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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location ...... Manhattan, Kan. Enrollment...... 20,854 Nickname ...... Wildcats Colors ...... Purple (PMS 268) and White Conference ...... Big 12 Stadium (Capacity) .....Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000) University President ...... Richard B. Myers Athletics Director ...... Gene Taylor FOOTBALL INFORMATION First Year of Football ...... 1896 Overall Record (Years) ...... 543-658-41 (125) 2020 Overall Record ...... 4-6 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 4-5/7th Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 57/17 FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach ...... Chris Klieman Overall Record (Years) ...... 84-23 (8) K-State Record (Years) ...... 12-11 (2) Asst. HC/Passing Game Coordinator/CBs ...... Van Malone Defensive Coordinator/Safeties ...... Joe Klanderman Offensive Coordinator/WR ...... Courtney Messingham Running Backs ...... Brian Anderson Quarterbacks ...... Collin Klein Fullbacks/Tight Ends ...... Jason Ray Offensive Line ...... Conor Riley Linebackers ...... Steve Stanard Defensive Tackles ...... Mike Tuiasosopo Defensive Ends ...... Buddy Wyatt Director of Strength and Conditioning ...... Trumain Carroll Offensive GAs ...... Christian Ellsworth/Hayden Wall Defensive GAs ...... Adam Pilapil/Fred Wyatt Special Teams QC ...... Will Burnham Asst. Director of Recruiting/Defensive QC ... Taylor Godinet 2021 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location September 4 vs. Stanford Arlington, Texas SEPTEMBER 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MANHATTAN SEPTEMBER 18 NEVADA MANHATTAN September 25 at Oklahoma State* Stillwater, Okla. OCTOBER 2 OKLAHOMA* MANHATTAN OCTOBER 16 IOWA STATE* MANHATTAN October 23 at Texas Tech* Lubbock, Texas INTRODUCTION THE WILDCATS OCTOBER 30 TCU* MANHATTAN 2021 Quick Facts/Schedule, 2020 Results ...... 1 Returning Player Profi les/Headshots ...... 29-54 November 6 at Kansas* Lawrence, Kan. Media Information ...... 2 2021 Signing Class Profi les ...... 55-56 NOVEMBER 13 WEST VIRGINIA* MANHATTAN Notes ...... 3-5 NOVEMBER 20 BAYLOR* MANHATTAN 2021 Opponent Breakdown ...... 6-9 2020 REVIEW November 27 at Texas* Austin, Texas Spring Rosters ...... 10-11 Final 2020 Statistics ...... 57-66 Players by Position ...... 12-13 December 4 Big 12 Championship Arlington, Texas 2020 Game Recaps ...... 67-76 Personnel Picture ...... 14 * Big 12 Conference Game The Last Time ...... 77-81 2020 Big 12 Recap ...... 82-86 COACHING STAFF 2020 RESULTS Chris Klieman ...... 15-16 CREDITS Date Opponent Result Van Malone ...... 17 SEPTEMBER 12 ARKANSAS STATE L, 31-35 Joe Klanderman ...... 18 The 2021 K-State Spring Football Prospectus is a product of the Courtney Messingham ...... 19 Athletics Communications Offi ce, published by K-State Athletics, September 26 at Oklahoma* W, 38-35 Brian Anderson ...... 20 Inc. OCTOBER 3 TEXAS TECH* W, 31-21 Collin Klein ...... 21 October 10 at TCU* W, 21-14 Jason Ray ...... 22 OCTOBER 24 KANSAS* W, 55-14 Editor Ryan Lackey, Assistant AD/Communications Conor Riley ...... 23 October 31 at West Virginia* L, 10-37 Steve Stanard ...... 24 Assistant Editor Kenny Lannou, Executive Assoc. AD/Comm. NOVEMBER 7 OKLAHOMA STATE* L, 18-20 Mike Tuiasosopo ...... 25 November 21 at Iowa State* L, 0-45 Buddy Wyatt ...... 26 Layout Ryan Lackey, Assistant AD/Communications Trumain Carroll/GAs ...... 27 November 28 at Baylor* L, 31-21 Primary Photography Scott Weaver, Emily Starkey Support Staff ...... 28 DECEMBER 5 TEXAS* L, 31-69 * Big 12 Conference Game

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K-STATE ATHLETICS 2021 SPRING MEDIA AVAILABILITY COMMUNICATIONS DATE EVENT LOCATION Thank you for your interest in K-State Football. The K-State Athletics Communications Offi ce has produced the 2021 Wednesday, March 3 First Spring Practice (Closed) TBA K-State Football Spring Prospectus to assist in your coverage of the Wildcats. Please feel free to contact any member of our Friday, March 5 Press Conference Zoom staff with questions, requests or concerns. We look forward Chris Klieman: 11:00-11:20 a.m.; Trumain Carroll: 11:20-11:35 a.m. to working with you throughout the season. Tuesday, March 9 Press Conference Zoom As noted on the chart to the right, K-State will hold several Players: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. press conferences via Zoom during spring practices. Please Tuesday, March 16 Press Conference Zoom send in player requests to Ryan Lackey at least 24 hours in Courtney Messingham: 11:00-11:20 a.m.; Players: 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m. advance. Players will be selected from the pool of requests each week, and players will only appear once during spring Tuesday, March 23 Press Conference Zoom practices. Joe Klanderman: 11:00-11:20 a.m.; Players: 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

RYAN LACKEY Thursday, March 25 Press Conference Zoom Assistant AD for Communications Four Assistant Coaches: 11:00-11:40 a.m. Primary Football Contact C: (785) 587-7865 Tuesday, March 30 Press Conference Zoom O: (785) 532-7708 Van Malone: 11:00-12:20 a.m.; Players: 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m. E: [email protected] Thursday, April 1 Press Conference Zoom Three Assistant Coaches: 11:00-11:30 a.m. KENNY LANNOU Tuesday, April 6 Press Conference Zoom Executive Associate AD for Communications/PR Chris Klieman: 11:00-11:20 a.m. Administration/Coach Klieman C: (785) 587-7867 O: (785) 532-7977 E: [email protected]

TOM GILBERT Director of Men’s Basketball Communications MARCH/APRIL C: (785) 587-7868 O: (785) 532-7979 E: [email protected] S M T WTFS

RANDY PETERSON 12 3456Practice 7:40 am Director of Women’s Basketball and Soccer Practice Media Zoom Communications Klieman @ 11 am 7:40 am Carroll @ 11:20 am C: (785) 587-7769 O: (785) 532-7975 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 E: [email protected] Practice Media Zoom Practice Practice 7:40 am Players @ 11:00 am 7:40 am 7:40 am

CHRIS BROWN 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Associate Director of Communications Practice Media Zoom Practice Practice Messingham @ 11 am Volleyball and Baseball 7:40 am Players @ 11:20 am 7:40 am 7:40 am C: (785) 320-3090 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 O: (785) 532-7976 Practice Media Zoom Practice Media Zoom Practice E: [email protected] Klanderman @ 11 am Assistant Coaches 7:40 am Players @ 11:20 am 7:40 am @ 11 am 7:40 am 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 GRANT LEIBEE Practice Media Zoom Practice Media Zoom Practice Practice Post-Graduate Intern Malone @ 11 am Assistant Coaches Track and Field/Tennis/Rowing 7:40 am Players @ 11:20 am 7:40 am @ 11 am 7:40 am Time TBA C: (816) 286-7256 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 O: (785) 532-2031 Media Zoom E: [email protected] Klieman @ 11 am

MARY GORMAN Offi ce Manager Credentials

O: (785) 532-6735 E: [email protected]

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K-STATE ENTERS THIRD MARQUEE MATCHUP 2020 BIG 12 STANDINGS SEASON, SECOND SPRING • Kansas State opens the 2021 season with a neutral TEAM Overall Big 12 UNDER KLIEMAN lsite matchup against Stanford in the 2021 Allstate Kickoff Oklahoma 9-2 6-2 • A year after having its spring practices canceled due to Classic held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Iowa State 9-3 8-1 the COVID-19 pandemic, Kansas State will hit the practice • The game is one of just eight non-conference games Texas 7-3 5-3 during the opening weekend that features two Power 5 Oklahoma State 8-3 6-3 field in the spring for a second time under head coach West Virginia 6-4 4-4 teams, and one of four that will be held at neutral sites. Chris Klieman – who enters his third season at the helm TCU 6-4 5-4 – beginning on March 3. • The other neutral site games during the fi rst weekend Kansas State 4-6 4-5 • The Wildcats will conduct 15 practices throughout the of the 2021 season include Alabama vs. Miami (Atlanta), Texas Tech 4-6 3-6 month of March, which will culminate with the final prac- Georgia vs. Clemson (Charlotte) and Ole Miss vs. Louis- Baylor 2-7 2-7 tice on April 3. ville (Atlanta [Monday]). Kansas 0-9 0-8 • One of the most experienced teams that K-State returns from the year prior, the 2021 Wildcats boast a total of 57 BEGINNING IN NEUTRAL 2020 BIG 12 returning letterwinners, which includes 20 players that • The Wildcats’ game against Stanford in Arlington will be K-State’s fi rst regular-season game at a neutral site since BOWL RESULTS made at least four starts on either offense or defense. CHEEZ-IT BOWL - 12/29/20 • Not included in the starter count is quarterback Skylar playing Iowa State at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City Oklahoma State 37, Miami 34 Thompson, who is one of five sixth-year seniors to return on September 18, 2010. in 2021 after he was injured and lost for the season in just • It will be Kansas State’s third neutral-site contest to ALAMO BOWL - 12/29/20 the fourth game of 2020. open a season in school history. The fi rst was a 27-7 win Texas 55, Colorado 23 • K-State also welcomes in five transfers for 2021, four of over Iowa in 2000 and the other a 42-28 victory over Cal- which reside on the defensive side of the ball. ifornia, both of which were in Kansas City. COTTON BOWL - 12/30/20 Oklahoma 55, Florida 20

LOTS OF LETTERWINNERS SUPER SENIORS LIBERTY BOWL - 12/31/20 • Kansas State’s 57 returning letterwinners are the most • Kansas State has five players who will be using a sixth West Virginia 24, Army 21 by the Wildcats since at least the 2003 season. year of eligibility and are seniors again in 2021 as the • Of the 57 returning letterwinners, 29 are on offense, 25 NCAA froze eligibility clocks during the 2020 season due TEXAS BOWL - 12/31/20 are on defense and three are specialists. to the COVID-19 pandemic. TCU vs. Arkansas (Canceled) • Those returning for a second senior season are line- FIESTA BOWL - 1/2/21 MOST RETURNING backer Cody Fletcher, offensive lineman Noah Johnson, Iowa State 34, Oregon 17 defensive end Bronson Massie, defensive back Jahron LETTERWINNERS McPherson and quarterback Skylar Thompson. 2021 BIG 12 NON- SINCE 2003 NEW FACES IN NEW PLACES CONFERENCE GAMES 1. 2021 57 Baylor 2. 2020 48 • With the transfer portal being used more frequently at Texas State (Sept. 4), vs. Texas Southern (Sept. 11), vs. 3. 2009 47 following the 2020 season, K-State has welcomed in five BYU (Oct. 16) 4. 2015 46 incoming transfers. 5. 2007 45 • Of the five transfers, four are on the defensive side of Iowa State 6. 2017 44 the ball, and four will have just one season of eligibility. vs. Northern Iowa (Sept. 4), vs. Iowa (Sept. 11), at UNLV 7. 2012 42 • The incoming transfers for the 2021 season include (Sept. 18) 2006 42 defensive back Julius Brents (Iowa), defensive tackle 9. 2013 41 Kansas 10. 2019 40 Timmy Horne (Charlotte), tight end Daniel Imatorbhebhe vs. South Dakota (Sept. 4), at Coastal Carolina (Sept. 11), 2010 40 (Illinois/USC), linebacker Eric Munoz (Utah State) and de- vs. Duke (Sept. 25) fensive back Russ Yeast (Louisville). Oklahoma ONE OF THE BIG 12’S BEST GETTING A HEAD START at Tulane (Sept. 4), vs. Western Carolina (Sept. 11), vs. Ne- braska (Sept. 18) • Kansas State has been one of the best Big 12 teams • Keeping with the theme of five, the Wildcats also wel- since the inception of the conference in 1996. The Wild- come in five signees from the 2021 class that graduated cats are third with 122 victories, trailing only Oklahoma Oklahoma State high school early and are on campus for spring practices. vs. Missouri State (Sept. 4), vs. Tulsa (Sept. 11), at Boise and Texas. • Those getting a jump-start on their collegiate careers in- State (Sept. 18) • The Cats also rank third in winning percentage since clude wide receiver Brenen Hawkins, linebacker DaVonte round-robin play began in 2011. They sit at 58.9% (53- Pritchard, quarterback Jake Rubley, offensive lineman TCU 37), trailing only Oklahoma (82.0%; 73-16) and Oklahoma Austin Weiner and defensive tackle Brayden Wood. vs. Duquesne (Sept. 4), vs. California (Sept. 11), vs. SMU State (64.4%; 58-32). (Sept. 25)

BACK TO BACK OVER TOP FIVE Texas ALL-TIME BIG 12 • Kansas State tallied its second-straight year with a vic- vs. Louisiana (Sept. 4), at Arkansas (Sept. 11), vs. Rice (Sept. WINS tory over a top-five team in 2020 as it won, 38-35, at No. 18) 1. Oklahoma 159 3 Oklahoma. Texas Tech 2. Texas 140 • In 2019, K-State knocked off then-No. 5 Oklahoma, 48- vs. Houston (Sept. 4 [NRG Stadium]), vs. Stephen F. Austin 3. K-State 122 41, at home. (Sept. 11), vs. Florida International (Sept. 18) 4. Oklahoma State 113 • K-State is the first team to defeat Oklahoma in consec- 5. Texas Tech 99 utive years since 2013 and 2014 (Baylor) and the first to West Virginia defeat top-five Sooner teams in consecutive years since at Maryland (Sept. 4), vs. Long Island (Sept. 11), vs. Virginia 2001 and 2002 (Oklahoma State). Tech (Sept. 18)

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WHAT’S RETURNING SPRING CHANGES CHASING MILESTONES OFFENSE • As is the case every spring, players have made jersey • Skylar Thompson will be hunting some records during Rushing ...... 80.9% (1,267 of 1,566 yards) number changes from the previous year, and, in some his final season in Manhattan. Top Returners instances, are switching positions. • A product of Independence Missouri, Thompson ranks in Deuce Vaughn ...... 41.0% (642) the top 10 in school history of 15 career categories, includ- Will Howard ...... 23.2% (364) Malik Knowles ...... 6.4% (100) NUMBER/POSITION ing the top mark in interception percentage (1.84), third in Phillip Brooks ...... 2.6% (41) yards per completion (12.87), fifth in completions (390), Keyon Mozee ...... 2.5% (39) CHANGES passing efficiency (136.01), rushing yards (1,083) and Skylar Thompson...... 2.4% (38) Old New Old New rushing touchdowns (22) by a quarterback, and seventh Chabastin Taylor ...... 1.3% (20) Name # # Name Pos Pos in passing yards (5,201) and passing touchdowns (30). Passing ...... 97.1% (1,804 of 1,857 yards) Will Howard ...... 63.4% (1,178) Aamaris Brown 21 3 Wayne Jones DB LB • Additionally, Thompson needs 979 passing yards to be- Skylar Thompson...... 33.7% (626) Ben Driver 17 20 Jordan Schippers DB RB come the first player in school history with 6,000 passing Receiving...... 76.1% (1,413 of 1,857 yards) Joe Ervin 22 20 Ben Sinnott TE FB yards and 1,000 rushing yards in a career. Top Returners Skylar Thompson 10 7 Deuce Vaughn ...... 23.4% (434) Chabastin Taylor ...... 15.8% (293) STAR IN THE MAKING Malik Knowles ...... 11.0% (204) BATTLING A TOUGH SEASON • Running back Deuce Vaughn burst onto the scene as Phillip Brooks ...... 8.3% (155) • The 2020 season was diffi cult for every team in the a true freshman in 2020, setting the K-State freshman Sammy Wheeler ...... 7.2% (134) country with constant postponements and cancellations. records for rushing yards (642), yards from scrimmage Offensive Line ...... 100.0% (50 of 50 starts) Top Returners Only 17 of the 127 FBS programs (13.4%) played at least (1,076) and all-purpose yards (1,221). Noah Johnson ...... 20.0% (10) 10 regular-season games in 2020 and was not the team • He was one of only three players in the nation to tally at Ben Adler ...... 16.0% (8) that was forced to postpone a game. least 600 rushing yards and 400 receiving yards in 2020, Cooper Beebe ...... 16.0% (8) • Only two other Big 12 schools joined the Wildcats in that joining Clemson’s Travis Etienne and Alabama’s Najee Josh Rivas ...... 16.0% (8) Christian Duffi e ...... 10.0% (5) distinction, Iowa State and Oklahoma State. Harris. Kaitori Leveston ...... 10.0% (5) • A product of Round Rock, Texas, Vaughn earned nu- Scoring ...... 59.4% (158 of 266 points) RETURNING 100% merous honors throughout the year and after the season, Top Returners • K-State returns every start along the offensive line from which are detailed below. Deuce Vaughn ...... 20.3% (54) Phillip Brooks ...... 9.0% (24) last year, the second time in the last eight seasons that Malik Knowles ...... 9.0% (24) 100% of the starts from the previous season are back. 2020 HONORS BY Will Howard ...... 6.8% (18) • The list includes a 10-game starter at center in Noah Skylar Thompson...... 6.8% (18) DEUCE VAUGHN Johnson, while Ben Adler, Cooper Beebe and Josh Rivas • Honorable Mention All-American (Phil Steele, Pro Football Focus) DEFENSE each made eight starts. • True Freshman of the Year (247Sports) Tackles ...... 62.6% (407 of 650) • The 2021 season is a drastic change from last year as, • Freshman All-American (Football Writers Association of Top Returners entering the 2020 season, the Wildcats did not return a America, The Athletic) Jahron McPherson ...... 8.3% (54) single start along the line from the year prior. It was the • Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Semifinalist Cody Fletcher ...... 6.8% (44) fi rst time since at least 1989 the Cats brought back 0% of • Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (Coaches) Ross Elder ...... 6.3% (41) its starts along the offensive front from the previous year. • Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches, Associated Press) Daniel Green ...... 6.0% (39) • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Oklahoma, Texas Tech) Khalid Duke ...... 4.0% (26) Ekow Boye-Doe ...... 3.8% (25) AN EXPERIENCED Wayne Jones ...... 3.7% (24) ONE OF THE BEST Eli Huggins ...... 3.4% (22) SIGNAL CALLER Tackles for Loss ...... 54.4% (37.0 of 68.0) • One of five seniors from the 2020 season that are re- • Deuce Vaughn was not only one of the top freshmen Top Returners turning, Skylar Thompson is one of the most experienced in the nation last year, but one of the best running backs Eli Huggins ...... 8.8% (6.0) quarterbacks in the nation to begin the 2021 season. regardless of class. Daniel Green ...... 8.1% (5.5) • Pro Football Focus ranks Vaughn as the second best Bronson Massie ...... 6.6% (4.5) • Thompson has 30 career starts under his belt to rank Cody Fletcher ...... 5.1% (3.5) eighth among quarterbacks entering 2021. returning running back in college football for the 2021 Jahron McPherson ...... 5.1% (3.5) • Additionally, Thompson’s 30 starts are the third most season. The list is based on a bevy of factors, including Sacks ...... 53.6% (15.0 of 28.0) among K-State quarterbacks since 1990. He is just two PFF grade and other advanced metrics. Top Returners behind the leader, Ell Roberson, who had 32 starts be- Bronson Massie ...... 8.9% (2.5) Daniel Green ...... 8.9% (2.5) tween 2001 and 2003. TOP RETURNING RB Cody Fletcher ...... 5.4% (1.5) Eli Huggins ...... 5.4% (1.5) MOST QB CAREER IN 2021 BY PFF Interceptions ...... 57.2% (4 of 7) Rk. Player School Justin Gardner ...... 28.6% (2) STARTS RETURNING 1. Tank Bigsby Auburn Jahron McPherson ...... 28.6% (2) 2. Deuce Vaughn K-State IN 2021 3. Kennedy Brooks Oklahoma SPECIAL TEAMS Rk. Player Current School Starts 4. Brian Robinson Jr. Alabama Field Goals Made ...... 0.0% (0 of 12) 1. Shai Werts Louisville* 46 5. Jerrion Ealy Ole Miss ...... 87.0% (47 of 54) Kickoffs 2. Charlie Brewer Utah* 39 6. Breece Hall Iowa State Ty Zentner ...... 87.0% (47) 3. Jake Bentley South Alabama* 37 7. Max Borghi Washington State Punting ...... 100.0% (2,079 of 2,079 yards) Ty Zentner ...... 55.0% (1,142) 4. Desmond Ridder Cincinnati 36 8. Chris Rodriguez Jr. Kentucky Ty Zentner ...... 45.0% (937) 5. McKenzie Milton Florida State* 33 9. Tyler Allgeier BYU Kickoff Returns ...... 90.9% (539 of 593 yards) Brock Purdy Iowa State 33 10. Frank Gore Jr. Southern Miss Top Returner 7. Jarrett Guarantano Washington State* 32 Malik Knowles ...... 34.2% (203) 8. Skylar Thompson K-State 30 Punt Returns ...... 90.3% (279 of 309 yards) 9. Jack Abraham Southern Miss 27 Top Returner Adrian Martinez Nebraska 27 Phillip Brooks ...... 84.5% (261) * Denotes Transfered After 2020 Season

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UNDER AVERAGE BLOCK PARTY WILDCATS WHEN... • Kansas State has held at least half of its Big 12 oppo- • K-State blocked punts in the fi rst three games last year, Overall ...... 4-6 nents under their season scoring averages entering the while the Wildcats also blocked a fi eld goal at TCU. Big 12 ...... 4-5 game in each of the last two years. • It was the fi rst time K-State blocked a kick in four- Non-conference record ...... 0-1 • In 2019, the Wildcats held 11 of their 12 opponents straight games since at least 1990. Additionally, the Home ...... 2-3 below their season scoring averages entering the game. blocked punts in the fi rst three games marked the fi rst Away ...... 2-3 • Last year, K-State did so in fi ve Big 12 games, including time the Wildcats accomplished that feat in three-con- Current streak...... Lost 5 double-digit efforts against Oklahoma (-13.0), Texas Tech secutive games since 1995 (Nebraska, Kansas and Okla- Current home streak ...... Lost 2 (-24.5) and TCU (-19.5). The Wildcats narrowly missed homa). Current road streak ...... Lost 3 another double-digit mark against Oklahoma State (-9.6). • K-State was the fi rst team in the FBS to block kicks in Last win...... 55-14 vs. Kansas (10/24/20) each of the fi rst four games of a season since Texas did Last loss ...... 69-31 vs. Texas (12/5/20) SCORING AVERAGE so in 2016. • When the Wildcats blocked punts in each of the fi rst Day game ...... 4-5 DIFFERENCE three games, they were the fi rst FBS team to do so since Night game ...... 0-1 PPG Points Memphis in 2012. Game on: Team Entering Game Scored Difference • K-State tied for fourth nationally in blocked kicks in ESPN2 ...... 0-2 Oklahoma 48.0 35 -13.0 2020, its highest ranking since at least 2008. FS1 ...... 2-0 Texas Tech 45.5 21 -24.5 FOX ...... 2-4 TCU 33.5 14 -19.5 September ...... 1-1 Kansas 15.2 14 -1.2 BROOKS LOOKS TO ADD TO West Virginia 32.2 37 +4.8 IMPRESSIVE RETURN RESUME October ...... 3-1 Oklahoma State 29.6 20 -9.6 • Junior Phillip Brooks was one of the top return men November ...... 0-3 Iowa State 32.9 45 +12.1 in the nation last season as he was a First Team All-Big December ...... 0-1 Baylor 26.8 32 +5.2 12 honoree and Third Team All-American selection after vs. top-25 teams (AP) ...... 1-2 Texas 37.9 69 +31.1 averaging 23.7 yards on 11 attempts. vs. non-ranked teams (AP) ...... 3-4 • His best game of the season was a 189-yard, On artifi cial surface ...... 2-5 On natural grass ...... 2-1 STRONG AT THE START two-touchdown effort against Kansas. His 189 yards were a school record, the third highest mark in Big 12 history • One of the main reasons K-State was able to limit of- and tied for the seventh most in the nation since 1996. Scoring fi rst ...... 3-3 fenses throughout the year was a strong start as seven of • Additionally, his 47.25-yard average against the Jay- Opponent scores fi rst ...... 1-3 the Wildcats’ 10 opponents in 2020 came up empty on Leading after 1st quarter ...... 2-2 hawks was the highest by any player in the nation with at their fi rst possession of the game. Behind after 1st quarter ...... 2-2 least four attempts since 1996. • K-State forced a trio of three-and-outs on its fi rst de- Tied after 1st quarter ...... 0-2 • Brooks enters the 2021 season ranked second in school fensive possessions last year, while the Cats allowed only Leading at halftime ...... 3-3 history and tied for sixth in Big 12 history with three 12 total fi rst downs and 274 total yards (27.4 yds/gm). Behind at halftime ...... 1-3 punt-return touchdowns. Tied at halftime ...... 0-0 EXPERIENCE COMING BACK, Leading after 3rd quarter ...... 3-1 IN SEARCH OF A NEW KICKER EXPERIENCE COMING IN Behind after 3rd quarter ...... 1-4 • Kansas State will be looking this spring to replace its • Of the 10 combined players that are either coming back Tied after 3rd quarter ...... 0-1 regular place kicker, Blake Lynch, marking the fi rst time to K-State for a second senior season or transferring in Overtime ...... 0-0 since the 2018 season the Wildcats will open the year with from another FBS school, seven are on the defensive side a new player handling placements. of the ball. Scoring 20 points or less...... 0-3 • Two kickers who have come to Manhattan via Butler • The seven defensive players are Julius Brents (DB), Scoring 20+ points ...... 4-3 Community College – Ty Zentner and Taiten Winkel – will Cody Fletcher (LB), Timmy Horne (DT), Bronson Massie Scoring 30+ points ...... 3-3 look to handle placements in 2021. (DE), Jahron McPherson (DB), Eric Munoz (LB) and Allowing 21 points or less ...... 3-1 • Zentner, who has handled kickoff duties during parts of Russ Yeast (DB). Allowing 10 points or less ...... 0-0 the last two seasons for K-State, was 9-of-16 on fi eld goal • Those seven players have combined for 225 career attempts and 31-of-37 on extra points at Butler in 2018. games played and 106 starts at the FBS level. With 100-yard rusher ...... 1-3 He was rated the best junior college kicker in the nation for Allow 100-yard rusher ...... 1-4 the Class of 2019 ESPN, while he was No. 2 by 247Sports. With 300-yard passer ...... 1-0 VERY EFFICIENT • Winkel was 1-for-3 in his brief career as a kicker at Allow 300-yard passer ...... 1-2 • K-State had one of the most product special teams in Butler in 2019. Outgain opponent...... 1-1 the nation in 2020, highlighted by the fact they returned Total offense + 400 yards ...... 1-1 two punts for touchdowns and blocked four kicks. Allow + 400 yards total offense ...... 2-5 • The Wildcats fi nished last season ranked second na- tionally in special teams effi ciency according to ESPN. No turnovers ...... 2-1 Less than three turnovers ...... 4-2 2020 SPECIAL TEAMS Three or more turnovers ...... 0-3 EFFICIENCIES No takeaways ...... 0-3 Rk Team Eff Three or more takeaways ...... 1-0 1. Boise State 83.7 Fewer turnovers gained...... 0-5 2. K-State 81.0 Equal turnovers gained ...... 1-0 3. Utah State 79.5 More turnovers gained ...... 3-1 4. Iowa 77.0 Control time of possession ...... 1-3 5. Syracuse 75.7 Opponent controls time of possession ...... 3-3 Indiana 75.7 Possession time equal ...... 0-0

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STANFORD S. ILLINOIS NEVADA Saturday, September 4 Saturday, September 11 Saturday, September 18 AT&T Stadium Bill Snyder Family Stadium Bill Snyder Family Stadium Arlington, Texas Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan, Kan.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS Location ...... Stanford, Calif. Location ...... Carbondale, Ill. Location ...... Reno, Nev. Enrollment...... 6,994 Enrollment...... 11,366 Enrollment...... 21,657 Nickname ...... Cardinal Nickname ...... Salukis Nickname ...... Wolf Pack Colors ...... Cardinal and White Colors ...... Marron and White Colors ...... Navy Blue and Silver Conference ...... Pac-12 Conference ...... Missouri Valley Football Conference Conference ...... Mountain West (West) Stadium (Capacity) ...... Stanford Stadium (50,424) Stadium (Capacity) ...... Saluki Stadium (15,000) Stadium (Capacity) ...... Mackay Stadium (27,000) Athletics Director ...... Bernard Muir Athletics Director ...... Liz Jarnigan Athletics Director ...... Doug Knuth 2020 Overall Record ...... 4-2 2020 Overall Record ...... Spring Season 2020 Overall Record ...... 7-2 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 4-2/2nd [North] 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... Spring Season 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 6-3/3rd Postseason ...... None Postseason ...... Spring Season Postseason ...Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs. Tulane (W, 38-27) Head Coach ...... David Shaw Head Coach ...... Nick Hill Head Coach ...... Jay Norvell Overall Record (Years) ...... 90-36 (10) Overall Record (Years) ...... 17-28 Entering Spring (5th) Overall Record (Years) ...... 25-22 (4) Record at Stanford (Years) ...... Same Record at Southern Illinois (Years) ...... Same Record at Nevada (Years) ...... Same Record vs. K-State ...... 1-0 Record vs. K-State ...... 0-0 Record vs. K-State ...... 0-0

MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID ...... Scott Swegan Football SID ...... Tom Weber Football SID ...... Chad Hartley Phone ...... (419) 575-9148 Phone ...... (618) 453-7235 Phone ...... (775) 682-6982 Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.GoStanford.com Website ...... www.SIUSalukis.com Website ...... www.NevadaWolfPack.com Twitter Handles ...... @StanfordFball, @GoStanford Twitter Handles ...... @SIU_Football, @SIUSalukis Twitter Handles ...... @NevadaFootball, @NevadaAthletics

2021 SCHEDULE 2020 SPRING SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE September 4 vs. Kansas State OCTOBER 30 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (W, 20-17) September 4 at California AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas February 20 at North Dakota* (L, 21-44) SEPTEMBER 11 IDAHO STATE September 11 at USC* FEBRUARY 27 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* (W, 38-14) September 18 at Kansas State September 18 at Vanderbilt March 6 at Youngstown State* Mountain West Schedule TBA as of March 3 SEPTEMBER 25 UCLA* MARCH 13 NORTHERN IOWA* OCTOBER 2 OREGON* MARCH 20 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE* SERIES HISTORY (F) October 8 at Arizona State* March 27 at Missouri State* First Meeting October 16 at Washington State* April 3 at Illinois State* OCTOBER 30 WASHINGTON APRIL 10 WESTERN ILLINOIS* (F) NOVEMBER 5 UTAH* * Missouri Valley Football Conference Game November 13 at Oregon State* NOVEMBER 20 CALIFORNIA* SERIES HISTORY NOVEMBER 27 NOTRE DAME First Meeting * Pac-12 Conference Game

SERIES HISTORY Series Record ...... Stanford Leads, 1-0 In Manhattan...... 0-0 In Stanford ...... Stanford Leads, 1-0 Most K-State Points ...... 13 (2016) Most Stanford Points ...... 26 (2016) Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 0-0 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 0-0 Longest Winning Streak ...... None Current Streak ...... Stanford Won 1

Game-by-Game Breakdown Date Winner Score Site 2016 Stanford 26-13 Stanford, Calif.

