2025 Football Roster
Roster
Turner Helton
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-2 / 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
- High School:
- Palos Verdes
- Prev School:
- Western Kentucky
- Major:
- Interdisciplinary Studies
2025-26: Played in three games … Saw action on 39 plays (38 offense, one special teams) … Completed 14 of 26 passes for 74 yards and a touchdown … Also ran the ball twice for 11 yards … Completed 4 of 9 passes for 24 yards and ran for 3 yards at USC … Completed a pass late in the win over Maine … Completed 9 of 16 passes for 49 yards and a touchdown against Old Dominion … Made the Honor Roll in the fall.
2024-25: Appeared in two games during the 2024 season … Saw action in the win at Middle Tennessee on and in the win over Kennesaw State …Transfered to Georgia Southern in the spring.
2023-24: Appeared in three games at quarterback, starting one … Completed all five passes he attempted for 65 yards and a touchdown in WKU’s 52-22 win over Houston Christian … Was 3 for 3 for 17 yards in the Hilltoppers’ 41-28 victory at FIU … Was 3 for 4 for 15 yards after getting the start against Old Dominion in the Famous Toastery Bowl.
2022-23: Played in one game and was redshirted … Appeared in WKU’s 44-23 victory over South Alabama to claim the New Orleans Bowl title.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Palos Verdes High for Coach Guy Gardner … Named first-team All-Bay League as a senior.
PERSONAL: Born John Turner Helton on June 25 in Memphis, TN … Son of Angela and Clay Helton … Father is the coach of the Georgia Southern football program … Has a brother, Reid, and a sister, Aubrey … Uncle, Tyson, is the head coach at Western Kentucky … Grandfather, Kim, was a long-time NFL and college coach who played at Florida.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies
