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Honors & Awards
» Maxwell Award Watch List (2026)
» Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year (2025 at UNLV)
» First-Team All-Mountain West Conference (2025 at UNLV)
» Honorable-Mention Freshman All-American (2023 at Virginia)
» Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2026 vs. Bowling Green)
» Four-Time Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week (2025 at UNLV)
» Two-Time ACC Rookie of the Week (2023 at Virginia)
2026
Anthony Colandrea has started every game this season. He has completed 119-of-186 passes (64.0 percent) for 1,406 yards and 13 touchdowns while rushing 55 times for 296 yards and three scores. Entering the Oregon game, Colandrea ranks 16th nationally in passing touchdowns (13), 19th in points responsible for (96), 21st in total offensive yards per game (283.7) and 25th in points responsible for per game (16.0).
Colandrea totaled 298 yards of total offense and four total touchdowns in his Husker debut against Ohio. Colandrea completed 18-of-32 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns while rushing 10 times for 23 yards and one score. He was extremely efficient against Bowling Green, completing 20-of-24 passes for 224 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, marking his second consecutive game with four total touchdowns. Colandrea was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against Bowling Green.
Colandrea completed 15-of-21 passes for 195 yards and one touchdown against North Dakota. He added a rushing touchdown against the Fighting Hawks, finishing with four carries for 19 yards. Colandrea accounted for 278 yards and two touchdowns in his Big Ten debut at Michigan State. He completed 15-of-27 passes for 212 yards and two touchdowns and led Nebraska with 66 rushing yards on 10 carries.
Against Maryland, Colandrea accounted for 346 yards of offense and three touchdowns. He completed 26-of-39 passes for 238 yards and three touchdowns while rushing 10 times for a career-high 108 yards. Colandrea became only the third Husker to have 200 passing yards and 100 rushing yards in a Big Ten Conference game. Against No. 7 Indiana, Colandrea accounted for 311 total yards, completing 25-of-43 passes for 264 yards and rushing 17 times for 47 yards with a 39-yard touchdown run.
Before Nebraska (Lakewood HS/Virginia/UNLV)
Colandrea played one season at UNLV (2025) and two seasons at Virginia (2023, 2024) before transferring to Nebraska. Colandrea has played in 33 games in his career with 31 starts. He started all 14 games for UNLV in 2025 after starting 17 games in his two seasons at Virginia.
In his three seasons before Nebraska, Colandrea completed 627-of-983 passes for 7,542 yards and 49 touchdowns. He also had 328 carries for 1,151 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Colandrea was the 2025 Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year at UNLV. He was also a four-time selection as the conference offensive player of the week, tying Randall Cunningham for the most career offensive player-of-the-week honors in school history.