University of Massachusets Athletics

2024 Football Roster

Taisun Phommachanh
Jersey Number 3

Taisun Phommachanh

  • Position:
    Quarterback
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    220
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Bridgeport, Conn.
  • High School:
    Avon Old Farms
  • Prev School:
    Georgia Tech / Clemson

2024 • Redshirt Senior


Saw action in nine games, completing 132 passes with 234 attempts for 1,590 yards and eight touchdowns
• Totaled 40 passes at Toledo (9/7), with the longest being 71 yards
Gained 317 yards rushing with 155 attempts, adding three touchdowns, including 33 yards at Eastern Michigan (8/31)
• Posted one tackle vs. Central Connecticut State (9/21)

2023 • Redshirt Junior


• College Football Network All-Independent Offense Team (Honorable Mention - QB)
• Appeared in nine games this season for the Minutemen, completing 139 passes on 227 attempts for 1,507 yards with six touchdowns
• Accumulated 38 yards rushing on 48 attempts, adding two touchdowns
• Totaled seven games with 100-plus yards passing (192 - at New Mexico State, 8/26; 269 - vs. Arkansas State, 9/30; 272 - vs. Toledo, 10/7; 121 - at Army, 10/28; 104 - vs. Merrimack, 11/4; 239 - at Liberty, 11/18; 230 - vs. UConn, 11/25)
• Completed a career-best 29 of 38 passes for 269 yards vs. Arkansas State (9/30), with one touchdown
• Threw for a career-high 272 yards on 20 completions, with a career-best two touchdowns, including a career-long 71-yard TD pass vs. Toledo (10/7)
• Recorded a career-best 17 rushing attempts for a career-high 96 yards, scoring a touchdown, at New Mexico State (8/26)
• Ran a career-long 31 yards at Auburn (9/2), putting together 34 yards rushing on eight attempts

Before Massachusetts


• Played in two games at Georgia Tech in 2022, finishing 2-for-5 passing and adding 15 rushes for 56 yards and two touchdowns 
• Played at Clemson from 2019-21 while appearing in 13 games over the three seasons 
• Amassed 354 yards of total offense in his 13 appearances (204 passing, 150 rushing) 
• As a redshirt freshman in 2021, completed 11-of-19 passes for 131 yards and a touchdown and rushing 11 times for 69 yards and a score in six games 
• Appeared in four games during Covid-shortened season in 2020 and three games while redshirting as a true freshman in 2019 
• Rated as a four-star prospect by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN 
• Ranked as the No.3 quarterback in the nation by 247Sports, the No. 5 QB in the nation by Rivals and the No. 8 pocket passer in the nation by ESPN 
• Played two seasons at Harding HS before transferring to Old Avon Farms for final two campaigns 
• Completed 339-of-556 passes for 46 touchdowns during prep career and rushed 300 times for 1,264 yards, good for 6,492 yards of total offense and 71 total touchdowns 
• Threw for 1,066 yards and nine touchdowns over six games during injury-plagued senior campaign (2018) 
• Completed 135-of-192 passes for 2,253 yards, 22 touchdowns and just one interception, while also running for 633 yards and 17 scores during junior campaign (2017) 

2025 Massachusetts Football - Week 2 (Bryant) Monday Press Conference
Monday, September 01
UMass FB | Jacquon Gibson Postgame Press Conference vs. Temple | 08.30.25
Saturday, August 30
UMass FB | Rocko Griffin Postgame Press Conference vs. Temple | 08.30.25
Saturday, August 30
UMass FB | Joe Harasymiak Postgame Press Conference vs. Temple | 08.30.25
Saturday, August 30