HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2022 graduate of Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Mike O’Donnell … Named to the Class 5-6A All-Region Second Team as a junior … Earned CHSAA First Team All-League (offense) honors as a senior … Named to the Super 11 Team in Westchester County following senior year … Named the CHSAA Player of the Week during senior year … Earned the Golden Dozen Award (Westchester County) … Earned his team’s Offensive Player of the Year award … Selected to play in the CHSAA Senior All-Star Game … Named team captain as a senior … Saw action at quarterback … Threw for 2,200 yards and 23 touchdowns while completing 128 of 193 passes and only eight interceptions, rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown as a senior in 2021 … Combined for a career-high 450 total yards vs. Cardinal Hayes … Led the Crusaders to a 7-4 overall record and 5-2 league record as a senior … Threw for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns as a junior in 2020 … Helped lead the Crusaders to an 8-2 overall record and 4-1 league record as a sophomore … Helped lead the Crusaders to the New York State championship as a freshman … Rated as a two-star pro style quarterback by Rivals.com … Also played one season of basketball … Played with the New York Hustle and Hustle INC 7v7 teams … Involved in volunteer activities including helping to coach and provide for underprivileged kids with the Harlem Jets, his former youth football organization … Also tutored middle school and high school students.

PERSONAL: Born James Michael McCauley on January 30, 2004 in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Son of Mike McCauley and Valerie Alexandre … Has a brother Quentin … Father attended and played basketball at NYU … Older brother Quentin plays football at Trinity College ’24 … Hobbies and interests include playing chess, watching movies, and reading books … Role model is Ray Dalio because he is the person I would want to emulate with my life … Favorite food is Oxtail and cabbage … Selected Columbia in order to get the best education in the country in New York City, a top-5 education in the world in New York City is an opportunity one can’t pass up … Offered multiple football scholarships to attend various schools and applied to a variety of schools but chose Columbia … Chose Columbia after being recruited by Rutgers, Morgan State, Eastern Michigan, Duquesne, Duke, Notre Dame, and Boston College … Enrolled at Columbia College … Intends to major in Finance