Education
Lambert attended Wayne County High School in Jesup, Georgia, where he was teammates with Tre" Jackson.
Lambert attended Wayne County High School in Jesup, Georgia, where he was teammates with Tre" Jackson.
He previously played at the University of Virginia. In his three varsity seasons, he had 4,282 passing yards and 38 touchdowns. He was rated by Scout.com as a four-star recruit and was ranked among the top quarterbacks in his class.
He committed to the University of Virginia to play college football.
Lambert redshirted his first year at Virginia in 2012. As redshirt freshman in 2013, he appeared in seven games, passing for 340 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions.
Lambert took over as Virginia"s starting quarterback in 2014. Overall he started nine games, completing 154 of 261 passes for 1,632 yards with 10 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
In June 2015, Lambert transferred to the University of Georgia.
In his first year at Georgia he was named the starter. During the third game of the season (against the University of South Carolina), he completed 24 of 25 passes for a 96% completion percentage, which set an National Collegiate Athletic Association record. He also broke Georgia"s record for consecutive completions with 20.