2022: Named starting quarterback on August 28 … 9-14 for 112 yards with 1 TD and 2 int against Mercer … 13-20 for 167 yards with an int against San Jose’ State … 119-11 for 152 yards with an int against Penn State … missed Missouri, LSU, Georgia games with shoulder injury … limited action at Ole Miss but did not play since

2021: Transfer who started the season second on the depth chart at quarterback … 2-5 passing for 22 yards and scored on a 1-yard run against Akron 2-2 passing for 66 yards vs. Alabama State, including a 49-yard TD pass to Malcolm Johnson … engineered the game-winning 98-yard drive against Georgia State, capped off by a 4^th-down 10-yard completion to Shedrick Jackson with 0:45 remaining … 9-16 passing for 97 yards against GSU … 3-5 for 55 yards in late action against Georgia … first Auburn start came at South Carolina, where he was 17-32 for 188 yards with a 10-yard TD toss to Demetris Robertson … 17-26 for 137 yards against Alabama with an interception; TD passes to Kobe Hudson and Landen King and a 2-point play to John Samuel Shenker despite suffering an ankle injury in the third quarter … 19-37 passing for 227 yards, TD to Kobe Hudson in Birmingham Bowl … offensive player of week (Georgia State)

Before Auburn: Played one year at LSU, seeing action in five games (all starts) as a true freshman in 2020 … transferred following the 2021 spring semester … at LSU, threw for 941 yards and 5 TDs and was 2-3 as a starter, leading LSU to wins over South Carolina and Arkansas … top prep QB in Louisiana in 2019 …  three-year starter for Ponchatoula High and Coach Hank Tierney … accounted for 72 TD during his high school career (58 pass, 14 rush) … completed career-high 168 passes as a senior for 2,738 yards to go along with 21 TD passing, 8 rushing … amassed 28 touchdowns during his junior season, 23 through the air and five on the ground while passing for 2,736 yards … LSWA Class 5A all-state … rated a three-star pro-style quarterback by 247Sports and Rivals … also a basketball letterman … honor roll student

Personal: Birthday is March 25 … son of David and Shannon Finley … has one sibling, Kody … studying in the College of Business