Kade Warner

Photo by: Molly Kaiser

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-1
Weight:
204
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Scottsdale, Ariz.
High School:
Desert Mountain
Prev School:
Univ. of Nebraska

CAREER HONORS
• 2022 Second Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2018-20 Academic All-Big Ten

CAREER: Spent his final two collegiate seasons at K-State after transferring in from Nebraska... Played in 50 career games with 26 starts, including 27 games and 10 starts in Manhattan.

2022: Saw time in all 14 games with 10 starts, hauling in 46 catches for 456 yards and a team-leading five touchdown receptions as he set career highs in all three categories... Finished second on the team in catches and third in yards... Had at least one catch in 13 of 14 games this season... Registered at least four catches in six of the final seven games, including a career-high five against Oklahoma State and Texas, and in the Big 12 Championship against TCU and Sugar Bowl against Alabama... Had a career-high two touchdowns against Oklahoma State, including a 38-yard reception on fourth down to open the scoring in a 48-0 victory... Carded 97 yards against the Cowboys, a career best... Hauled in his first-career touchdown on a 21-yard catch against Tulane... A Second Team Academic All-Big 12 performer... Selected a team captain.

2021: Saw in all 13 games as a regular member of the playing rotation at wide receiver... Hauled in 14 catches for 166 yards... Set a new career high with 42 yards in K-State’s win over LSU in the Texas Bowl... Also tied a season high with three catches against the Tigers, a mark he originally had against Kansas... Tied his career-long catch with a 26-yard reception at Texas Tech.

2020 AT NEBRASKA: Played in all eight games with four starts, hauling in five passes for 40 yards... Voted a team captain and earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades... Played at Nebraska with current Wildcat linebacker Will Honas and quarterback Adrian Martinez.

2019 AT NEBRASKA: Played in seven games with five starts after missing the first four games due to injury... Set a season career high with 101 receiving yards... Tallied a career-best 38 yards – which included a career-long catch of 26 yards – at Minnesota... Picked up Academic All-Big Ten honors.

2018 AT NEBRASKA: Saw action in nine games and started seven of the Huskers’ last nine contests... Had a season career high of 17 receptions, which included a pair of career-high four-catch games against Illinois and Iowa... Also rushed once for four yards against Ohio State... Earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades.

2017 AT NEBRASKA: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Desert Mountain under head coach David Sedmak... A two-time all-state receiver, the 2016 Arizona Wide Receiver of the Year and the 2017 District Player of the Year... Finished his three-year prep career with 2,892 receiving yards and 35 touchdowns... Also rushed 11 times for 53 yards and three more scores... Broke the Arizona state record for most career catches with 241, passing Desert Mountain alum and current Baltimore Raven tight end Mark Andrews... Also competed in basketball, track and lacrosse.

PERSONAL: Kade Warner was born September 29, 1998... Son of Kurt and Brenda Warner... Father, Kurt, was a quarterback for Northern Iowa from 1989 to 1993 as he was a teammate of K-State head coach Chris Klieman... Kurt went on to play 12 seasons in the NFL and led teams to three Super Bowls, including a victory in Super Bowl XXXIV following the 1999 season... Kurt was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017, and his career was documented in the movie “American Underdog”... Working on his master’s degree in academic advising.