2011: Redshirted. 2010 (Missouri Southern): Punted 48 times for a 37.5-yard average, including a long of 80 yards, in 2010... Saw 10 of his punts downed inside the 20 yard line... Redshirted the 2009 season.
HIGH SCHOOL: A three-sport athlete at Kearney High School... Lettered three years in both football and powerlifting, and two years in track... Set the school record for longest punt (70 yards) his senior season... A three-time first team all-conference and all-district, a two-time all-metro, All-Northland and all-state punter... Was also a two-time all-conference running back and was the starting fullback in the MO-KAN All-Star game... Helped guide the Bulldogs to a football record of 11-2 and a quarterfinal finish his junior year and a 13-1 record and state semi-finalist finish senior year... Also two-time NASA Powerlifting National Outstanding Lifter... Won two powerlifting national championships.
PERSONAL: Mark Krause II was born February 11, 1991, in Kansas City, Mo... Son of Mark Krause and Stephanie Gordon... Has six siblings, Zack, Britten, Hunter, Breanna, Buster, and Angelina... Father played football for at Central Missouri in 1989.