Trace Kochevar

Position:
Tight End
Height:
6-6
Weight:
245
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Salina, Kan.
High School:
Salina South

A tall tight end who used a redshirt season to develop... Will compete for playing time at tight end and on special teams.

2017: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner for the Cougars under head coach Sam Sellers... Earned all-state accolades from the Kansas Football Coaches Association as a senior in 2015, while he earned honorable mention nods from as a junior and senior from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle... Totaled 230 receiving yards during his prep career... Helped Salina South earn a 20-5 record over his final two years, including a state runner-up finish as a senior... Also a three-year starter in basketball, earning all-county and all-league honors... Originally signed with K-State out of high school in 2016.

PERSONAL: Trace James Kochevar (COACH-uh-var) was born October 22, 1997, in Salina, Kansas... Son of Darrin and Tammie Kochevar... Has a twin sister, Hannah... Father, Darrin, played football at Coffeyville Community College and Bethany College.