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OKLAHOMA ST. OKLAHOMA IOWA STATE Saturday, September 25 Saturday, October 2 Saturday, October 16 Boone Pickens Stadium Bill Snyder Family Stadium Bill Snyder Family Stadium Stillwater, Okla. Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan, Kan.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS Location ...... Stillwater, Okla. Location ...... Norman, Okla. Location ...... Ames, Iowa Enrollment...... 24,649 Enrollment...... 30,903 Enrollment...... 31,825 Nickname ...... Cowboys Nickname ...... Sooners Nickname ...... Cyclones Colors ...... Orange and Black Colors ...... Crimson and Cream Colors ...... Cardinal and Gold Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big 12 Stadium ...... Boone Pickens Stadium (55,509) Stadium ...... Memorial Stadium (82,126) Stadium ...... Jack Trice Stadium (61,500) Athletics Director ...... Mike Holder Athletics Director ...... Joe Castiglione Athletics Director ...... Jamie Pollard 2020 Overall Record ...... 8-3 2020 Overall Record ...... 9-2 2020 Overall Record ...... 9-3 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 6-3/4th 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 6-2/1st 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 8-1/2nd Postseason ...... Cheez-It Bowl vs. Miami (W, 37-34) Postseason ...... Cotton Bowl vs. Florida (W, 55-20) Postseason ...... Fiesta Bowl vs. Oregon (W, 34-17) Head Coach ...... Mike Gundy Head Coach ...... Lincoln Riley Head Coach ...... Matt Campbell Overall Record (Years) ...... 137-67 (16) Overall Record (Years) ...... 45-8 (4) Overall Record (Years) ...... 70-43 (7) Record at Oklahoma State ...... Same Record at Oklahoma (Years) ...... Same Record at Iowa State ...... 35-28 (5) Record vs. K-State ...... 8-5 Record vs. K-State ...... 2-2 Record vs. K-State ...... 2-3

MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID ...... Gavin Lang Football SID ...... Mike Houck Football SID ...... Mike Green Phone ...... (405) 744-3875 Phone ...... (405) 325-8227 Phone ...... (515) 294-7019 Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.OKState.com Website ...... www.SoonerSports.com Website ...... www.Cyclones.com Twitter Handles ...... @CowboyFB, @OSUAthletics Twitter Handles ...... @OU_Football, @OU_Athletics Twitter Handles ...... @CycloneFB, @CycloneATH

2021 SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 4 MISSOURI STATE September 4 at Tulane SEPTEMBER 4 NORTHERN IOWA SEPTEMBER 11 TULSA SEPTEMBER 11 WESTERN CAROLINA SEPTMEBER 11 IOWA SEPTEMBER 18 at Boise State SEPTEMBER 18 NEBRASKA September 18 at UNLV SEPTEMBER 25 KANSAS STATE* SEPTEMBER 25 WEST VIRGINIA* September 25 at Baylor* OCTOBER 2 BAYLOR* October 2 at Kansas State* OCTOBER 2 KANSAS* OCTOBER 16 at Texas* October 9 vs. Texas* October 16 at Kansas State* October 23 at Iowa State* Cotton Bowl; Dallas, Texas OCTOBER 23 OKLAHOMA STATE* OCTOBER 30 KANSAS* OCTOBER 16 TCU* October 30 at West Virginia* November 6 at West Virginia* October 23 at Kansas* NOVEMBER 6 TEXAS* NOVEMBER 13 TCU* OCTOBER 30 TEXAS TECH* November 13 at Texas Tech* November 20 at Texas Tech* November 13 at Baylor* November 20 at Oklahoma* NOVEMBER 27 OKLAHOMA* NOVEMBER 20 IOWA STATE* NOVEMBER 27 TCU* * Big 12 Conference Game November 27 at Oklahoma State* * Big 12 Conference Game * Big 12 Conference Game SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY Series Record ...... Oklahoma State Leads, 41-26 Series Record ...... Iowa State Leads, 51-49-4 Series Record ...... Oklahoma Leads, 76-21-4 In Manhattan...... Oklahoma State Leads, 19-17 In Manhattan...... K-State Leads, 28-21-1 In Manhattan...... Oklahoma Leads, 38-11-1 In Stillwater ...... Oklahoma State Leads, 22-9 In Ames ...... Iowa State Leads, 30-19-3 In Norman ...... Oklahoma Leads, 37-9-3 Most K-State Points ...... 52 (2002) Neutral ...... K-State Leads, 2-0 Neutral ...... Series tied, 1-1 Most Oklahoma State Points ...... 56 (1975, 1987) Most K-State Points ...... 58 (2002) Most K-State Points ...... 59 (1969) Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 2-4 Most Iowa State Points ...... 55 (1972) Most Oklahoma Points ...... 76 (1942) Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 9-12 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 8-4-4 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 6-6-4 Longest Winning Streak ...... 9 (1990-95, 1998-99, 2002) Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 20-15-4 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 12-10-4 Current Streak ...... Oklahoma State Won 2 Longest Winning Streak ...... 10 (1994-2003 and 2008-17) Longest Winning Streak ...... 5 (1993-97) Biggest Win ...... 35 (44-9 in 2002) Current Streak ...... Iowa State Won 1 Current Streak ...... K-State Won 2 Biggest Win ...... 39 (49-10 in 1994) Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Date Winner Score Site Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Date Winner Score Site 2020 Oklahoma State 20-18 Manhattan, Kan. Date Winner Score Site 2020 Iowa State 45-0 Ames, Iowa 2019 Oklahoma State 26-13 Stillwater, Okla. 2020 Kansas State 38-35 Norman, Okla. 2019 Kansas State 27-17 Manhattan, Kan. 2018 Kansas State 31-12 Manhattan, Kan. 2019 Kansas State 48-41 Manhattan, kan. 2018 Iowa State 42-38 Ames, Iowa 2017 Kansas State 45-40 Stillwater, Okla. 2018 Oklahoma 51-14 Norman, Okla. 2017 Kansas State 20-19 Manhattan, Kan. 2016 Oklahoma State 43-37 Manhattan, Kan. 2017 Oklahoma 42-35 Manhattan, Kan. 2016 Kansas State 31-26 Ames, Iowa 2015 Oklahoma State 36-34 Stillwater, Okla. 2016 Oklahoma 38-17 Norman, Okla. 2015 Kansas State 38-35 Manhattan, Kan. 2014 Kansas State 48-14 Manhattan, Kan. 2015 Oklahoma 55-0 Manhattan, Kan. 2014 Kansas State 32-28 Ames, Iowa 2013 Oklahoma State 33-29 Stillwater, Okla. 2014 Kansas State 31-30 Norman, Okla. 2013 Kansas State 41-7 Manhattan, Kan. 2012 Kansas State 44-30 Manhattan, Kan. 2013 Oklahoma 41-31 Manhattan, Kan. 2012 Kansas State 27-21 Ames, Iowa 2011 Oklahoma State 52-45 Stillwater, Okla. 2012 Kansas State 24-19 Norman, Okla. 2011 Kansas State 30-23 Manhattan, Kan. 2011 Oklahoma 58-17 Manhattan, Kan.

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TEXAS TECH TCU KANSAS Saturday, October 23 Saturday, October 30 Saturday, November 6 Jones AT&T Stadium Bill Snyder Family Stadium Memorial Stadium Lubbock, Texas Manhattan, Kan. Lawrence, Kan.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS Location ...... Lubbock, Texas Location ...... Fort Worth, Texas Location ...... Lawrence, Kan. Enrollment...... 38,803 Enrollment...... 11,379 Enrollment...... 28,510 Nickname ...... Red Raiders Nickname ...... Horned Frogs Nickname ...... Jayhawks Colors ...... Scarlet and Black Colors ...... Purple and White Colors ...... Crimson and Blue Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big 12 Stadium ...... Jones AT&T Stadium (60,454) Stadium ...... Amon G. Carter Stadium (46,000) Stadium ...... Memorial Stadium (50,071) Athletics Director ...... Kirby Hocutt Athletics Director ...... Jeremiah Donati Athletics Director ...... Jeff Long 2020 Overall Record ...... 4-6 2020 Overall Record ...... 6-4 2020 Overall Record ...... 0-9 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 3-6/8th 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 5-4/6th 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 0-8/10th Postseason ...... None Postseason ...... Texas Bowl vs. Arkansas (Canceled) Postseason ...... None Head Coach ...... Matt Wells Head Coach ...... Gary Patterson Head Coach ...... Les Miles Overall Record (Years) ...... 52-48 (8) Overall Record (Years) ...... 178-74 (20) Overall Record (Years) ...... 145-72 (18) Record at Texas Tech ...... 8-14 (2) Record at TCU (Years) ...... Same Record at Kansas ...... 3-17 (2) Record vs. K-State ...... 0-2 Record vs. K-State ...... 4-5 Record vs. K-State ...... 0-2

MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID ...... Matt Dowdy Football SID ...... Mark Cohen Football SID ...... Daniel Berk Phone ...... (806) 742-2770 Phone ...... (817) 257-5394 Phone ...... (785) 312-2159 Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.TexasTech.com Website ...... www.GoFrogs.com Website ...... www.KUAthletics.com Twitter Handle ...... @TexasTechFB, @TechAthletics Twitter Handles ...... @TCUFootball, @TCU_Athletics Twitter Handles ...... @KU_Football, @KUAthletics

2021 SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE (F) September 3 vs. Houston SEPTEMBER 4 DUQUESNE SEPTEMBER 4 SOUTH DAKOTA NRG Stadium; Houston, Texas SEPTEMBER 11 CALIFORNIA September 11 at Coastal Carolina SEPTEMBER 11 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN SEPTEMBER 25 SMU SEPTEMBER 18 BAYLOR* SEPTEMBER 18 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 2 TEXAS* September 25 at Duke September 25 at Texas* October 9 at Texas Tech* October 2 at Iowa State* October 2 at West Virginia* October 16 at Oklahoma* OCTOBER 16 TEXAS TECH* OCTOBER 9 TCU* OCTOBER 23 WEST VIRGINIA* OCTOBER 23 OKLAHOMA* October 16 at Kansas* October 30 at Kansas State* October 30 at Oklahoma State* OCTOBER 23 KANSAS STATE* NOVEMBER 6 BAYLOR* NOVEMBER 6 KANSAS STATE* October 30 at Oklahoma* November 13 at Oklahoma State* November 13 at Texas* NOVEMBER 13 IOWA STATE* NOVEMBER 20 KANSAS* November 20 at TCU* NOVEMBER 20 OKLAHOMA STATE* November 27 at Iowa State* NOVEMBER 27 WEST VIRGINIA* November 27 at Baylor* * Big 12 Conference Game * Big 12 Conference Game * Big 12 Conference Game SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY Series Record ...... Series TIed, 7-7 Series Record ...... Kansas Leads, 64-59-5 Series Record ...... K-State Leads, 12-9 In Manhattan...... K-State Leads, 4-3 In Manhattan...... K-State Leads, 28-27-3 In Manhattan...... K-State Leads, 7-2 In Fort Worth ...... TCU Leads, 4-3 In Lawrence ...... Kansas Leads, 37-21-2 In Lubbock ...... Texas Tech Leads, 7-5 Most K-State Points ...... 45 (1922, 2015) Most K-State Points ...... 64 (2002) Most K-State Points ...... 55 (2012) Most TCU Points ...... 52 (2015) Most Kansas Points ...... 55 (1947) Most Texas Tech Points ...... 66 (2009) Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 1-2 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 4-5-5 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 1-0 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 3-3 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 15-19-5 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 6-1 Longest Winning Streak ...... 2 (Three Times) Longest Winning Streak ...... 12 (2009-20) Longest Winning Streak ...... 5 (2016-20) Current Streak ...... K-State Won 2 Current Streak ...... K-State Won 12 Current Streak ...... K-State Won 5 Biggest Win ...... 45 (45-0 in 1922) Biggest Win ...... 64 (64-0 in 2002) Biggest Win ...... 31 (55-24 in 2012) Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Date Winner Score Site Date Winner Score Site Date Winner Score Site 2020 Kansas State 21-14 Fort Worth, Texas 2020 Kansas State 55-14 Manhattan, Kan. 2020 Kansas State 31-21 Manhattan, Kan. 2019 Kansas State 24-17 Manhattan, Kan. 2019 Kansas State 38-10 Lawrence, Kan. 2019 Kansas State 30-27 Lubbock, Texas 2018 TCU 14-13 Fort Worth, Texas 2018 Kansas State 21-17 Manhattan, Kan. 2018 Kansas State 21-6 Manhttan, Kan. 2017 TCU 26-6 Manhattan, Kan. 2017 Kansas State 30-20 Lawrence, Kan. 2017 Kansas State 42-35 (OT) Lubbock, Texas 2016 Kansas State 30-6 Fort Worth, Texas 2016 Kansas State 34-19 Manhattan, Kan. 2016 Kansas State 44-38 Manhattan, Kan. 2015 TCU 52-45 Manhattan, Kan. 2015 Kansas State 45-14 Lawrence, Kan. 2015 Texas Tech 59-44 Lubbock, Texas 2014 TCU 20-41 Fort Worth, Texas 2014 Kansas State 51-13 Manhattan, Kan. 2014 Kansas State 45-13 Manhattan, Kan. 2013 Kansas State 33-31 Manhattan, Kan. 2013 Kansas State 31-14 Lawrence, Kan. 2013 Kansas State 49-26 Lubbock, Texas 2012 Kansas State 23-10 Fort Worth, Texas 2012 Kansas State 56-16 Manhattan, Kan. 2012 Kansas State 55-24 Manhattan, Kan. 1986 TCU 35-22 Fort Worth, Texas 2011 Kansas State 59-21 Lawrence, Kan. 2011 Kansas State 41-34 Lubbock, Texas

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WEST VIRGINIA BAYLOR TEXAS Saturday, November 13 Saturday, November 20 Saturday, November 27 Bill Snyder Family Stadium Bill Snyder Family Stadium Texas Memorial Stadium Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan, Kan. Austin, Texas

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS Location ...... Morgantown W.Va. Location ...... Waco, Texas Location ...... Austin, Texas Enrollment...... 29,933 Enrollment...... 18,033 Enrollment...... 40,804 Nickname ...... Mountaineers Nickname ...... Bears Nickname ...... Longhorns Colors ...... Old Gold and Blue Colors ...... Green and Gold Colors ...... Burnt Orange and White Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big 12 Conference ...... Big 12 Stadium (Capacity) ...... Milan Puskar Stadium (60,000) Stadium (Capacity) ...... McLane Stadium (45,100) Stadium (Capacity) ...... Texas Memorial Stadium (100,119) Athletics Director ...... Shane Lyons Athletics Director ...... Mack Rhoades Athletics Director ...... Chris Del Conte 2020 Overall Record ...... 6-4 2020 Overall Record ...... 2-7 2020 Overall Record ...... 7-3 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 4-4/5th 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 2-7/9th 2020 Conference Record/Finish ...... 5-3/3rd Postseason ...... Liberty Bowl vs. Army (W, 24-21) Postseason ...... None Postseason ...... Alamo Bowl vs. Colorado (W, 55-23) Head Coach ...... Neal Brown Head Coach ...... Dave Aranda Head Coach ...... Steve Sarkisian Overall Record (Years) ...... 46-27 (6) Overall Record (Years) ...... 2-7 (1) Overall Record (Years) ...... 46-35 (6) Record at West Virginia (Years) ...... 11-11 (2) Record at Baylor (Years) ...... Same Record at Texas (Years) ...... First Season Record vs. K-State ...... 2-0 Record vs. K-State ...... 1-0 Record vs. K-State ...... 0-0

MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION Football SID ...... Mike Montoro Football SID ...... Taylor Bryan Football SID ...... John Bianco Phone ...... (304) 293-2821 Phone ...... (254) 709-4411 Phone ...... (512) 471-1346 Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.WVUSports.com Website ...... www.BaylorBears.com Website ...... www.TexasSports.com Twitter Handles ...... @WVUfootball, @WVUSports Twitter Handles ...... @BUFootball, @BaylorAthletics Twitter Handles ...... @TexasFootball, @TexasSports

2021 SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE 2021 SCHEDULE September 4 at Maryland September 4 at Texas State SEPTEMBER 4 LOUISIANA SEPTEMBER 11 LONG ISLAND SEPTEMBER 11 TEXAS SOUTHERN September 11 at Arkansas SEPTMEBER 18 VIRGINIA TECH September 18 at Kansas* SEPTEMBER 18 RICE September 25 at Oklahoma* SEPTEMBER 25 IOWA STATE* SEPTEMBER 25 TEXAS TECH* OCTOBER 2 TEXAS TECH* October 2 at Oklahoma State* October 2 at TCU* October 9 at Baylor* OCTOBER 9 WEST VIRGINIA* October 9 vs. Oklahoma* October 23 at TCU* OCTOBER 16 BYU Cotton Bowl; Dallas, Texas OCTOBER 30 IOWA STATE* OCTOBER 30 TEXAS* OCTOBER 16 OKLAHOMA STATE* NOVEMBER 6 OKLAHOMA STATE* November 6 at TCU* October 30 at Baylor* November 13 at Kansas State* NOVEMBER 13 OKLAHOMA* November 6 at Iowa State* NOVEMBER 20 TEXAS* November 20 at Kansas State* NOVEMBER 13 KANSAS* November 27 at Kansas* NOVEMBER 27 TEXAS* November 20 at West Virginia* * Big 12 Conference Game * Big 12 Conference Game NOVEMBER 27 KANSAS STATE* * Big 12 Conference Game SERIES HISTORY SERIES HISTORY Series Record ...... West Virginia Leads, 6-5 Series Record ...... Series Tied, 9-9 SERIES HISTORY In Manhattan...... Series Tied, 2-2 In Manhattan...... K-State Leads, 5-3 Series Record ...... Texas Leads, 11-10 In Morgantown ...... West Virginia Leads, 4-3 In Waco ...... Baylor Leads, 6-4 In Manhattan...... K-State Leads, 7-3 Most K-State Points ...... 55 (2012) Most K-State Points ...... 51 (2007) In Austin ...... Texas Leads, 8-3 Most West Virginia Points ...... 28 (2017) Most Baylor Points ...... 52 (2012) Most K-State Points ...... 48 (1998) Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 1-1 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 1-2 Most Texas Points ...... 69 (2020) Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 2-2 Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 1-4 Games Decided by 3 Points or Less ...... 2-2 Longest Winning Streak ...... 5 (1931, 2012-15) Longest Winning Streak ...... 5 (1969, 1998-2003) Games Decided by 7 Points or Less ...... 3-5 Current Streak ...... West Virginia Won 5 Current Streak ...... Baylor Won 3 Longest Winning Streak ...... 5 (2006-07, 2010-12) Biggest Win ...... 41 (55-14 in 2012) Current Streak ...... Texas Won 4 Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Biggest Win ...... 41 (48-7 in 1998) Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) Date Winner Score Site Date Winner Score Site 2020 Baylor 32-31 Waco, Texas Game-by-Game Breakdown (Last 10 Meetings) 2020 West Virginia 37-10 Morgantown, W.Va. 2019 Baylor 31-12 Manhattan, Kan. Date Winner Score Site 2019 West Virginia 24-20 Manhattan, Kan. 2018 Baylor 37-34 Waco, Texas 2020 Texas 69-31 Manhattan, Kan. 2018 West Virginia 35-6 Morgantown, W.Va. 2017 Kansas State 33-20 Manhattan, Kan. 2019 Texas 24-24 Austin, Texas 2017 West Virginia 28-23 Manhattan, Kan. 2016 Kansas State 42-21 Waco, Texas 2018 Texas 19-14 Manhattan, Kan. 2016 West Virginia 17-16 Morgantown, W.Va. 2015 Baylor 31-24 Manhattan, Kan. 2017 Texas 40-34 (2 OT) Austin, Texas 2015 Kansas State 24-23 Manhattan, Kan. 2014 Baylor 38-27 Waco, Texas 2016 Kansas State 24-21 Manhattan, Kan. 2014 Kansas State 26-20 Morgantown, W.Va. 2013 Baylor 35-25 Manhattan, Kan. 2015 Texas 23-9 Austin, Texas 2013 Kansas State 35-12 Manhattan, Kan. 2012 Baylor 52-24 Waco, Texas 2014 Kansas State 23-0 Manhattan, Kan. 2012 Kansas State 55-14 Morgantown, W.Va. 2011 Kansas State 36-35 Manhattan, Kan. 2013 Texas 31-21 Austin, Texas 1931 Kansas State 19-0 Morgantown, W.Va. 2012 Kansas State 42-24 Manhattan, Kan. 2011 Kansas State 17-13 Austin, Texas

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NO NAME POS HT WT YR-EX HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) ALPHABETICAL 0 # Daniel Imatorbhebhe TE 6-4 240 Sr.-TR Suwanee, Ga. (Univ. of Illinois) NO NAME POS 0 # DaVonte Pritchard LB 6-1 200 Fr.-HS Gardner, Kan. (Gardner Edgerton) 1 # Keenan Garber WR 5-11 167 So.-1L Lawrence, Kan. (Free State) 63 Ben Adler OL 1 # Jay Harris LB 6-0 195 Fr.-RS^ Pearland, Texas (Shadow Creek) 52 Nick Allen LB 2 # Jake Rubley QB 6-2 205 Fr.-HS Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch) 91 Felix Anudike DE 2 # Russ Yeast DB 5-10 195 Sr.-TR^ Danville, Ky. (Univ. of Louisville) 36 Mason Barta FB 3 # Aamaris Brown DB 5-10 184 So.-1L^ Seffner, Fla. (Armwood) 50 Cooper Beebe OL 3 # Jaelon Travis WR 6-0 205 Fr.-RS^ Mansfield, Texas (Summit) 43 Jack Blumer P 4 # Wayne Jones LB 6-0 208 Jr.-2L Owasso, Okla. (Owasso) 48 Michael Book LB 4 # Malik Knowles WR 6-2 200 Jr.-2L Mansfield, Texas (Lake Ridge) 16 Derek Bowman LB 5 # Ryan Henington LB 6-1 210 Sr.-2L Junction City, Kan. (Junction City) 80 Ty Bowman WR 5 # Jaren Lewis QB 6-1 215 So.-SQ Columbia, Mo. (Battle) 6 # Justin Gardner DB 6-2 180 Sr.-1L Charlotte, N.C. (Hutchinson CC) 25 Ekow Boye-Doe DB 6 # Keyon Mozee RB 5-7 179 So.-1L^ Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North) 23 Julius Brents DB 7 # TJ Smith DB 5-9 190 Fr.-RS^ Powder Springs, Ga. (McEachern) 88 Phillip Brooks WR 7 # Skylar Thompson QB 6-2 223 Sr.-4L Independence, Mo. (Fort Osage) 3 Aamaris Brown DB 8 # Tee Denson DB 6-0 183 So.-1L^ Atlanta, Ga. (Cedar Grove) 33 Jaylen Carter DB 8 # Ty Zentner P/K 6-2 199 Sr.-1L Topeka, Kan. (Butler CC) 82 Cameron Cotton TE 9 Jacardia Wright RB 6-0 231 So.-1L Decatur, Ill. (St. Teresa) 86 Hillard Cozine TE 10 Brenen Hawkins WR 6-3 208 Fr.-HS^ Colleyville, Texas (Heritage) 58 Cartez Crook-Jones DT 12 Landry Weber WR 5-10 186 Sr.-3L Lenexa, Kan. (Bishop Miege) 13 # Kirmari Gainous DE 6-3 250 Sr.-1L Tallahassee, Fla. (Hutchinson CC) 62 Dawson Delforge OL 13 # Chabastin Taylor WR 6-4 215 Sr.-3L Giddings, Texas (Giddings) 8 Tee Denson DB 14 Max Marsh QB 6-2 196 Fr.-RS^ Grand Junction, Colo. (Central) 29 Jax Dineen FB 15 # Robert Hentz II DT 6-0 291 Sr.-1L^ Batesville, Miss. (NW Mississippi CC) 20 Ben Driver DB 15 # Will Howard QB 6-4 232 So.-1L^ Downingtown, Pa. (Downingtown West) 73 Christian Duffie OL 16 # Derek Bowman LB 6-1 215 Jr.-SQ Manhattan, Kan. (Homeschooled) 29 Khalid Duke DE 16 # Seth Porter WR 5-8 165 Jr.-2L Friendswood, Texas (Clear Springs) 19 Ross Elder DB 18 # Eric Hommel WR 6-2 204 Sr.-1L Littleton, Colo. (Rock Canyon) 20 Joe Ervin RB 18 # Malachi Mitchell DB 6-0 187 Fr.-RS^ Mansfield, Texas (Legacy) 55 Cody Fletcher LB 19 # Ross Elder DB 6-0 180 Sr.-2L Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst) 19 # Sammy Wheeler TE 6-4 230 Jr.-2L Lenexa, Kan. (St. James Academy) 81 Konner Fox TE 20 # Ben Driver DB 6-0 202 So.-1L Salina, Kan. (Salina Central) 46 Jace Friesen DE 20 # Joe Ervin RB 5-8 178 So.-SQ Rock Hill, S.C. (South Pointe) 13 Kirmari Gainous DE 21 # Eric Munoz LB 6-0 234 Sr.-TR Belvidere, Ill. (Utah State Univ.) 32 Gabe Garber DB 21 # Shane Porter WR 5-11 174 Fr.-HS Friendswood, Texas (Clear Brook) 1 Keenan Garber WR 22 # Daniel Green LB 6-2 233 Jr.-2L Portland, Ore. (Madison) 6 Justin Gardner DB 22 # Deuce Vaughn RB 5-5 171 So.-1L^ Round Rock, Texas (Cedar Ridge) 54 Kienen Gaskin LB 23 Julius Brents DB 6-3 203 Jr.-TR^ Indianapolis, Ind. (Univ. of Iowa) ^ 55 Hayden Gillum OL 24 # Xavier Gordon WR 6-1 190 Fr.-HS Arlington, Texas (Seguin) 24 # Trey Krause DB 6-0 190 Fr.-HS^ Olathe, Kan. (Olathe West) 45 Reed Godinet DE 25 # Ekow Boye-Doe DB 6-0 165 Jr.-2L Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence) 24 Xavier Gordon WR 25 # Gabe Hoover WR 6-0 185 So.-SQ McPherson, Kan. (McPherson) 22 Daniel Green LB 26 Elliot Ollenburger WR 5-10 177 Jr.-SQ Hillsboro, Kan. (Hillsboro) 1 Jay Harris LB 27 # Jake Huggins FB 6-2 218 So.-SQ Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth) 37 Kamble Haverkamp DB 27 # Cameron Key DB 5-9 177 Jr.-1L Overland Park, Kan. (Bishop Miege) 10 Brenen Hawkins WR 28 # Vaughn Malone DB 5-11 171 So.-SQ Austin, Texas (St. Michael’s Catholic Academy) 84 Thomas Helten WR 28 # Kaelen Shankle RB 5-11 205 Fr.-RS^ Richmond, Texas (Fort Bend Travis) 5 Ryan Henington LB 29 # Jax Dineen FB 5-10 245 Jr.-2L Lawrence, Kan. (Free State) 36 Hunter Henry DB 29 # Khalid Duke DE 6-3 240 Jr.-2L Atlanta, Ga. (Riverside Military Academy) 30 # Matthew Maschmeier DB 6-0 196 Fr.-RS^ Lisle, Ill. (Naperville North) 15 Robert Hentz II DT 30 # Clyde Price RB 6-0 214 So.-SQ Kansas City, Mo. (North Kansas City) 18 Eric Hommel WR 31 Jahron McPherson DB 6-1 200 Sr.-3L Basehor, Kan. (Butler CC) 25 Gabe Hoover WR 32 Gabe Garber DB 5-10 196 Fr.-TR^ Sabetha, Kan. (Univ. of Kansas) 98 Timmy Horne DT 33 Jaylen Carter DB 5-9 165 Fr.-RS^ Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) 89 C.J. Horton TE 34 Ben Sinnott FB 6-3 241 Fr.-RS^ Waterloo, Iowa (Columbus Catholic) 15 Will Howard QB 35 # Jairus Kennedy DB 6-1 175 Fr.-RS^ Wichita, Kan. (Kapaun Mt. Carmel) 92 Eli Huggins DT 35 # Taiten Winkel K/P 6-0 181 Jr.-RS Halstead, Kan. (Butler CC) 27 Jake Huggins FB 36 # Mason Barta FB 6-1 236 Sr.-3L Holton, Kan. (Holton) 36 # Hunter Henry DB 6-0 190 So.-1L Austin, Texas (Rice Univ.) 0 Daniel Imatorbhebhe TE 37 # Kamble Haverkamp DB 5-11 177 Fr.-RS^ Centralia, Kan. (Centralia) 69 Noah Johnson OL 37 # Andrew Sonner TE 6-3 227 Fr.-HS^ Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East) 4 Wayne Jones LB 38 Brendan Mott DE 6-4 240 So.-SQ Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa City West) 78 Marshall Kellner OL 39 Jordan Schippers RB 6-1 204 So.-RS^ Colby, Kan. (Western Illinois Univ.) 35 Jairus Kennedy DB 40 Spencer Trussell DE 6-3 238 Jr.-2L Arlington, Texas (Martin) 27 Cameron Key DB 41 Austin Moore LB 6-0 214 So.-1L Louisburg, Kan. (Louisburg) 4 Malik Knowles WR 42 Randen Plattner LS 6-2 227 Jr.-2L Parkville, Mo. (Park Hill) 24 Trey Krause DB 43 Jack Blumer P 6-2 199 Jr.-1L Marysville, Kan. (Marysville) ^ 99 Owen Lawson PK 44 Christian Moore FB 6-2 239 So.-1L Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach) 45 # Reed Godinet DE 6-5 250 Sr.-SQ Springdale, Ark. (College of San Mateo)

