Collin Klein

Height:
6-5
Weight:
233
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Loveland, Colo.
High School:
Loveland

-- Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winner
-- Heisman Trophy Finalist
-- Maxwell Award Finalist
-- Davey O’Brien Award Finalist
-- Walter Camp Player of the Year Award Finalist
-- Manning Award Finalist
-- Second Team All-American (Walter Camp, Associated Press)
-- Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (Coaches, Associated Press)
-- First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, Associated Press)
-- Second Team Academic All-Big 12
-- AFCA Good Works Team
-- Senior CLASS Award Finalist
-- ARA Sportsmanship Award Finalist

CAREER: A tough, veteran leader who was one of the top stories in college football over his final two seasons… Became one of the most decorated players in K-State history, leading K-State to a pair of 11-win seasons and a Big 12 Championship in 2012... A three-time team captain.

2012 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner, while he was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Davey O’Brien Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award and Manning Award... Selected as a Second Team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, CBSSports.com and Scout.com... Named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year by the league’s coaches, Associated Press, Sporting News, CBSSports.com, Kansas City Star, and San Antonio-Express News... A First Team All-Big 12 performer by the league’s coaches, Associated Press, ESPN.com, San Antonio Express-News and Phil Steele, while he was an All-Big 12 quarterback by CBSSports.com and the Kansas City Star... Also a standout away from the field as he was a Second Team Academic All-Big 12 performer, a member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team and a finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and ARA Sportsmanship Award... A three-time team captain… Either improved upon or established top-10 marks in school history in 34 career, season or single-game categories during his senior season, including eight school records... The only quarterback from a BCS AQ school in the BCS era to rush for at least 20 touchdowns and pass for at least 10 touchdowns in multiple seasons... Also broke the FBS record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in consecutive seasons... Finished the regular season with a nation-leading 17 games with at least one passing and rushing touchdown since the beginning of 2011... Known for his rushing abilities but has greatly improved his passing game in 2012... Entered the bowl season ranked sixth nationally in scoring and 11th in points responsible for... Ranks 16th in the nation and third in school history with a 156.12 pass efficiency mark, while his career total of 141.05 also ranks third in K-State history... Set the school record and ranked fourth in Big 12 history with 55 rushing touchdowns entering his final game... His 22 rushing touchdowns during the regular season were tops nationally among quarterbacks and is second in school history to his 27 rushing scores last season... Has 180 completions during the regular season and 353 in his career prior to his final game tied for seventh and ranked fifth in school history, respectively... His regular-season completion percentage of 66.2 was tops in school history... Threw for 29 career touchdowns to tie for sixth in K-State history, while his 15 touchdown throws during the regular season were 10th... Broke the school record for touchdowns responsible for, while he ranked third in both season (3,380) and career (7,028) total offense... Holds the school record for career touchdowns, ranks second in career points (336) and third in season points (132).

Threw for 169 yards on 19-of-28 with two touchdowns against Missouri State... Also rushed for 54 yards on 13 carries… Accounted for four touchdowns against Miami, rushing 22 times for 71 yards and three scores, while he threw for 210 yards and one touchdown on 9-of-11... Had most yards per completion (23.3) since 2005... Teamed with Daniel Sams (2) to have two quarterbacks rush for multiple touchdowns in a single game under head coach Bill Snyder... Earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, Honorable Mention Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week accolades and Manning Award Star of the Week honors… Completed 15-of-20 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns, while he ran 11 times for 85 yards and a score against North Texas… Earned honorable Mention Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week honors following the Oklahoma game after running for 79 yards and a touchdown while throwing for 149 yards on 13-of-21 aim… Ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas while throwing for 129 yards and two scores... Teamed with John Hubert (101) for the first two 100-yard game since 2010... Named the CBS Heisman Player of the Week and was an Honorable Mention Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week… Tallied his second-straight 100-yard rushing game at Iowa State with 105 yards on 25 carries and three touchdowns... Also passed for 187 yards on 16-of-24 en route to Honorable Mention Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week honors… Out-dueled another Heisman Trophy candidate against West Virginia as he accounted for a school-record seven touchdowns as he set a new career-high with three through the air and was one shy of his career best with four rushing... Threw for a career-best 323 yards on 19-of-21... Carded a 266.82 efficiency rating vs. the Mountaineers, the fifth best mark in the nation during the regular season... Named the Walter Camp Player of the Week, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and a Manning Award Star of the Week… Responsible for four touchdown against Texas Tech (two rushing and two passing)... Threw for 233 yards and rushed for a team-leading 83 yards en route to Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors… Rushed 17 times for 64 yards and a score against Oklahoma State while throwing for 245 yards on 16-of-22 aim… Carded two rushing touchdowns at TCU – including one for a season long 34 yards – while throwing for 145 yards on 12-of-21 aim… Set career highs in completions (27) and attempts (50) at Baylor while throwing for 286 yards and two touchdowns... Also rushed 17 times for 39 yards and a touchdown… Responsible for three touchdowns against Texas as he ran for 103 yards and two scores on 23 carries and threw for 184 yards and one touchdown on 8-of-14 passing.

