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2019: JERRY NORRIS AWARD as team's most valuable and inspirational player... HULA BOWL ALL-STAR CLASSIC participant... WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST for a third straight year... CFPA FCS NATIONAL PERFORMER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST... ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION... Completed 322 of 492 passes (65.4 percent) for 3,563 yards and 28 touchdowns... Season totals for attempts and completions now rank No. 2 in school history, while yards are sixth and TDs total is 7th... Also ranks 7th on school season list in total offense (3,481)... Finished 3rd in the Big Sky Conference, 7th among FCS leaders at 296.90 yards per game... Also ranked among national top 10 in completions per game (3rd), total passing yards (9th) and completion percentage (10th)... Enjoyed six games of 300 yards or more, including high of 389 vs. Lehigh (9/14)... Earned Root Sports Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week for that game... Also amassed 383 at Portland State (11/9), 378 vs. Cal Poly (10/12)... Fired 4 TDs each vs. Lehigh, Cal Poly, Portland State and North Dakota (10/5)... Selected to Preseason All-America squads by HERO Sports, Athlon, STATS and Phil Steele... Finished career with 21 300-yard games, surpassing J.T. O'Sullivan's previous record of 17... Also became all-time UC Davis career leader in attempts (1,495), completions (992) and yards (11,163), while his career TDs (88) ranks second only to O'Sullivan... Broke 10,000-yard barrier in road win at Southern Utah (10/19), then surpassed O'Sullivan at home against No. 10 Montana State (11/16)... Signed as a free agent by CFL's Calgary Stampeders following season.
2018: BIG SKY CONFERENCE OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR… ALL-BIG SKY FIRST TEAM… Named to the WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST for the second straight season — an award bestowed to the most outstanding offensive player in the nation… HERO SPORTS ALL-AMERICAN… PHIL STEELE FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN… PHIL STEELE FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE selection… Team captain… KEN O’BRIEN AWARD recipient, presented to the team’s most outstanding offensive player… Earned such preseason acclaim as Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Sky and CFP FCS National Performer of the Year Watch List... Garnered FCS National Performer of the Week honorable mention, HERO Sports Hero of the Week and College Sports Madness Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week for the opening week, thanks to 446 yards and 3 TDs in a 44-38 win at San Jose State... Collected Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week and CSM National Player of the Week on 10/15, after a 40-for-51, 382-yard, 5-TD performance vs. Idaho State (10/13)... Threw those five TDs to five different receivers plus he tackled Adkin Aguirre to prevent a pick six... Earned another ROOT Sports Big Sky Offensive POW award on 11/19, following 37-for-46, 478 yards and no INTs in regular-season finale over Sacramento State... Ranked among FCS passing leaders in TDs (2nd), total passing yards (3rd), completions per game (3rd), passing yards per game (4th), points responsible for (6th, 230) and completion percentage (7th)... Led Big Sky passers in yards per game (302.4) while ranking 3rd in total offense, 5th in pass efficiency... Threw for 400 or more yards twice: 478 yards vs. Sac State and 446 yards at San José State… Threw for 300 or more yards in a league-high six games: the two 400-plus games plus 382 vs. Idaho State, 380 at Northern Colorado (10/6), 310 in the NCAA home playoff game vs. Northern Iowa (12/1), 302 vs. San Diego (9/8).
2017: BIG SKY CONFERENCE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR... ALL-BIG SKY CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM OFFENSE... JIM FERRIER AWARD (program's most outstanding transfer)... WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST... CFPA MIDSEASON WATCH LIST... ROOT SPORTS PLAYER OF THE WEEK (NOV. 6)... CFPA NATIONAL PERFORMER OF THE WEEK (OCT. 3)... HERO SPORTS OFFENSIVE HERO OF THE WEEK (OCT. 30)... COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS BIG SKY PLAYER OF THE WEEK (OCT. 30)... BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK (OCT. 30)... STATS FCS NATIONAL PLAYER HONORABLE MENTION (OCT. 30)... One of the Aggies' three team captains... Ended his first season at UC Davis with five top 10 NCAA rankings: Completion Percentage (No. 2, .686), Completions per Game (No. 3, 27.82), Passing Yards per Game (No. 5, 333.5), Passing Yards (No. 6, 3,669) and Total Offense (No. 7, 331.6)... Started all 11 games played as a sophomore transfer... Finished with 306 completions in 446 attempts for 3,669 yards and 26 touchdowns, with just 10 interceptions.. Posted a 152.47 pass efficiency rating and averaged 331.6 yards per game... Set a new school record with 306 completions in a single season, topping the former record of 296 set by Greg Denham in 2008... Set a new school record for 300-yard games in a single season with nine, crushing the former record of seven set by J.T. O’Sullivan in 2000, and tied the record for consecutive 300-yard games at five... Maier is responsible for nine of the 17 300-plus yards game thrown by Aggie quarterbacks in the program’s Big Sky era... Led the conference in efficiency (152.5); ranked second in passing average per game (333.5 ypg) and total offense yards per game (331.6 ypg)... In UC Davis’ home opener against San Diego (9/9), he thew for three touchdowns and 369 yards, the most yards recorded against a Division I opponent since Montana State visited Davis in 2014... In the Aggies’ next home game versus North Dakota (9/30), he threw for 415 yards... That was the first 400-plus yard game by an Aggie quarterback since 2008... Threw a career-high 459 yards against Cal Poly (10/28), in addition to four touchdowns, which led to Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week, STATS FCS National Player honorable mention, HERO Sports Offensive Hero of the Week and College Sports Madness Big Sky Player of the Week accolades... The following week at Idaho State (11/4), he finished with 358 passing yards and becoming the first quarterback in nearly a decade to record 3,000 passing yards in a single season; that threshold was last reached by Greg Denham in 2008.
LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE (2016): Earned Southern California Football Association Central Division Offensive Player of the Year as a redshirt freshman in 2016... Added first-team all-state accolades to his honor roll before transferring to UC Davis... Played for head coach Brett Peabody... Completed 268 of 422 (.635) passes for 3,689 yards, and Association-leading 38 touchdowns against eight interceptions... Set school records for both passing yards and TDs... Earned SCFA Player of the Week three times that year, including his career-high six-touchdown performance vs. Canyons... LBCC finished the season with a No. 9 national ranking and 47-41 victory over Bakersfield in Western State Bowl... Passed for career-best 477 yards and five TDs in that title game.
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY (2015): Redshirted.
ST. PAUL HS ‘15: Named school’s Athlete of the Year as a senior thanks to all-league performances in both baseball and football... Second-team All-Area pick as a senior QB... Two-time All-Angelus League first-team honoree in football... Played for head coach Rick Zepeda... Passed for 1,221 yards and rushed for 348 more in 2014... Combined for 20 touchdowns (nine passing, 11 rushing)... Totaled 1,059 passing yards and five TDs in 2013... Earned team’s Scout Player of the Year as a sophomore, Offensive MVP as a junior, overall MVP as a senior... Batted .360 as a senior center fielder, garnering team MVP and second-team All-Southern Section acclaim... Maier is the second two-time team captain in school history... Graduated with a 3.7 grade-point average... SPHS Scholar-Athlete and High School Ambassador.
PERSONAL: Born in Fullerton, Calif.... Parents are Jim and Lori Maier... Active with his church and SPHS campus ministry... Attended Kobe Bryant's 81-point game as an eight-year-old fan in January, 2006.