10 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ROSTER

NO NAME POS HT WT YR-EX HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 45 # Nelson Pipes LS 6-0 202 Fr.-RS^ Hallsville, Mo. (Hallsville) ALPHABETICAL 46 Jace Friesen DE 6-1 230 So.-SQ Basehor, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood) NO NAME POS 47 Cody Stufflebean TE 6-4 252 Fr.-RS^ McPherson, Kan. (McPherson) 87 Nick Lenners TE 48 Michael Book LB 6-3 204 Fr.-RS^ Kansas City, Mo. (Liberty) 70 Kaitori Leveston OL 50 # Cooper Beebe OL 6-3 322 So.-1L Kansas City, Kan. (Piper) 50 # Tyrone Taleni DT 6-2 277 Jr.-1L Savai’i, Samoa (Mt. San Antonio College) 5 Jaren Lewis QB 51 Talor Warner OL 6-3 289 Fr.-RS^ Gardner, Kan. (Gardner Edgerton) 71 Logan Long OL 52 # Nick Allen LB 5-11 221 Jr.-2L Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley Southwest) 28 Vaughn Malone DB 52 # Taylor Poitier OL 6-2 290 So.-1L Shawnee, Kan. (Bishop Miege) 14 Max Marsh QB 53 Drake McCall LB 6-2 218 Fr.-HS Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) 30 Matthew Maschmeier DB 54 # Kienen Gaskin LB 5-11 215 Fr.-RS^ Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North) 90 Bronson Massie DE 54 # Hadley Panzer OL 6-3 310 Fr.-HS Lakin, Kan. (Lakin) 97 Nate Matlack DE 55 # Cody Fletcher LB 6-2 220 Sr.-3L Henrietta, Texas (Tyler JC) 53 Drake McCall LB 55 # Hayden Gillum OL 6-3 296 Jr.-1L Plainville, Kan. (Plainville) 31 Jahron McPherson DB 57 Beau Palmer LB 6-2 213 Fr.-RS^ Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley) 58 Cartez Crook-Jones DT 6-3 271 Jr.-SQ Grandview, Mo. (Grandview) 18 Malachi Mitchell DB 59 Brayden Wood DT 6-2 282 Fr.-HS^ Niwot, Colo. (Fairview) 72 Witt Mitchum OL 62 Dawson Delforge OL 6-5 321 Sr.-1L^ Wamego, Kan. (Butler CC) 41 Austin Moore LB 63 Ben Adler OL 6-4 332 Sr.-2L Wichita, Kan. (Trinity Academy) 44 Christian Moore FB 64 Trevor Stange OL 6-3 278 So.-SQ Coppell, Texas (Coppell) 38 Brendan Mott DE ^ 66 Sam Shields OL 6-4 285 Fr.-RS Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan) 6 Keyon Mozee RB 68 Jackson Smith OL 6-3 280 Fr.-RS^ St. Paul, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy) 21 Eric Munoz LB 69 Noah Johnson OL 6-1 293 Sr.-2L Wichita, Kan. (Butler CC) 26 Elliot Ollenburger WR 70 Kaitori Leveston OL 6-4 345 Jr.-2L Waco, Texas (Midway) 71 Logan Long OL 6-4 308 Sr.-2L Woodward, Okla. (Woodward) 57 Beau Palmer LB 72 Witt Mitchum OL 6-5 276 Fr.-RS^ McKenzie, Tenn. (McKenzie) 54 Hadley Panzer OL 73 Christian Duffie OL 6-5 305 Jr.-2L Humble, Texas (Summer Creek) 85 Riley Petz WR 74 Austin Weiner OL 6-6 240 Fr.-HS^ Gardner, Kan. (Gardner Edgerton) 93 Jaylen Pickle DT 76 Josh Rivas OL 6-6 320 Sr.-3L Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson) 45 Nelson Pipes LS 77 Carver Willis OL 6-5 287 So.-1L^ Durango, Colo. (Durango) 42 Randen Plattner LS 78 Marshall Kellner OL 6-3 305 Jr.-SQ De Soto, Kan. (De Soto) 52 Taylor Poitier OL 80 Ty Bowman WR 6-4 216 Fr.-RS^ Chanute, Kan. (Chanute) 16 Seth Porter WR 81 Konner Fox TE 6-4 253 So.-1L San Antonio, Texas (Reagan) 82 Cameron Cotton TE 6-4 245 Sr.-SQ Elk River, Minn. (Elk River) 21 Shane Porter WR 83 Will Swanson TE 6-5 252 Fr.-RS^ Papillion, Neb. (La Vista South) 30 Clyde Price RB 84 Thomas Helten WR 6-3 210 Jr.-SQ Garden Plain, Kan. (Bishop Carroll) 0 DaVonte Pritchard LB 85 Riley Petz WR 6-0 173 Fr.-RS^ Cheney, Kan. (Cheney) 76 Josh Rivas OL 86 Hillard Cozine TE 6-4 266 Jr.-SQ Wichita, Kan. (Butler CC) 2 Jake Rubley QB 87 Nick Lenners TE 6-5 250 Sr.-4L Lincoln, Neb. (Lincoln Southwest) 39 Jordan Schippers RB 88 Phillip Brooks WR 5-7 167 Jr.-2L Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West) 28 Kaelen Shankle RB 89 C.J. Horton TE 6-4 230 Fr.-RS^ Fort Scott, Kan. (Fort Scott) 66 Sam Shields OL 90 Bronson Massie DE 6-4 258 Sr.-4L Lufkin, Texas (Lufkin) 34 Ben Sinnott FB 91 Felix Anudike DE 6-3 244 So.-1L^ Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit) 92 Eli Huggins DT 6-4 295 Sr.-2L Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth) 68 Jackson Smith OL 93 Jaylen Pickle DT 6-4 313 Jr.-1L Cimarron, Kan. (Cimarron) 7 TJ Smith DB 95 Elliott Strahm DT 6-1 281 So.-SQ Sabetha, Kan. (Sabetha) 37 Andrew Sonner TE 97 Nate Matlack DE 6-4 238 Fr.-RS^ Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East) 64 Trevor Stange OL 98 Timmy Horne DT 6-4 319 Sr.-TR Wadesboro, N.C. (UNC Charlotte) 95 Elliott Strahm DT ^ 99 Owen Lawson PK 6-1 185 Fr.-RS Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst) 47 Cody Stufflebean TE 83 Will Swanson TE NOTE: Kansas State has elected to advance players’ classification even though the 2020 season did not affect eligibility. Those that wish to take advantage of the extra year will be listed as a senior again after their original eligibility would have been exhausted. 50 Tyrone Taleni DT 13 Chabastin Taylor WR # Duplicate Number | ^ Redshirt Available 7 Skylar Thompson QB 3 Jaelon Travis WR 40 Spencer Trussell DE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 22 Deuce Vaughn RB PLAYERS Taylor POITIER ______por-tee-AY (long A) 51 Talor Warner OL Felix ANUDIKE ______ann-you-DEE-kay DAVONTE Pritchard ______duh-VON-tay 12 Landry Weber WR Jack BLUMER ______BLUE-mur Ben SINNOTT ______SIN-it EKOW BOYE-DOE ______ECK-oh BOY-doe Andrew SONNER ______SAHN-er 74 Austin Weiner OL AAMARIS Brown ______ah-MAR-is Trevor STANGE ______STANG 19 Sammy Wheeler TE Hillard COZINE ______co-ZEEN Tyrone TALENI ______tah-LEEN-ee 77 Carver Willis OL Jax DINEEN ______duh-NEEN CHABASTIN Taylor ______chuh-BASS-tin 35 Taiten Winkel K/P KHALID Duke ______kuh-LEED Austin WEINER ______WHY-ner 59 Brayden Wood DT KIRMARI Gainous ______KEER-mar-ee JACARDIA Wright ______juh-CAR-tee-AY (long A) Reed GODINET ______GODE-uh-nay 9 Jacardia Wright RB Daniel IMATORBHEBHE ______ee-MAT-or-bay-bay COACHES 2 Russ Yeast DB KAITORI Leveston ______ka-TOR-ee Chris KLIEMAN ______KLY-men 8 Ty Zentner P/K JAHRON McPherson ______juh-RON mc-FEAR-son Steve STANARD ______STAN-urd MALACHI Mitchell ______MAL-uh-kye Mike TUIASOSOPO ______TWO-ee-AH-so-SO-po

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 11 PLAYERS BY POSITION

QUARTERBACKS TIGHT ENDS PLAYERS RETURNING (4) NOTES PLAYERS RETURNING (8) NOTES Will Howard | 6-4, 232, So.-1L Started 7 games as a true freshman in 2020 Cameron Cotton | 6-4, 245, Sr.-SQ Jaren Lewis | 6-1, 215, So.-SQ Hillard Cozine | 6-4, 266, Jr.-SQ Max Marsh | 6-2, 196, Fr.-RS Konner Fox | 6-4, 253, So.-1L Saw action in 6 games, including each of fi nal 4 Skylar Thompson | 6-2, 223, Sr.-4L Ranks in top 10 in school history in 15 categories C.J. Horton | 6-4, 230, Fr.-RS Nick Lenners | 6-5, 240, Sr.-4L Earned All-Big 12 honors in 2019 Cody Stuffl ebean | 6-4, 252, Fr.-RS SPRING ADDITIONS (1) NOTES Will Swanson | 6-5, 252, Fr.-RS Jake Rubley | 6-2, 205, Fr.-HS Rated as 25th-best overall prospect in 2021 by ESPN Sammy Wheeler | 6-4, 230, Jr.-2L Had 7 catches for 134 yards and a TD last year

LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES SPRING ADDITIONS (2) NOTES Nick Ast | 6-5, 219, 2L Daniel Imatorbhebhe | 6-4, 240, Sr.-TR Played at USC (2015-19) and Illinois (2020) Andrew Sonner | 6-3, 277, Fr.-HS RUNNING BACKS LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES PLAYERS RETURNING (7) NOTES Briley Moore | 6-4, 250, 1L Earned All-Big 12 honors in 2020 Joe Ervin | 5-8, 178, So.-SQ Returns after opting out of 2020 season Keyon Mozee | 5-7, 179, So.-1L One of 9 true freshmen to play in 2020 Clyde Price | 6-0, 214, So.-SQ OFFENSIVE LINEMEN Jordan Schippers | 6-1, 204, So.-RS Transitioning from DB to RB Kaelen Shankle | 5-11, 205, Fr.-RS PLAYERS RETURNING (17) NOTES Deuce Vaughn | 5-5, 171, So.-1L Earned All-America honors as a true FR in 2020 Ben Adler | 6-4, 332, Sr.-2L Started each of the fi rst 8 games of 2020 at RG Jacardia Wright | 6-0, 231, So.-1L Cooper Beebe | 6-3, 322, So.-1L Started at both RT and LG in 2020 Dawson Delforge | 6-5, 321, Sr.-1L Played in 8 games with a start at Baylor Christian Duffi e | 6-5, 305, Jr.-2L Played in 9 games with 8 starts LETTERMEN LOST (2) NOTES Hayden Gillum | 6-3, 296, Jr.-1L Tyler Burns | 6-0, 217, 2L Noah Johnson | 6-1, 293, Sr.-2L A Second Team All-Big 12 honoree in 2020 Harry Trotter | 5-11, 202, 2L Made 7 starts over the 2019 and 2020 seasons Marshall Kellner | 6-3, 305, Jr.-SQ Kaitori Leveston | 6-4, 345, Jr.-2L Played in all 10 games last year with 5 starts FULLBACKS Logan Long | 6-4, 308, Sr.-2L Transitioned from TE to OL prior to 2020 Witt Mitchum | 6-5, 276, Fr.-RS PLAYERS RETURNING (5) NOTES Taylor Poitier | 6-2, 290, So.-1L Played in 4 games in 2020 with 2 starts at RG Mason Barta | 6-1, 236, Sr.-3L Played in all 25 games over past three years Josh Rivas | 6-6, 320, Sr.-3L Started each of the fi rst 8 games of 2020 at LG Jax Dineen | 5-10, 245, Jr.-2L Caught 7 passes for 78 yards last season Sam Shields | 6-4, 285, Fr.-RS Jake Huggins | 6-2, 218, So.-SQ Jackson Smith | 6-3, 280, Fr.-RS Christian Moore | 6-2, 239, So.-1L Trevor Stange | 6-3, 278, So.-SQ Ben Sinnott | 6-3, 241, Fr.-RS Talor Warner | 6-3, 289, Fr.-RS Carver Willis | 6-5, 287, So.-1L Played in 4 games last year as a true freshman WIDE RECEIVERS SPRING ADDITIONS (2) NOTES PLAYERS RETURNING (13) NOTES Hadley Panzer | 6-3, 310, Fr.-HS A 2020 signee who deferred enrollment to spring Ty Bowman | 6-4, 216, Fr.-RS Austin Weiner | 6-6, 240, Fr.-HS Phillip Brooks | 5-7, 167, Jr.-2L Tied for 6th in Big 12 history with 3 punt return TDs Keenan Garber | 5-11, 1167, So.-1L Saw time in 6 games in 2020 PLACE KICKERS/PUNTERS Thomas Helten | 6-3, 210, Jr.-SQ Eric Hommel | 6-2, 204, Sr.-1L PLAYERS RETURNING (4) NOTES Gabe Hoover | 6-0, 185, So.-SQ Jack Blumer | 6-2, 199, Jr.-1L Shared punting duties in 2020 Malik Knowles | 6-2, 200, Jr.-2L Started 9 games in 2020 Owen Lawson | 6-1, 185, Fr.-RS Elliot Ollenburger | 5-10, 177, Jr.-SQ Taiten Winkel | 6-0, 181, Jr.-RS Riley Petz | 6-0, 173, Fr.-RS Ty Zentner | 6-2, 199, Sr.-1L Punted and kicked off during the 2020 season Seth Porter | 5-8, 165, Jr.-2L Chabastin Taylor | 6-4, 215, Sr.-3L Led K-State WRs last year in catches and yds Jaelon Travis | 6-0, 205, Fr.-RS LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES Landry Weber | 5-10, 186, Sr.-3L Blake Lynch | 5-5, 148, 3L Finished 2nd in school history in FG %

SPRING ADDITIONS (3) NOTES LONG SNAPPERS Xavier Gordon | 6-1, 190, Fr.-HS Son of former Wildcat DB Joe Gordon Brenen Hawkins | 6-3, 208, Fr.-HS PLAYERS RETURNING (2) NOTES Shane Porter | 5-11, 174, Fr.-HS Brother of current K-State WR Seth Porter Nelson Pipes | 6-0, 202, Fr.-RS Randen Plattner | 6-2, 227, Jr.-2L Served as LS for all FG/PAT attempts last 2 years LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES D.J. Render | 5-11, 191, 3L LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES Wesley Burris | 5-10, 204, 2L Was long snapper for all punts last 2 years

NOTE: This list is not a depth chart. Players are listed in alphabetical order.

12 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS BY POSITION

DEFENSIVE ENDS DEFENSIVE BACKS PLAYERS RETURNING (10) NOTES PLAYERS RETURNING (15) NOTES Felix Anudike | 6-3, 244, So.-1L One of 9 true freshmen to see action in 2020 Ekow Boye-Doe | 6-0, 165, Jr.-2L Started the fi rst 8 Big 12 games at CB last year Khalid Duke | 6-3, 240, Jr.-2L Made 8 starts in 2020, the fi rst starts of his career Aamaris Brown | 5-10, 184, So.-1L Saw action in 6 games last year as a true freshman Jace Friesen | 6-1, 230, So.-SQ Jaylen Carter | 5-9, 165, Fr.-RS Kirmari Gainous | 6-3, 250, Sr.-1L Played in all 10 games in 2020 Tee Denson | 6-0, 183, So.-1L Played in 7 games last year with a start vs. Texas Reed Godinet | 6-2, 239, So.-1L Ben Driver | 6-0, 202, So.-1L Bronson Massie | 6-4, 258, Sr.-3L Set career highs in TFLs and sacks in 2020 Ross Elder | 6-0, 180, Sr.-2L Made 7 starts at safety in 2020 Nate Matlack | 6-4, 238, Fr.-RS Justin Gardner | 6-2, 180, Sr.-1L Tied for 5th in the Big 12 last year in passes defended Brendan Mott | 6-4, 240, So.-SQ Hunter Henry | 6-0, 190, So.-1L Played in 8 games last year after transferring from Rice Spencer Trussell | 6-3, 238, Jr.-2L Played in 7 games a year ago Jairus Kennedy | 6-1, 175, Fr.-RS Cameron Key | 5-9, 177, Jr.-1L Vaughn Malone | 5-11, 177, So.-SQ LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES Matthew Maschemier | 6-0, 196, Fr.-RS Wyatt Hubert | 6-3, 270, 3L A two-time First Team All-Big 12 performer Jahron McPherson | 6-1, 200, Sr.-3L An Honorable Mention All-Big 12 performer in 2020 Malachi Mitchell | 6-0, 187, Fr.-RS DEFENSIVE TACKLES TJ Smith | 5-9, 190, Fr.-RS Played in the fi rst 4 games last year before injury

PLAYERS RETURNING (5) NOTES SPRING ADDITIONS (5) NOTES Cartez Crook-Jones | 6-3, 271, Jr.-SQ Julius Brents | 6-3, 203, Jr.-TR Played in 19 games over last 3 years at Iowa Robert Hentz II | 6-0, 291, Sr.-1L Saw action in all 10 games last season Gabe Garber | 5-10, 196, Fr.-TR Incoming transfer from Kansas Eli Huggins | 6-4, 295, Sr.-2L An 8-game starter in 2020 who had 6.5 TFLs Kamble Haverkamp | 5-11, 177, Fr.-RS Jaylen Pickle | 6-4, 313, Jr.-1L Played in 8 games with 2 starts in 2020 Trey Krause | 6-0, 190, Fr.-HS Elliott Strahm | 6-1, 281, So.-SQ Russ Yeast | 5-10, 195, Sr.-TR Started 29 games over last 2 years at Louisville Tyrone Taleni | 6-2, 277, Jr.-1L LETTERMEN LOST (5) NOTES SPRING ADDITIONS (2) NOTES Will Jones | 5-9, 183, 1L Transferred to USF Timmy Horne | 6-4, 319, Sr.-TR A transfer from Charlotte, starting 29 career games Tyrone Lewis | 5-11, 202, 1L Transferred to Louisiana Brayden Wood | 6-2, 282, Fr.-HS Rated No. 55 DE in Class of 2021 by Rivals Brock Monty | 6-2, 211, 4L HM Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2020 AJ Parker | 5-11, 178, 4L A career 33-game starter at both NB and CB LETTERMEN LOST (1) NOTES Kiondre Thomas | 6-0, 186, 1L Played one year after transferring from Minnesota Drew Wiley | 6-4, 300, 4L Started every game – the fi rst of his career – in 2020

LINEBACKERS PLAYERS RETURNING (12) NOTES Nick Allen | 5-11, 221, Jr.-2L Saw action in 9 games in 2020 Michael Book | 6-3, 204, Fr.-RS Derek Bowman | 6-1, 215, Jr.-SQ Cody Fletcher | 6-2, 220, Sr.-3L Played in 10 games last year with 3 starts Kienen Gaskin | 5-11, 215, Fr.-RS Daniel Green | 6-2, 233, Jr.-2L Started 2 games and played in all 10 last year Jay Harris | 6-0, 195, Fr.-RS Ryan Henington | 6-1, 210, Sr.-2L Wayne Jones | 6-0, 208, Jr.-2L Moving from DB to LB in 2021 Austin Moore | 6-0, 214, So.-1L Played in 7 games in 2020, mainly on special teams Beau Palmer | 6-2, 213, Fr.-RS

SPRING ADDITIONS (2) NOTES Drake McCall | 6-2, 218, Fr.-HS Eric Munoz | 6-0, 234, Sr.-TR Incoming transfer from Utah State DaVonte Pritchard | 6-1, 200, Fr.-HS Rated No. 2 prospect in Kansas for Class of 2021

LETTERMEN LOST (3) NOTES Levi Archer | 6-3, 217, 1L Justin Hughes | 6-1, 229, 2L Made 15 career starts, including 8 in 2020 Elijah Sullivan | 6-0, 215, 5L Played in parts of 5 seasons and made 24 starts

NOTE: This list is not a depth chart. Players are listed in alphabetical order.

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 13 PERSONNEL PICTURE

SQUAD BREAKDOWN [SPRING] STARTERS RETURNING (20) [MIN 4 GAMES] REDSHIRT RETURNERS (29)* True Freshmen ...... 11 OFFENSE (11) OFFENSE (14) Redshirt Freshmen ...... 27 Ben Adler ...... OL Ty Bowman ...... WR Sophomores ...... 27 Cooper Beebe ...... OL C.J. Horton ...... TE Juniors ...... 27 Phillip Brooks ...... WR Max Marsh ...... QB Seniors ...... 27 Christian Duffi e* ...... OL Witt Mitchum ...... OL Will Howard ...... QB Riley Petz ...... WR LETTERMEN RETURNING (57) Noah Johnson ...... OL Jordan Schippers ...... RB OFFENSE (29) Malik Knowles ...... WR Kaelen Shankle ...... RB Kaitori Leveston* ...... OL Ben Adler ...... OL Sam Shields ...... OL Josh Rivas ...... OL Mason Barta ...... FB Ben Sinnott ...... FB Chabastin Taylor ...... WR Cooper Beebe ...... OL Jackson Smith ...... OL Deuce Vaughn ...... RB Phillip Brooks ...... WR Cody Stuffl ebean ...... TE Dawson Delforge ...... OL Will Swanson ...... TE Jax Dineen ...... FB DEFENSE (6) Jaelon Travis ...... WR Christian Duffi e...... OL Ekow Boye-Doe ...... DB Talor Warner ...... OL Konner Fox ...... TE Khalid Duke ...... DE Keenan Garber ...... WR Ross Elder ...... DB DEFENSE (12) Hayden Gillum ...... OL Justin Gardner* ...... DB Michael Book ...... LB Eric Hommel ...... WR Eli Huggins...... DT Jaylen Carter ...... DB Will Howard ...... QB Jahron McPherson ...... DB Gabe Garber^ ...... DB Noah Johnson ...... OL * Split starting duties in 2020 Kienen Gaskin ...... LB Malik Knowles ...... WR Jay Harris ...... LB Nick Lenners...... TE SPECIALISTS (3) Kamble Haverkamp...... DB Kaitori Leveston ...... OL Jack Blumer* ...... P Jairus Kennedy...... DB Logan Long ...... OL Randen Plattner ...... LS Matthew Maschmeier ...... DB Christian Moore ...... FB Ty Zentner* ...... P Nate Matlack ...... DE Keyon Mozee ...... RB Malachi Mitchell ...... DB Taylor Poitier ...... OL Beau Palmer ...... LB Seth Porter ...... WR LETTERMEN LOST (17) TJ Smith...... DB Josh Rivas ...... OL OFFENSE (5) Chabstin Taylor ...... WR Nick Ast ...... QB SPECIALISTS (3) Skylar Thompson ...... QB Tyler Burns...... RB Owen Lawson ...... PK Deuce Vaughn ...... RB Briley Moore ...... TE Nelson Pipes ...... LS Landry Weber ...... WR D.J. Render ...... WR Taiten Winkel ...... K/P Sammy Wheeler ...... TE Harry Trotter...... RB Carver Willis ...... OL * Players who would have redshirted during a normal season ^ “Redshirted” in 2020 at Kansas Jacardia Wright ...... RB DEFENSE (10) Levi Archer ...... LB DEFENSE (25) Wyatt Hubert...... DE 2021 SIGNEES (21) Nick Allen ...... LB Justin Hughes ...... LB OFFENSE (7) Felix Anudike ...... DE Will Jones II ...... DB RJ Garcia II ...... WR Ekow Boye-Doe ...... DB Tyrone Lewis ...... DB Daniel Imatorbhebhe^* ...... TE Aamaris Brown ...... DB Brock Monty ...... DB Brenen Hawkins^ ...... WR Tee Denson ...... DB AJ Parker ...... DB Andrew Leingang ...... OL Ben Driver ...... DB Elijah Sullivan ...... LB Jake Rubley^ ...... QB Khalid Duke ...... DE Kiondre Thomas ...... DB Devrin Weathers ...... RB Ross Elder ...... DB Drew Wiley ...... DT Austin Weiner^ ...... OL Cody Fletcher ...... LB Kirmari Gainous ...... DE SPECIALISTS (2) Justin Gardner ...... DB DEFENSE (14) Wesley Burris ...... LS Julius Brents^* ...... DB Daniel Green ...... LB Blake Lynch ...... PK Ryan Henington ...... LB Omar Daniels ...... DB Hunter Henry ...... DB Gaven Haselhorst ...... LB Robert Hentz II ...... DB STARTERS LOST (9) [MIN 4 GAMES] Ozzie Hoffl er ...... DE Eli Huggins...... DT OFFENSE (1) Timmy Horne^* ...... DT Damian Ilalio ...... DT Wayne Jones ...... LB Briley Moore ...... TE Cameron Key ...... DB Krew Jackson ...... LB Darell Jones ...... DB Bronson Massie ...... DE DEFENSE (6) Jahron McPherson ...... DB Marvin Martin ...... DB Wyatt Hubert...... DE Austin Moore ...... LB Eric Munoz^* ...... LB Justin Hughes ...... LB Jaylen Pickle ...... DT DaVonte Pritchard^ ...... LB AJ Parker ...... DB TJ Smith...... DB Desmond Purnell ...... DB Elijah Sullivan ...... LB Tyrone Taleni ...... DT Brayden Wood^ ...... DT Kiondre Thomas* ...... DB Spencer Trussell ...... DE Russ Yeast^* ...... DB Drew Wiley ...... DT * Split starting duties in 2020 SPECIALISTS (3) * FBS Transfer ^ Currently Enrolled Jack Blumer ...... P Randen Plattner ...... LS SPECIALISTS (2) Ty Zentner ...... P Wesley Burris ...... LS Blake Lynch ...... PK

14 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL HEAD COACH

THE CHRIS KLIEMAN FILE PERSONAL CHRIS Year in Coaching: 28th Year as Head Coach: Ninth Year at K-State: Third Hometown: Waterloo, Iowa KLIEMAN Spouse: Rhonda Children: Devin, Colby, Haley

EDUCATION Northern Iowa (1990) Bachelor’s in Health Education Northern Iowa (1992) Master’s in Physical Education

PLAYING EXPERIENCE Northern Iowa, Defensive Back (1986-90)

YEAR BY YEAR RECORD Conf. Year School (Pos.) Rec. (Conf) Finish 1991 Northern Iowa (GA) 11-2 (5-1) 1st MVFC Champions; FCS Quarterfinals 1992 Northern Iowa (GA) 12-2 (5-1) 1st MVFC Champions; FCS Semifinals “Stack good days on top of good days, and I promise you Klieman’s work started on the field but didn’t end there 1993 Northern Iowa (DB) 8-4 (5-1) 1st will be pleased with the process.” That has been the mes- as the Wildcats placed a school-record 32 players on the MVFC Champions; FCS Playoffs sage throughout the Chris Klieman era at Kansas State. Academic All-Big 12 teams, including a league-record 1994 Western Illinois (DB) 8-3 (4-2) 2nd 1995 Western Illinois (DB) 4-7 (2-4) t5th And let’s just say there have been many good days stacked 26 first-team members. Headlining the list was Adam 1996 Western Illinois (DB) 9-3 (3-2) 2nd on top of one another. Holtorf, who was the Big 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year, FCS Playoffs a First Team Academic All-American and candidate for 1997 Kansas (GA) 5-6 (3-5) 5th (North) Klieman, a proven winner with a championship history, the Campbell Trophy. 1999 Missouri State (DB) 5-6 (2-4) t4th was named the 35th head football coach in Kansas State 2002 Loras College (DC) 5-5 (4-5) 5th history on December 10, 2018, and in two seasons he has Kansas State jumped out of the gate in Big 12 play in 2003 Loras College (DC) 7-3 (5-3) 3rd compiled 12 wins to tie for the second most in school his- 2020 by winning its first four games, the first time the 2004 Loras College (DC) 4-6 (3-5) 7th tory by a head coach in their first two years. In addition to Wildcats went 4-0 to start conference play in six years 2005 Loras College (HC) 3-7 (2-6) 7th 2006 Northern Iowa (DB) 7-4 (5-2) 3rd the 12 overall wins, Klieman has led the Wildcats to back- and just the sixth time in the 25-year history of the Big 2007 Northern Iowa (DB) 12-1 (6-0) 1st to-back wins over Oklahoma – ranked No. 5 2019 and No. 12. One of those victories was at No. 3 Oklahoma, the MVFC Champions; FCS Quarterfinals 3 in 2020 – kept the Governor’s Cup trophy in Manhattan first road win over a top-five team in school history. The 2008 Northern Iowa (Co-DC/DB) 12-3 (7-1) t1st with two wins over in-state rival KU and has collected nine Wildcats were the first team to win two-straight games MVFC Champions; FCS Semifinals Big 12 Conference wins. against the Sooners since 2013 and 2014 (Baylor) and 2009 Northern Iowa (DC/DB) 7-4 (5-3) 3rd the first to defeat top-five Sooner teams in consecutive 2010 Northern Iowa (DC/DB) 7-5 (6-2) 1st In year one at the helm of the K-State program, the Wild- years since 2001 and 2002 (Oklahoma State). MVFC Champions; FCS Playoffs cats managed to win eight games, finish in a tie for third 2011 North Dakota State (DB) 14-1 (7-1) 1st MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions in the Big 12 after being picked ninth in the preseason, However, battling through the COVID-19 pandemic and 2012 North Dakota State (DC/DB) 14-1 (7-1) 1st knocked off No. 5 Oklahoma at home for the first time losing senior starting quarterback Skylar Thompson for MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions since 1996, won at Mississippi State – the Wildcats first the season during the third game of the year, the Wildcats 2013 North Dakota State (DC/DB) 15-0 (8-0) 1st win in 11 tries inside an SEC stadium – kept the Gover- finished at 4-6. K-State was one of just two teams in MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions nor’s Cup in Manhattan following their 11th-straight win the nation (Georgia Tech) to start true freshmen at both 2014 North Dakota State (HC) 15-1 (7-1) 1st over rival Kansas and quickly got back to bowl eligibility quarterback and running back in at least seven games MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions after missing out the year prior. The eight wins by Klieman in 2020. The running back turned out to be one of the 2015 North Dakota State (HC) 13-2 (7-1) 1st were the most in school history by a first-year coach and best in the nation as Deuce Vaughn was named the True MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions 2016 North Dakota State (HC) 12-2 (7-1) 1st also ranked second nationally among first-year Power 5 Freshman of the Year by 247Sports, landed on multiple MVFC Champions; FCS Semifinals head coaches in 2019, trailing only Ohio State’s Ryan Day. All-America teams and was the Big 12 Offensive Fresh- 2017 North Dakota State (HC) 14-1 (7-1) 1st man of the Year. Vaughn was one of nine Wildcats to earn MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions A total of 15 Wildcats earned All-Big 12 recognition in All-Big 12 honors. The Wildcats also had another stellar 2018 North Dakota State (HC) 15-0 (8-0) 1st 2019, led by Special Teams Player of the Year Joshua year in the classroom in 2020 as they broke their own MVFC Champions; FCS National Champions Youngblood, who became the first true freshman in Big record from the year prior for Academic All-Big 12 honors 2019 Kansas State (HC) 8-5 (5-4) t3rd 12 history to be named Big 12 player of the year on of- with 33, which included 26 first-team members. AutoZone Liberty Bowl fense, defense or special teams. His three kick returns for 2020 Kansas State (HC) 4-6 (4-5) 7th touchdowns led the nation in 2019 and sparked key Big 12 OVERALL REC. (HC & Asst) 250-89 (139-62) wins over Texas Tech and No. 23 Iowa State. REC. AS HEAD COACH 84-23 (47-19)

