Landon Root

Height:
6-2
Weight:
206
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
High School:
Wichita Collegiate
Prev School:
Northern Illinois

2014 (Northern Illinois): Signed with Northern Illinois out of high school in 2014… Redshirted the 2014 season for the MAC Champion Huskies.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Wichita Collegiate under head coach Mike Gehrer… Rated the eighth-best prospect in the state by Rivals.com in the class of 2014… Completed 264-of-429 passes for 3,416 yards and 37 touchdowns over his final two seasons, while he rushed for 937 yards and scored 17 scores… A 2013 first team all-state honoree by the Wichita Eagle and an honorable mention pick by the Topeka Capital-Journal… Also an honorable mention pick by the Wichita Eagle as a junior… Earned first team all-conference honors as a junior and senior… Teammates of current Wildcats Mitch and Myles Copeland… Also lettered two years in baseball, earning all-state honors, and two years of basketball, earning all-league accolades.

PERSONAL: Landon Scott Root was born February 27, 1996, in Wichita, Kansas… Son of Scott and Anne Root… Has two siblings, Addison and Cooper… Plans on majoring in engineering.