Trotter grew up in Irondale, Alabama and attended Shades Valley High School.
He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at South Alabama over offers from Jacksonville State, Samford, Gardner–Webb, and Tuskegee.
Trotter was named as one of eight quarterbacks as the Manning Award Star of the Week after his performance in the Week 1 game against Southern Miss where he made career high 340 passing yards and total offense yards and led the Jaguars to a 32–21 win making it their first season-opening victory since 2016.
During the annual Battle for the Belt game against Troy, he replaced Jake Bentley as the lead quarterback after suffering a knee injury.
[6] On December 24, 2022, Trotter announced that he plans to enter the transfer portal[7] but he later would remain at South Alabama for the 2023 season.