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 15 HEAD COACH

KLIEMAN RECORD Prior to arriving at K-State, Klieman capped his five-year The Bison won the Missouri Valley Football Conference stint as head coach at North Dakota State by winning his each of his five years as head coach and put together a BREAKDOWN fourth national championship in 2018. He tied Jim Tressel collective 36-4 (90.0 percent) record against conference Overall ...... 84-24 (.778) Overall (K-State) ...... 12-11 (.522) (Youngstown State) for the most FCS National Champion- foes during that time. He was named the Bruce Craddock Home (Overall) ...... 52-11 (.825) ships as a head coach, while he was a part of all seven of MVFC Coach of the Year in 2017, while he was the 2014 Home (K-State) ...... 7-5 (.583) NDSU’s national championships, the most in FCS history. Rawlings Football/American Football Monthly FCS Coach Away (Overall) ...... 28-12 (.700) of the Year and the 2018 AFCA Region 4 FCS Coach of Away (K-State) ...... 5-5 (.500) Klieman guided the 2018 Bison to a perfect 15-0 record, the Year. Neutral ...... 4-1 (.800) Conference (Overall) ...... 47-19 (.712) just the fifth team in FCS history to go undefeated and un- Conference (K-State) ...... 9-9 (.500) tied on the way to a national championship. North Dakota Klieman’s teams were a model of success at NDSU, Home Conference (Overall) ...... 24-10 (.706) State also claimed that feat in 2013 when Klieman as the ranking highly in many of the key statistical categories Home Conference (K-State) ...... 5-4 (.556) defensive coordinator. throughout his tenure. The Bison scoring offense ranked Away Conference (Overall) ...... 23-10 (.697) in the top 10 each of his final three seasons in Fargo, Away Conference (K-State) ...... 4-5 (.444) Non-Conference (Overall) ...... 37-5 (.881) A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Klieman finished first in NDSU including a 41.5-points-per-game mark to rank sixth in Non-Conference (K-State) ...... 3-2 (.600) history in winning percentage (.920) and third in victories 2018, and their total offense mark ranked in the top 20 Home Non-Conference (Overall)...... 28-2 (.933) (69). the final two years, including a 271.7-yard mark in 2018 Home Non-Conference (K-State) ...... 2-1 (.667) to rank 14th in the nation. Away Non-Conference (Overall) ...... 5-2 (.714) Klieman’s accomplishments as the Bison head coach Away Non-Conference (K-State) ...... 1-0 (1.000) Neutral Non-Conference ...... 4-1 (.800) came despite losing 23 seniors and welcoming seven Klieman, who came up through the coaching ranks on FCS Playoffs ...... 18-1 (.947) new assistant coaches prior to his first season at the defense, has always produced on that side of the ball as Home ...... 14-1 (.933) helm in 2014. That year, the Bison went 15-1 and won NDSU finished his final season ranked in the top 15 in Neutral ...... 4-0 (1.000) the national championship before going 13-2 with another red zone defense (1st), scoring defense (3rd) and total national championship in 2015, 12-2 with a semifinal ap- defense (5th). The Bison ranked in the top six in scor- Coming Off a Win* ...... 70-11 (.864) at K-State* ...... 9-4 (.692) pearance in 2016 and 14-1 with a third national title in ing and total defense in four of his five seasons as head Coming Off a Loss* ...... 9-10 (.474) 2017. coach, including a No. 1 national ranking in total defense at K-State* ...... 3-5 (.375) in 2017 (237.4). Coming Off a Bye * ...... 20-3 (.870) Klieman holds an 84-24 record in his eight seasons over- at K-State ...... 3-3 (.500) all as head coach, including a 69-6 mark at North Dakota Elevated from defensive coordinator to head coach at In August ...... 3-1 (.750) State and 12-11 at K-State. His 77.8% winning mark as NDSU on December 15, 2013, Klieman’s defensive units In September ...... 19-5 (.792) a head coach is the 13th-highest percentage by an active during his two-year run as coordinator each included top- In October ...... 28-5 (.848) coach among all NCAA Divisions at the end of the 2020 10 rankings in scoring defense, total defense, rushing de- In November ...... 17-8 (.680) season (minimum eight years), while it was the fourth- fense and passing defense. Highlighting that run were No. In December ...... 14-3 (.824) best mark among current FBS coaches. 1 rankings in scoring defense in both 2012 and 2013, and In January ...... 4-0 (1.000) total defense in 2012, the latter when he was named the Tuesday ...... 0-1 (.000) Klieman’s record is even more impressive considering 39 Football Scoop FCS Coordinator of the Year. NDSU also led Friday ...... 4-1 (.800) of his 69 wins at North Dakota State (56.5 percent) came the nation in scoring defense when he was the defensive Saturday ...... 80-22 (.784) over ranked opponents, while he had two wins in two tries backs coach in 2011. over FBS competition – a 34-14 victory at Iowa State in Scoring First ...... 60-13 (.822) his first game at the helm of NDSU and a 23-21 triumph Klieman began his coaching career as a graduate assis- at K-State ...... 10-6 (.625) Opponent Scores First ...... 24-11 (.686) at 11th-ranked Iowa in 2016. His teams were also stellar tant at his alma mater, Northern Iowa, in 1991 and 1992 at K-State ...... 2-5 (.286) in protecting home field as evidenced by his 43-3 home before being promoted to an assistant coach in 1993. He Leading at Halftime...... 67-7 (.905) record at NDSU, which includes winning each of his last went on to Western Illinois as an assistant coach from at K-State ...... 9-3 (.750) 19 games at the FargoDome. 1994 to 1996 before serving as a graduate assistant at Behind at Halftime ...... 10-16 (.385) Kansas in 1997 and an assistant coach at Missouri State at K-State ...... 2-7 (.222) Tied at Halftime ...... 7-1 (.875) in 1999. at K-State ...... 1-1 (.500) Overtime ...... 3-0 (1.000) Klieman then moved on to Division III Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he was the defensive coordinator Outgain Opponent ...... 75-4 (.949) from 2002 to 2004 before taking over as head coach for at K-State ...... 5-2 (.714) Outgained by Opponent ...... 9-20 (.310) the 2005 season. He returned to Northern Iowa in 2006 at K-State ...... 7-9 (.438) as an assistant coach before being elevated to defensive coordinator for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Win Turnover Battle ...... 53-8 (.869) at K-State ...... 7-2 (.778) Klieman was a three-time All-Gateway Conference de- Lose Turnover Battle ...... 14-12 (.538) at K-State ...... 1-8 (.143) fensive back at Northern Iowa and four-year letterwinner Equal Turnovers ...... 17-4 (.810) from 1986 to 1990. He graduated from UNI in 1990 with at K-State ...... 4-1 (.800) a bachelor’s degree in health education and a master’s degree in physical education in 1992. With 100-Yard Rusher ...... 46-3 (.939) at K-State ...... 5-3 (.625) Scoring a Defensive Touchdown ...... 17-0 (1.000) Klieman and his wife, Rhonda, are parents of two sons, at K-State ...... 3-0 (1.000) Devin and Colby, and one daughter, Haley. Scoring a Special Teams Touchdown ...... 9-3 (.750) at K-State ...... 4-2 (.667) * In Season Only

16 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH VAN MALONE Assistant Head Coach 10 BOWL GAMES Passing Game Coordinator/Cornerbacks TWO-TIME NFL PRO BOWL NOMINEE Houston, 2002 k-statesports.com/CoachMalone @VanBMalone3rd

Van Malone, who has several ties to the Big 12 and was a suc- With Malone on staff, the Cow- The MALONE File cessful defensive back in both college and the NFL, enters his third boys ranked seventh nationally season coaching the cornerbacks at Kansas State in 2021. Malone with 30 turnovers forced during added the titles of assistant head coach and passing game coordi- the 2013 regular season, with 10 nator prior to the 2020 campaign. of those turnovers involving his cornerbacks. In his first season in Manhattan, Malone helped lead a defense that ranked second in the Big 12 by allowing 21.4 points per game, Malone’s move to Stillwater came after two years serving as sec- K-State’s best mark since 2003. Thanks in part to Malone’s work ondary coach and recruiting coordinator at Tulsa. Forcing turnovers in the back end, Kansas State ranked second in the nation in third was a recurring theme during Malone’s time in Tulsa as, in 2010, down defense at 28.0% - its best mark since at least 2003 – and the Golden Hurricane defense ranked first nationally in intercep- second in the Big 12 in passing yards per game (202.9 yards per tions with 24, while Tulsa was the NCAA’s second-ranked team game) – its best finish in five years. for turnover margin and third for turnovers gained. In 2011, Tulsa was 12th nationally with 18 passes intercepted and 25th with 28 Malone tutored AJ Parker, who picked up Honorable Mention All- turnovers gained. Big 12 accolades in 2019 despite missing the final five games of the year due to injury. At the time of his injury, Parker was tied for Malone first coached in the Big 12 from 2006-09 when he worked PERSONAL second in the Big 12 and 17th nationally in interceptions. at Texas A&M, with three of those four years resulting in bowl ap- Year in Coaching: 23rd pearances. Year at K-State: Third Malone took on more of a holistic approach for the team in 2020 Hometown: Houston, Texas as the assistant head coach while continuing to tutor the Wildcat Malone coached defensive backs at North Texas during the 2005 Spouse: Nedra cornerbacks. K-State corners combined for a pair of intercep- season and also assisted coaching the special teams. Before that, Children: Van, Vaughn, Vincent tion-return touchdowns in 2020 to tie for seventh in the nation. Malone served as the cornerback coach and worked with the spe- The first was by Parker, whose 37-yard return touchdown was vital cial teams at Western Michigan in 2004. EDUCATION in K-State’s 21-14 victory at TCU. Following the game, Parker was Houston (2002) named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week and the Jim Thorpe Malone played five seasons in the NFL after being drafted in the Bachelor’s in Social Science Award Player of the Week. The second pick-six was by communi- second round – the 57th selection overall – by the Detroit Lions ty-college transfer Justin Gardner in the very next game against in 1994. He played in every game as a rookie and was a standout PLAYING EXPERIENCE Kansas. special teams player, earning Special Teams Player of the Week on six different occasions. His special teams play earned him a nomi- Texas, Defensive Back (1990-93) Gardner finished the year tied for fifth in the Big 12 in passes de- nation for the Pro Bowl in 1994 and 1995, while the Lions reached Detroit Lions, Defensive Back (1994-97) fended (9) and tied for seventh in interceptions (2). Malone also the playoffs in both of those seasons. coached up Ekow Boye-Doe, who had seen limited time on defense POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE during his career prior to starting this first-career game in K-State’s In 1996, Malone started every game, was named the special teams 1991 Cotton Bowl ...... Texas* win at No. 3 Oklahoma. Boye-Doe started eight games and finished captain and was awarded a game ball three times. After the 1997 1994 NFL Playoffs ...... Detroit Lions* with seven passes defended to rank 11th in the conference. season, Malone signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals and 1995 NFL Playoffs ...... Detroit Lions* retired after the 1998 season due to injury. 1997 NFL Playoffs ...... Detroit Lions* Malone came to Manhattan after one year working as a defensive 2006 Holiday Bowl ...... Texas A&M quality control coach at Mississippi State, helping the Bulldogs earn Malone began coaching in the high school ranks at his alma mater, 2007 Alamo Bowl ...... Texas A&M an 8-4 record and a No. 1 national ranking in scoring defense and a Houston Waltrip, from 1999-2002. He also coached at Conroe High 2009 Independence Bowl ...... Texas A&M No. 3 mark in total defense. School from 2002-03. He earned the Houston High School Coaches 2013 Heart of Dallas Bowl ...... Oklahoma State Association “Assistant Coach of the Year” in 2000 and was also 2014 Cotton Bowl ...... Oklahoma State Prior to Mississippi State, Malone was the defensive coordinator honored by the Houston Police Department with the “Lifesaver of 2015 Cactus Bowl ...... Oklahoma State at SMU for three years, including the 2017 season when he was the Year” Award. 2017 Frisco Bowl ...... SMU named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) National 2018 Outback Bowl ...... Mississippi State FBS Assistant Coach of the Year. That year, he tutored three All-AAC Malone was a four-year letterman (1990-93) at Texas, earning 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State performers, including Justin Lawler, who was the conference’s All-America honors and All-SWC accolades as a defensive back * As a player leader in sacks. his senior season. As a freshman in 1990, Malone earned Sporting News Freshman All-America honors as Texas won the Southwest Malone coached Lawler to his first All-AAC honor in 2016, a year Conference Championship. he was joined on the list by cornerback Horace Richardson and safety Darrion Millines. Malone’s 2016 defense was statistically A native of Houston who majored in education/sports management one of the 10 most improved in college football. The Mustangs while at Texas, Malone completed his undergraduate work through ranked seventh nationally in interceptions per game and forced 26 the NFL’s degree completion program and earned his degree in so- turnovers overall. In fact, two of Malone’s three defenses finished cial science from the University of Houston in 2002. in the top 20 in defensive turnovers. Malone and his wife, Nedra, have three sons, Van, Vaughn and Malone went to SMU after a three-year stint at Oklahoma State Vincent. Vaughn is a cornerback for the Wildcats. where he coached the Cowboys’ safeties in 2012 before switching to cornerbacks for the next two seasons. Under Malone’s direct For a complete bio on Van Malone, guidance, Justin Gilbert became Oklahoma State’s first finalist for visit www.k-statesports.com/CoachMalone the Thorpe Award in 2013, a year he ranked fifth nationally with six interceptions and had two pick-sixes.

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 17 ASSISTANT COACH JOE KLANDERMAN Defensive Coordinator FIVE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION Safeties EIGHTH YEAR AS A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR Minnesota State, 2001 k-statesports.com/CoachKlanderman @CoachKlanderman

A seven-year member of Chris Klieman’s staff, Joe Klanderman During his time at Minnesota The KLANDERMAN File enters his third season at Kansas State in 2021 and his second as State, Klanderman helped tutor the defensive coordinator. In addition to running the defense, Klan- 26 first team all-conference derman also tutors the Wildcat safeties as he has done so since honorees and 10 All-Americans. arriving in Manhattan in 2019. He helped five Maverick squads earn at least nine wins, including In his second-career stint as a defensive coordinator, Klanderman the 2012 and 2013 seasons in which MSU went a combined 24-2. oversaw a unit in 2020 that ranked seventh in the nation in inter- ception-return touchdowns and 24th in sacks, the latter being the Klanderman was a three-year starter on the defensive line for Wildcats’ best mark in five years. The Wildcats had four All-Big the Mavericks from 1997 to 2001, serving as a starter for three 12 performers, including first-team honoree Wyatt Hubert as the of those seasons. A product of Hammond, Wisconsin, Klanderman defensive end ranked 16th in the nation and third in the Big 12 was named an Academic All-Region honoree following his senior in sacks. season in 2001.

Another All-Big 12 performer and Klanderman protégé, Jahron A 2001 graduate from Minnesota State with a degree in social McPherson, was a catalyst in helping K-State upset No. 3 Okla- studies, Klanderman also obtained his master’s degree in sports homa in Norman. McPherson totaled 11 tackles – including one administration from MSU in 2004. PERSONAL for a loss – a forced fumble and an interception. He was the first Year in Coaching: 20th Wildcat with double-digit tackles, a TFL, a forced fumble and a pick Klanderman and his wife, Amanda, are the parents of four children, Year at K-State: Third in the same game since 2002. Elle, Corryn, Jarrett and James. Hometown: Hammond, Wisconsin Spouse: Amanda In his first year in Manhattan, Klanderman helped the Wildcats rank Children: Elle, Corryn, Jarrett, James first in the nation in third down defense at 28.0%, which was the best by K-State since at least 2003. The Wildcats also ranked 15th EDUCATION nationally in first down defense (224) and put together a No. 2 Minnesota State (2001) ranking in the Big 12 in pass defense (202.9 yards per game), their Bachelor’s in Social Studies best ranking in the conference since in five seasons. Thanks in part Minnesota State (2004) to Klanderman’s tutelage of the back end of the defense, K-State al- Master’s in Sports Administration lowed just 21.4 points per game, their best mark since 2003. Under Klanderman’s guidance, Denzel Goolsby earned Honorable Men- PLAYING EXPERIENCE tion All-Big 12 honors, the first Wildcat safety to do so since 2016. Minnesota State, Defensive Line (1997-2001) Klanderman came to Manhattan from North Dakota State after helping the Bison win four national titles in his five seasons on POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE staff, which included a perfect 15-0 record in 2018. The NDSU de- 2008 Division II Playoffs ...... Minnesota State fense was a major factor in its undefeated run as the Bison ranked 2009 Division II Playoffs ...... Minnesota State first nationally with 23 interceptions, including six by safety Robbie 2011 Mineral Water Bowl...... Minnesota State Grimsley and five by safety James Hendricks. 2012 Division II Semifinals ...... Minnesota State 2013 Division II Second Round ...... Minnesota State Overall, the Bison ranked in the top five in scoring defense each 2014 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State of his five years on staff, including a No. 2 ranking in 2017 (11.6 2015 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State points per game) and No. 3 spot in 2018 (12.6). His secondary has 2016 FCS Semifinals ...... North Dakota State also helped NDSU rank in the top 11 in passing yards allowed in 2017 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State four of the five years, with a No. 3 national ranking in 2017 (147.9 2018 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State yards per game). 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State Thanks to the nation-leading 23 picks in 2018, the Bison totaled 100 interceptions during Klanderman’s five years on staff, helping NDSU finish third in the country in 2017 and fifth in both 2014 and 2016.

During his time at NDSU, Klanderman coached a trio of All-America safeties in Grimsley, Colten Heagle and Tre Dempsey, in addition to multiple all-conference performers. Heagle finished his career ranked first in Bison history with 191 solo tackles, while Grimsley was second with 159.

Klanderman went to North Dakota State after a 12-year coach- ing stint at his alma mater, Minnesota State. While in Mankato, Klanderman served as the defensive line coach from 2002 to 2004 before moving to the secondary in 2005. He then took over the reins as defensive coordinator from 2007 to 2013 while coaching the linebackers.

18 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH COURTNEY MESSINGHAM Off ensive Coordinator EIGHT BOWL GAMES Wide Receivers TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION Northern Iowa, 1990 k-statesports.com/CoachMessingham @CoachMessingham

Courtney Messingham, a 31-year coaching veteran who has and ranked second in yards per The MESSINGHAM File served as a coordinator at multiple stops in addition to coaching rush (6.41). virtually every offensive position, enters his third season as Kansas State’s offensive coordinator in 2021. In addition to running the NDSU ranked in the top-10 in the offense, Messingham also coaches the Wildcat wide receivers after nation in scoring offense during tutoring the fullbacks and tight ends his first two seasons. both of Messingham’s seasons at the controls, going for 41.5 The Wildcats took to Messingham’s offense quickly in his first year points per game in 2018 and 38.7 points per game in 2017, helping as K-State led the nation in red zone offense (96.2%), ranked ninth the Bison earn a combined 29-1 record and two national champion- in the country and first in the Big 12 in time of possession (33:27), ships. North Dakota State’s rushing offense also ranked in the top and 10th nationally in passes intercepted (5). The red-zone mark 10 each of Messingham’s two seasons at the helm by averaging was the best by the Wildcats since at least 2001 and the best by a 286.2 yards in 2018 to rank seventh and 272.2 yards per game in Big 12 team since at least 2004, while their five interceptions tied 2017 to rank fourth. And, although the Bison averaged less than for the fewest in school history in a 13-game season and tied for 200 yards passing per game, they were extremely efficient when the ninth fewest in the Big 12 era. they did throw, ranking fourth (163.15) and second (169.71) in passing efficiency in 2017 and 2018, respectively. In his first game coordinating the Wildcat offense, K-State put to- PERSONAL gether a 573-yard effort against Nicholls – tied for the seventh Messingham went to NDSU from Montana State, where he was Year in Coaching: 32nd most in a single game in school history – while the Wildcats opened the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2016. That Year at K-State: Third the season with a pair of 500-yard outputs for the first time in season under Messingham’s guidance, quarterback Chris Murray school history. was named Big Sky Freshman of the Year and was a Freshman Hometown: Waterloo, Iowa All-American. Prior to that, Messingham was the offensive and Spouse: Carol Eight Wildcats on offense picked up all-conference honors in 2019 special teams quality control coach at Indiana in 2014 and 2015, Children: Taylor – the most since 2012 – which included first-team fullback Nick aiding an offense with two 1,000-yard rushers, a 1,000-yard re- Lenners. Quarterback Skylar Thompson was the first Wildcat sig- ceiver and a 3,500-yard passer to mark just the fourth occurrence EDUCATION nal caller to earn the nod from the league’s coaches since 2014, as in NCAA history. Northern Iowa (1990) he finished the year ranked 10th in school history in single-season Bachelor’s in Manufacturing and Mechanical Design completions (177) and touchdowns responsible for (23). His stint in Manhattan is his second tour of duty in the Big 12 as St. Ambrose (1992) Messingham spent five seasons at Iowa State, including his final MBA Battling COVID-19 protocols and seeing his senior starting quarter- two as the offensive coordinator. He coached the tight ends in 2009 back lost for the season in the third game, Messingham tutored an and 2010 before switching to wide receivers in 2011. Messingham PLAYING EXPERIENCE offense that ranked fourth in the nation – and tops in the Big 12 – in took control of the Cyclone offense in 2012 and 2013, helping ISU red zone offense (93.9), while the Wildcats ranked 22nd nationally set a school record for touchdown passes the first year (28), while Northern Iowa, Quarterback/Defensive Back (1985-89) and tied for first in the Big 12 in sacks allowed (1.40). the Cyclones also ranked in the top five that season in passing yards (fourth), first downs (fourth), total offense (fifth), total touch- POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE Three Wildcats on offense earned All-Big 12 honors, including one downs (fifth) and points (fifth). 1985 FCS Semifinals ...... Northern Iowa* of his pupils in tight end Briley Moore, who picked up second-team 1987 FCS Semifinals ...... Northern Iowa* accolades. Another Wildcat to earn second-team honors was true Messingham received his first coaching job as a graduate assistant 2005 New Orleans Bowl...... Southern Miss freshman running back Deuce Vaughn, who was also named the at St. Ambrose (Iowa) in 1990 before being promoted to offensive 2007 GMAC Bowl ...... Southern Miss True Freshman of the Year by 247Sports, to multiple All-America coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 1991 and 1992 sea- 2007 Papajohns.com Bowl ...... Southern Miss teams and was the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year. With sons. He then moved to Iowa Lakes Community College for the 2009 Insight Bowl ...... Iowa State Messingham’s play calling and scheme, Vaughn broke the K-State same role in 1993 and 1994 before working at Truman State from 2011 Pinstripe Bowl ...... Iowa State freshman records for rushing yards, yards from scrimmage and 1995 to 1998. 2012 Liberty Bowl ...... Iowa State all-purpose yards. 2015 Pinstripe Bowl ...... Indiana A teammate of Klieman at Northern Iowa from 1986 to 1989, the Vaughn was one of two K-State true freshmen to start at least duo first reunited in the coaching profession at Missouri State in 2017 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State seven games in 2020, the other being quarterback Will Howard as 1999 when Messingham was the wide receivers and tight ends 2018 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State Thompson was out for the season with an injury in the third game. coach. Following that season, Messingham took over as offensive 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State The Wildcats were one of just two teams in the nation to start true coordinator from 2000 to 2002. * As a player freshmen at quarterback and running back for at least seven games during the 2020 campaign. After a two-year stint as head coach at Upper Iowa University in 2003 and 2004 while the Peacocks were reclassifying to Division Under Messingham’s guidance, Howard became the first true fresh- II, Messingham took his first FBS job at Southern Miss from 2005 man quarterback in school history to win his first career start when to 2007, the first two as wide receivers coach before tutoring the the Wildcats won at TCU, while he was the first to win his first two running backs. career starts when K-State took down Kansas in the next game. In Messingham’s 11 years of FBS experience, he has helped coach Messingham came to Manhattan after an ultra-successful two-year eight teams to bowl eligibility. stint as offensive coordinator and running backs coach at North Dakota State under head coach Chris Klieman. Messingham’s A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Messingham graduated from UNI with offense reset the NDSU and Missouri Valley Football Conference a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing and mechanical design in record books in 2018, a year that the Bison went 15-0 and won its 1990 and earned a master’s degree in business administration FCS-record seventh national championship, all coming within an from St. Ambrose in 1992. He and his wife, Carol, have one daugh- eight-year span. The Bison set the school and conference marks ter, Taylor. for points scored (622), touchdowns scored (80), rushing offense (4,293), total offense (7,076) and rushing touchdowns (54). Addi- For a complete bio on Courtney Messingham, tionally, the 2018 Bison set a school record for yards per play (7.37) visit www.k-statesports.com/CoachMessingham

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 19 ASSISTANT COACH BRIAN ANDERSON Assistant Coach NINE BOWL GAMES Running Backs 15 TOTAL POSTESASON APPEARANCES Western Illinois, 1994 k-statesports.com/CoachAnderson @CoachAnderson15

A 26-year coaching veteran with ties to the state of Kansas, Brian Donnell Kirkwood, who churned The ANDERSON File Anderson is in his third season as K-State’s running backs coach out 926 yards during his sopho- in 2021. more campaign.

Anderson’s running backs have found success in each of his first Minnesota receivers flourished two seasons in Manhattan, including the 2020 campaign when he under Anderson, especially in tutored one of the most electrifying true freshmen in the nation in 2015. Sixteen different Gophers, seven of them receivers, combined Deuce Vaughn. Despite a limited offseason and consistent COVID- to catch 251 passes for 2,793 yards and 15 touchdowns. The 251 19 protocols throughout the year, Vaughn totaled 1,221 all-purpose receptions were the most by a Minnesota team since 2008. Gopher yards – including 642 yards on the ground – in 10 games with receivers combined to catch 158 passes (62.9 percent) for 1,794 nine total touchdowns. Thanks to Anderson’s teachings, Vaughn yards with 12 touchdowns. was named the 247Sports True Freshman of the Year, a Fresh- man All-American by the Football Writers Association of America Anderson coached senior KJ Maye to a record-breaking season in (FWAA) and The Athletic, an Honorable Mention All-American by 2015. Maye, who started his Minnesota career as a running back, Phil Steele and the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year by the caught 73 passes for 773 yards and five touchdowns on his way league’s coaches. to All-Big Ten accolades. His 73 receptions ranked second all-time and were the most ever for a senior. PERSONAL Vaughn, who broke the K-State freshman records for rushing yards, Year in Coaching: 27th yards from scrimmage (1,076) and all-purpose yards, was the first Prior to his stint in Minneapolis, Anderson coached tight ends at Year at K-State: Third Wildcat true freshman to earn First or Second Team All-Big 12 hon- Northern Illinois for three years after tutoring the wide receivers Hometown: Rockford, Illinois ors on offense in the Big 12 era. Anderson and Vaughn – in addition and kick returners at Southern Illinois the previous seven seasons. Spouse: Kerri to the other Wildcat running backs – helped K-State finish fourth Children: Annabelle the nation and tops in the Big 12 in red zone offense at 93.9%. Anderson’s ties to the state of Kansas go back to the late 1990s when he coached at Coffeyville Community College from 1997- EDUCATION Anderson tutored a running back group in 2019 that helped the 2000, where three of his student-athletes went on to play in the Western Illinois (1994) Wildcats finish fourth in the Big 12 in rushing offense (178.0 yards NFL. He also coached two seasons at Highland Community College. Bachelor’s of Arts per game) and third in the league in rushing touchdowns (29). Due to its work on the ground, K-State led the nation in red-zone offense Anderson began his coaching career at Western Illinois, serving PLAYING EXPERIENCE at 96.2% – the best mark by the Wildcats since at least 2001 and as a student assistant in 1994, before coaching wide receivers in Ellsworth CC, Wide Receiver (1988-89) the best by a Big 12 team since at least 2004. K-State also ranked 1995-96. Western Illinois, Wide Receiver (1990-92) ninth in the nation in time of possession at 33:27, the highest by a Wildcat team since 2012. Anderson’s playing career began at Ellsworth Community College in POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE Iowa Falls, Iowa. At Ellsworth, Anderson took part in the 1988 Royal 1991 FCS Playoffs ...... Western Illinois* Not only did Anderson have to teach the running back group a new Crown Cola Bowl and the 1989 Mid-American Bowl, that season’s offense, he had to do so with zero scholarship running backs on NJCAA national championship game. He then moved on to Western 2003 FCS Playoffs ...... Southern Illinois the roster when he arrived. However, Anderson and the Wildcats Illinois, where he lettered as a wide receiver in 1991 and 1992. 2004 FCS Playoffs ...... Southern Illinois did benefit from a pair of graduate transfers in James Gilbert and 2005 FCS Quarterfinals...... Southern Illinois Jordon Brown, who finished first and third on the team in rushing, Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois, and he 2006 FCS Quarterfinals...... Southern Illinois respectively. Under Anderson, Gilbert rushed for 737 yards and six and his wife, Kerri, have a daughter Annabelle. 2007 FCS Semifinals ...... Southern Illinois touchdowns en route to Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades. 2008 Independence Bowl ...... Northern Illinois 2010 International Bowl ...... Northern Illinois Anderson came to Manhattan from Illinois State, where he coached 2010 Humanitarian Bowl ...... Northern Illinois the wide receivers in 2018. He made an impact during his one 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl ...... Minnesota season in Normal, coaching a receiving group that combined for 2013 Texas Bowl ...... Minnesota 133 receptions for 1,913 and 15 touchdowns. Most of those figures 2015 Citrus Bowl ...... Minnesota were the production of Spencer Schnell, a First Team All-Missouri 2015 Quick Lane Bowl ...... Minnesota Valley Conference performer who capped off his career by leading 2016 Holiday Bowl ...... Minnesota the league in receptions with 65 and ranking second with 872 re- 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State ceiving yards. * As a player Anderson also tutored Andrew Edgar, a Freshman All-American who set an Illinois State freshman record with 746 yards on 44 receptions to go along with four touchdowns. Edgar was also named to the MVFC All-Newcomer team.

A bulk of Anderson’s career has been with under head coach Jerry Kill, who served as an Associate Athletics Director at K-State in 2016. Anderson was on Kill’s staff at Southern Illinois from 2001- 07 and Northern Illinois from 2008-10 before joining him in Minne- sota for the 2011-16 seasons.

At Minnesota, Anderson tutored the running backs from 2011 to 2013. During his final season at the position, Anderson helped pro- duce the Gophers’ first 1,000-yard running back in eight years when David Cobb rushed for 1,202 yards. In 2012, Anderson coached

20 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH COLLIN KLEIN Assistant Coach SEVEN BOWL GAMES Quarterbacks 2012 HEISMAN TROPHY FINALIST Kansas State, 2011 k-statesports.com/CoachKlein @ckleincat7

A 2012 Heisman Trophy finalist and one of the greatest quarter- Klein also helped develop The KLEIN File backs to ever don a Kansas State uniform, Collin Klein enters his Thompson – then a redshirt fifth season tutoring the K-State quarterbacks in 2021 and his sev- freshman – who started the final enth overall on the Wildcat coaching staff. four games of the season and passed for 689 yards, the fourth In 2019, Klein was able to help implement a new offense and work most by a freshman in school with quarterback Skylar Thompson as the Wildcats were one of the history. Thompson’s season was highlighted by a Wildcat victory top offensive units in the Big 12. Under Klein’s guidance, Thompson at 10th-ranked Oklahoma State where he threw for 204 yards and earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades as he finished 10th three touchdowns on 10-of-13 aim, good for a 274.89 pass effi- in K-State history in single-season completions (177) and touch- ciency rating to rank fifth in school history. downs responsible for (23). Taking a page out of Klein’s playbook when he was a player, Thompson rushed for 11 touchdowns on Additionally, Alex Delton helped lead the Wildcats to victories the year to tie for eighth nationally among quarterbacks, including against Kansas and Texas Tech in 2017, while he came off the seven over a two-game stretch in wins over No. 5 Oklahoma and bench against UCLA in the Cactus Bowl to rush for 158 yards and Kansas. three touchdowns to earn Offensive MVP honors.

