MORGANTOWN — Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan is the type of college football player rarely seen in the sport anymore, and the presence of players like him could become even rarer.

Henigan is the only four-year starting quarterback in the Football Bowl Subdivision who has started all four years at the same school. That not only has allowed him to become the Tigers’ career leader in completions, passing yards and touchdowns, but also the American Athletic Conference’s career leader in passing yards.

Henigan will put a bow on this record-setting time with the Tigers when he faces West Virginia University in the Frisco Bowl, set for a 9 p.m. kickoff Tuesday, Dec. 17 (ESPN).

Entering the bowl game, Henigan has thrown for 13,972 yards and 102 touchdowns on 1,129 completions. He’s within striking distance of another American conference record, just two touchdown passes behind former Houston quarterback Clayton Tune’s 104. If he can tie Tune’s record against WVU, he would also become just the second quarterback since 2013 to throw for at least 25 touchdowns in four straight seasons.

“You can’t break records without great people around you,” Henigan said after Memphis’ regular-season-ending win over Tulane. “So it’s just a testament to the people I’ve played with in my four years and the coaches I’ve had that have made me the player that I am.”

Those numbers have been a big boost overall for the Tigers, who have reached back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in program history and currently sit at No. 25 in the Associated Press sportswriters poll. Yet Henigan admitted to the Commercial Appeal earlier this year that one accolade he couldn’t reach will eat at him long after his Memphis career is over.

The Tigers weren’t able to win an American Athletic Conference championship in his four years, and that was the one goal he wanted to reach above all others.

“I just want to be remembered as someone who cared and someone who wanted our team and this university to be successful,” Henigan told the Commercial Appeal. “So all the stats, and all the accolades … I wasn’t able to achieve any of the team accolades, which is what I’m all about. So that’s what really hurts me, just when I’m going to be looking back on my career in the future. Individual accolades will come and go, and be forgotten, and nobody will care. It’s all about wins and team goals. So, it is what it is.”

Memphis offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey has watched Henigan grow into the leader he has become, both off and off the field. He told reporters that the years the two have spent together has benefited both of them.

“It’s great. Everybody sees Seth on the sidelines 12 times a year, 13 in the bowl game,” Cramsey said. “Me and him have spent everyday together, minus some vacation time, for three years now. We’re enjoying every moment, we’re enjoying every second. It’s been fun to work with him in a lot of ways. With how smart he is, with how detailed he is in the game plan, he’s made me a better coach. I’ve made him a better player. We’ve made each other better human beings. That’s what it’s all about.”

More and more often in college football, a quarterback like Henigan looks for the bigger program to move to as his star rises. Yet, Cramsey said, Henigan chose to stay in Memphis, which believes has allowed the senior signal caller to become the player he is today.

“That’s the best thing, when you can stay at a place and have stability at a place and work with a kid this long,” Cramsey said. “You watch him grow, watch him mature and watch him start living life. … We’ve got one more to go, and we’re going to enjoy every second of it.”