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A strong-armed passer who made his Aztec debut in 2008 ... Just the second freshman in SDSU Division I history to start a season-opener ... Redshirt in 2007.
2008: Team offensive MVP ... Started 11 contests in his first year of competition ... Threw for 2,653 yards and 16 touchdowns ... Four games with 300+ yards passing ... Ranked 24th nationally in passing average and 42nd in total offense ... Became just the second freshman to start a season-opening game, joining Todd Santos ... Completed 27 of his 45 pass attempts for 352 yards and three touchdowns in his debut ... All numbers were the most by an Aztec freshman in his first career start ... A week later, attempted 59 passes against Notre Dame, tying for third in the SDSU single-game record book ... Also set an MWC freshman record and is tied for fifth overall in conference game history with his 59 attempts ... Completed 29 of those 59 attempts for 274 yards and a TD, while adding his first career rushing score to put the Aztecs up 7-0 ... Another record-setting performance, throwing for 433 yards (24-for-38) and four touchdowns in the victory against Idaho ... His 433 yards were the most by a freshman in the nation in 2008 and sixth overall ... Is the 14th player in school history to record a 400-yard passing game ... Named MWC offensive player of the week for his efforts ... Starter vs. TCU, but left the game due to a shoulder injury in the first quarter after completing four of his eight passes for 37 yards ... Missed the Air Force game due to injury ... Returned against New Mexico, throwing for 156 yards and a 15-yard TD ... Completed 24 of his 33 pass attempts for 166 yards and a 10-yard TD pass to Vincent Brown against CSU ... Attempted over 50 passes for the second time with 52 at Wyoming, throwing for 311 yards and a touchdown ... Threw for 160 yards and a touchdown at BYU ... Completed 23 passes for 247 yards and two TDs vs. No. 8 Utah ... Led SDSU to a win over UNLV by throwing for 387 yards and two scores ... Completed 35 of his 50 pass attempts with no interceptions ... His 35 completions tie for third in the SDSU single-game record book ... Became the 14th Aztec in school history with three or more 300-yard passing games ... Set a new freshman game record vs. the Rebels for pass completions, surpassing the previous high of 29, that he posted against Notre Dame. 2007: Traveled but did not see action as a true freshman. High School: Played two seasons of varsity football at El Capitan High School under coach Ron Burner ... As a senior, completed 61 percent of his passes (235-for-385) for 3,521 yards, including 35 touchdowns ... 2006 CalHiSports second-team all-state and first-team pick for Division III ... League, CIF, San Diego Union-Tribune and Breitbard Hall of Champions Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Russ Saunders Award recipient, given to the county's top senior student-athlete in football by the Hall of Champions ... Helped the Vaqueros to a league title and an 11-1 record last season, the best in school history ... Threw for 417 yards in a single game in 2006, the eighth-highest passing total in section history ... His junior season, threw for over 2,000 yards and tossed 14 TD passes ... Career totals include 5,741 yards passing and 49 touchdowns ... Two-time team captain ... Rated the 34th-best quarterback nationally and the No. 97 player overall in California by Rivals.com ... Scout.com lists him among the top 50 quarterback recruits in the nation and No. 6 in California ... Ranked No. 62 overall by SuperPrep Magazine in the state ... An honor student, who ranked in the top six percent of his class and garnered first-team all-academic honors by the San Diego Union-Tribune two straight years ... Also played baseball at El Cap. Personal: Born June 22, 1989, in San Diego, Calif. ... Son of Tim and Kay Linn Lindley ... Father, Tim, played water polo at Occidental College ... Also visited Idaho during the recruiting process ... Major is social science teaching.
LINDLEY'S CAREER STATISTICS
Rushing/Receiving
Career Highs: Attempts: 59 at Notre Dame (9/6/08); Completions: 35 vs. UNLV (11/22/09); Passing Yards: 433 vs. Idaho (9/27/08); Long Pass: 51 vs. Idaho (9/27/08); TDs Passing: 4 vs. Idaho (9/27/08); TDs Rushing: 1 at Notre Dame (9/6/08). LINDLEY GAME-BY-GAME
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