Thanks in part to Klein’s teachings, the Wildcats led the nation in Klein was the co-offensive coordinator in 2018, and for a the sec- PERSONAL red zone offense (96.2%), ranked ninth in the country and first in ond-straight year he was forced to play multiple quarterbacks due Year in Coaching: Eighth the Big 12 in time of possession (33:27), and 10th nationally in to injury. A majority of the starts in 2018 went to Thompson, who Year at K-State: Seventh fewest passes intercepted (5). K-State’s red-zone percentage was threw for 1,391 yards and nine touchdowns in 10 starts. Hometown: Loveland, Colorado its best since at least 2001 and the best by a Big 12 team since at Spouse: Shalin least 2004, while the five picks tied for the fewest in school history Klein entered the coaching profession as an assistant director of Children: Beric, Rhett in a 13-game season. recruiting operations and quality control coach at K-State in 2014 before taking over as an offensive graduate assistant the follow- EDUCATION The 2020 season saw some hardship as Thompson started the year ing year. He helped guide Jake Waters to a school-record 3,501 Kansas State (2011) under center but only lasted three games prior to a season-end- passing yards in 2014 and assisted Joe Hubener and Kody Cook Bachelor’s in Business Financial Services and Controllership ing injury. One of Thompson’s starts was in K-State’s win at No. in leading the Wildcats to a bowl in 2015 by splitting time at quar- 3 Oklahoma, the Wildcats’ first road win over a top-five team. In terback. PLAYING EXPERIENCE that game, Thompson threw for a career-high 334 passing yards and accounted for four touchdowns as he became the first Big 12 The 2012 Johnny Unitas Award winner, Klein finished his Wildcat K-State, Quarterback (2009-12) quarterback with consecutive wins over Oklahoma since 2013 and career ranking in the school’s top 10 in 34 different game, season 2014. and career record categories. He was the first quarterback from a POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE Power 5 school since 1998 to rush for at least 20 touchdowns and 2010 Pinstripe Bowl ...... K-State* However, the next week saw Thompson go down for the year, and pass for 10 scores in consecutive seasons by doing so in 2011 2012 Cotton Bowl ...... K-State* Klein inserted true freshman Will Howard. Howard went on to start and 2012. 2013 Fiesta Bowl ...... K-State* seven games – one of four true freshmen quarterbacks in the nation 2015 Alamo Bowl ...... K-State to make at least seven starts – and the Wildcats won his first two Klein led the Wildcats to a combined 21-5 record as the starting 2016 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State starts, the first K-State true freshman signal caller to accomplish quarterback in 2011 and 2012, which culminated with a No. 1 na- 2017 Cactus Bowl ...... K-State the feat. Howard went on to set the K-State freshman record for tional ranking, Big 12 Championship and Fiesta Bowl berth in 2012. 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State passing touchdowns (8) and finish third in passing yards (1,178). * As a player Klein’s first job as an assistant coach came when he served as Thompson will back in the fold for 2021, and Klein will help tutor the quarterbacks coach at Northern Iowa in 2016. During his lone the sixth-year senior as he chases down school records. Thompson, season in Cedar Falls, Klein tutored a pair of quarterbacks that split who is just the second quarterback in school history to throw for reps in Eli Dunne and Aaron Bailey. 5,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a career, can be the first Wildcat ever to hit the 6,000/1,000 mark in a career. He also en- Dunne finished the year throwing for 1,175 yards and seven touch- ters his second senior campaign ranked in the top 10 in 15 career downs, which was highlighted by a 418-yard, two-touchdown out- categories, including the top mark in interception percentage (1.84), ing against Missouri State en route to FCS National Performer of the a third-place ranking in yards per completion (12.87) and the No. Week honors. Bailey totaled 882 yards and six touchdowns through 5 mark in completions (390), passing efficiency (136.01), rushing the air, while he rushed for six scores. yards (1,083) and rushing touchdowns (22) by a quarterback. Klein obtained his undergraduate degree from K-State in December In just his first season as a K-State assistant coach in 2017, Klein 2011 in business financial services and controllership. He is mar- helped the Wildcats earn their eighth-straight bowl berth despite ried to the former Shalin Spani, a former Wildcat women’s basket- being forced the start three different quarterbacks due to injury. ball player. The couple has two sons, Beric and Rhett. K-State finished the year ranked 13th in the nation in passing yards per completion (14.48), while the Wildcats’ 141.7 passing efficiency mark ranked eighth in school history.

Under Klein’s tutelage, Jesse Ertz put together the fifth-best pass efficiency mark in a season (150.22) while his 129.5 career mark ranked ninth in K-State history. He also set the school record for lowest interception percentage (1.92).

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 21 ASSISTANT COACH JASON RAY Assistant Coach NINE BOWL GAMES Fullbacks/Tight Ends 2018 NATIONAL CHAMPION Missouri, 2007 k-statesports.com/CoachRay @CoachJRay

A young coach with ties to the Big 12, Jason Ray is in his third sea- Ray spent the previous three The RAY File son at Kansas State in 2021. Ray coaches the fullbacks and tight seasons at fellow Missouri Valley ends after working with the wide receivers the first two seasons. Conference schools, coaching wide receivers at Missouri State Ray’s receivers helped the 2019 Wildcats finish first in the nation (2016-17) and Northern Iowa in red zone offense (96.2%), rank ninth in the country and first in (2015). Ray coached Malik Earl the Big 12 in time of possession (33:27) and 10th nationally in at MSU to a pair of all-conference honors as a junior and senior, passes intercepted (5). The red-zone figure was the best by the while he also tutored Zac Hoover to all-conference honors in 2017. Wildcats since at least 2001 and the best by a Big 12 team since at least 2004. Prior to joining UNI, Ray spent the 2013 and 2014 seasons as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State mentoring the Cowboys’ receiv- He helped complete the career of walk-on-turned-starter Dalton ers and return specialists. Oklahoma State turned in one of the Schoen, who earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades as a strongest offensive performances in school history in 2013, ranking senior and finished his career ranked seventh in school history in 14th nationally in scoring and registering the No. 5 passing offense yards per reception (17.05) and 15th in total receiver yards (1,569). in program history en route to a berth in the Cotton Bowl. Under Ray, Schoen helped bring along a young receiver corps as five of the top seven Wildcat receivers were either freshmen or Ray guided Josh Stewart – who set a Big 12 record with a 95-yard PERSONAL sophomores. punt return for a touchdown – to Second Team All-Big 12 honors, Year in Coaching: 13th while he ranked fourth nationally in punt-return average (18.2 yards Year at K-State: Third Ray also assisted in the return game as he helped tutor Joshua per return). Additionally, Justin Gilbert led the conference in kickoff Hometown: Porter, Oklahoma Youngblood to multiple All-America honors and the Big 12 Special return average (26.6 yards per return). Spouse: Courtney Teams Player of the Year award after returning a nation-leading Children: Hensley, Thea, Anderson three kickoffs for touchdowns. Youngblood was the first Wildcat true Ray’s first coaching job came at Wyoming from 2009 to 2012, help- freshman to be named either First or Second Team All-American ing lead the Cowboys to a pair of bowl games, including a win in the EDUCATION since Tyler Lockett in 2011, while he was the first true freshman in 2009 New Mexico Bowl. He coached the running backs, overseeing Missouri (2007) Big 12 history to earn the conference’s top honor on either offense, the development of All-Mountain West performer Alvester Alexan- Bachelor’s in Marketing defense or special teams. der, who capped his career with 2,127 yards and 27 touchdowns to rank among the top 10 in school history in both categories. PLAYING EXPERIENCE In year two with his receivers battling injuries and the Wildcats playing with a true freshman quarterback, six different receivers Ray was a three-year letterwinner as a wide receiver at Missouri Missouri, Wide Receiver (2003-07) combined for 59 receptions for 727 yards and six touchdowns. and was a part of four bowl teams, which included wins in the Ray’s receivers helped the Wildcats rank fourth in the nation in red Independence Bowl (2005) and Cotton Bowl (2007). He was a team POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE zone offense (93.9%). captain for the 2007 season when the Tigers won a school-record 2003 Independence Bowl ...... Missouri* 12 games, advanced to the Big 12 Championship game and were 2005 Independence Bowl ...... Missouri* In the return game, Ray helped tutor Phillip Brooks, who earned ranked No. 1 in the nation late in the season, the school’s first top 2006 Sun Bowl ...... Missouri* First Team All-Big 12 honors thanks to a 22.1-yard average and two ranking in 47 years. 2008 Cotton Bowl ...... Missouri* touchdowns on 11 attempts. Brooks’ highwater mark came against 2009 New Mexico Bowl ...... Wyoming Kansas when he broke the school record with 189 yards and a Ray, who was president of Mizzou’s Student-Athlete Advisory 2011 New Mexico Bowl ...... Wyoming pair of scores en route to Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week Committee, graduated with a degree in marketing in 2007. He then 2014 Cotton Bowl ...... Oklahoma State accolades. Additionally, Malik Knowles ranked sixth in the Big 12 worked as a development associate for the Tiger Scholarship Fund 2015 Cactus Bowl ...... Oklahoma State with an 18.5-yard average on 11 kickoff returns. where he assisted with prospective donor solicitation, coordinated 2018 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State special events and projects, and cultivated stewardship toward his 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State Ray came to Manhattan after serving one season at North Dakota alma mater’s primary athletics fundraising operation. * As a player State under head coach Chris Klieman. He helped the Bison go 15-0 with a national championship in 2018 thanks in part to an Ray and his wife, Courtney, are parents of one daughter, Hensley, offense that shattered many NDSU and Missouri Valley Conference and twins Thea and Anderson. records, including points scored (622), touchdowns scored (80) and total offense (7,076). Additionally, the 2018 Bison ranked fourth in school history in both passing yards (2,783) and passing touch- downs (28).

On a national scale in 2018, NDSU ranked sixth in scoring offense (41.5 points per game), 10th in passing yards per completion (15.46), second in passing efficiency (169.71) and 14th in total offense (471.7 yards per game).

Ray coached up Darrius Shepherd to All-Missouri Valley Con- ference honors in 2018 as he led the team with 62 receptions for 1,065 yards and nine touchdowns, including a 125-yard, two-touchdown performance in the national championship to earn Most Outstanding Player honors. Under Ray, Shepherd finished his senior campaign third in school history in receiving yards, tied for third in touchdowns and fourth in receptions. Shepheard also fin- ished second in NDSU history in career receiving yards (2,841) and receptions (188), and sixth in touchdowns (20).

22 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH CONOR RILEY Assistant Coach FIVE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION Off ensive Line COACHED PLAYERS TO NINE ALL-AMERICA HONORS Omaha, 2003 k-statesports.com/CoachRiley @CoachCRiles

A developer of young talent who has consistently churned out qual- Riley coached multiple All-Amer- The RILEY File ity offensive lines, Conor Riley enters his third season at Kansas icans at NDSU, starting with State in 2021. fullback Andrew Grothmann in 2013, and continuing with Riley hit the ground running in 2019 as he tutored four linemen that offensive linemen Joe Haeg earned All-Big 12 honors from either the league’s coaches or Asso- (2014, 2015), Zack Johnson ciated Press, the most by the Wildcats since 2012. The group was (2015, 2016), Landon Lechler (2016), Austin Kuhnert (2017), headlined by seniors Scott Frantz (second team), Adam Holtorf Tanner Volson (2018) and Zack J. Johnson (2018). Haeg, a former (honorable mention) and Nick Kaltmayer (honorable mention), walk-on right tackle, developed into a fifth-round NFL draft pick and while sophomore Josh Rivas was a first-team performer by the is currently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Associated Press. In 2018, Volson was named the top offensive lineman in the country The Wildcat line paved the way for 178.0 rushing yards per game by the FCS Athletic Directors Association, the fifth-straight Bison to rank fourth in the Big 12, while K-State’s 29 rushing touchdowns under Riley to earn the nod after Kuhnert (2017), Zack Johnson were the third most in the league. Thanks in large part to Riley’s (2016) and Haeg (2015 and 2014). Volson also won the 16th an- guidance of the line, K-State led the nation in red zone offense nual Rimington Trophy as the top center among all FCS, NCAA Di- (96.2%) – the best mark by the Wildcats since at least 2001 and vision II, III and NAIA players, and he was also named a First Team PERSONAL the best by a Big 12 team since at least 2004. Kansas State also All-American by HERO Sports and STATS. Year in Coaching: 19th ranked ninth in the country and first in the Big 12 in time of pos- Year at K-State: Third session (33:27), its best figure since 2011. Volson and Zack J. Johnson each earned 2018 First Team All-Mis- Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska souri Valley Conference honors, and Johnson added a First Team Spouse: Christy Coming into the 2020 season with no returning starters from the All-America honor from the Walter Camp Foundation. Children: Cate, Claire previous campaign – and without any spring practices and limited preseason work due to the COVID-19 pandemic – Riley brought a Riley came to NDSU as tight ends and fullbacks coach in 2013 EDUCATION new line together throughout the year and turned it into one of the before molding one of the top offensive lines in the nation the Omaha (2003) top units in the Big 12 toward the end of the season. The Wildcats next season. With four new starters and a fifth who was chang- Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice had their two best rushing outputs in the final two games, totaling ing positions, the 2014 Bison rolled to a 15-1 record and national Minor in Political Science 256 yards at Baylor and 274 yards against Texas, each of which championship. ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 for total rushing yards in a con- PLAYING EXPERIENCE ference game during the 2020 season. The Bison offensive line paved the way for a school-record 1,994 rushing yards by running back John Crockett in 2014, while NDSU Omaha, Offensive Line (1999-02) Protecting a true freshman starting quarterback for most of the sea- ranked first in the FCS with only 3.38 tackles for loss allowed per son, the Wildcats’ front line ranked 22nd in the nation and second game. POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE in the Big 12 in sacks allowed (1.40 sacks per game) and helped 2000 Division II Quarterfinals ...... Omaha* K-State lead the league and rank fourth nationally in red zone of- Riley spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons as the offensive line coach 2001 Division II Playoffs ...... Omaha* fense (93.9%). Spearheading the Wildcat line was walk-on turned at Sacramento State where the Hornets’ blockers allowed just 2013 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State team captain Noah Johnson, who was a Second Team All-Big 12 seven sacks in 11 games during the 2011 season. 2014 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State honoree by the league’s coaches and also earned votes for the Big 2015 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year award. Prior to working on the west coast, Riley was the offensive line 2016 FCS Semifinals ...... North Dakota State coach and running game coordinator at the Omaha from 2007 to 2017 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State Riley came to Manhattan from North Dakota State where he 2010, which included a No. 4 national ranking in rushing offense 2018 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State coached the previous six seasons – including the last five tutoring during the 2009 season. 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State the offensive line under head coach Chris Klieman – helping NDSU * As a player win five national championships during his tenure. A 2003 graduate of University of Nebraska Omaha, Riley began his collegiate coaching career at UNO as a student and graduate Each of Riley’s six years on the NDSU staff, the Bison averaged at assistant from 2003 to 2005. He left his alma mater to become least 235 rushing yards per game and ranked in the top 10 nation- the offensive line coach at Concordia University-St. Paul in 2006. ally in rushing, including a highwater mark of 286.2 yards per game in 2018 to rank seventh the nation and a 272.2-yard clip in 2017 The Omaha native enjoyed a standout high school career at Creigh- to rank fourth. North Dakota State resided in the top 10 in time of ton Prep. He began his collegiate playing career at the U.S. Air possession in three of Riley’s five years coaching the line, including Force Academy, then transferred to Kansas before heading to UNO a first-place mark in 2015 (36:38). Riley’s lines also finished highly in 1999. in fewest sacks allowed, ranking 10th in 2016 and eighth in 2018. After redshirting his first season, Riley was named the North Cen- Riley’s 2018 offensive line blocked for the best in Bison and Mis- tral Conference’s outstanding lineman twice in his three-year ca- souri Valley Conference history in terms of points scored (622), reer. Following his senior year, he earned 2002 American Football touchdowns scored (80), total rushing yards (4,293), total offense Coaches Association (AFCA) and Daktronics All-America first team (7,076) and rushing touchdowns (54). Additionally, NDSU set a honors. Riley was a second team Division II All-American as a junior school record for yards per play (7.37) and ranked second in yards in 2001. per rush (6.41). He and his wife, Christy, are the parents of two daughters, Cate The 2018 season also saw the Bison line help NDSU rank second and Claire. nationally in first down offense (327), third in third-down percent- age (.524) and sixth in scoring offense (41.5).

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 23 ASSISTANT COACH

STEVE STANARD STAN-urd Assistant Coach TWO-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION Linebackers 11 BOWL GAMES Nebraska, 1989 k-statesports.com/CoachStanard @CoachStanard

A veteran coach with ties to the Midwest and more than 30 years Dakota (1996) and five years as The STANARD File of coaching experience, Steve Stanard is in his second season at the defensive coordinator at Ne- Kansas State in 2021 as the program’s linebackers coach. braska Wesleyan (1991-95).

In his first year in Manhattan, Stanard (STAN-urd) saw three of While at Tulane, Stanard’s de- his linebackers rank in the top five on the team in tackles, while fense led Conference USA in the Wildcats ranked 24th nationally in sacks to stand as K-State’s passing defense in two out of his three seasons there. At Colorado best mark in five seasons. One of his linebackers, Elijah Sullivan, State, helped guide the Rams to two bowl appearances, coached earned Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors. four defenders to All-Mountain West First or Second Team honors, and another 24 to honorable mention all-conference recognition. Stanard, who has 20-seasons worth of experience as a defensive coordinator, came to K-State after spending the last three years Stanard also served as the defensive line coach at Ohio in 2008, as the defensive ends coach at Syracuse. He began his coaching while he coached the defensive ends and outside linebackers at career at Nebraska following his playing days with the Huskers, New Mexico State from 1997 to 1999 before being named the Ag- and he crossed paths with head coach Chris Klieman at North gies’ defensive coordinator in 2000. Dakota State in 2012 and 2013 when Stanard tutored the Bison linebackers. Stanard began his college coaching career in 1988 as a student PERSONAL assistant coach at his alma mater, Nebraska. During his time in Year in Coaching: 34th Over his final two seasons tutoring the Orange edge rushers, Lincoln both on the field and on the sideline, Stanard was a member Year at K-State: Second Stanard helped Syracuse produce 56 takeaways (2.2 per game) of seven bowl teams, while he has been a part of 11 total bowl Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska as it held a plus-22 turnover margin during that span. Stanard squads as either a player or a coach. Spouse: Jennifer guided the careers of Alton Robinson and Kendall Coleman, who Children: Austin, Paige, Max, Madison developed into one of the ACC’s most productive tandems during After a three-year stint with the Huskers, Stanard received his first that time. Robinson logged 32.5 career tackles for loss and finished full-time coaching job in 1991 at Nebraska Wesleyan. He served EDUCATION his career seventh in team history with 17.5 sacks, while Coleman as the school’s defensive coordinator, and later, head coach and Nebraska (1989) registered 26.5 tackles for loss and 15.5 sacks. assistant athletic director. Bachelor’s in Business Administration Nebraska (1995) In 2019, Stanard helped the Orange rank No. 12 nationally in Stanard earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration Master’s of Business Administration turnovers gained (25) and No. 11 in fumbles recovered (12), while from Nebraska in 1989 and later obtained his M.B.A. from the Robinson garnered All-ACC Honorable Mention accolades. In 2018, school in 1995. PLAYING EXPERIENCE Syracuse ranked in the top 10 nationally in five statistical catego- ries, including sacks per game (6th - 3.31). Robinson developed Stanard and his wife, Jennifer, have four children – Austin, Paige, Nebraska, Defensive End (1984-87) into a Second Team All-ACC performer and combined with Coleman Max and Madison. to produce 20 sacks – the most of any ACC duo. Both players led POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE the conference and tied for eighth nationally in sacks per game 1984 Sugar Bowl ...... Nebraska* (0.83). 1985 Fieta Bowl...... Nebraska* 1986 Sugar Bowl ...... Nebraska* Overall, Stanard’s unit was responsible for 29 of Syracuse’s 1987 Fiesta Bowl ...... Nebraska* school-record 43 sacks in 2018 to help the Orange to a 10-3 record 1988 Orange Bowl ...... Nebraska and the 2018 Camping World Bowl Championship. 1989 Fiesta Bowl ...... Nebraska 1990 Citrus Bowl ...... Nebraska Prior to joining the Syracuse staff, Stanard served as the defensive 1991 NAIA DII Playoffs...... Nebraska Wesleyan coordinator and linebackers coach at Wyoming from 2014 to 2016. 2003 San Francisco Bowl ...... Colorado State In 2015, Stanard protégé Logan Wilson led all conference rookies 2005 Poinsettia Bowl ...... Colorado State in tackles per game (6.7) and was voted the 2016 Mountain West 2012 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State Freshman of the Year. Stanard’s unit helped Wyoming to a berth in 2013 FCS Champions ...... North Dakota State the 2016 Mountain West title game and to an appearance in the 2016 Poinsettia Bowl ...... Wyoming Poinsettia Bowl as the Cowboys ranked third nationally with five 2018 Camping World Bowl ...... Syracuse defensive touchdowns and were 10th in the country in takeaways * As a player (27).

Stanard went to Wyoming from NDSU as he helped the Bison earn a 29-1 record and capture consecutive FCS national titles. His work with the linebackers contributed to the Bison boasting the nation’s top-ranked scoring defense in both 2012 (11.5 points per game) and 2013 (11.3 points per game). In 2013, Stanard coached Grant Olson, who was named an All-American by the Associated Press.

Stanard’s experience as a defensive coordinator includes running defenses at six schools. In addition to his three years running the Wyoming defense, he spent three seasons as the defensive coor- dinator and linebackers coach at Tulane (2009-11), five years as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Colorado State (2003-07), three years as the defensive coordinator at New Mexico State (2000-02), one season as the defensive coordinator at South

24 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH

MIKE TUIASOSOPO TWO-ee-AH-so-SO-po Assistant Coach 10 BOWL GAMES Defensive Tackles FOUR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Pacifi c Lutheran, 1989 k-statesports.com/CoachTui @CoachMikeTui

Mike Tuiasosopo, a 30-year coaching veteran, is in his third sea- where he coached the defensive The TUIASOSOPO File son at Kansas State coaching the defensive tackles in 2021. tackles. That season, Utah went 10-2 with a victory in the Liberty Tuiasosopo (TWO-ee-AH-so-SO-po) helped the 2019 Wildcat de- Bowl en route to a No. 21 final fense rank second in the nation in third-down defense (28.0%) ranking. Tuiasosopo was instru- – their lowest mark since at least 2003 – and surrender only 368.4 mental in the recruitment and yards per game – the best by a K-State defense since 2013. Addi- development of Sione Pouha, a third-round selection by the New tionally, K-State allowed its fewest points per game – 21.4 – since York Jets in 2005, and Jonathan Fanene, who was drafted that 2003. same year by the Cincinnati Bengals.

The defense was led in part by a duo of starting senior defensive Tuiasosopo got his start in coaching in 1990 and 1991 when he led tackles coached by Tuiasosopo, Trey Dishon and Jordan Mittie. the defensive line and special teams at Montclair Academy in Van Dishon, who was a four-year starter, set career highs in tackles Nuys, California. He then went on to become a graduate assistant at (30) and tackles for loss (5.0), while he tied his career high in sacks Pacific in 1991 and 1992, while he was the head coach at Berkley (3.0). Mittie, a former graduate transfer, carded 33 tackles and tied High School in 1993 and 1994. a career high with 5.5 TFLs. He earned his first full-time job collegiate job at Utah State in 1996, PERSONAL In year two, Tuiasosopo’s defensive tackles helped the Wildcats coaching four seasons for the Aggies. While in Logan, Tuiasosopo Year in Coaching: 30th rank fourth in the Big 12 and 24th in the nation sacks, the Wildcats’ coached three All-Big West defensive linemen, including 1997 Big Year at K-State: Third best mark nationally in five years. Senior Drew Wiley, who was West Defensive Player of the Year Ben Crosland. That season, Hometown: Carson, California starting for the first time in his career, earned Second Team All-Big Crosland also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors from Spouse: Kathy 12 honors from the Associated Press after tying for 10th in the Big Sporting News, while he also earned All-Big West honors as a junior Children: Lanea, Maya, Titus, Luke 12 in sacks (4.5) and 14th in tackles for loss (9.0). Those two totals in 1996. were the most by a Wildcat interior defensive lineman since 2017. EDUCATION Tuiasosopo moved from Utah State to Nevada in 2000, coaching Tuiasosopo came to Manhattan after serving one season as the de- three seasons for the Wolfpack. At Nevada, he coached WAC sack Pacific Lutheran (1989) fensive line coach at UTEP. Prior to his time in El Paso, he served as leader Jorge Cordova, who was a third-round draft pick of the Bachelor’s in Physical Education and Health the special teams quality control assistant at USC in 2017, which Jacksonville Jaguars in 2004. Pacific (1992) claimed the Pac-12 Conference title for the first time in nine years. Master’s in Education Administration Credentials The Trojans were effective in the return game, ranking third in the In addition to his work in high school and college, Tuiasosopo also Pac-12 in kickoff returns (23.5 yards per return) and punt returns served three NFL Minority Intern Fellowships, doing so with the San PLAYING EXPERIENCE (11.9 yards per return). Francisco 49ers (1997), Green Bay Packers (2002) and Kansas Pacific Lutheran, Defensive Tackle (1985-88) City Chiefs (2013). Before serving as the special teams quality control assistant, Tui- POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE asosopo served as an offensive consultant for USC in 2016, and he Tuiasosopo lettered four years as a defensive tackle at Pacific Lu- 1985 NAIA DII Semifinals ...... Pacific Lutheran* was a volunteer football analyst for the Trojans the season prior. theran University (1985-88), starting his final three years. He was 1986 NAIA DII Playoffs...... Pacific Lutheran* a two-time First Team All-Columbia Conference performer, and in 1987 NAIA DII Champions...... Pacific Lutheran* USC was the latest of several stops throughout the Pac-10/12 as his junior year, Pacific Lutheran won the NAIA Division II National 1988 NAIA DII Playoffs...... Pacific Lutheran* he coached the outside linebackers and special teams at UCLA in Championship. PLU was 36-7-2 during his career, and Tuiasosopo 1997 Humanitarian Bowl ...... Utah State 2014 after coaching the defensive line at Colorado in 2011 and was the Lutes captain during his senior season. 2012, while he coached the defensive tackles at Arizona from 2004 2003 Liberty Bowl ...... Utah to 2010. Tuiasosopo comes from a football-rich family tradition. His uncle, 2008 Las Vegas Bowl ...... Arizona Bob Apisa, was a two-time All-American fullback at Michigan 2009 Holiday Bowl ...... Arizona While in Westwood, the 2014 Bruin defense finished the year State and was drafted by Green Bay in 1968. A cousin, Manu 2010 Alamo Bowl ...... Arizona garnering the No. 3 spot in total defense (398.5 yards per game) Tuiasosopo, was a two-time All-American defensive lineman at 2015 Alamo Bowl ...... UCLA in the Pac-12, which featured Tuiasosopo product Deon Hollins UCLA, was the No. 18 overall pick by Seattle in the 1979 NFL Draft 2015 Holiday Bowl ...... USC becoming the Bruins’ sack leader in his first season as a starter. and started for the Super Bowl XIX champion (1984 season) San 2017 Rose Bowl...... USC On special teams, the kickoff coverage unit ranked second in the Francisco 49ers. 2017 Cotton Bowl ...... USC Pac-12 as returner Ishmael Adams finished the season ranked 21st 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State nationally in combined returns. One of Tuiasosopo’s younger brothers, Navy, lettered at Utah State * As a player from 1983 to 1986 and played for both the Los Angeles Rams and Tuiasosopo joined Mike Stoops’ staff at Arizona in 2004 and St. Louis Cardinals. Another younger sibling, Titus, played for USC coached in Tucson for seven seasons, including his final three sea- from 1988 to 1991. Two more of Tuiasosopo’s cousins played col- sons where the Wildcats ranked highly in the nation in total defense legiately and in the NFL – John Tautolo (offensive line, UCLA/New (24th in 2008, 25th in 2009, 33rd in 2010). Arizona led the Pac-10 York Giants, New England) and Terry Tautolo (linebacker, UCLA/ in quarterback sacks all three years, largely due to Tuiasosopo’s Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francisco, Miami). His nephew, Marques defensive front. Tuiasosopo, was a quarterback at Washington and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders before also playing for the New York Jets. Tuiasosopo tutored All-Pac 10 performer Ricky Elmore in addition Marques is currently the tight ends at California. to Brooks Reed and De’Aundre Reed to 2011 NFL Draft selections. Reed was a second-round pick (No. 42 overall) by the Minnesota Tuiasosopo graduated from Pacific Lutheran with a degree in physi- Vikings. Tuiasosopo also coached two others that earned all-con- cal education and health in 1989, while he earned his master’s de- ference honors and were drafted into the NFL, Earl Mitchell – a gree from Pacific in Education Administration Credentials in 1992. third-rounder in 2010 – and Lionel Dotson in 2008. In 2010, he tu- tored Justin Washington to several Freshman All-America honors. Tuiasosopo and his wife, Kathy, have four children: Lanea, Maya, Tuiasosopo spent the 2003 season on Urban Meyer’s staff at Utah Titus and Luke.

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 25 ASSISTANT COACH BUDDY WYATT Assistant Coach NINE BOWL GAMES Defensive Ends COACHED IN BIG 12, BIG TEN, SEC TCU, 1990 k-statesports.com/CoachWyatt @CoachBuddyWyatt

Buddy Wyatt, a veteran defensive line coach who has worked in the In addition to Miller, Wyatt also The WYATT File Big 12, SEC, Big Ten and American Athletic Conference during his has worked with NFL players 30-year career, is in his third season as Kansas State’s defensive such as Ndamukong Suh (five- ends coach in 2021. time Pro Bowl selection who was the No. 2 pick in the 2010 NFL Wyatt went right to work with two dynamic ends at K-State, coach- Draft), Michael Bennett (three- ing senior Reggie Walker to Honorable Mention All-Big 12 honors time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl champion), Jamal Wil- and sophomore Wyatt Hubert to First Team All-Big 12 accolades. liams (two-time All-Pro player), Adam Carriker (first-round draft Under Wyatt, Hubert also earned votes for the Big 12 Defensive pick in 2007), Tyler Brayton (first-round pick in 2003), Rocky Player of the Year and Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year Bernard (Super Bowl champion), Ty Warren (two-time Super awards. Hubert tied for second in the Big 12 in sacks and ranked Bowl champion), Justin Bannon, Ronald Edwards and Ronald 10th in tackles for loss. Flemons.

