Mark Krause

Height:
5-11
Weight:
218
Class:
Senior
High School:
Kearney
Prev School:
Missouri Southern

CAREER HONORS
2013
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CAREER: A backup as a junior that took over the full-time punting duties as a senior.

2013 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Punted in all 13 games... Finished just outside the school’s single-season top-10 list for average... Hit a career-long 67-yard punt against Iowa State, which was the longest by a Wildcat since 2004 and was the third-longest in the Big 12 in conference play in 2013... Ranked third in the Big 12 with 12 punts of 50 or more yards in conference play.

2012 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Punted in the season opener against Missouri State for injured starter Ryan Doerr.

2011: Did not see any game action.

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 semifinalist 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 at Central Missouri in 1989.