A five-year quarterback at William & Mary, Hefter joins the Dayton staff after spending the 2021 and 2022 campaigns as a graduate assistant at Western Michigan. Â He joined the Broncos as a defensive GA in 2021, then transitioned to working with WMU's quarterbacks as a GA last year.
Western Michigan was the 2021 Quick Lane Bowl champion in 2021.
Hefter was William & Mary's team captain as a senior in the spring of 2021. Â In a start against James Madison, the top-ranked team in FCS football at the time, he completed 13 of 20 passes for 128 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Â
While at W&M, Hefter was the SAAC president, a winner of William & Mary's prestigious Cypher Award, which recognizes elite students as being stewards of the university's core values, and a three-time winner of W&M's Provost Award for academic excellence.  He was also a four-time member of  the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor RollÂ