Wyatt’s tutelage of the ends in 2019 was a major factor in the Wild- Helping teams advance to nine bowls during his career, Wyatt has cats leading the nation in third-down defense at 28.0%, the best also worked at a pair of Big Ten schools in Minnesota (1992-95) mark by K-State since at least 2003. Kansas State also allowed just and Northwestern (1997-98), in addition to SEC school Alabama 21.4 points per game, the second-best mark in the Big 12 and the (2003-06). PERSONAL program’s best figure since 2003. Year in Coaching: 31st During his career, Wyatt has been selected to the NCAA Expert Year at K-State: Third Wyatt went back to work tutoring Hubert in 2020 to another First Coaches Academy, a program that addresses the shortage of eth- Hometown: Victoria, Texas Team All-Big 12 honor from the league’s coaches – and was the nic minorities in college football head coaching positions and raises Spouse: Andrea only unanimous choice on defense – as he tied for third in the Big awareness regarding the deep pool of talented, qualified coaching Children: Fredrick, Ariel 12 and 16th in the nation in sacks. Wyatt again earned votes for the candidates. Big 12 Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Year awards EDUCATION in 2020. Thanks to Wyatt’s teachings, Hubert finished his career A native of Victoria, Texas, Wyatt was a defensive lineman at TCU tied for eighth in school history with 20.0 career sacks, while he from 1986 to 1989. He earned his bachelor’s degree in education TCU (1990) left ranking seventh in the nation among active players in sacks per from TCU in 1990 and began his coaching career as a graduate as- Bachelor’s in Education game (0.59) and 10th in tackles for loss per game (1.00). sistant for the Horned Frogs working with the defensive line in 1991.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE As a team, the Wildcats ranked 27th in the nation and third in the Wyatt and his wife, Andrea, have two children, Fredrick and Ariel. TCU, Defensive Line (1986-89) Big 12 with 2.80 sacks per game. The Wildcats’ national ranking Fredrick (Fred) completed his collegiate career at Northwestern in was their best in five seasons. 2018, playing in all 14 games with 10 starts as a senior, and is a POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE current graduate assistant for K-State. 1999 Insight.com Bowl ...... Colorado Wyatt came to Manhattan after serving as a senior analyst at 2000 Independence Bowl ...... Texas A&M Kansas in 2018. Wyatt’s previous full-time assistant coaching 2001 GalleryFurniture.com Bowl ...... Texas A&M job was tutoring the SMU defensive line from 2015 to 2017 under 2004 Music City Bowl ...... Alabama then-Mustang defensive coordinator and now K-State assistant 2006 Cotton Bowl ...... Alabama head coach Van Malone. 2006 Independence Bowl ...... Alabama 2009 Independence Bowl ...... Texas A&M SMU’s defense was stout with Wyatt’s help as the 2016 Mustangs were statistically one of the 10 most improved in college football. 2017 Frisco Bowl ...... SMU SMU forced 26 turnovers overall that season, one of two Mustang 2019 Liberty Bowl ...... K-State defenses during that three-year stretch to finish in the top 20 in turnovers. SMU also ranked 38th nationally with 31 sacks in 2017 – including eight in one game – and 30th nationally with 90 tackles for loss.

Wyatt coached a pair of all-conference players in three years at SMU, headlined by defensive end Justin Lawler. Lawler tallied 9.5 sacks in 2017 and tied for the team lead with 15.5 tackles for loss as the Mustangs had 19 different players make a tackle behind the line of scrimmage en route to their first bowl appearance in five seasons.

Wyatt’s tenure in Manhattan is his seventh tour of duty in the Big 12 having coached at Oklahoma State (1996), Colorado (1999), Texas A&M (2000-02, 2008-09), Nebraska (2007) and Kansas (2010-14).

During his second stint with the Aggies – one in which he also worked with Malone – Wyatt helped the Aggies rank 15th in the country with 35 sacks and 34th nationally with 82 tackles for loss. The group was headlined by a Wyatt protégé in defensive end/ linebacker Von Miller, who had 17.0 sacks that season. Miller, a two-time All-American, went on to become an NFL All-Pro player and MVP of Super Bowl 50.

26 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL ASSISTANT COACH TRUMAIN CARROLL Director of Strength & Conditioning 9 BOWL GAMES 6 YEARS AS HEAD STRENGTH COACH AT FBS SCHOOLS Oklahoma State, 2005 k-statesports.com/CoachTru @CoachTruCarroll

Trumain Carroll, a 15-year veteran of the strength and condition- Carroll earned his bachelor’s The CARROLL File ing field who has spent the last six years leading strength and con- degree in university studies from ditioning efforts at FBS schools, has been hired as Kansas State’s Oklahoma State in December Director of Strength and Conditioning. 2005. He received his Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach Carroll spent the 2020 season as the Director of Football Strength Certification in May 2007 and and Conditioning at South Florida, while he was the Director of his USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Certification in February Strength and Conditioning for the Arkansas football program the 2008. Most recently, Carroll earned his Master Strength and Condi- previous two seasons. tioning Certification in May 2020.

No stranger to the Big 12 and the Midwest, Carroll played football Carroll and his wife, Jarne, have a young son, Trumain “Deuce.” at Oklahoma State from 2001 to 2005 and served two different terms as an assistant strength coach for the Cowboys, while he also was the Director of Strength and Conditioning at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2008 to 2011.

After his playing days at OSU where he helped the Cowboys earn PERSONAL three-consecutive bowl berths, Carroll was an assistant strength Year in Coaching: 16th and conditioning coach from 2006 to 2008. While in Stillwater, Car- Year at K-State: First roll designed and directed the strength program for the Oklahoma Hometown: Houston, Texas State women’s basketball program that advanced to the Sweet 16 Spouse: Jarne in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. He also assisted in the strength Children: Trumain “Deuce” and conditioning program with the football team that won the 2006 EDUCATION Independence Bowl and the 2007 Insight.com Bowl. Oklahoma State (2005) Bachelor’s in University Studies Carroll then went to be the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at South Carolina State from 2011 to 2012 where he oversaw the PLAYING EXPERIENCE strength and conditioning program for over 300 student-athletes in Oklahoma State, Defensive End (2001-05) 14 sports before returning to OSU for the 2013 and 2014 seasons and working with current K-State assistant coaches Van Malone POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE and Jason Ray. 2002 Houston Bowl ...... Oklahoma State* 2004 Cotton Bowl ...... Oklahoma State* In 2015, Carroll went to SMU as the Director of Strength and Condi- 2004 Alamo Bowl ...... Oklahoma State* tioning for the Mustangs for three seasons. While in Dallas, Carroll 2006 Independence Bowl ...... Oklahoma State oversaw all strength and conditioning for over 400 student-ath- 2007 Insight Bowl ...... Oklahoma State letes in 17 sports with an emphasis in football, a time in which 2014 Cotton Bowl ...... Oklahoma State he worked with Malone and current Wildcat defensive ends coach 2015 Cactus Bowl ...... Oklahoma State Buddy Wyatt. 2016 Sugar Bowl ...... Oklahoma State 2017 Frisco Bowl ...... SMU During his tenure at SMU, Carroll’s efforts in the weight room aided * As a player in the development of All-American wide receivers Courtland Sutton and Trey Quinn, who both went on to NFL Draft selection. Sutton and Quinn were two of the most dynamic wide receivers in college football in 2017, each posting 1,000-yard receiving sea- sons to become one of the only pair of teammates in the FBS to accomplish the feat.

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BILL BANKS TAYLOR BRAET CONNOR BENNETT Assistant Director of Director of Assistant Athletic Student-Athlete Recruiting Trainer Services

JONI BUNKER WILL BURNHAM JONATHAN CASTRO Program Special Teams Director of Football Coordinator Quality Control Graphic Design

AL CERBE MARISSA EDWARDS SCOTT EILERT Head Football Assistant Director of Director of Equipment Manager Football Academics Video Services

KACEY HARPER TAYLOR GODINET JOE HALL FELDKAMP Assistant Director of Director of Student- Director of Football Recruiting/Defensive Athlete Development Operations Quality Control

MINDY HOFFMAN DARREN HONEYCUTT HANK JACOBS Head Football Assistant Strength and Director of Football Athletic Trainer Conditioning Coach Administration

JAKE OTTEN KELLI KRIER CHUCK LILLIE Assistant Director of Director of On-Campus Scouting Video Services and Recruiting Analyst Administration

EVAN RAPP MIKIE SCHILTZ SIMEON SEILER Assistant Strength and Assistant Equipment Assistant Athletic Conditioning Coach Manager Trainer

MATT THOMASON EMILY STARKEY SCOTT TRAUSCH Associate AD for Football Creative Sport Dietitian/ Health, Wellness and Coordinator Nutritionist Performance

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Ben ALLEN’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS CAREER STATS - DEFENSE 63 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR ADLER Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R BOWLING GREEN 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2020 5/0 3-0-3 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0/0 Off ensive Line at Oklahoma St. 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 5/0 3-0-3 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0/0 6-4 • 332 • Sr.-2L OKLAHOMA 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 2, at TCU (10/10/20); Solos: 2, at Wichita, Kan. TCU (10/10/20); TFL: 1.0, vs. Kansas (10/24/20); Sacks: 1.0, 2018: Redshirted. vs. Kansas (10/24/20). Trinity Academy HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Blue Valley Southwest under head 2020: Started each of the fi rst eight games of the season at right coach Anthony Orrick... Named to the Kansas Football Coaches Mason 36 guard, the fi rst starts of his career... Helped K-State tie for fi rst Association (KFBCA) Top-11 team as one of the best 11 play- BARTA in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks allowed (14), while ers in the state of Kansas among all classes in 2017... Earned Fullback the Wildcats led the Big 12 and ranked fourth in the nation in red fi rst team all-state honors as a senior from the KFBCA, Topeka zone offense (93.9%). Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, while he was an honorable 6-1 • 236 • Sr.-3L mention pick from the latter two organizations as a junior... Holton, Kan. 2019: Saw action in three games, serving as a reserve lineman Named the 2017 Eastern Kansas League (EKL) Defensive Player Holton against Nicholls, Bowling Green and Kansas. of the Year after totaling 151 tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks... Also named a First Team All-Metro performer by CAREER HONORS 2018: Played in one game, seeing action late against UTSA. the Kansas City Star and was a fi nalist for the Buck Buchanan 2019-20 Award as the most outstanding lineman or linebacker among • Second Team Academic All-Big 12 2017: Redshirted. big-class schools in the Kansas City area. 2020: Saw action in all 10 games, including a start at Iowa State... Hauled in one catch for eight yards against Kansas... HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Trinity Academy under head coach Jar- PERSONAL: Nicholas Randall Allen was born November 5, Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 12 honors... Helped the ed Daniel... Rated the nation’s 47th-best guard and the fourth- 1999, in Olathe, Kansas... Son of Dave and Mellissa Allen... Ma- Wildcats lead the Big 12 and rank fourth in the nation in red zone best player in the state of Kansas in the Class of 2017 by Scout... joring in life sciences with the career aspiration of becoming an offense (93.9%)... Picked up Second Team Academic All-Big 12 Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance orthopedic surgeon. honors. All-USA Kansas team, while he was an All-Midlands Region selection by PrepStar... Selected to play in the Offense-De- CAREER STATS - DEFENSE BARTA’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS fense All-American Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia, following the 2016 Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R Opponent Rec Yards TD Long season... Earned all-state honors as a senior from the Topeka 2019 13/0 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 KANSAS 1 8 0 8 Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle and Kansas Football Coaches 2020 9/0 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Association (KFBCA), while he was an honorable mention se- TOTAL 22/0 4-0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2019: Saw action in all 13 games, including starts against Okla- lection by the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle as a CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 2, at Iowa State (11/21/20); Solos: homa State, Baylor, Texas and Texas Tech... Had one catch out junior... Named to the Wichita Eagle Top-33 team as a senior... 2, at Iowa State (11/21/20); PD: 1, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/19). of the backfield, which came at Texas... Helped block for 178.0 Selected to play in the 2017 Kansas Shrine Bowl... Also an all- rushing yards per game to rank fourth in the Big 12, while he state baseball player as a fi rst baseman and designated hitter... Felix was a part of helping the Wildcats score 29 rushing touchdowns, Prepped with current Wildcat tight end Hillard Cozine. 91 the third most in the Big 12... A Second Team Academic All-Big ANUDIKE 12 honoree. PERSONAL: Benjamin Joseph Adler was born October 17, 1998, Defensive End in Wichita, Kansas... Son of Marcus and Michelle Adler... Has 6-3 • 244 • So.-1L 2018: Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams and four siblings, Will, Nate, Luc and Jace... Majoring in construction in short-yardage situations... Helped the Wildcat offense finish science and management. Lee’s Summit, Mo. third in the Big 12 by averaging 182.6 rushing yards per game, Lee’s Summit which included a 184.2-yard average in conference games to Nick 52 rank second. ALLEN 2020: One of nine true freshmen to see time in 2020 as he played in fi ve games... Had three tackles and a sack on the 2017: Redshirted. Linebacker year... Tallied a season-high two tackles at TCU, while he carded 5-11 • 221 • Jr.-2L his fi rst-career sack against Kansas. HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Holton under head Overland Park, Kan. coach and father Brooks Barta... Rated the top outside linebacker ANUDIKE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Blue Valley Southwest in the state of Kansas for the Class of 2016 by Scout... Earned Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR first team all-state honors as a senior in 2015 from the Wichita at TCU 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Eagle and Topeka Capital-Journal, while he was an honorable CAREER HONORS 2019-20 KANSAS 1-0-1 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0/0 mention selection from both organizations as a junior... Also • First Team Academic All-Big 12 named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance 2020: Played in nine games, primarily on special teams... Set HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Lee’s Summit under head coach Eric All-USA Kansas team as a senior... Helped lead the Wildcats to a a career high with two tackles as a reserve linebacker at Iowa Thomas... Carded 184 tackles, 55 tackles for loss and 13 sacks trip to the Class 4A-II state championship game in 2015, while State... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. over his three-year career... Had 77 tackles as a junior, 20 of the team went 14-0 and was the Class 4A state champions in which went for a loss... Also totaled 20 TFLs as a sophomore... 2012... Totaled 1,718 career rushing yards and 21 touchdowns, ALLEN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Recorded five sacks as both a junior and senior... Picked up including 1,051 yards and 15 scores as a senior... Also recorded Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR first team all-state honors a senior from the Missouri Football 285 career tackles – including 128 during his senior campaign at Iowa State 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Coaches Association (MFCA) and the Missouri state media, while – with 8.0 tackles for loss and three interceptions in 2015... he was a second-team pick by the MFCA as a junior... Earned Selected to play in the 2016 Kansas Shrine Bowl... Also played 2019: Saw action in all 13 games, totaling a pair of tackles on all-district honors his final three seasons from the MFCA. basketball... Originally signed with K-State out of high school in punt coverage while being an integral part of K-State’s blocking 2016. unit for its four kickoff-return touchdowns... Also had a pass PERSONAL: Felix Anudike (ann-you-DEE-kay) was born January breakup as a reserve linebacker against Bowling Green... Earned 24, 2002, in Kansas City, Missouri... Son of Felix and Cynthia PERSONAL: Mason Aaron Barta was born December 16, 1997, in First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. Uzomah... Has one brother, Celestine, and two sisters, Destiny Holton, Kansas... Son of Brooks and Tonya Barta... Has one sister, and Vanessa. Tabor... Father, Brooks, was a linebacker for the Wildcats from 1989-92, earning First Team All-Big Eight honors as a junior in 1991 and Academic All-America accolades as a senior in 1992... Brooks ranks second in school history in career tackles with 436... Grandfather, Roger Barta, was a legendary high school

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coach at Smith Center High School and was the premise of the Jack Ekow New York Times bestseller book Our Boys: A Perfect Season on 43 25 the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen... Earned his degree BLUMER BOYE-DOE from K-State in business management in December 2019. Punter Defensive Back 6-2 • 199 • Jr.-1L 6-0 • 165 • Jr.-2L CAREER STATS – RECEIVING YYearear G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long Marysville, Kan. Lawrence, Kan. 2019 13/4 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 Marysville Lawrence 2020 10/1 1 8 8.0 0 8 TOTAL 35/5 2 6 3.0 0 8 CAREER HONORS CAREER HONORS CAREER HIGHHIGHSS – CatchesCatches:: 1, twice; Yards: 8, vs. Kansas 2020 2020 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 (10/24/20);(10/24/20); LongLong Catch: 8, vs. Kansas (10/24/20)(10/24/20).. 2020: Shared punting duties throughout the entire season... 2020: Started the fi rst eight Big 12 games at cornerback, the Punted 24 times for a 39.0-yard average with three landing in- fi rst starts of his career... Totaled 25 tackles, one tackle for loss Cooper 50 side the opponent’s 20-yard line and two that traveled at least and seven pass breakups on the year... Ranked 11th in the Big BEEBE 50 yards... Forced 14 fair catches on his 24 punts... Had a ca- 12 in passes defended... Had fi ve tackles in his fi rst-career start reer-high average of 44.5 yards against Arkansas State, which in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma after not playing in the sea- Off ensive Line featured a season-long punt of 54 yards... Also had a 52-yarder son opener... Had a career-high two passes defended against 6-3 • 322 • So.-1L at TCU... Landed three punts inside opponents’ 20-yard line... Texas Tech, a game that featured his fi rst-career tackle for loss Kansas City, Kan. Helped K-State rank fi rst in the Big 12 in net punting (39.2)... and a career-high tying fi ve tackles... Picked up First Team Aca- Piper Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. demic All-Big 12 accolades.

CAREER HONORS BLUMER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS BOYE-DOE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020 Opponent Punts Yards Avg. Lg 50+ i20 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR • First Team Academic All-Big 12 ARKANSAS STATE 2 89 44.5 54 1 1 at Oklahoma 4-1-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2020: Played in nine games with eight starts... Started the fi rst at Oklahoma 3 119 39.7 45 0 0 TEXAS TECH 4-1-5 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 2 0/0 three games at right tackle before an injury sidelined him for one TEXAS TECH 2 80 40.0 43 0 0 at TCU 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 contest... Started four more games at right tackle and the fi nal at TCU 3 126 42.0 52 1 0 KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 game at left guard... Part of a unit that helped K-State tie for fi rst KANSAS 3 118 39.3 49 0 1 at West Virginia 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks allowed (14), while at West Virginia 2 69 34.5 37 0 0 OKLAHOMA ST. 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 the Wildcats led the Big 12 and ranked fourth in the nation in OKLAHOMA STATE 3 134 44.7 49 0 0 at Iowa State 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 red zone offense (93.9%)... Earned First Team Academic All-Big at Iowa State 3 108 36.0 43 0 0 at Baylor 0-2-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 12 accolades. at Baylor 2 65 32.5 37 0 0 TEXAS 1 29 29.0 29 0 1 2019: Played in seven games, primarily on special teams... 2019: Played against Bowling Green and Kansas as a reserve Made a tackle as a reserve defensive back in the season opener offensive lineman, retaining his redshirt for the season. 2019: Did not see any game action. against Nicholls.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years at Piper, including the fi nal 2018: Redshirted. 2018: Redshirted. season under head coach Rick Pollard... Rated the 79th-best defensive tackle in the Class of 2019 by ESPN, while the or- HIGH SCHOOL: Played quarterback and punter at Marysville HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Lawrence under head coach Dirk ganization also ranked him the ninth-best player in the state of under head coach Dustin Heuer... Named a fi rst team all-state Wedd... Rated the third-best player in the state of Kansas for the Kansas... Earned fi rst team all-state honors from the Topeka performer as a senior in 2017 by the Topeka Capital-Journal and Class of 2018 by 247Sports, while he was ranked No. 4 by Rivals Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle in 2017, while he was an Wichita Eagle, while he was named one of the top 11 players in and No. 6 by ESPN... Listed as the 116th-best athlete in the na- honorable mention pick by both outlets as a freshman, soph- the state of Kansas by the Kansas Football Coaches Association tion for the Class of 2018 by ESPN as he also excelled at receiver omore and senior... Also picked up fi rst team all-state honors (KFBCA)... Named the 3A Sports in Kansas Player of the Year and in high school... A fi rst team all-state performer as a senior by from the Kansas Football Coaches Association (KFBCA) as an was the 2018 Shrine Bowl East MVP... Led the Bulldogs to a 13-2 the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle... Also named a offensive lineman in 2018... Totaled 128 tackles with 34 tackles record in 2017, which included a trip to the state championship fi rst team all-league player at defensive back and picked up for loss, 10.5 sacks and fi ve forced fumbles during his career... game... Threw for 3,165 yards and 31 touchdowns in 2017 to go second-team honors as a receiver, while he was named to the Selected to play in for Team USA U17 in the 2017 International along with 994 rushing yards and another 14 scores... Earned All-Simone team... Also participated in basketball and track. Bowl against Team Japan as well as for Team USA U19 in the second team all-state accolades from the Topeka Capital-Jour- 2018 World Championships and the 2019 Kansas Shrine Bowl... nal and Wichita Eagle as a junior... Also a two-year letterwinner PERSONAL: Ekow Boye-Doe (ECK-oh BOY-doe) was born No- Also competed in the shot put, placing third in the state in 2017, in basketball, helping the Bulldogs win a state championship in vember 4, 1999, in Accra, Ghana... Son of Kofi and Valentina and basketball. 2016. Boye-Doe.

PERSONAL: Cooper J Beebe was born May 19, 2001, in Kan- PERSONAL: Jack Thomas Blumer was born August 9, 1999, in CCAREERAREER STATS - DEFENSE sas City, Missouri... Son of Tom and Tamara Beebe... Has three Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Steve and Deb Blumer... Majoring Year GG/S/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD FF/R/R brothers, Colton, Collin and Camden... Father, Tom, played foot- in elementary education. 2019 77/0/0 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 00/0/0 ball at Pittsburg State, while his brother, Colton, was a tight end 2020 88/8/8 17-8-25 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 7 00/0/0 at Minnesota... Majoring in secondary education. CAREER STATS - PUNTING TOTALTOTAL 15/815/8 18-8-26 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 7 0/00/0 Year G No. Yds Avg. Long In 20 CAREERCAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Tackles:Tackles: 5,5, twice;twice; Solos:Solos: 4,4, twice;twice; TFL: 1.0,1.0, 2020 10 24 937 39.0 54 3 vs. Texas Tech (10/3/20);(10/3/20); PD:PD: 2,2, vs. Texas Tech (10/3/20).(10/3/20). TOTAL 10 24 937 39.0 54 3 CAREER HIGHS – Punts: 3, five times; Average: 44.7, vs. Okla- homa State (11/7/20); Long: 54, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/20); 50-Plus: 1, twice; Inside 20: 1, three times.

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Julius Phillip BROOKS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS 23 88 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long BRENTS BROOKS at Oklahoma 1 17 0 17 Defensive Back Wide Receiver at West Virginia 2 31 0 16 6-3 • 203 • Jr.-TR 5-7 • 167 • Jr.-2L at Iowa State 1 13 0 13 at Baylor 1 29 0 29 Indianapolis, Ind. Lee’s Summit, Mo. TEXAS 3 60 0 31 Univ. of Iowa Lee’s Summit West 2019: Saw time in 12 games, totaling 26 catches for 253 yards CAREER AT IOWA: Played in 19 games spanning over three sea- CAREER HONORS and one touchdown, while rushing seven times for 26 yards... sons, including the 2019 campaigan when he was injured after 2020 Also returned 12 kickoffs for a 22.7-yard average and eight • Third Team All-American [pr] (Phil Steele) • Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (KU) one game and earned a medical hardship. • First Team All-Big 12 [kr/pr] (Coaches) • First Team Academic All-Big 12 punts for a 15.0-yard average... Finished fourth in the Big 12 in kickoff-return average, while he tied for third nationally in 2020: Saw action in seven games, including the season open- CAREER: Ranks second in school history and tied for sixth in punt-return touchdowns... His punt-return score was a 66-yarder er at Purdue when he carded a career-high tying four tackles... Big 12 history with three punt-return touchdowns... Finished against Navy in the 2019 Liberty Bowl... Had seven catches Also had a pass breakup at Minnesota... Named to the 2020 the 2020 season ranked third nationally among active players against Baylor, the most by a Wildcat on the season and tied Leadership Group. in punt return touchdowns and 14th in punt-return yards... Is for the third most among freshmen in a single game in school 30 yards shy of entering the school’s top-10 list for career punt history... Totaled 69 receiving yards against the Bears, while BRENTS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* return yards. he had 63 yards against West Virginia... Scored his first-career Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR touchdown on a 14-yard reception at Texas Tech. at Purdue 1-3-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020: A dynamic player on offense – who played in all 10 games at Minnesota 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 with four starts – but perhaps did his most damage on special BROOKS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS teams as he was a Third Team All-American punt returner by Phil Opponent Rec Yards TD Long 2019: Was injured to begin the year and played against Michigan Steele... Also earned First Team All-Big 12 honors as a returner NICHOLLS 3 18 0 8 before not see action again and redshirting. from the league’s coaches... Put together a 23.7-yard punt re- at Mississippi State 2 5 0 7 turn average, a mark that would have led the nation and be the at Oklahoma State 3 15 0 10 2018: Played in one game, seeing action late against UTSA. best in school history if he had one more return to meet the NCAA BAYLOR 7 69 0 18 required minimum... Set a school record with 189 punt-return OKLAHOMA 1 10 0 10 2017: Played in 11 games as a true freshmen, including fi ve yards and two touchdowns against Kansas en route to Big 12 at Kansas 1 9 0 9 starts... Totaled 13 tackles, an interception and four total passes Special Teams Player of the Week honors... His two punt-return at Texas 2 25 0 16 defnded... Set his career high with four tackles against Wiscon- touchdowns were the most in Big 12 history for a conference WEST VIRGINIA 4 63 0 21 sin... Came back to the next week with his fi rst-career intercep- game... His 47.25-yard average against the Jayhawks was the at Texas Tech 2 20 1 14 tion and three pass breakups at Minnesota... Had three tackles highest by any player in the nation with at least four attempts IOWA STATE 1 19 0 19 against the Golden Gophers and three more at Penn State... Also since at least 1996... His two touchdowns on the season were had a pass breakup at Purdue. tied for third in school history... Helped the Wildcats rank third BROOKS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS in school history and second in the nation during 2020 in team Opponent Ret Yards TD Long BRENTS’ 2017 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* punt-return average (22.07)... Hauled in 15 passes for 155 yards NICHOLLS 2 43 0 23 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR and two touchdowns on the year, while he rushed eight times for BOWLING GREEN 1 44 0 44 WISCONSIN 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 41 yards... Scored the Wildcats’ fi rst touchdown of the season at Oklahoma State 4 76 0 24 at Minnesota 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 3 0/0 on a 17-yard reception against Arkansas State, while he had an- OKLAHOMA 2 52 0 33 at Indiana 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 other on a 25-yard catch just before halftime against Oklahoma WEST VIRGINIA 1 11 0 11 at Penn State 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 State... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. at Texas Tech 1 26 0 26 at Purdue 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 vs. Navy 1 20 0 20 BROOKS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Warren Central under head coach Opponent Rec Yards TD Long BROOKS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME PUNT RETURN STATS Jayson West... Rated the 28th-best cornerback in the Class of ARKANSAS STATE 2 24 1 17 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long 2018 by 247Sports... The organization also viewed him as the at Oklahoma 2 23 0 23 NICHOLLS 1 9 0 9 fi fth-best overall prospect in the state of Indiana, while Rivals TEXAS TECH 2 16 0 9 BOWLING GREEN 2 0 0 2 ranked him fourth... Named to the 2017 American Family Insur- at West Virginia 4 39 0 18 at Mississippi State 2 45 0 25 ance ALL-USA Central Indiana high school football Super Team... OKLAHOMA STATE 2 29 1 25 IOWA STATE 1 0 0 0 Earned fi rst team all-conference honors his fi nal three years as at Iowa State 1 22 0 22 vs. Navy 1 66 1 66 a prep, while he was an all-county pick the fi nal two... Totaled at Baylor 1 3 0 3 53 tackles and three interceptions as a prep... Also competed in TEXAS 1 -1 0 0 2018: Played in four games, enough to preserve his redshirt... track and fi eld. Returned three kickoffs for an 18.7-yard average and one punt BROOKS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS for six yards... Best game as a kickoff returner was against Texas PERSONAL: Julius Brents was born Janurary 18, 2000... Son of Opponent Rush Yards TD Long Tech when he took two attempts for 44 total yards. Serena Fowlkes and Vontres Brents. at Oklahoma 1 -8 0 0 at TCU 1 12 0 12 BROOKS’ 2018 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS CAREER STATS - DEFENSE OKLAHOMA STATE 2 14 0 12 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R TEXAS 4 23 0 9 KANSAS 1 12 0 12 2018* 11/5 8-5-13 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 4 0/0 TEXAS TECH 2 44 0 33 * 2019 1/0 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 BROOKS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME PUNT RETURN STATS * 2020 7/0 1-3-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long BROOKS’ 2018 GAME-BY-GAME PUNT RETURN STATS TOTAL 19/5 9-8-17 0.0-0 0..0-0 1 5 0/0 ARKANSAS STATE 2 17 0 17 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 4, twice; Solos: 3, at Penn State at TCU 2 30 0 29 TEXAS TECH 1 6 0 6 (10/27/18); INT: 1, at Minnesota (10/6/18); PD: 3, at Minnesota KANSAS 4 189 2 55 (10/6/18). * at Iowa at West Virginia 2 15 0 8 HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Lee’s Summit West OKLAHOMA STATE 1 10 0 10 under head coach Vinny Careswell... Named to the USA Today Sports All-USA Missouri team as well as the Missouri Football Coaches Association First Team All-State team as a senior in 2017... Rushed for 1,666 yards (151.5 yards per game) and 21 touchdowns as a senior, while he collected 556 receiving yards

