2025: Competed in 10 games as a redshirt freshman for the UMass Minutemen ... Completed 107 passes on 216 attempts for 957 yards and four touchdowns... Dual-threat QB rushed 43 times with a career-long run of 23 yards vs. NIU (11/12) ... Threw a career-long 77-yard pass against Buffalo (10/18) and also had a career-best 26 pass completions for a career-high 227 passing yards at Kent State (10/11) ... Threw two touchdown passes against Buffalo (10/18), which marked the most in a single game.

2024: As a freshman at UMass, Hairston appeared in four games ... Completed 40 passes on 73 attempts for 480 yards and five touchdowns ... Scored a rushing touchdown and completed 13 passes for 163 yards vs. Liberty (11/16) ... Threw a 75-yard pass and gained 10 rushing yards at Georgia (11/23) ... Had three touchdown passes vs. UConn (11/30).

Before Merrimack: Star quarterback at Monarch High School in Florida ... Named Broward County Player of the Year and helped lead his team to three district championships ... Also competed with Defcon and UMass 7-on-7 programs.

Personal: Born Oct. 21, 2005 ... Son of Candice Thompson ... Has one brother, Landen Hairston ... Native of Pompano Beach, Florida ... Plans to major in Communications ... Chose Merrimack because the coaching staff believed in him after a shoulder injury and gave him an opportunity to prove himself.