Kansas State University Athletics
2014 Football
Cook, Kody
Jersey Number 19
Kody Cook
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 196
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Prev School:
- Hutchinson CC
Bio
Click Here for Career Stats
CAREER HONORS
• 2015 Second Team All-Big 12 [All-Purpose] (ESPN.com)
CAREER: A former walk-on from the community-college ranks who is one of the most versatile players in recent K-State history... Played in 26 games with 22 starts, with 21 of those starts coming at wide receiver and one at quarterback... Helped K-State earn a 15-11 record and two bowl berths during his two-year career.
2015 (Click Here for 2015 Game-by-Game Stats): Ranked second on the team with 412 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 27 receptions, numbers that would have been bigger had he not played quarterback for the majority of three games, including a start under center in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Arkansas... Also played a majority of the Oklahoma State and West Virginia games at quarterback, leading K-State to a come-from-behind win against the Mountaineers... Became the third player in Big 12 history with 100-plus yards passing, rushing and receiving yards in the same season, joining K-State’s Daniel Thomas (2010) and TCU’s Trevone Boykin (2013)... One of just two players nationally during the 2015 season with 100 or more passing, rushing and receiving yards (Kyle Postma, Houston)... Became the second player in school history with multiple touchdown passes along with rushing and receiving scores in the same year... Voted a player representative for the 2015 season.
Caught a career-high two touchdown passes and went for a career-high 73 receiving yards in K-State’s triple-overtime win over Louisiana Tech... His performance included a 31-yard, game-winning touchdown in the trhid overtime... Set a career high with six catches against Baylor.
Came into the Oklahoma State game as an emergency quarterback and narrowly missed leading K-State to a road win over a top-25 team after throwing for 122 yards and two touchdowns on 10-of-16 aim while rushing for 87 yards and a score... Forced to enter the game in the second half of the regular-season finale against West Virginia, leading K-State to a comeback victory that made the Wildcats bowl eligible... Threw for 121 yards and a touchdown in addition to rushing for 34 yards and a score against the Mountaineers... His performance included a 77-yard touchdown strike to Deante Burton, which is tied for the 12th longest pass in school history... That pass came on the first offensive play after his own rushing touchdown.
2014 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games and made 11 starts... Finished third on the team in receptions (20) and fourth in yards (251)... Carded a career-high 44 yards on three catches and his lone career touchdown against Stephen F. Austin... Also had 42 yards on two catches at West Virginia, including a career long 32-yard reception... Tied his career high in catches in each of the final two games of the season.
2013: Redshirted... Prepped as both a quarterback and wide receiver.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Hutchinson under head coach Rion Rhodes... Led the Blue Dragons to a 19-5 record over his two seasons and wins in the Salt City Bowl each year... Named the Salt City Bowl MVP in 2012 after moving from receiver to quarterback in the second quarter before throwing for 272 yards and five touchdowns while rushing for another score... Earned Honorable Mention All-Jayhawk and All-Region VI honors in 2011... Played with current Wildcat offensive linemen Terrale Johnson and Jason Lierz.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Louisburg under head coach Gary Griffin... Led the Wildcats to a combined 45-7 record over his four years, including a perfect 14-0 season and a state championship as a senior in 2010... Named an all-league quarterback as a sophomore and senior, while he was an all-state performer at both quarterback and defensive back in 2010 and the state championship MVP... Also lettered three years in baseball, earning first team all-league honors, and four years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Kody James Cook was born November 8, 1992, in Louisburg, Kansas... Son of Jim and Anita Cook... Father, Jim, attended K-State... Has one brother, Konnor... A marketing major.
CAREER HONORS
• 2015 Second Team All-Big 12 [All-Purpose] (ESPN.com)
CAREER: A former walk-on from the community-college ranks who is one of the most versatile players in recent K-State history... Played in 26 games with 22 starts, with 21 of those starts coming at wide receiver and one at quarterback... Helped K-State earn a 15-11 record and two bowl berths during his two-year career.
2015 (Click Here for 2015 Game-by-Game Stats): Ranked second on the team with 412 receiving yards and three touchdowns on 27 receptions, numbers that would have been bigger had he not played quarterback for the majority of three games, including a start under center in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Arkansas... Also played a majority of the Oklahoma State and West Virginia games at quarterback, leading K-State to a come-from-behind win against the Mountaineers... Became the third player in Big 12 history with 100-plus yards passing, rushing and receiving yards in the same season, joining K-State’s Daniel Thomas (2010) and TCU’s Trevone Boykin (2013)... One of just two players nationally during the 2015 season with 100 or more passing, rushing and receiving yards (Kyle Postma, Houston)... Became the second player in school history with multiple touchdown passes along with rushing and receiving scores in the same year... Voted a player representative for the 2015 season.
Caught a career-high two touchdown passes and went for a career-high 73 receiving yards in K-State’s triple-overtime win over Louisiana Tech... His performance included a 31-yard, game-winning touchdown in the trhid overtime... Set a career high with six catches against Baylor.
Came into the Oklahoma State game as an emergency quarterback and narrowly missed leading K-State to a road win over a top-25 team after throwing for 122 yards and two touchdowns on 10-of-16 aim while rushing for 87 yards and a score... Forced to enter the game in the second half of the regular-season finale against West Virginia, leading K-State to a comeback victory that made the Wildcats bowl eligible... Threw for 121 yards and a touchdown in addition to rushing for 34 yards and a score against the Mountaineers... His performance included a 77-yard touchdown strike to Deante Burton, which is tied for the 12th longest pass in school history... That pass came on the first offensive play after his own rushing touchdown.
2014 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games and made 11 starts... Finished third on the team in receptions (20) and fourth in yards (251)... Carded a career-high 44 yards on three catches and his lone career touchdown against Stephen F. Austin... Also had 42 yards on two catches at West Virginia, including a career long 32-yard reception... Tied his career high in catches in each of the final two games of the season.
2013: Redshirted... Prepped as both a quarterback and wide receiver.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Hutchinson under head coach Rion Rhodes... Led the Blue Dragons to a 19-5 record over his two seasons and wins in the Salt City Bowl each year... Named the Salt City Bowl MVP in 2012 after moving from receiver to quarterback in the second quarter before throwing for 272 yards and five touchdowns while rushing for another score... Earned Honorable Mention All-Jayhawk and All-Region VI honors in 2011... Played with current Wildcat offensive linemen Terrale Johnson and Jason Lierz.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Louisburg under head coach Gary Griffin... Led the Wildcats to a combined 45-7 record over his four years, including a perfect 14-0 season and a state championship as a senior in 2010... Named an all-league quarterback as a sophomore and senior, while he was an all-state performer at both quarterback and defensive back in 2010 and the state championship MVP... Also lettered three years in baseball, earning first team all-league honors, and four years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Kody James Cook was born November 8, 1992, in Louisburg, Kansas... Son of Jim and Anita Cook... Father, Jim, attended K-State... Has one brother, Konnor... A marketing major.
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