Scott Frantz

Height:
6-5
Weight:
293
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Lawrence, Kan.
High School:
Free State

CAREER HONORS
• 2019 Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches)
• 2016 First Team Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Athlon)
• 2016 All-Bowl Team (Associated Press, USA Today)
• 2016-19 First Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER: A tough, physical player who was a model of consistency as he started all of K-State’s 51 games at left tackle from 2016-19... His 51-straight starts were the most nationaly among active Power 5 offensive lineman in 2019, while his total starts were tied for the second most among Wildcat offensive linemen since 1990

2019: A 13-game starter at left tackle who earned Second Team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches... Led a line that blocked for 178.0 rushing yards per game to rank fourth in the Big 12... Helped pave the way for 29 rushing touchdowns, the third most in the Big 12 during the 2019 season.

2018: Started every game at left tackle, helping lead the Wildcat offense to a third-place finish in the Big 12 by averaging 182.6 rushing yards per game, which included a 184.2-yard average in conference games to rank second... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.

2017: Started all 13 games at left tackle... Part of a unit that led the Wildcats to a tie for third in school history in rushing yards per carry (4.98) and a seventh-place ranking in total rushing yards (2,584), finishing second in the Big 12 in both categories... Also blocked for a K-State bowl record 344-yard rushing output in the Cactus Bowl victory over UCLA... Picked up First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2016: Started all 13 games, the first Wildcat freshman to start an entire season at left tackle since at least 1988... Helped K-State set the school record for rushing yards per carry (5.27), rank third in school history in total rushing yards (3,013) and rushing yards per game (231.8), and seventh in rushing touchdowns (39)... Also blocked for an offense that ranked sixth nationally in rushing touchdowns... Earned Big 12 All-Freshman team honors from Athlon, while he was named to the All-Bowl team by the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated and USA TODAY... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer.

2015: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Free State under head coach Bob Lisher... Led the Freebirds to an 8-4 record and an appearance in the state semifinals in 2014... Team went 10-2 and advanced to the semifinals in 2012... Rated the 48th-best offensive tackle nationally and the fourth-best player in the state of Kansas in the Class of 2015 by Rivals... Ranked as the second-best offensive tackle in the state by Scout... Named one of the top 11 players in the state and to the All-Class 6A teams by the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle in 2014... A first team all-metro selection by the Kansas City Star in 2014... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Kansas Team as a senior... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior... Named a First Team All-Sunflower League selection as both a junior and senior... Selected to play in the 2015 Kansas Shrine Bowl... Also played basketball.

PERSONAL: Scott A. Frantz was born June 7, 1996, in Lawrence, Kansas... Son of Stan and Kim Frantz... Has two brothers, Matt and Brett... Earned bachelor’s degrees in secondary education and social sciences in May 2019 and is currently pursuing a master’s in special education.