chattanooga MOCS

- Enrolled in January 2022 as a grad transfer from Eastern Michigan

2022 (Senior)
- 2-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 12 & Sept. 19)...2-time TSWA Tennessee Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13 & Sept. 20).

Prior to Chattanooga
- 22 career games with nine starts…2,286 yards on 190 of 287 passing with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions...235 rushing yards with 11 TDs on the ground...career completion percentage (66.2%).
- 2020 All-MAC Fourth Team per Phil Steele.
- Eastern’s starting quarterback in all six games in 2020...recorded career highs in virtually every category.
- Put together an impressive junior season as he threw for 1,662 yards on 126-of-198 pass attempts, the 22nd most single-season passing yards by a QB in EMU history...recorded two games with 300+ passing yards.
- 87 rushing attempts for 206 yards and eight touchdowns...ran for touchdowns in three consecutive games, the most of any EMU player that season and the 24th in program history to hit the mark.
- Threw for 12 touchdowns, including a career-best four scores versus Toledo (11/18/20)...directed an offense that amassed 2,438 total yards, good for 406.3 yards per game, the fourth-best mark of program history.
- Finished ranked inside the top 40 nationally in 10 individual categories, including top 20 placements in passing yards per game (276.2) and total offense (308.2 yards per game).
- Ended up in the top 20 of four EMU record book categories, including single-game total offense (13 - 422 yards vs. CMU, Nov. 27), career pass completions (18-169), career passing yards (17 – 2,124), and single-game TD passes (T-4 – 4 vs. Toledo, Nov. 18)...connected with tight end Bryson Cannon for the second-longest pass play in Rynearson Stadium history (79 yards) against CMU, Nov. 27.
- Led an offensive unit that averaged 22.33 first downs per game (134 total), which is sixth-best of any team in program history.
- Put together 422 yards of total offense, the 13th most in EMU single-game history against Central Michigan...helped Eastern to its first win over Western Michigan on the road since 2012 as his offense put up a season-high 53 points, the 11th-best scoring performance in program history.
- Collected MAC Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance at WMU…also named a Manning Award “Star of the Week,” for his effort...earned both honors for the second time in his career.
- In 2019, he saw action in eight games with one start as quarterback against Western Michigan (Oct. 19)…completed 43-of-57 passes for 462 yards and three touchdowns...heroics will go down in EMU football lore.
- Filled in for the MAC’s leading passer against WMU (Oct 19) for his first career start...completed 31-of-36 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns, including the game-winning 34-yard scoring strike to Mathew Sexton with 36 seconds left...began the game-winning drive on EMU’s 26-yard line with 1:51 left in the fourth quarter, marched the Eagles down the field, completing all four of his passes for 70 yards...perfect game-winning drive was part of a fourth quarter that saw him complete 11-of-12 passes for 140 yards and a pair of long touchdown passes that took advantage of single coverage on the outside...also made plays with his legs, finishing with 10 carries for 29 sack-adjusted yards, including a six-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter that gave EMU its first lead of the game at 17-14...collected MAC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
- Attended Mason High School and played under Head Coach Brian Castner as a Comet...ranked as a two-star recruit by 247Sports...named to the Greater Miami All-Conference team three times...also lettered in basketball.

Personal
- Preston Jayson Hutchinson...son of Jayson and Jami Hutchinson.
- Three brothers, Christian, Luke and Jax.
- Graduated with a degree in Marketing at EMU.