After a four-year college player career at Austin Peay, Trent Caffee now will step into the next phase of his football career by serving as a graduate assistant with the program.
The Aledo, Texas native will continue to mentor current Govs quarterback Jake Ryan along with the incoming crop of reshmen.
Always considered a well-prepared signal caller, Caffee and coaching should fit appropriately.
Caffee's football mind even allowed him to gain a starting assignment even as a freshman in place of an injured Mark Cunningham.
In 2008, he finished the season as the starting quarterback, completing 63 of 116 passes for 732 yards and seven TDs. In four starts he completed 51 of 82 passes (63 percent) for 693 yards and seven TDs. His most memorable game was his season's first start against Tennessee Tech when he completed 14 of 20 passes for 217 yards and four TDs in leading the Governors to the victory. He threw two more TD passes the following week against Jacksonville State.
Caffee opened the 2009 season as starter before giving way to Ryan during midseason. He started one game in 2010, against Murray State, being forced to leave that contest with a neck injury.
Although he played the majroity of his prep football in Texas, he transferred his senior season to play quarterback for legendary Carton Flatt, an APSU alum, at Brentwood Academy. He led the school to the TSSAA Division II State Championship and 11-1 overall mark in 2006. As a prep senior, he completed 91 of 144 passes for 1,265 yards and 12 He was named "Offensive Most Valuable Player" for the 2006 championship game and was named to the All-State team and the Williamson A.M.'s All-Area Co-MVP..
As a prep junior, he led Aledo High School.to the Texas Class 4A semifinals as junior.
Caffee earned his bachelor's degree in May in Health and Human Performance. He was a two-time member of the Athletics Director's Honor Roll as an undergrad.