2011 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): An Honorable Mention All-American selection by Sports Illustrated... Earned First Team All-Big 12 honors as an all-purpose player by the Associated Press, ESPN.com, Kansas City Star, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and San Antonio Express-News... Earned honorable mention All-Big 12 accolades from the league's coaches and received votes for the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year Award... Was a Second Team Academic All-Big 12 selection... Rushed for a Big 12 record and FBS?quarterback record 27 touchdowns... Broke a 42-year school record for rushing touchdowns in a season... Ranked seventh in school history and tops among quarterbacks with 1,141 rushing yards... Ranked second among BCS?quarterbacks and fifth in the Big 12 in rushing yards per game... Led the Big 12 with 317 rushing attempts, 67 more than the next highest... His 317 attempts rank first in school history and are the most by a quarterback... Led the Big 12 and was third nationally (tops among quarterbacks) with 162 points... Also fifth in NCAA?in touchdown?responsibility... Accounted for three or more touchdowns in eight games, including five games with three or more rushing scores, the most in school history... Recorded 20 or more rushes 12 times, including 11 this season and a career-high 35 totes vs. Texas A&M, the school record by a quarterback... Progressed in the passing game over the final four games of the season as he threw for 188.3 yards per game on 71-of-127 (55.9) with five touchdowns and three interceptions... Ended the season throwing for 1,918 yards and 13 touchdowns on 161-of-281 aim... Tossed a game-winning 33-yard touchdown pass with under two minutes remaining against Eastern Kentucky... Carded then-career bests in passing yards (133) and touchdown (2) while rushing 22 times for 93 yards and a touchdown at Miami en route to honorable mention accolades for the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week award... Led K-State to a win over No. 15 Baylor when he completed 13-of-28 passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns, while he rushed 25 times for 113 yards and one score as he became the first Wildcat quarterback since 2004 to rush and pass for over 100 yards in a single game... Rushed for three touchdowns against Missouri... Carded three more rushing touchdowns while running 23 times for 110 yards at Texas Tech... Also threw for 146 yards on 12-of-18 aim against the Red Raiders as he was named a Manning Award Star of the Week... Set a then-career high with four rushing touchdowns at KU, a mark that is tied for third in school history... Also threw for a then-career best 195 yards against the Jayhawks... Had a career day in a close loss at No. 3 Oklahoma State when he set career highs in rushing attempts (29), rushing yards (144), completions (22), pass attempts (38) and passing yards (231)... Came back with a school-record five rushing touchdowns against Texas A&M, while he also set a new K-State single-game mark for rushing attempts by a quarterback with 35... Also set a career high with 281 passing yards en route to Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll honors... Tossed a 68-yard touchdown pass against Iowa State - a career long pass - while rushing 26 times for 86 yards and scoring and throwing for 158 yards... Threw for 173 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 42 yards and his final touchdown of the year in the Cotton Bowl.

2010 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): A quarterback who earned spot duty early in the year before starting the Texas and Colorado games... A threat in the running game, while his passing skills improved throughout the season... One of just two Big 12 quarterbacks with at least two 100-yard rushing games last season... Led K-State to a win over Texas in his first career start at quarterback after rushing 25 times for 127 yards and two touchdowns... His 127 rushing yards were the most by a quarterback in their first career start in school history... Teamed with Daniel Thomas to have two players with 100-yard games for the first time since 2006... Did not start at Missouri, but entered game late in first quarter and rushed 18 times for 141 yards... Also 4-of-6 for 65 yards and one touchdown?through the air, setting then-career highs in each category... Started his second career game at Colorado, completing a then-career-long 40-yard pass and rushing for two scores... Had a career-long 51-yard run for a score at Kansas, the longest touchdown?run by a Wildcat during the season... Earned playing time against UCLA?and Missouri State before seeing his first extensive action of the year vs. Nebraska as he went 2-for-2 through the air for 16 yards and rushed six times for 33 yards... Voted as a team captain... A Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree.

2009 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Appeared in all 12 games at either wide receiver or on special teams... Earned two starts at wide receiver...Caught six passes for 38 yards and a touchdown on the season... First career touchdown reception came against Texas A&M, a 16-yarder... Set career highs with two catches each against Iowa State and Texas A&M.

2008: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-star rated prospect by Rivals.com... Also tabbed as the seventh-best prospect in the state of Colorado by Scout.com... Earned first team honors for Loveland in the Northern Conference in 2007 after completing 116-of-176 passes (65.9 percent) for 1,398 yards and 12 touchdowns... Also named to the PrepStar All-Region team... Rushed for 745 yards and 10 touchdowns... Had 1,457 passing yards with 15 touchdowns in 2006... Also contributed 403 yards rushing and five scores... Holds school records for completion percentage (66-percent) and all-purpose yards... Named to the Reporter-Herald All-Area basketball team and garnered All-Front Range League honors after scoring 16.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game as a junior.

PERSONAL: Collin Klein was born Sept.19, 1989... Son of Kelly and Doug Klein... Younger brother, Kyle, is a freshman wide receiver at K-State... Hobbies include singing, playing the piano, violin and mandolin... Married to the former Shalin Spani, daughter of K-State and Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Famer Gary Spani, this past summer... Has graduated with a degree in finance.