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(23.2-yard average) and 10 touchdowns... Also totaled 262 re- BROWN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Cedar Grove under head coach Miguel turn yards and a score... A two-time first team all-conference Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Patrick... Rated the 62nd-best cornerback in the Class of 2020 and all-district pick in addition to being named to the Kansas City KANSAS 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 by 247Sports, while Rivals rated him No. 74... Earned all-state Star All-Metro team... Invited to play in the Blue-Grey All-Amer- at West Virginia 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 honors from the Atlanta Journal Constitution and All-Region ican game... Also lettered three years in baseball, earning a pair at Iowa State 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 5-AAA honors as a senior, helping the Saints accumulate a 13-2 of all-state honors, and four years in basketball, picking up two TEXAS 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 record and a Class AAA State Championship... Also helped Cedar all-district accolades. Grove win a state championship in 2018 with a 14-1 record as CAREER STATS - DEFENSE he earned fi rst team all-state honors from the Georgia Athletic PERSONAL: Phillip Andrew Brooks was born September 19, Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R Coaches Association. 1999, in Overland Park, Kansas... Son of Phillip and Alaina 2020 6/0 9-0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 Brooks... Has one sister, Sydney... Majoring in business admin- TOTAL 6/0 9-0-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 PERSONAL: Tennilius Cornell Denson was born November 23, istration. CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 3, twice; Solos: 3, twice; FR: 1, at 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia... Son of Star Denson... Has one sibling, West Virginia (10/31/20). Tristen... Plans on majoring in business. CAREER STATS - RECEIVING Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long Dawson CAREER STATS - DEFENSE 2018 4/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 62 Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R 2019 12/1 26 253 9.7 1 21 DELFORGE 2020 7/1 8-1-9 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020 10/4 15 155 10.3 2 25 Off ensive Line TOTAL 7/1 8-1-9 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 26/5 41 408 10.0 3 25 6-5 • 321 • Sr.-1L CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 5, vs. Texas (12/5/20); Solos: 5, vs. CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 7, vs. Baylor (10/5/19); Yards: 69, Texas (12/5/20); TFL: 1.0, vs. Texas (12/5/20). vs. Baylor (10/5/19); TD: 1, three times; Long Catch: 25, vs. Wamego, Kan. Oklahoma State (11/7/20). Butler CC Jax 29 CAREER STATS - RUSHING 2020: Played in eight games – including a start at Baylor – while DINEEN Year G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long he also spent time on fi eld goal protection throughout the year... Fullback 2018 4/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Helped the Wildcats rush for 256 yards and three touchdowns 5-10 • 245 • Jr.-2L 2019 12/1 7 26 3.7 0 8 against the Bears... Part of a front line that helped the Wildcats 2020 10/4 8 41 5.1 0 12 tie for fi rst in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks allowed Lawrence, Kan. TOTAL 26/5 15 67 4.5 0 12 (14), while they led the Big 12 and ranked fourth in the nation in Free State CAREER HIGHS – Rushes: 4, vs. Texas (12/5/20); Yards: 23, vs. red zone offense (93.9%). Texas (12/5/20); Long Rush: 12, twice. CAREER HONORS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Butler under 2020 CAREER STATS – KICKOFF RETURNS head coach Tim Schaffner, including his sophomore year of 2019 • Second Team Academic All-Big 12 Year G Ret Yds Avg TD Long when he earned all-conference honors... Viewed as the fi fth-best 2020: Played in nine games, which included starts against 2018 4 3 56 18.7 0 33 offensive guard among 2020 community-college prospects by Arkansas State, Kansas and Oklahoma State... Caught seven 2019 11 11 252 22.9 0 44 ESPN, No. 6 by 247Sports and No. 9 by JCGridiron.com... Helped passes for 78 yards on the year in addition to his blocking du- 2020 10 8 150 18.8 0 31 lead the Grizzlies to a 10-3 record in 2019, which included a win ties... Had a banner day on the receiving end against the Cow- TOTAL 26 23 478 20.8 0 44 over Trinity Valley in the Midwest Classic Bowl and a fi nal No. 5 boys, hauling in four passes for 35 yards... His four receptions CAREER HIGHS – Returns: 4, at Oklahoma State (9/28/19); national ranking... Played with current Wildcats Hillard Cozine, against OSU were the most by a K-State fullback since Rock Yards: 76, at Oklahoma State (9/28/19); Long Return: 44, vs. Taiten Winkel and Ty Zentner. Cartwright had six against Texas Tech in 2001... Helped the Wild- Bowling Green (9/7/19). cats lead the Big 12 and rank fourth nationally in red zone of- HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Wamego under head coach Lee We- fense (93.9%)... A Second Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. CAREER STATS – PUNT RETURNS ber... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior in Year G Ret Yds Avg TD Long 2017 from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle. DINEEN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2018 4 1 6 6.0 0 6 Opponent Rec Yards TD Long 2019 11 7 54 7.7 0 25 PERSONAL: Dawson Delforge was born May 8, 2000... Son of ARKANSAS STATE 1 24 0 24 2020 10 11 261 23.7 2 55 Chris and Jessica Delforge. at West Virginia 2 19 0 12 TOTAL 26 20 387 19.4 3 66 OKLAHOMA STATE 4 35 0 16 CAREER HIGHS – Returns: 4, vs. Kansas (10/24/20); Yards: Tee 189, vs. Kansas (10/24/20); TD: 2, vs. Kansas (10/24/20); Long 8 2019: Played in 12 games and earned a start at Kansas... Made Return: 66, vs. Navy (12/31/19). DENSON single catches in three games for a total of 24 yards, including a Defensive Back 10-yard reception at Texas Tech... Helped block for 178.0 rushing 6-0 • 183 • So.-1L yards per game to rank fourth in the Big 12, while he was a part Aamaris 3 of helping the Wildcats score 29 rushing touchdowns, the third Atlanta, Ga. BROWN most in the Big 12. Cedar Grove Defensive Back DINEEN’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS 5-10 • 184 • So.-1L 2020: Saw action in seven games – including a start in the Opponent Rec Yards TD Long Seff ner, Fla. season fi nale against Texas – as he was one of nine true fresh- NICHOLLS 1 9 0 9 Armwood men to play... Carded nine tackles on the season... Set a career OKLAHOMA 1 5 0 5 high with fi ve tackles and recorded a tackle for loss against the at Texas Tech 1 10 0 10 2020: One of nine true freshmen to see action as he played in Longhorns. six games on both special teams and as a reserve defensive HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Free State under back... Carded nine tackles on the year... Had a season-high DENSON’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS head coach Bob Lisher, helping the Firebirds earn a 29-4 record three tackles against both Kansas and Texas... Also recovered Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR during his career... Rated the top fullback nationally in the Class a fumble at West Virginia. at Oklahoma 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 of 2019 by Rivals and ESPN, while he is No. 3 by 247Sports... KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Voted a first team all-state linebacker in both 2017 and 2018 by OKLAHOMA ST. 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 the Wichita Eagle, while he was a first-team selection in 2018 at Iowa State 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 and an honorable mention pick in 2017 by the Topeka Cap- TEXAS 5-0-5 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 ital-Journal... Also named to the 2017 and 2018 USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Kansas teams... A three-time first team all-league player at running back... Set

32 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL THE WILDCATS a school record with 3,592 rushing yards and 48 touchdowns, Khalid Ross including 1,000-yard seasons as both a junior and senior... A 29 19 finalist for the 2018 Simone Award as the top prep player in DUKE ELDER the Kansas City area... Named to the 2017 Kansas City Star Defensive End Defensive Back All-Metro team... Prepped with current Wildcat receiver Keenan 6-3 • 240 • Jr.-2L 6-0 • 180 • Sr.-2L Garber... Also played basketball for two years. Atlanta, Ga. Kansas City, Mo. PERSONAL: Jax Dean Dineen (duh-NEEN) was born July 1, 2001, Riverside Military Academy Rockhurst in Lawrence, Kansas... Son of Joe and Jodi Dineen... Has three siblings, Joe Jr., Jay and Jet... Mother, Jodi, was a volleyball let- 2020: Played in nine games with eight starts, the fi rst starts of CAREER HONORS terwinner at Kansas from 1986-89... Joe Jr. was a linebacker his career... Totaled 26 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and a sack on 2018-20 for Kansas (2014-18), while Jay is a current linebacker for the the season... Set a career high with nine tackles in his fi rst-ca- • First Team Academic All-Big 12 Jayhawks... Grandfather, Ron Oelschlager, played running back at reer start at Oklahoma, helping the Wildcats earn their fi rst road 2020: Saw action in nine games with seven starts at safety, KU from 1962-64, while his great grandfather played basketball victory over a team ranked in the top fi ve of the Associated Press the fi rst starts of his career... Totaled 41 tackles, a tackle for at KU for Phog Allen. Top 25 poll... Registered a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss at loss and a pass breakup during the season... Registered a ca- West Virginia, which included a sack. reer-high six tackles in four different games, including the Baylor CAREER STATS – RECEIVING contest when he tallied his fi rst-career TFL... Also had fi ve stops Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long DUKE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS against Texas Tech... Carded his fi rst-career pass breakup at 2019 12/1 3 24 8.0 0 10 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR TCU... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. 2020 9/3 7 78 11.1 0 24 at Oklahoma 3-6-9 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 10/4 10 102 10.2 0 24 TEXAS TECH 4-0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 ELDER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 4, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20); at TCU 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Yards: 35, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20); Long Catch: 24, vs. KANSAS 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 1-5-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Arkansas State (9/12/20). at West Virginia 2-1-3 2.0-6 1.0-4 0 0 0/0 TEXAS TECH 4-1-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA ST. 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at TCU 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 at Iowa State 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 KANSAS 6-0-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Christian 73 at Baylor 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at West Virginia 4-2-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 DUFFIE OKLAHOMA ST. 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Off ensive Line 2019: Saw action in seven games – primarily as a third-down pass rushing specialist – totaling seven tackles, 3.0 tackles for at Baylor 3-3-6 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 6-5 • 305 • Jr.-2L loss and a pair of sacks... Had a season-best two tackles against TEXAS 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Humble, Texas Navy in the 2019 Liberty Bowl and against Kansas, recording Summer Creek TFLs in both games... Sacks came against Kansas and West Vir- 2019: Played in all 13 games as a regular member of the special ginia... Also recovered a fumble against Bowling Green and broke teams... Made tackles on kickoff coverage against TCU and Kan- 2020: Played in nine games with eight starts, the fi rst starts up a pass against Navy. sas... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. of his career... Each start came over the fi nal eight games of the season... A versatile lineman who started fi ve games at left DUKE’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS ELDER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS tackle and three at right tackle... An integral part of a line that Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR has helped K-State tie for fi rst in the Big 12 and 27th nationally BOWLING GREEN 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 TCU 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 in sacks allowed (14), while the Wildcats led the Big 12 and at Kansas 2-0-2 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 ranked fourth in the nation in red zone offense (93.9%). WEST VIRGINIA 1-0-1 1.0-8 1.0-8 0 0 0/0 at Kansas 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Texas Tech 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019: Saw action in three games as a reserve offensive lineman, vs. Navy 1-1-2 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2018: Played in 11 games, tying for fourth on the team with playing against Nicholls, Bowling Green and Kansas. four special teams tackles... Three of his tackles came on kickoff HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Riverside Military Academy under head coverage... Also played in a reserve role on defense against UTSA 2018: Redshirted. coach Nicholas Garrett... Rated the 83rd-best outside linebacker when he broke up a pass... Earned First Team Academic All-Big in the Class of 2019 according to ESPN... Earned first team all- 12 honors. HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Summer Creek state honors from the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2018, the under head coach Brian Ford... Viewed as the 45th-best offen- school’s first all-state honor since 2013... Carded 142 tackles ELDER’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS sive guard in the Class of 2018 by ESPN... Named a First Team and 17 tackles for loss during his senior season of 2018... Com- Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR All-District 21-6A performer as both a junior and senior, while he piled 219 tackles, 21 TFLs, nine sacks and two interceptions for UTSA 0-2-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 was a Second Team All-Greater Houston selection by the Hous- his career... Also starred on offense, carding 1,154 yards and 12 at Baylor 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 ton Chronicle and VYPE... Helped the Bulldogs advance to the touchdowns on 66 career receptions, while he ran 46 times for at TCU 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 area round of 6A state playoffs... Also participated in wrestling, 467 yards and four scores during his prep career... Also played advancing to the regional round of the state meet in 2016. basketball and was a state champion in the triple jump. 2017: Redshirted.

PERSONAL: Christian Micaiah Duffi e was born March 17, 2000, PERSONAL: Khalid Malik Duke (kuh-LEED) was born February HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered two seasons for Rockhurst under head in Dallas, Texas... Son of Roderick and Pat Duffi e... Assisted with 27, 2001, in Decatur, Georgia... Son of Sandra Gelin and the late coach Tony Severino, including his senior year in 2016 when Hurricane Harvey recovery prior to his senior year... Majoring in Malik Maxime Duke... Has one sister, Ashanti, and a brother, Ka- the Hawklets went 9-3 and reached the state semifinals... To- kinesiology. seem... Served as a ball boy for the Atlanta Falcons... Majoring taled 90 tackles, five blocked kicks and two interception-return in kinesiology. touchdowns during his prep career... Earned first team all-state honors as a senior in addition to being named to the Kansas City CAREER STATS - DEFENSE Star All-Metro team... Also lettered two years in track and field, Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R picking up all-state honors in the 4x100 and 4x200, and two 2019 7/0 5-2-7 3.0-18 2.0-14 0 1 0/1 years in basketball. 2020 9/8 17-9-26 3.0-9 1.0-4 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 16/8 22-11-33 6.0-27 3.0-18 0 1 0/1 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 9, at Oklahoma (9/26/20); Solos: 4, vs. Texas Tech (10/3/20); TFL: 2.0, at West Virginia (10/31/20); Sacks: 1.0, three times; PD: 1, vs. Navy (12/31/20).

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PERSONAL: Ross Everett Elder was born March 31, 1999, in Cody Also recorded 15 tackles in the season opener at Kilgore College Kansas City, Missouri... Son of Todd and Jill Elder... Father, Todd, 55 and 14 at Blinn College... Redshirted the 2016 season. was a wide receiver for the Wildcats from 1984 to 1986, while FLETCHER his uncle, Eddie, played basketball at K-State from 1983 to 1985 Linebacker HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Henrietta under head coach Byron and ranks highly in school history several statistical categories... 6-2 • 220 • Sr.-3L West... Helped lead the Bearcats to the quarterfinal round of the Has three siblings, Hallie, Brooks and Carter... Majoring in fi- 2015 UIL 3A D2 state playoffs and an overall 12-2 record... Was nance. Henrietta, Texas an honorable mention all-state honoree, while he was the Dis- Tyler JC trict 2-3A D2 Defensive MVP after totaling 210 tackles during his CAREER STATS - DEFENSE senior year... Selected to play in the Green Belt Bowl and Oil Bowl Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R CAREER HONORS all-star games... Also played baseball, tennis and basketball, 2018 11/0 0-4-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2020 earning academic all-state honors in the latter... Twice named 2019 13/0 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 the District 9-3A Defensive MVP as a catcher for the baseball 2020 9/7 25-16-41 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2020: Played in all 10 games with starts in each of the fi nal team. TOTAL 33/7 26-21-47 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 2 0/1 three contests, the fi rst starts of his career... Came away with CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 6, four times; Solos: 6, vs. Kansas 44 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup PERSONAL: Cody Wayne Fletcher was born August 26, 1997, in (10/24/20); TFL: 1.0, at Baylor (11/28/20); PD: 1, twice. on the season... Set a career high with seven tackles at West Henrietta, Texas... Son of Eugene and Shannon Fletcher... Brother, Virginia and broke that mark with nine stops in his fi rst-career Conner, was a pitcher at Tarleton State... Majoring in business start at Iowa State... Tallied eight tackles and 1.5 sacks at Bay- management. Joe 20 lor, the fi rst sacks of his career... Earned First Team Academic ERVIN All-Big 12 honors. CAREER STATS - DEFENSE Running Back Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R FLETCHER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2018 12/0 8-4-12 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 5-8 • 178 • So.-SQ Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR 2019 7/0 10-3-13 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 3 0/0 Rock Hill, S.C. ARKANSAS STATE 2-0-2 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020 10/3 30-14-44 3.5-10 1.5-4 0 1 0/0 South Pointe at Oklahoma 0-3-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 29/3 48-21-69 3.5-10 1.5-4 0 4 0/0 TEXAS TECH 6-1-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 9, at Iowa State (11/21/20); Solos: 2020: Opted out of the 2020 season. at TCU 3-2-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 7, at Iowa State (11/21/20); TFL: 1.5, at Baylor (11/28/20); KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Sacks: 1.5, at Baylor (11/28/20); PD: 2, at Texas Tech 2019: A true freshman who played in four games as he preserved at West Virginia 5-2-7 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 (11/23/19). his redshirt for the season... Rushed 23 times for 95 yards... Set at Iowa State 7-2-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Baylor 4-4-8 1.5-4 1.5-4 0 0 0/0 season highs in rushes (10) and yards (46) at Kansas, while he Konner scored his fi rst-career touchdown against Bowling Green. TEXAS 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 81 FOX 2019: Saw action in each of the final seven games of the season ERVIN’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Tight End after recovering from an injury sustained in fall camp... Totaled Opponent Rush Yards TD Long 6-4 • 253 • So.-1L BOWLING GREEN 8 28 1 6 13 tackles and three pass breakups... Had a season-high five BAYLOR 5 21 0 12 stops at Texas while he notched a career-best two pass breakups San Antonio, Texas at Kansas 10 46 0 13 at Texas Tech... Three of his 13 tackles on the season came on Reagan kickoff coverage. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at South Pointe under head coach Strait 2020: Saw action in six games, including each of the fi nal four Herron... Rated the 56th-best running back in the Class of 2019 FLETCHER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS contests... Did not record any receptions. by ESPN... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family In- Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR surance All-USA South Carolina team... Earned all-state honors OKLAHOMA 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019: Redshirted. from High School Sports Report and was a two-time all-region at Texas 3-2-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 pick... Rushed for 3,384 yards during his career, breaking the WEST VIRGINIA 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered two years at Regan under head coach school record of current New England Patriot Stephon Gilmore... at Texas Tech 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 2 0/0 Lyndon Hamilton... Rated as the 25th-best tight end (H back) Had 1,964 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior, topping 200 IOWA STATE 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 prospect in the Class of 2019 by ESPN, while he ranked 30th rushing yards in each of the fi nal fi ve games of the year... Also vs. Navy 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 among all tight ends by 247Sports... Earned all-district honors caught 41 passes for 316 yards and a score during his prep ca- as both a junior and senior... Also named to the San Antonio All- reer... Helped the Stallions earn a perfect 15-0 record and a state 2018: Played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams... VYPE team and the San Antonio-Express News All-Area team in championship as a junior... Selected to play in the 2018 South Finished third on the squad with five special teams tackles, all 2018... Totaled 1,478 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns over Carolina North/South All-Star Game... Is the fi rst prep player out coming on kickoff coverage... Set a season high with six tackles his junior and senior seasons... Helped the Rattlers earn 9-3 re- of the state of South Carolina to sign with the Wildcats since at at Baylor when he also saw action at linebacker... Also had two cords both seasons... Also lettered in basketball. least 1997. tackles against UTSA and Texas Tech. PERSONAL: Konner Drew Fox was born September 14, 2000, PERSONAL: Ja’Derrion Ke’Vontre Ervin was born December 24, FLETCHER’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS in San Antonio, Texas... Son of Keith and Karen Fox... Has one 2000, in Rock Hill, South Carolina... Son of Keven Ervin and Re- Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR brother, Kody... Majoring in kinesiology. nita Brown... Majoring in secondary education. UTSA 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at West Virginia 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER STATS – RUSHING at Baylor 3-3-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Year G/S Rush Yds Avg. TD Long TEXAS TECH 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019 4/0 23 95 4.1 1 13 at Iowa State 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 4/0 23 95 4.1 1 13 CAREER HIGHS – Rushes: 10, at Kansas (11/2/19); Yards: 46, COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played one season at Tyler Junior Col- at Kansas (11/2/19); TD: 1, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/19); Long lege under head coach Danny Palmer... Earned Second Team Rush: 13, at Kansas (11/2/19). All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) honors in 2017 after leading the Apaches with 104 tackles and the SWJCFC with 11.6 tackles per game... Also recorded 8.5 tack- les for loss, two sacks, two fumble recoveries and seven pass breakups... Had double-digit tackle games in seven of the nine contests, including a 17-tackle performance at Trinity Valley...

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Kirmari 13 Keenan 1 Justin 6 GAINOUS GARNER GARDNER Defensive End Wide Receiver Defensive Back 6-3 • 250 • Sr.-1L 5-11 • 167 • So.-1L 6-2 • 180 • Sr.-1L Tallahassee, Fla. Lawrence, Kan. Charlotte, N.C. Hutchinson CC Free State Hutchinson CC

2020: A member of the regular playing rotation at defensive end CAREER HONORS 2020: Saw action in nine games and earned starts in each of the for all 10 game who also slid to the interior during passing sit- 2020 fi rst fi ve Big 12 contests... Totaled seven passes defended and uations... Carded 14 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks • Second Team Academic All-Big 12 two interceptions on the year, tying for fi fth and seventh in the during the year... Recorded sacks in consecutive games against 2020: Saw playing time in six games, including three of the fi - Big 12, respectively... Also recorded 18 tackles... Returned an Oklahoma and Texas Tech... Had a season-high two tackles on nal four contests... Had receptions in two games, including a interception 24 yards for a touchdown against Kansas, the fi rst fi ve occasions, including each of the fi nal three games... Forced nine-yard catch against Kansas... Also had a four-yard rush on interception-return touchdown of his career... Also had a pick in a fumble at West Virginia that was recovered by the Wildcats. a jet sweep against Oklahoma State... A Second Team Academic K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma... Carded four passes defended All-Big 12 performer. at TCU, the most by a Wildcat since 2018... His four pass break- GAINOUS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS ups against the Horned Frogs tied for the fi fth most nationally in Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR GARBER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS a game during the 2020 season. ARKANSAS STATE 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Opponent Rec Yards TD Long at Oklahoma 2-0-2 1.0-2 1.0-2 0 0 0/0 KANSAS 1 9 0 9 GARDNER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS TEXAS TECH 1-0-1 1.0-1 1.0-1 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 1 1 0 1 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR at TCU 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 1 0/0 KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 GARBER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS TEXAS TECH 3-2-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at West Virginia 1-0-1 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0 1/0 Opponent Rush Yards TD Long at TCU 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 4 0/0 at Iowa State 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA STATE 1 4 0 4 KANSAS 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 2 0/0 at Baylor 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 1 -2 0 0 at West Virginia 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 TEXAS 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019: Played in one game – seeing action against Kansas – as at Baylor 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two years at Hutchinson under he preserved his redshirt. TEXAS 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 head coach Rion Rhoades... Rated the 33rd-best overall commu- nity-college prospect in the Class of 2020 by 247Sports, while HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Free State under COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played one year at Hutchinson under he was ranked No. 38 by Rivals and No. 39 by ESPN... Viewed head coach Bob Lisher, helping the Firebirds earn a 10-1 record head coach Rion Rhoades... Viewed as the 18th-best com- as the eighth-best defensive end in the community-college ranks and a league championship each season... Named an ESPN 300 munity college cornerback in the Class of 2020 by ESPN and by ESPN, while he is No. 9 by 247Sports... Earned Second Team recruit, the 23rd-best athlete in the nation and the third-best 247Sports... Earned second team all-conference honors... To- NJCAA All-America honors as a sophomore after posting 49 player in the state of Kansas in the Class of 2019 by ESPN... Ri- taled 19 tackles to go along with 3.0 tackles for loss, one in- tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks... Also forced three vals and 247Sports each ranked him as the fourth-best player in terception, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery... Had fumbles, broke up a pass and recovered one fumble... Tallied a the state... Named a first team all-state performer by the Topeka a season-best four tackles against Coffeyville, while he had 2.0 season-high seven tackles at Iowa Central, a game that included Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle and Kansas Football Coaches TFLs against Garden City... His interception was against Dodge 3.5 TFLs... Registered a season-high 1.5 sacks on two occasions, Association in 2018... Also named to the USA TODAY Sports/ City, while he had two of his three forced fumbles on the year at at Iowa Central and in the Salt City Bowl win over Monroe Col- American Family Insurance All-USA Kansas team as a defensive Fort Scott... Played with current Wildcat Kirmari Gainous. lege... Helped the Blue Dragons finish with a 10-2 record and back... Earned honorable mention accolades from the Wichita final No. 3 national ranking... Played with current Wildcat Justin Eagle in 2017... A finalist for the 2018 Otis Taylor Award as the OREGON STATE: Played in two games during the 2018 season Gardner. most outstanding wide receiver in the Kansas City area... Named for the Beavers, including the Southern Utah game when he a 2018 First Team All-Simone performer as one of the top prep carded a pair of tackles... Redshirted the 2017 season. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Lincoln under head coach Quinn Gray... players in the Kansas City area... Carded 814 receiving yards Picked up all-county honors as a senior in 2017 after totaling and 17 touchdowns as a senior, while he also recorded four in- HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Shiloh (GA) under head coach Ryan 50 tackles, 14.0 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and a pair of forced terceptions, including two he returned for touchdowns... Selected Andrews... Earned honorable mention all-region honors from the fumbles... Totaled 84 tackles during his prep career. to play in the 2019 Kansas Shrine Bowl... High school teammate Atlanta Journal Constitution following his senior season when of current Wildcat fullback Jax Dineen. he registered 29 tackles and three interceptions... Also an hon- PERSONAL: Kirmari Albert Gainous was born March 21, 2000, in orable mention all-county pick. Tallahassee, Florida... Son of Valli Gainous... Has three siblings, PERSONAL: Keenan Jae Garber was born July 22, 2000, in Law- Kirkland, Kaliyah and Anthony Stafford. rence, Kansas... Son of Tim Nelson and Gretchen Garber Nel- PERSONAL: Justin Gardner was born October 11, 1999, in Char- son... Has one brother, Tristan... Plans on majoring in business lotte, North Carolina... Son of Jackie Seegars... Has one brother, CAREER STATS - DEFENSE administration. Bobby Gardner, and one sister, Ashley Seegars. Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R 2020 10/0 10-4-14 3.0-7 2.0-3 0 0 1/0 CAREER STATS – RECEIVING CAREER STATS - DEFENSE TOTAL 10/0 10-4-14 3.0-7 2.0-3 0 0 0/0 Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 2, five times; Solos: 2, at Oklahoma 2019 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2018* 2/0 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 (9/26/20); TFL: 1.0, three times; Sacks: 1.0, twice. 2020 6/0 2 10 5.0 0 9 2020 9/5 16-2-18 0.0-0 0.0-0 2 7 0/0 TOTAL 7/0 2 10 5.0 0 9 TOTAL 11/5 18-2-20 0.0-0 0.0-0 2 7 0/0 CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 1, twice; Yards: 9, vs. Kansas CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 5, vs. Texas Tech (10/3/20); Solos: (10/24/20); Long Catch: 9, vs. Kansas (10/24/20). 3, twice; INT: 1, twice; PD: 4, at TCU (10/10/20). * at Oregon State CAREER STATS – RUSHING Year G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long 2019 1/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2020 6/0 2 2 1.0 0 4 TOTAL 7/0 2 2 1.0 0 4 CAREER HIGHS – Rushes: 1, twice; Yards: 4, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20); Long Rush: 4, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20).

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Daniel 22 CAREER STATS - DEFENSE Ryan 5 Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R GREEN 2019 13/0 18-16-34 3.5-17 2.0-12 0 3 1/1 HENINGTON Linebacker 2020 10/2 28-11-39 5.5-15 2.5-10 0 2 0/0 Linebacker 6-2 • 233 • Jr.-2L TOTAL 23/2 46-27-73 9.0-32 4.5-22 0 5 1/1 6-1 • 210 • Sr.-2L CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 13, at Baylor (11/28/20); Solos: 7, Portland, Ore. Junction City, Kan. at Baylor (11/28/20); TFL: 2.5, at Baylor (11/28/20); Sacks: 1.5, Madison Junction City at Baylor (11/28/20); PD: 1, five times. 2020: Part of the regular rotation for all 10 regular-season CAREER HONORS games with starts at Iowa State and Baylor... Set career highs Jay 1 2018-20 with 39 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks on the year... HARRIS • First Team Academic All-Big 12 Registered 13 tackles at Baylor, the most by a Wildcat since 2020: Played in eight games as he began the season at safety 2017... Set career highs in TFLs (2.5) and sacks (1.5) against Linebacker prior to transitioning to linebacker... Totaled eight tackles on the the Bears... Also had a sack at TCU... Recorded seven tackles at 6-0 • 195 • Fr.-RS year, including a career-high fi ve in the season opener against West Virginia, which included one for a loss... Broke up passes in Pearland, Texas Arkansas State... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. his two starts at Iowa State and Baylor. Shadow Creek HENINGTON’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR GREEN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020: Did not see any game action. Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR ARKANSAS STATE 5-0-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 ARKANSAS STATE 4-0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Shadow Creek under head coach Brad TEXAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Butler... Regarded as the 30th-best inside linebacker in the Class TEXAS TECH 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 of 2020 by Rivals, while 247Sports ranked him No. 37 and ESPN 2019: Played in seven games, primarily on special teams... A at TCU 3-0-3 1.0-8 1.0-8 0 0 0/0 ranked him the 92nd-best overall prospect in the state of Texas... First Team Academic All-Big 12 honoree. KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Registered 167 career tackles to go along with 37.0 tackles for at West Virginia 6-1-7 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 loss, 23.0 sacks and three forced fumbles... Had 90 tackles and 2018: Saw time in three games, primarily on kickoff coverage... OKLAHOMA ST. 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 15.0 sacks as a junior, while he had 75 stops as a senior to Had one tackle, which came against South Dakota... Earned First at Iowa State 4-2-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 lead the Sharks to a 16-0 record and the Class 5A Division I Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. at Baylor 7-6-13 2.5-3 1.5-2 0 1 0/0 State Championship... Named the Defensive MVP of the state TEXAS 1-0-1 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 championship game after tallying seven tackles, 3.0 TFLs and 2017: Redshirted. a pair of sacks... Earned 2018 Second Team All-State honors 2019: Played in all 13 games as a reserve linebacker and on from the Texas Sports Writer’s Association... Named to the pre- HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at Junction City under special teams, totaling 34 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 season VYPE’s Super 70 list as one of the top prep players in head coach Randall Zimmerman… Named the 2016 Centen- sacks... Also chipped in three pass breakups, a forced fumble the Houston area – checking in at No. 31 – while he moved nial League Offensive Player of the Year, while he was an all- and a fumble recovery... Carded a season-high seven tackles at up to No. 26 in VYPE’s newest rankings... Earned a spot on the state honoree by the Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle and Mississippi State, a game that featured a fumble recovery that Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Football Team as both a KPreps.com... Totaled over 4,500 career total yards, including led to a K-State touchdown to put the Wildcats up two scores... junior and senior. Had five stops and a sack against TCU... Registered four tackles, his senior campaign when he threw for 1,783 yards and rushed for 1,012 yards. a sack and a forced fumble against Bowling Green. PERSONAL: Jeremiah Harris was born September 12, 2001... Son of Angelic Brown. GREEN’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS PERSONAL: Ryan Coy Henington was born September 19, 1998, in Albuquerque, New Mexico... Son of Mack Henington and Ruth Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Brenen NICHOLLS 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 10 Montoya... Majoring in business management. BOWLING GREEN 4-0-4 1.0-11 1.0-11 0 1 1/0 HAWKINS CAREER STATS - DEFENSE at Mississippi St. 0-7-7 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 Wide Receiver Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R BAYLOR 2-0-2 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 6-3 • 208 • Fr.-HS TCU 2-3-5 1.0-1 1.0-1 0 1 0/0 2018 3/0 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Colleyville, Texas 2019 7/0 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Kansas 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Heritage 2020 8/0 7-1-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Texas 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 18/0 8-1-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 WEST VIRGINIA 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HIGH SCHOOL: Played his senior season at Heritage under head CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 5, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/20); at Texas Tech 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 coach Kirk Martin, helping the Panthers earn an 8-2 record and Solos: 5, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/20). vs. Navy 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 a trip to the regional round of the 5A Division I state playoffs... Played his junior season at Godley High School, posting 50 re- Hunter 2018: Redshirted. ceptions for 963 yards and 14 touchdowns... Earned honorable 36 mention all-state honors as a junior from the Texas Sports Writ- HENRY HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Madison under head coach Don John- ers Association and Texas Associated Press Sports Editors in Defensive Back son Jr... Named one of the top 250 prospects in the Class of 2017 addition to fi rst-team all-district honors. 6-0 • 190 • So.-1L by Rivals... The organization also viewed him as the 10th-best inside linebacker in the nation and the third-best player in the PERSONAL: Brenen Hawkins was born December 10, 2001... Austin, Texas state of Oregon... Earned second team all-state honors from The Son of Donald and Shellie Scott. Rice University Oregonian, while he was a two-time first team all-conference honoree. 2020: Played in eight contests – including each of the fi nal three games – as he totaled seven tackles... Had two stops PERSONAL: Daniel Green was born January 8, 1999... Son of against Kansas, Baylor and Texas... Carded his fi rst-career David and Kimberly Green... Majoring in sociology. tackle for loss against the Bears.

