Education
Nunes attended Upland High School in Upland, California.
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Career
He medically retired after a weightlifting injury that ruptured his pectoralis major tendon. During his career he threw for 6,306 passing yards and 54 touchdowns. He was ranked as the 13th best pro-style quarterback recruit in his class by Rivals.com.
Nunes spent 2009 to 2011 as a backup to Andrew Luck.
On August 22, 2012, Nunes was named the starting quarterback for the 2012 season, beating out Brett Nottingham and Kevin Hogan. As the starting quarterback, Nunes led the Cardinal to an upset of Number.
2 University of Southern California. The next week, however, the Cardinal suffered a loss against unranked Washington in a game where Nunes was unable to score an offensive touchdown. After nine games as a starter, amid criticisms about his inconsistency, Nunes was replaced by redshirt freshman Kevin Hogan, who eventually led Stanford to a defeat of Number.
1 Oregon, the Pac-12 championship and a Rose Bowl victory.
During a bench press workout in February 2013, Nunes dropped the weights on his chest, rupturing his pectoralis major muscle. As a result, Nunes announced that he has medically retired.
