Career Stats (at W&M)
Senior Profile
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SENIOR YEAR (2011)
Saw action in four games, starting each of them ... Completed 28-of-72 passes for 267 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions ... Completed 11-of-20 passes for 141 yards with a touchdown in the win against VMI ... Chosen to the CAA
Academic All-Conference Team ...
JUNIOR YEAR (2010)
Appeared in six games and earned three starts before
suffering a season-ending injury at North Carolina ... Completed 88-of-142 passes
for 883 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions ... Keyed a fourth
quarter comeback at Maine, completing 9-of-16 passes for 104 yards and a
game-winning touchdown after entering the game as a reserve with less than 15
minutes remaining
... Completed 5-of-8 passes for 59 yards, while rushing
for 13 more, on the game-winning drive that culminated with a 21-yard touchdown
pass to Chase Hill with just 20 seconds left on the clock ... Completed
24-of-35 passes for 209 yards with two touchdowns in the near upset at North
Carolina
... Was especially effective in the first half against UNC,
completing 13-of-14 passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns to help give
W&M a 17-7 advantage at halftime ... Earned the start in W&M's win
against top-ranked Villanova, completing 20-of-28 passes for 211 yards with a
pair of interceptions ...
AT UNC
(2007-09)
Played in four games and was 4-for-13 for 33 yards with two interceptions ... Saw action on the final series in the win over No. 23 Boston College ... Made first career start at Miami and was 1-for-4 for 10 yards ... Entered the Virginia Tech game for an injured T.J. Yates and was 3-for-8 for 23 yards and two picks ... Saw first career action in the fourth quarter at Rutgers and was 0-for-1 passing ... Redshirted in 2007 ...
HIGH SCHOOL
SuperPrep All-America ... Ranked the No. 1 player in New York by SuperPrep ... Ranked the No. 4 pro-style quarterback in the country by Rivals.com ... Considered the No. 7 quarterback in the country by PrepStar ... Named the New York state Gatorade Player of the Year ... Member of Tom Lemming's All-America team ... Ranked the No. 10 quarterback in the country by Scout.com ... Considered the No. 15 quarterback in the country by SuperPrep ... Completed 58 percent of his passes for 2,304 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior ... Led team to an 11-1 record as a junior, falling in the state semifinals ... Completed 131 of 234 attempts for 2,084 yards and 23 touchdowns and nine interceptions ... Earned third-team all-state honors as a junior ... Coached by Joe Casamente ...
PERSONAL
Son of Denise and David Paulus ... Majoring in kinesiology with a business minor ... His brother, Greg, played point guard for Duke’s basketball team, then started a season at quarterback for Syracuse ... Brothers David, Matt, Danny and Chris played football at Georgetown ... His sister, Sarah, is a basketball player at Fairfield ... Born October 12, 1988.
