chronicle}}
Weigman was rated a five-star recruit and committed to play college football at Texas A&M after considering offers from Arkansas, Baylor, Florida, Oklahoma, and Texas.{{Cite web |last=Sallee |first=Barrett |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Texas A&M recruiting: Aggies land commitment from 2022 four-star quarterback Conner Weigman |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/texas-a-m-recruiting-aggies-land-commitment-from-2022-four-star-quarterback-conner-weigman/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=CBS Sports}}{{Cite web |last=Wasserman |first=Ari |date=June 3, 2021 |title=Meet five-star QB Conner Weigman: Is he the missing piece for a national title run at Texas A&M? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2628990/2021/06/03/meet-five-star-qb-conner-weigman-is-he-the-missing-piece-for-a-national-title-run-at-texas-am/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=The Athletic}} He was also considered one of the best baseball prospects in Texas and announced his intention to play for the Texas A&M Aggies baseball team as a shortstop.{{Cite web |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Bridgeland QB pledges to play for Texas A&M |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Bridgeland-QB-pledges-to-play-for-Texas-A-M-15925064.php |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=San Francisco Chronicle}}
College career
= Texas A&M =
Weigman joined the Texas A&M Aggies as an early enrollee in January 2022.{{Cite web |date=August 15, 2021 |title=Texas A&M football, baseball recruit Conner Weigman to enroll early |url=https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/football/texas-a-m-football-baseball-recruit-conner-weigman-to-enroll-early/article_37c28434-fe20-11eb-a5f8-bba39dee96ff.html |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=The Bryan-College Station Eagle}} He also withdrew his name from the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2022 |title=Why Texas A&M QB Conner Weigman passed on baseball |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Why-Texas-A-M-QB-Conner-Weigman-passed-on-16937114.php |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Houston Chronicle}} Weigman ultimately decided against playing baseball in order to participate in spring practices.{{Cite web |date=January 28, 2022 |title=Conner Weigman's focus is on football at Texas A&M this spring |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Conner-Weigman-focus-football-Texas-A-M-16814158.php |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Houston Chronicle}} Weigman entered his true freshman season as Texas A&M's third-string quarterback with the intention of redshirting the year.{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Texas A&M football: No quarterback magic for Jimbo Fisher |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/Texas-Aggies-Jimbo-Fisher-quarterbacks-17495630.php |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=Houston Chronicle}}{{Cite web |date=September 16, 2022 |title=Fisher can solve A&M's issues by focusing on QB development |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2022/09/16/jimbo-fisher-could-fix-texas-ams-issues-by-re-establishing-reputation-of-qb-development/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |website=The Dallas Morning News}} Weigman made his first collegiate start in week 9 against no. 15 Ole Miss, finishing 28-of-44 for 338 yards and four touchdowns in the 28–31 loss.{{Cite web |date=October 30, 2022 |title=No. 15 Ole Miss prevails in offensive slugfest with Texas A&M |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/no-15-ole-miss-prevails-in-offensive-slugfest-with-texas-a-m/ |access-date=May 23, 2023 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}} He started Texas A&M's final four games and finished the season with 896 passing yards and eight touchdown passes.{{cite web|url=https://theeagle.com/sports/college/aggiesports/football/conner-weigman-max-johnson-back-in-competition-for-texas-a-ms-starting-quarterback-spot/article_4f934ad8-3bc9-11ee-90cf-a746d67e7f20.html|title=Conner Weigman, Max Johnson back in competition for Texas A&M's starting quarterback spot|work=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|date=August 25, 2023|access-date=September 8, 2023}}
In 2023, Weigman was named the Aggies' starting quarterback entering his sophomore season after competing with Max Johnson during preseason training camp.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38278244/jimbo-fisher-names-conner-weigman-texas-starting-qb|title=Jimbo Fisher names Conner Weigman as Texas A&M's starting QB|first=Dave|last=Wilson|website=ESPN.com|date=August 28, 2023|access-date=September 8, 2023}} Weigman started the first four games until suffering a season-ending foot injury.{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Dave |title=Texas A&M QB Conner Weigman (foot) out rest of season |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38504356/sources-texas-qb-conner-weigman-foot-rest-season |website=ESPN.com |date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=5 June 2024}}
On December 3, 2024, Weigman announced that he would enter the transfer portal.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42762799/texas-aggies-qb-conner-weigman-entering-college-football-transfer-portal|title=Aggies' Weigman to enter portal with sights on CFP|website=ESPN|first=Pete|last=Thamel|date=December 3, 2024|access-date=December 11, 2024}}
= Houston =
On December 11, 2024, Weigman announced that he would transfer to Houston.{{cite web|url=https://www.on3.com/news/texas-am-quarterback-conner-weigman-commits-to-houston/|title=Conner Weigman commits to surprising new school|website=On3.com|first=Pete|last=Nakos|date=December 11, 2024|access-date=December 11, 2024}}
= Statistics =
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| College statistics
! rowspan="2"| Season ! rowspan="2" |Team ! colspan="3" | Games ! colspan="8"| Passing ! colspan="4"| Rushing | |||||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022
| 5 || 4 || 2−2 || 73 || 132 || 55.3 || 896 || 6.8 || 8 || 0 || 132.3 || 27 || 97 || 3.6 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2023
| 4 || 4 || 3−1 || 82 || 119 || 68.9 || 979 || 8.2 || 8 || 2 || 156.8 || 12 || 63 || 5.3 || 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 2024
| 6 || 5 || 4−1 || 64 || 114 || 56.1 || 819 || 7.2 || 3 || 5 || 116.4 || 28 || 101 || 3.6 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2025
| 0 || 0 || 0−0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 | |||||||||||||||
| colspan="2" | Career{{Cite web |title=Conner Weigman College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/conner-weigman-1.html |access-date=October 24, 2022 |publisher=Sports Reference}} | 15 | 13 | 9−4 | 219 | 365 | 60.0 | 2,694 | 7.4 | 19 | 7 | 135.3 | 67 | 261 | 3.9 | 2 |
References
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External links
- {{Twitter|ConnerWeigman}}
- [https://12thman.com/sports/football/roster/conner-weigman/10763 Texas A&M Aggies bio]
- [https://uhcougars.com/sports/football/roster/conner-weigman/9336 Houston Cougars bio]
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Category:Players of American football from Cypress, Texas