SAN ANTONIO – Quarterback Lindsey Scott Jr. has been invited to the 2022 Walter Payton Award Announcement Stats Perform released on Monday. Scott is one of three finalists invited to the FCS National Awards banquet on Jan. 7 in Frisco, Texas where the offensive player of the year in football's Division I subdivision will be announced.
 
Following an impressive regular season, Scott continued his dominating play in the second round of the FCS playoffs on Saturday, Dec. 3 as the Cardinals defeated Furman to advance to the quarterfinals. He finished the game with a SportsCenter Top 10 touchdown pass, a game-winning touchdown pass, and 518 total yards of offense.
 
Heading into the quarterfinals, Scott has accumulated 62 total touchdowns (55 passing and 7 rushing) on 4,185 yards. With only six interceptions on the season, he's 273 of 377 (72.4 percent).
 
After rewriting UIW's record book, his name is now etched in the FCS record book as the third player to pass for seven touchdowns in one game (twice) and he set the single-season record for touchdowns responsible for and points responsible for (378). His current passing efficiency of 210.6 is higher than the FCS single-season record.

The full Stats Perform release can be found here. 
 
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