Anthony Colandrea holds the QB · Starter spot in Nebraska Cornhuskers’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Anthony Colandrea is a transfer quarterback from UNLV competing for Nebraska. The St. Petersburg, Florida native played two seasons at Virginia (2023–2024) before transferring to UNLV for the 2025 season. Across his three college seasons, Colandrea completed 627 of 983 passes for 7,542 yards and 49 touchdowns while adding 328 rushing attempts for 1,151 yards and 12 touchdowns across 33 games with 31 starts. In 2025, he started all 14 games at UNLV, completing 275 of 417 passes for 3,459 yards and 23 touchdowns, and was named Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year. At Virginia, Colandrea set freshman records with 154 completions and 1,958 passing yards in 2023, earning honorable-mention All-American honors.

Virginia2023 – 2024

UNLV2025

Nebraska2026 — present