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2024 Football Roster

12 Hollis Mathis

  • Position QB/REC/RB
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School Penn Hills

Biography

Became just the second player in the history of college football to total 1,000 yards passing, receiving and rushing … Finished his career with 1,716 passing yards, 1,091 rushing yards and 1,005 receiving yards … Also totaled 10 touchdown passes, 10 touchdown runs and five touchdown receptions …

SENIOR YEAR (2024)
Team captain … Led W&M in receptions (52) and receiving yards (602) … Ranked tied for ninth in the CAA in receptions and tied for 12th in receptions per game (4.3) … Ranked second on the squad in touchdown catches (3) … Averaged 50.2 receiving yards per game … Saw action in all 12 games and earned six starts … Made history in the season finale at No. 7/10 Richmond as his six catches for 50 yards helped him eclipse 1,000 career receiving yards and became just the second player in the history of college football to total more than 1,000 yards passing, receiving and rushing … Recorded a career-high 10 receptions for 121 yards in the win at North Carolina A&T … Recorded two catches for 71 yards with a pair of touchdowns – one rushing (4 yards) and one receiving (26 yards) in the season-opening win against VMI … Totaled three receptions for 72 yards and threw a touchdown pass at Towson … Posted four catches for 58 yards and threw an 18-yard touchdown strike versus Elon … Also hauled in touchdown catches in victories against Furman and Campbell, and logged six carries for 43 yards versus the Camels … Registered six receptions for 53 yards in the win at Wofford … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

JUNIOR YEAR (2023)
Saw action in 10 games and earned four starts … Ranked second on the team in receptions (27), receiving yards (373) and receiving yards per game (37.3) … Finished the season with a pair of touchdown catches … Also rushed for 126 yards on 27 carries … Posted a career-high six receptions for 106 yards against Richmond … Recorded five receptions for 66 yards with two touchdowns versus Towson … Also rushed for 36 yards on six carries against the Tigers … Totaled five catches for 78 yards at No. 23 UAlbany … Rushed for 44 yards on seven carries at Virginia … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2022)
Appeared in seven games and earned two starts … Completed 2-of-2 passes for 31 yards and rushed for 193 yards on 37 carries … Also recorded five receptions for 9 yards … Rushed for 65 yard on six carries in the win at Towson … Rushed for 49 yards on four carries in the victory against No. 17/18 Rhode Island … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades …

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE YEAR (2021)
Appeared in four games and earned three starts … Completed 18 of 35 passes for 250  yards with two touchdowns and an interception … Rushed for 35 yards on 18 carries and hauled in an 9-yard catch … Completed 8 of 14 passes for 128 yards with a touchdown against No. 2 James Madison … Completed 9 of 20 passes for 96 yards with a touchdown at Virginia … Completed his only pass attempt (26 yards) in the win versus Towson … Rushed for 20 yards on five carries in the win at Colgate … 

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE YEAR (2021 – Spring)
Started both games in which he appeared … Led the CAA in total offense per game (232.0) … Also ranked second in the conference in yards per completion (12.2), third in passing yards per game (189.5) and completion percentage (60.8), and fourth in passing efficiency (136.1) … Finished the season completing 31 of 51 passes for 379 yards with two touchdown and no interceptions … Ranked second on the team with 92 rushing yards on 20 carries with a touchdown … Averaged 46.0 yards per game and 4.6 yards per carry … Completed 18 of 28 passes for a career-high 204 yards with a touchdown in the season opener at Richmond … Also rushed for 16 yards on seven carries with a touchdown at UR … Completed 13 of 23 passes for 175 yards with a touchdown in the win against Elon … Also rushed for 76 yards on 13 carries in the victory …

FRESHMAN YEAR (2019)
Became just the third true freshman to start at quarterback in school history and the second to start a season opener (joining Tom Rozantz - 1975) … Set true freshman single-season school records for total offense (1,522), passing yards (976) and rushing touchdowns (8) … His eight rushing scores are the third most of any quarterback in school history … His 546 rushing yards were the most ever by a W&M true freshman quarterback and the most by a Tribe true freshman since Jonathan Grimes (2008) … Two-time CAA Rookie of the Week (9/2, 9/16), garnering STATS FCS National Rookie of the Week honorable mention distinction both weeks … Ranked sixth in the CAA in rushing touchdowns (8) … Ranked second in the CAA in yards per completion (14.1) … Finished the season completing 69-of-154 passes for 976 yards and four touchdowns … W&M’s second-leading rusher with 546 yards on 141 carries … Averaged a team-high 49.6 rushing yards per game … Rushed for 127 yards on 16 carries with a touchdown in his collegiate debut against Lafayette … Completed 11 of 19 passes for 189 yards with a touchdown in the win against Colgate … Also rushed for 62 yards with a touchdown in the victory … Rushed for 52 yards on 19 carries with three touchdowns at Maine … Rushed for 82 yards on 18 carries with two touchdowns in the victory against Rhode Island … Threw for 176 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 71 yards on 15 carries in the overtime win at Elon … Threw the game-winning touchdown pass – 23 yards to Zach Burdick – in the overtime win at Richmond … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades … Earned W&M's Provost Award …

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner as a quarterback for head coach Jon LeDonne at Penn Hills High School … Set school records for career passing yards (5,431) and touchdown passes (68) … Two-time first-team all-state selection (2017, 2018) … Selected to the 2018 Post Gazette Fab 22 … Named to the Trib 25 All-Star Team as a senior … Also chosen as a Trib HSSN Preseason All-Star in 2018 … Two-time all-conference selection, earning first team honors as a senior after garnering second-team accolades as a junior … Member of Student Leadership, Shadow Student Athlete, Black Student Union, Civic Engagement Organization and Garden Club … Ranked as a 2-star recruit by Rivals and 247 Sports …

PERSONAL
Son of Henton and Vyetta Mathis … Plans to major in business … Enjoys writing poetry.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2019Freshman

    QB
    6'2" 170 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 170 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 175 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2022Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 170 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2023Junior

    QB
    6'2" 180 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024Senior

    QB/REC/RB
    6'2" 175 lbs
    12