Background
Born in Contra Costa County, California, Wittek grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut but later moved to Santa Ana, California where he attended Mater Dei High School.
Born in Contra Costa County, California, Wittek grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut but later moved to Santa Ana, California where he attended Mater Dei High School.
As a senior, he completed 153 of 282 passes for 2,252 yards with 24 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.
He played for the University of Southern California Trojans from 2011 to 2013. He joined the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and was forced to sit out the 2014 season. His immediate predecessor as starting quarterback for Mater Dei was future University of Southern California teammate Matt Barkley.
He was ranked as the third best pro-style quarterback recruit in his class by Rivals.com.
He committed to University of Southern California in April 2010. Wittek was redshirted as a freshman in 2011.
Wittek made his first career start on November 24, 2012 after Barkley suffered a sprained Air Corps joint in his right shoulder. Prior to that game he had completed eight of nine passes for 95 yards with a touchdown.
Scheduled to start his first University of Southern California game against rival and Number.
Wittek threw for 186 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. Foreign the 2013 season, he and Cody Kessler competed for the starting job. He eventually lost the quarterback competition by the second week of the season.
In January 2014, Wittek decided to pursue a master"s degree and compete for a QB position at another university.
In August, Wittek eventually announced his intention to transfer to Hawaii. Wittek started in 8 of Hawaii"s first 9 games before being benched for poor play.
In those games he completed less than 50 percent of his passes and threw just 7 touchdowns against 13 interceptions. His season ended in November when he was scheduled for surgery on his right knee.
Wittek reportedly was slowed because by sore knees as well as a foot injury.
He finished the season with those statistics, including 1,542 yards passing as Hawaii completed the 2015 season with a 3-10 record.
As a redshirt freshman in 2012, Wittek won the backup job to Matt Barkley. 1 ranked Notre Dame, Wittek made a stir by asserting his confidence in a Trojans victory: "I"m going to go out there, and I"m going to play within myself, within the system, and we"re gonna win this ballgame." Notre Dame defeated University of Southern California 22–13 to advance to the 2013 British Computer Society National Championship Game. In September 2015 for Hawaii, Wittek threw for 202 yards and three touchdown passes in a 28–20 win over Colorado, in the season opener for both teams.
