2021: Participated in the 2021 Manning Passing Academy ... Lindy’s “Strongest Arm” in the Sun Belt Conference ... Athlon Sports Preseason Third Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... PFF Preseasons Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Enters the 2021 season with 5,065 career yards of total offense for the ninth most in school history ... Averaged a school-record 8.1 yards per play and 241.2 yards total offense per game, the third highest in program history, through his first two seasons at A-State ... Current .630 (320-504) completion percentage is the third highest in school history ... Averaged 238.3 passing yards per game for the second highest career average in program history ... 320 career pass completions are tied for the 10th most ever by an A-State player, while his 46 passing touchdowns and 5,004 passing yards are the fifth (tied) and seventh most, respectively.
2020: Honorable Mention All-Sun Belt ... Two-time Manning Award “Star of the Week” (Sep. 14 and Dec. 7) ... Two-time CFPA Honorable Mention National Performer (QB) of the Week (Oct. 18 and Dec. 7) ... CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List ... Led the nation in passing yards per completion (17.74) ... Ranked among the top 44 players in the nation for yards per pass attempt (4th, 10.61), pass efficiency (7th, 179.2), passing touchdowns (20th, 19), passing yards ( 40th 2,058), and points responsible for (44th, 116) ... Ranked 2nd in the Sun Belt Conference for pass efficiency (179.2), 8th for passing average (187.1) and 9th for total offense (188.5) ... 8.8 average yards per play was the second highest in school history for a single season ... 19 passing touchdowns tied the seventh most in A-State history ... Recorded the longest pass (84 against Texas State) in the Sun Belt, while also posting league single-games highs for pass yards per attempt (23.3 against ULM) and pass yards per catch (29.6 against ULM) ... Tied individual game highs in the Sun Belt for passing touchdowns (5 vs ULM) and touchdown responsibility (5 vs ULM) ... Five passing touchdowns against the Warhawks tied the second most in school history ... Recorded two 300 yard passing performances (332 and 326) ... Responsible for at least one passing touchdown in eight games, including five with multiple passing scores ... A-State Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member.
2019: Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year . . . Started the final nine games of the season, including a 34-26 Camellia Bowl victory . . . Finished the season 204-of-310 passing for 2,946 yards and 27 touchdowns . . . 27 touchdown passes tied the second most in school history while ranking third in the Sun Belt 23rd in the nation last season . . . Posted a 167.9 pass efficiency rating that was the second best in Sun Belt history, and in 2019 was tops in the league and ranked sixth in the country . . . Total passing yards were the sixth most in A-State history . . . 294.6 passing yards per game was the second highest in A-State history and in 2019 ranked second in the conference and eighth in the country . . . 2,992 yards total offense was the seventh-best mark in school history, but his 299.2 average was the fourth highest all-time . . . Average yards total offense ranked third in the Sun Belt and 16th in the FBS . . . 65.8 completion percentage was the fourth highest ever by an A-State player, and in 2019, led the Sun Belt and ranked 17th in the country . . . Six 300-yard passing games tied the most in the Sun Belt . . . Among freshmen only, Hatcher led the country in passing yards average, total offense per game and passing efficiency, while also ranking second nationally in completion percentage, fourth in touchdown passes and fourth in completions per game (20.40) . . . Threw multiple touchdown passes in every game started and passed for at least 297 yards in eight of nine starts . . . Completed a season-high four touchdown passes in four different games (tied seventh most in school history) . . . Named a Manning Award Star of the Week after passing for a season-high 440 yards, which were the second most in school history for a single game, and four touchdowns against Troy in his first career start . . . Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week after passing for 354 and four touchdowns . . . Passed for 393 yards and four touchdowns against Florida International, while also finishing with 430 yards total offense – all were Camellia Bowl records. Hatcher also completed a season-high 27 passes during the contest . . . Completed at least 21 passes in seven of nine starts . . . Athletics Director’s Honor Roll member.
ALABAMA: Redshirted his true freshman season at Alabama in 2018 before transferring to Arkansas State.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterman and three-year starter at Pulaski Academy . . . Arkansas high school football’s all-time leader in passing yards (15,483) and touchdowns (185) . . . Finished his career 1,002 completions on 1,479 attempts while compiling a 152.9 QB rating . . . Recorded 18 career rushing touchdowns . . . Posted a 41-1 record in three years as the Bruins’ starting quarterback . . . Passed for 5,779 yards with 66 touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 2017, leading Pulaski Academy to its fourth straight Class 5A state championship . . . Posted 4,656 passing yards and 58 touchdowns as a junior, while also throwing for 4,667 yards and 55 scores as a sophomore . . . Piled up a national record 791 yards total offense, including 757 passing, and nine touchdowns against Little Rock Christian as a senior . . . Posted 12 300-yard passing games in 2017 . . . Tabbed all-conference and all-state as sophomore, junior and senior . . . Senior season named the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas Preps Offensive Player of the Year, as well as Hootens.com 5A Offensive Player of the Year, Gatorade Arkansas Football Player of the Year . . . 3-star prospect by 247Sports.com, also listing him as the No. 23 overall player in the state of Arkansas and the No. 52 dual-threat quarterback in the nation . . . Rivals.com 2-star recruit . . . Also recruited by schools such as Louisiana Tech and Eastern Illinois . . . Four-time state champion in wrestling and ranked No. 5 in the nation in the sport.
PERSONAL: Born Feb. 15, 1999 . . . Communication studies major.