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HENRY’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played at Northwest Mississippi under son finale against Old Dominion... Blocked a fourth-quarter field Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR head coach Benjy Parker, including the 2019 season when he goal attempt in the 49ers’ one-point win over North Texas. at Oklahoma 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 earned NJCAA Second Team All-America, All-Region 23 and KANSAS 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 all-conference honors... Regarded as the fourth-best community HORNE’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* at Baylor 1-1-2 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 college defensive tackle in the Class of 2020 and the 41st-best Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR TEXAS 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 overall community college prospect by 247Sports... Also ranked GARDNER-WEBB 0-2-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 No. 8 among defensive tackles by ESPN... Helped the Rangers at Appalachian St. 0-4-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 RICE: Played in three games for the Owls in 2019 as he retained earn an 8-3 record and a No. 6 ranking in the final NJCAA poll... UMASS 1-1-2 0.5-2 0.5-2 0 0 0/0 his redshirt for the season... Saw time against Wake Forest, Totaled 44 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks as a at Clemson 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Southern Miss and Marshall, but did not record any statistics. sophomore... Also added a forced fumble and fumble recovery, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3-2-5 1.5-5 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 five pass breakups and a blocked kick in 2019... Registered a at FIU 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner who concluded his season-high eight tackles in the 2019 season opener at East at W. Kentucky 0-2-2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 career at Lake Travis under head coach Hank Carter... Played Central, while he had a season-high 3.0 TFLs the next game NORTH TEXAS 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 two seasons at Cedar Park... Credited with 143 tackles in his against Southwest Mississippi... Came away with five tackles MIDDLE TENN. 1-0-1 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 high school career along with 14 pass breakups and three in- and a season-best 1.5 sacks against Copiah-Lincoln... Played in at UTEP 5-1-3 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 terceptions, one of which he returned for a touchdown... Earned all 10 games with one start in 2018, finishing the season with 26 MARSHALL 3-2-5 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 All-District 25-6A honors as a senior after compiling 79 tackles, tackles, 6.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks. at Old Dominion 1-3-4 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 one sack, an interception and three pass breakups as he helped vs. Buffalo 0-2-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Lake Travis advance to the state quarterfinals... Named to Dave HIGH SCHOOL: Played at South Panola under head coach Ricky Campbell’s Texas Football’s Top 300 and as part of the mag- Woods... Earned all-state and all-region honors... Led the Ti- 2018: Started all 12 games... Had a season-high four tackles in azine’s postseason “Class of 2019”... An all-district selection gers to a 9-4 overall record and the first round of the Class 6A each of the final four games – at Marshall and against Florida as a junior at Cedar Park and named to Dave Campbell’s Texas state playoffs as a senior in 2017, one of three playoff teams he International... Also recovered a fumble against the Thundering Football’s Top 100 juniors... Earned honorable mention all-dis- played for... Totaled 85 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, 10 sacks and Herd... Batted away a career-high two passes against Old Do- trict honors as a sophomore as Cedar Park captured the state two forced fumbles as a senior... Had a career-high 15 tackles minion, a game in which he also blocked a kick... Registered his title... Also competed in track with bests of 11.1 in the 100 and against Columbus. first-career sack in the season opener against Fordham... Had at 22.9 in the 200 meters. least one tackle in all but one game. PERSONAL: Robert Hentz II was born April 5, 1999, in Oxford, PERSONAL: John Hunter Henry was born June 30, 2000, in Mississippi... Son of Robert and Prescilla Hentz... Has one sis- HORNE’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* Austin, Texas... Son of John and Anita Henry... Has one sibling, ter, Kah’lena... Uncle, Deshea Townsend, played collegiately at Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Faith... Mother, Anita, was an eight-time NCAA All-American Alabama and with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998 to 2009, FORDHAM 2-0-2 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 0/0 swimmer at Alabama... Aunt, Megan Henry, has competed with while he is currently the secondary coach for the Chicago Bears... APPALACHIAN ST. 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 the US Skeleton team since 2013... Majoring in architectural Majoring in psychology. OLD DOMINION 0-3-3 0.5-0 0.5-0 0 2 0/0 engineering. at UMass 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER STATS - DEFENSE at UAB 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER STATS - DEFENSE Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R W. KENTUCKY 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R 2020 10/0 5-6-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Middle Tenn. 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019* 3/0 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 10/0 5-6-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 SOUTHERN MISS 0-3-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020 8/0 6-1-7 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 2, twice; Solos: 1, five times. at Tennessee 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTAL 11/0 6-1-7 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Marshall 0-4-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 2, three times; Solos: 2, twice; TFL: FIU 1-3-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 1.0, at Baylor (11/28/20). Timmy 98 * at Rice HORNE 2017: Played in all 12 games with starts in each of the final Defensive Tackle two games of the season... Had a season-high four tackles at Old Dominion... Set a career high with 1.5 tackles for loss and Robert 6-4 • 319 • Sr.-TR 15 tallied three tackles in his first-career game at Eastern Michigan. HENTZ II Wadesboro, N.C. Defensive Tackle Charlotte HORNE’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* 6-0 • 291 • Sr.-1L Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR CAREER AT CHARLOTTE: Totaled 29 starts over each of his four at E. Michigan 2-1-3 1.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Batesville, Miss. years, including 12 starts as both a junior and senior. N. CAROLINA A&T 0-2-2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 NW Mississippi CC GEORGIA STATE 0-2-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020: Played in all six games with three starts... Carded a sea- at FIU 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020: Saw action in all 10 games as a member of the regular son-high five tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against UTEP... Wore MARSHALL 0-1-1 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 playing rotation... Carded 11 tackles on the year, including a sea- the 49ers’ honorary No. 49 jersey against the Minors... Earned at Old Dominion 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 son-high two against Arkansas State and Texas Tech. All-Conference USA honors. MIDDLE TENN. 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 0-1-1 0.5-3 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HENTZ II’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS HORNE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR 2017: Redshirted. ARKANSAS STATE 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Appalachian St. 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Florida Atlantic 2-0-2 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Anson under head TEXAS TECH 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 UTEP 3-2-5 1.0-5 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 coach Ralph Jackson... Totaled 22 tackles and had a pair of sacks at TCU 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Duke 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 as a junior, while he totaled 17 tackles, 1.5 sacks and two fumble KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 W. KENTUCKY 2-1-3 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 recoveries as a sophomore... A 2015 Shrine Bowl participant... at West Virginia 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Also played basketball. OKLAHOMA ST. 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019: Started 12 of his 13 games played, including Charlotte’s at Iowa State 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 first ever bowl game, the 2019 Bahamas Bowl against Buffalo... PERSONAL: Timothy Horne was born October 25, 1997... Son TEXAS 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Had a career-high six tackles and a tackle for loss against UTEP... of Reva Horne. Had a 4th-and-1 stop inside the 49er four-yard line to halt a po- tential Minor score in a seven-point victory... Also had five stops against Florida Atlantic and Marshall, the former in which he tied his career high in TFLs... Recovered a fumble in the regular-sea-

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CAREER STATS - DEFENSE HOWARD’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS the fi rst pair of Wildcat interior defensive linemen to have a sack Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R Opponent Rush Yards TD Long in the same game since 2017... A First Team Academic All-Big 2017* 12/2 7-12-19 3.0-6 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 ARKANSAS STATE 1 -1 0 0 12 performer. 2018* 12/12 9-19-28 1.5-6 1.5-6 0 2 0/1 TEXAS TECH 5 8 0 3 2019* 13/12 19-22-41 6.5-15 0.5-2 0 0 0/1 at TCU 13 86 1 80 HUGGINS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020* 6/3 9-4-13 3.0-8 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 KANSAS 6 23 0 9 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR TOTAL 43/29 44-57-101 14.0-35 2.0-8 0 2 0/1 at West Virginia 7 -9 0 6 ARKANSAS STATE 3-0-3 1.0-10 1.0-10 0 0 0/0 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 6, at UTEP (11/9/19); Solos: 5, OKLAHOMA STATE 14 125 1 69 TEXAS TECH 1-0-1 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at UTEP (11/9/19); TFL: 1.5, twice; Sacks: 1.0, vs. Fordham at Iowa State 5 12 0 13 at TCU 1-2-3 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 (9/1/18); PD: 2, vs. Old Dominion (9/13/18). * at Charlotte at Baylor 9 41 1 24 KANSAS 1-2-3 0.5-2 0.5-2 0 0 0/0 TEXAS 18 79 0 25 at West Virginia 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA ST. 2-1-3 2.0-6 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Will 15 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Downingtown West under head coach at Iowa State 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HOWARD Mike Milano... Viewed as the 13th-best pro-style quarterback in at Baylor 2-2-4 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 the Class of 2020 by 247Sports, while ESPN ranked him as the TEXAS 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Quarterback 26th-best dual-threat quarterback in the class... Also regarded 6-4 • 232 • So.-1L as the seventh-best overall prospect in the state of Pennsylvania 2019: Saw action in six games as a reserve defensive tackle, Downingtown, Penn. by 247Sports and No. 11 by ESPN... Named the All-Southeast- collecting five stops and a tackle for loss... Had a career high two Downingtown West ern Pennsylvania Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer, tackles against Bowling Green and Oklahoma State, the former while he was named all-state by the Pennsylvania Football Writ- in which he recorded his TFL... Earned Second Team Academic CAREER HONORS ers... Also named the Maxwell Football Club Pennsylvania Player All-Big 12 honors. 2020 of the Year... Threw for 5,308 yards and 48 touchdowns during his • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (TCU) prep career, including a 2,543-yard, 27-touchdown performance HUGGINS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020: Played in nine games with starts in each of the fi nal sev- as a senior to lead the Whippets to a 13-2 record and a trip to Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR en contests, one of just four true freshmen quarterbacks in the the state semifinals... Led Downingtown West to its first district BOWLING GREEN 2-0-2 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 nation to make at least seven starts during the 2020 season... title since 1996... The Whippets went 11-2 and earned a trip at Mississippi St. 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Threw for 1,178 yards and eight touchdowns on 90-of-168 aim, to the state playoffs during his junior season... Rushed for 512 at Oklahoma St. 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 while he rushed for 364 yards and three scores on 78 attempts... yards and 21 touchdowns as a prep... Also played basketball, Set the school record for passing touchdowns by a freshman, earning a pair of all-area honors and was a 1,000-point scorer 2018: Played in one game as he recorded a tackle against UTSA. while his passing yardage and total offense (1,542) total ranked in his career. third... Ranked fi fth in school history among freshmen in rush- 2017: Redshirted. ing yards, and he is the only quarterback to reach the top-fi ve PERSONAL: William Thomas Howard was born September 24, in that category... Averaged 13.09 yards per completion, the 2001, in West Chester, Pennsylvania... Son of Bob and Maureen HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at West Forsyth under second-highest nationally among true freshmen... Earned his Howard... Has three siblings, Tori, Ryan and Grace... Plans on head coaches Adam Clark and Frank Hepler, helping the Wol- fi rst-career start at TCU, becoming the fi rst true freshman quar- majoring in engineering. verines advance to three state playoff appearances... Named terback in school history earn the win in his fi rst-career road the 21st-best strongside defensive end in the Class of 2017 by start... Busted an 80-yard run against the Horned Frogs, tied CCAREERAREER STATS - PASSING 247Sports... An All-Southeast Region pick by PrepStar... Picked for the seventh-longest run in school history and was the sec- YYearear G/S Cpl Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Effic up honorable mention all-state honors from the Georgia Sports ond longest by a quarterback... His scamper at TCU was also 2020 9 9/7/7 90 168 10 53.6 11,178,178 8 70 116.3 Writers Association as a junior in 2015... Also earned first team the fi fth-longest run among quarterbacks in the nation during TOTAL 9/7 90 168 10 53.6 11,178,178 8 70 116.3 all-county and all-region accolades... Named a first team all- the 2020 season and was the fourth longest by a true fresh- CCAREERAREER HIGHS – Comp: 19, at West Virginia (10/31/20);(10/31/20); county performer by the Forsyth County News... Totaled 217 man regardless of position... Picked up Big 12 Newcomer of the Att: 37, at West Virginia (10/31/20); YYards:ards: 243, vs. Kan- tackles in his career, including 80 tackles and 11 sacks as a Week honors following the TCU game... Backed up that with a sas (10/24/20); TTD:D: 2, twice; Long PassPass:: 70, vs. Texas Tech junior en route to the school’s single-season sack record... To- win in his next start against Kansas as he became the fi rst true (10(10/3/20)./3/20). taled 31 TFLs and 20 sacks in his career... Also a member of the freshman in school history to win his fi rst two career starts... school’s fishing team, placing third at the state championship in Tallied 243 passing yards against the Jayhawks, the fi fth most CCAREERAREER STATS – RUSHING 2013 and fourth in 2014. by a true freshman quarterback in school history... Totaled 125 YYearear G/G/SS Rush Yds Avg TD Long rushing yards against Oklahoma State, tied for the fi fth most by 2020 99/7/7 78 364 4.7 3 8800 PERSONAL: Eli David Huggins was born July 29, 1998, in St. a freshman in school history and the highest by a quarterback... TTOTALOTAL 99/7/7 78 364 4.7 3 80 Louis, Missouri... Son of Jeff and Heather Huggins... Has three Played a majority of the Texas Tech game, leading the Wildcats to CCAREERAREER HIHIGHSGHS – Rushes:Rushes: 1818,, vs. Texas (12/5/20);(12/5/20); YYards:ards: 125125,, siblings, Hannah, Jake and Abby... Brother, Jake, is a fullback for a comeback victory after trailing, 21-17, in the fourth quarter... vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20); TTD:D: 1, three times; LonLongg Rush: the Wildcats... Majoring in finance. Had passing plays of 66 and 70 yards against the Red Raiders, 880,0, at TCU (10/10/20)(10/10/20).. the fi rst Wildcat with two passes of at least 65 yards in the same CAREER STATS - DEFENSE game since the 2017 season opener and the fi rst in a Big 12 Eli Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R game since 2013. 92 2018 1/0 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HUGGINS 2019 6/0 3-2-5 1.0-4 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HOWARD’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS Defensive Tackle 2020 9/8 11-11-22 6.0-22 1.5-12 0 0 0/0 Opponent C-A-I Yards TD Long 6-4 • 295 • Sr.-1L TOTAL 16/8 14-14-28 7.0-26 1.5-12 0 0 0/0 ARKANSAS STATE 1-1-0 24 0 24 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 4, at Baylor (11/28/20); Solos: 3, TEXAS TECH 7-12-0 173 1 70 Cumming, Ga. vs. Arkansas State (9/12/20); TFL: 2.0, vs. Oklahoma State at TCU 8-19-1 117 0 45 West Forsyth (11/7/20); Sacks: 1.0, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/20). KANSAS 17-24-0 243 2 37 at West Virginia 19-37-3 184 1 35 CAREER HONORS OKLAHOMA STATE 10-21-1 143 1 58 2020 2019 at Iowa State 3-9-1 32 0 29 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 • Second Team Academic All-Big 12 at Baylor 9-18-2 88 1 49 2020: An eight-game starter at defensive tackle who started for TEXAS 16-27-2 174 2 29 the fi rst time in his career... Came into the season with six ca- reer tackles and a tackle for loss in seven games, but tallied 22 stops, 6.0 TFLs and 1.5 sacks... Set a career high with 2.0 TFLs against Oklahoma State... Posted a career-high four tackles at Baylor, which included a TFL... Recorded his fi rst-career sack against Arkansas State as he teamed with Drew Wiley to become

38 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL THE WILDCATS

Daniel 2015 AT USC: Sat out the 2015 season due to NCAA transfer PERSONAL: Noah Christopher Johnson was born April 28, 1998, 0 rules... Originally signed with Florida out of high school and went in Lee’s Summit, Missouri... Son of Mike and Julie Johnson... IMATORBHEBHE through spring practices with the Gators prior to transferring to Majoring in marketing. Tight End USC in the fall of 2015. 6-4 • 240 • Sr.-TR Wayne HIGH SCHOOL: Played at North Gwinnett under head coach Bob 4 Suwanee, Ga. Sphire... Totaled 855 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns on 63 JONES Univ. of Illinois catches during his prep career... Had a great senior campaign Linebacker when he had 487 yards and eight scores... Picked up all-dis- 6-0 • 208 • Jr.-2L CAREER PRIOR TO K-STATE: Spent the 2020 season as a grad- trict honors as a senior... Helped lead the Bulldogs to the Class Owasso, Okla. uate transfer at Illinois, playing in fi ve games... Played at USC AAAAAA state championship game...Also played basketball. from 2016 to 2019 as he transferred there after spending 2015 Owasso spring practices at Florida... Has played in 29 career games be- PERSONAL: Daniel Imatorbhebhe (ee-MAT-or-bay-bay) was tween USC and Illinois. born December 9, 1996... Brother, Josh, was teammates with 2020: A versatile defensive back who played in all 10 games and Daniel at both USC and Illinois, and has declared for the 2021 started at both safety (Arkansas State) and nickelback (Iowa 2020 AT ILLINOIS: Played the 2020 season at Illinois with his NFL Draft... Received his bachelor’s degree in social sciences State)... Totaled 24 tackles, a half tackle for loss and a pass brother, Josh, after both transferred from USC... Played in seven (economics) in the summer of 2018 from USC. breakup... Also recovered a pair of fumbles – one against Ar- games, hauling in three receptions for 54 yards... Hauled in a kansas State and the other at Baylor – as he tied for third in the 28-yard touchdown reception against Purdue. CCAREERAREER STATS – RECEIVINGRECEIVING Big 12 and 12th in the nation in recoveries... Had a season-high YYearear G/SG/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long seven tackles against Texas, bettering his previous mark of six IMATORBHEBHE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS^ 2016* 13/513/5 17 250 14.7 4 3377 against both Arkansas State and Iowa State... Also broke up a Opponent Rec Yards TD Long 2017* 9/49/4 8 144 18.0 0 4488 pass against the Longhorns. PURDUE 2 43 1 28 2020^ 7/07/0 3 54 18.0 1 2 288 MINNESOTA 1 11 0 11 TOTAL 2929/9/9 28 448 16.0 5 48 JONES’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS CCAREERAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Catches: 5, at WashingtonWashington (11/12/16); Yards:Yards: Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR 2019 AT USC: Sat out the 2019 season while continuing to re- 78, at Washington (11/12/16); TD:TD: 1, five times; Long Catch: ARKANSAS STATE 5-1-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 cover from a leg injury. 48,48, vs. StanfordStanford (12/1/17).(12/1/17). * atat USCUSC | ^ at IlliIllinoisnois at Oklahoma 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at TCU 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2018 AT USC: Sat out the 2018 season with a leg injury... Won at West Virginia 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 USC’s Community Service Award. Noah 69 at Iowa State 5-1-6 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 JOHNSON at Baylor 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 2017 AT USC: Played in nine games with four starts after battling TEXAS 4-3-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 Off ensive Line through an early-season injury... His four starts came in the final four games of the season against Colorado, UCLA, Stanford in 6-1 • 293 • Sr.-2L 2019: Started all 13 games, finishing fourth on the team with the Pac-12 Championship and Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl... Wichita, Kan. 57 tackles to go along with a half tackle for loss and a pass breakup... Carded a career-high 11 stops against TCU, while he Tallied eight receptions for 144 yards... Had a season-high two Butler CC catches on three occasions... Hauled in a career-long reception had his first-career pass breakup at Texas Tech... Also had seven tackles against Oklahoma State and West Virginia, and he made of 48 yards to help the Trojans win the Pac-12 Championship... CAREER HONORS Brought in a 14-yard catch in the red zone that led to a USC 2020 2019-20 six stops at both Mississippi State and Texas Tech. touchdown in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State. • Second Team All-Big 12 (Coaches) • First Team Academic All-Big 12 • Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive JONES’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Lineman of the Year (Coaches) IMATORBHEBHE’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS* Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR 2020: Started all regular-season games – the fi rst starts of his Opponent Rec Yards TD Long NICHOLLS 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 career – as he picked up Second Team All-Big 12 honors from WESTERN MICHIGAN 1 12 0 12 at Mississippi St. 3-3-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 the league’s coaches and earned votes for the Big 12 Offen- ARIZONA 2 25 0 17 at Oklahoma St. 5-2-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 sive Lineman of the Year award... Helped K-State tie for fi rst UCLA 2 34 0 18 BAYLOR 3-2-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks allowed (14), while vs. Stanford 1 48 0 48 TCU 7-4-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 the Wildcats led the Big 12 and ranked fourth in the nation in vs. Ohio State 2 25 0 14 OKLAHOMA 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 red zone offense (93.9%)... Voted a team captain... A First Team at Kansas 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Academic All-Big 12 performer. 2016 AT USC: Played in all 13 games with five starts in his at Texas 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 first collegiate season... Tallied 17 catches for 250 yards and WEST VIRGINIA 6-1-7 0.5-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019: Played as a reserve offensive lineman against Nicholls, four touchdowns en route to earning Second Team Freshman at Texas Tech 5-1-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 Bowling Green and Kansas... Picked up First Team Academic All- All-America honors from Campus Insiders and Honorable Men- IOWA STATE 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Big 12 accolades. tion All-Pac-12 accolades... Set career highs in catches (5) and vs. Navy 2-3-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 yards (78) at Washington, which included an eight-yard touch- COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played at Butler under head coach Tim down... Had two grabs for 45 yards – including a 32-yard score 2018: Played in two games as he preserved his redshirt... Saw Schaffner... Earned fi rst team all-conference honors as a guard – against Colorado... Also tallied touchdown receptions against time against both Texas Tech and Iowa State, the latter where he during his sophomore season of 2017, blocking for an offense Arizona and California. recorded a tackle on kickoff coverage. that averaged 167.0 rushing yards with 22 touchdowns... Earned honorable mention all-conference accolades as a freshman in IMATORBHEBHE’S 2016 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS* HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Owasso under head coach Bill Blaken- 2016, a year in which he played every offensive snap... Played Opponent Rec Yards TD Long ship... Rated the 12th-best prospect in the state of Oklahoma for at Butler with current Wildcats Jahron McPherson and Ty Zentner. UTAH STATE 1 7 0 7 the Class of 2018 by 247Sports, while he was No. 17 by ESPN COLORADO 2 45 1 32 and No. 19 by Rivals... Helped lead the Rams to a 2017 Okla- HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Bishop Carroll un- at Arizona 1 8 1 8 homa Class 6A-I State Championship as he was named a second der head coach Alan Schuckman... The Golden Eagles went 34-3 CALIFORNIA 1 17 1 17 team all-state performer by The Oklahoman and Tulsa World... with Johnson as a starter... Earned 2015 fi rst team all-state hon- OREGON 2 37 0 37 Rated No. 10 on The Oklahoman’s Super 30 rankings prior to the ors from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, while he at Washington 5 78 1 23 season... Viewed as the third-best safety in Oklahoma according was named to both publications’ Top 11 teams as one of the top at UCLA 5 27 0 15 to the Tulsa World’s preseason rankings... Also participated in prep players in the state of Kansas... Also earned fi rst team all- NOTRE DAME 1 6 0 6 track and wrestling. state honors from both publications as a junior... Helped Bishop vs. Penn State 2 25 0 13 Carroll average 45.8 points per game and total nearly 5,000 of- fensive yards during his senior year of 2015.

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PERSONAL: Harold Wayne Jones III was born May 25, 2000, in 2019: Played in 11 games with eight starts, hauling in 27 recep- CAREERCAREER STATS - RERECEIVINGCEIVING Tulsa, Oklahoma... Son of Harold and Natalie Jones... Has three tions for 397 yards and three touchdowns to rank second on the Year G/S Rec Yds AvAvgg TD LonLongg siblings, Dawayne, Iyara and Imani... Majoring in communication team in each category... Earned votes for Big 12 Offensive Fresh- 2018 44/1/1 10 100 10.0 2 21 studies. man of the Year award from the league’s coaches... Finished third 2019 1111/8/8 27 397 14.7 3 70 in school history in receiving yards among freshmen, while he 2020 99/9/9 13 204 15.7 3 35 CAREER STATS - DEFENSE was tied for fourth in catches... Hauled in a 70-yard touchdown TOTAL 24/18 50 701 14.0 8 70 YYearear G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R reception at Texas – the longest by a Wildcat in Big 12 play in CAREER HIGHS – CatchesCatches:: 6, vs. Texas (12/5/20); Yards:Yards: 99, 2018 2/0 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0/00 two years – as part of a 94-yard receiving day... Set career highs vs. Bowling Green (9/7/19); TD: 2, twice; Long Catch:Catch: 70,70, at 2019 1313/13/13 37-20-57 0.5-2 0.0-0 0 1 0 0/0/0 with 99 yards and two touchdowns against Bowling Green... Re- Texas (11/9/19)(11/9/19).. 2020 10/2 18-6-24 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 1 0/0/22 turned six kickoffs for a 222 yards and a touchdown... Returned TOTALTOTAL 25/1525/15 56-26-82 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 2 0/20/2 a fourth-quarter kickoff 100 yards for a score at Mississippi State CCAREERAREER STATS - RUSHINRUSHINGG CAREERCAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Tackles: 11, vs. TCUTCU (10/19/19); Solos:Solos: 7,7, vs. en route to Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors... Year G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long TCU (10/19/19); TFL:TFL: 0.5, twice; PD:PD: 1, twice. Teamed with Joshua Youngblood to be the first set of freshmen 2018 4/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 teammates to return kickoffs for touchdowns in the same season 2019 11/8 7 70 10.0 0 2233 since 2016 (Memphis)... Returned a kickoff 52 yards in the 2019 Malik 2020 9/9 6 100 16.7 1 75 4 Liberty Bowl, the longest kickoff return in K-State bowl history... TTOTALOTAL 2424/18/18 13 170 13.1 1 7755 KNOWLES Also rushed seven times for 70 yards on the year. CAREER HIGHHIGHSS – Rushes: 3, twice; Yards: 81, at Baylor Wide Receiver (11/28/20); TD: 1, at Baylor (11/28/20); Long RushRush:: 75, at KNOWLES’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS 6-2 • 200 • Jr.-2L Baylor ((11/28/20).11/28/20). Opponent Rec Yards TD Long Mansfi eld, Texas NICHOLLS 3 26 0 10 CAREER STATS – KICKOFF RETURNRETURNSS Lake Ridge BOWLING GREEN 5 99 2 34 Year G Ret Yds Avg TD Long at Mississippi State 1 12 0 12 2018 4 1 12 12.0 0 1122 CAREER HONORS BAYLOR 1 5 0 5 2019 11 6 222 37.0 1 100 2020 2019 TCU 3 48 0 33 2020 9 11 203 18.5 0 4466 • Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award • 2019 Honorable Mention Big 12 Offen- OKLAHOMA 2 34 0 23 watch list sive Freshman of the Year (Coaches) TOTAL 24 18 437 24.3 1 101000 • 2019 Big 12 Special Teams Player of at Kansas 1 7 0 7 CAREER HIGHHIGHSS – ReturnsReturns:: 33,, twice; YYards:ards: 1124,24, at MississiMississippippi the Week (Mississippi State) at Texas 3 94 1 70 State (9/14/19); TDTD:: 1, at MississiMississippippi State (9/14/19); LLongong WEST VIRGINIA 3 25 0 14 CAREER: The second player in school history with touchdowns RReturn:eturn: 100, at Mississippi SStatetate ((9/14/19).9/14/19). vs. Navy 5 47 0 14 of at least 70 yards on a run (2020 at Baylor – 75 yards), catch (2020 at Texas – 70 yards) and kickoff return (2020 at Mis- KNOWLES’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS Nick sissippi State – 100 yards) in a career, joining Brandon Banks 87 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long (2008-09). LENNERS NICHOLLS 1 27 0 27 Tight End at Mississippi State 3 124 1 100 2020: A dynamic wide receiver who started nine games and TCU 1 19 0 19 6-5 • 250 • Sr.-4L shined over the fi nal two contests... Hauled in 13 receptions for vs. Navy 1 52 0 52 204 yards and three touchdowns on the season, while he rushed Lincoln, Neb. six times for 100 yards and one score... Also returned 11 kickoffs Lincoln Southwest 2018: Saw time in four games with a start against Texas Tech for 203 yards... Finished sixth in the Big 12 in kickoff-return av- but was able to preserve his redshirt... Hauled in 10 catches erage... Took a jet sweep 75 yards for a touchdown at Baylor, tied CAREER HONORS for 100 yards and two touchdowns... His 10 catches were the for the 11th-longest run in school history and was the second 2019 most by a Wildcat true freshman since Tyler Lockett in 2011... His • First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches) longest by a wide receiver... Set a career high with six catches first-career touchdown was a 21-yarder at TCU, while he hauled • First Team Academic All-Big 12 against Texas, while he tied his career high with a pair of receiv- in an eight-yarder against Texas Tech... The game against the Red 2020: Played in nine games with starts against Arkansas State, ing touchdowns... Also scored on a 35-yard reception just before Raiders featured season highs in receptions (5) and yards (56)... Oklahoma State and Baylor... A valuable member of the blocking halftime at West Virginia... Named to the watch list for the Earl Also returned a kickoff for 12 yards at TCU. unit who helped the Wildcats rank fourth in the nation in red zone Campbell Tyler Rose Award, which is given to the top collegiate offense (93.9%)... Had three catches on the year, including an player with Texas ties. KNOWLES’ 2018 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS eight-yard reception at West Virginia. Opponent Rec Yards TD Long KNOWLES’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS at Oklahoma 3 25 0 14 LENNERS’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opponent Rec Yards TD Long at TCU 2 19 1 21 Opponent Rec Yards TD Long ARKANSAS STATE 1 27 0 27 TEXAS TECH 5 56 1 18 KANSAS 1 3 0 3 TEXAS TECH 1 7 0 7 at West Virginia 1 8 0 8 KANSAS 1 8 0 8 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Lake Ridge under head coach Kirk at Baylor 1 -3 0 0 at West Virginia 1 35 1 35 Thor... Collected 40 receptions for 846 yards and 15 touchdowns OKLAHOMA STATE 2 16 0 18 as a senior en route to First Team All-District 10-5A accolades... 2019: Played in all 13 games with four starts, earning First at Baylor 1 16 0 16 Helped the Eagles advance to the quarterfinals of the 2017 Texas Team All-Big 12 honors from the league’s coaches... Tallied 13 TEXAS 6 95 2 29 Class 5A D1 state playoffs, including a 113-yard, three-touch- catches for 163 yards and a touchdown... Had the most catches down performance in his final high school game... Also partici- by a Wildcat fullback or tight end since 2014, while his receiv- KNOWLES’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS pated in track and field. ing yards were the most among those positions since 2015... Opponent Rush Yards TD Long Scored first-career touchdown on a 21-yard reception against at Oklahoma 1 3 0 3 PERSONAL: Malik Jarnell Knowles was born August 17, 2000, TCU... Helped lead the way for 178.0 rushing yards per game at Baylor 2 81 1 75 in Lynwood, California... Nephew of Moses and Sharia Backus... to rank fourth in the Big 12, while he was a part of helping the TEXAS 3 16 0 8 Has two siblings... Majoring in kinesiology. Wildcats score 29 rushing touchdowns, the third most in the Big 12... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades. KNOWLES’ 2020 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS Opponent Ret Yards TD Long ARKANSAS STATE 3 55 0 26 TEXAS TECH 2 35 0 18 at West Virginia 5 104 0 46 at Baylor 1 9 0 9 55

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LENNERS’ 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS Kaitori Logan Opponent Rec Yards TD Long 70 71 NICHOLLS 1 12 0 12 LEVESTON LONG at Mississippi State 1 24 0 24 Off ensive Line Off ensive Line at Oklahoma State 1 19 0 19 6-4 • 345 • Jr.-2L 6-4 • 308 • Sr.-2L BAYLOR 2 20 0 11 TCU 2 34 1 21 Waco, Texas Woodward, Okla. at Kansas 2 19 0 10 Midway Woodward at Texas 1 9 0 9 WEST VIRGINIA 1 5 0 5 CAREER HONORS CAREER HONORS at Texas Tech 2 21 0 11 2020 2019-20 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 2018: Started the season opener against South Dakota but suf- 2020: Saw action in 10 games with fi ve starts, which were the 2020: Transitioned from tight end to offensive line before the fered a season-ending injury... Received a medical hardship for fi rst starts of his career... Part of an offensive line that helped season as he played in seven games on fi eld goal protection the year. K-State tie for fi rst in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks and as a reserve lineman... Earned First Team Academic All-Big allowed (14), while the Wildcats led the Big 12 and ranked fourth 12 honors. 2017: Played in 12 games, primarily on special teams and as in the nation in red zone offense (93.9%)... A First Team Aca- a blocker at both tight end and fullback... