University of North Texas Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Drew Mestemaker
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 211
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Austin, TX
- High School:
- Vandegrift HS
2025: Winner of the 2025 Burlsworth Trophy for the best former walk-on in the nation … named American Conference Offensive Player of the Year … selected to First Team All-American Conference … honored as Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Offensive Player of the Year … named Dave Campbell’s Texas Football First Team All-Offense … finalist for Manning Award, Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … semifinalist for Davey O’Brien Award and Walter Camp Award … named AP National Player of the Week, Davey O’Brien Award QB of the Week, American Conference Offensive Player of the Week, Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week, Shaun Alexander Award Freshman of the Week after breaking the UNT and American Conference record with 608 passing yards at Charlotte (10/27) … honored as PFF National Quarterback of the Week and PFF National Team of the Week selection after throwing for 469 yards, three touchdowns at Rice (11/24) … two-time Manning Award Stars of the Week recognition (10/27, 11/24) … three-time Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 honoree (10/20, 10/27, 12/1) … two-time Burlsworth Trophy National Walk-On of the Week (10/20, 10/27) … appeared and started in all 143 games … led the Mean Green to the win in the 2025 Isleta New Mexico Bowl, the fourth bowl victory in program history ... finished the season with 4,379 passing yards and 34 passing TDs, both the most in UNT single-season history … became the fifth freshman in FBS history with 4,000 passing yards … holds a season passing efficiency mark of 168.69 – highest in UNT history – with 319 completions on 475 attempts … owns the highest single-season mark for completion percentage (68.4) in program history … opened the season with 329 passing yards, four total touchdowns versus Lamar … finished 24-for-29 with four passing touchdowns versus Washington State … scored five total touchdowns, including four passing, in Homecoming win over UTSA … notched second-highest passing efficiency mark (296.9) in program history in win at Rice … completed 20 of 24 passes for 366 yards and three touchdowns against Temple ... completed 27 of 47 passes for 250 yards and three passing TDs against San Diego State in the New Mexico Bowl.
2024: Appeared in five games on the year with one start ... preserved a redshirt season … finished the season 30 for 46 for 462 yards passing and two touchdowns … also rushed 14 times for 87 yards and a touchdown ... made career debut at Texas Tech, passing for 56 yards while rushing for 26 … came in late vs. Wyoming and completed two passes for 13 yards ... burst onto the scene in his first career start in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, racking up 448 yards of total offense, tied for the most of any player in the 2024-25 bowl cycle against Texas State ... finished the First Responder Bowl 26 of 41 for 393 yards and two touchdowns while rushing nine times for 55 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown rush.
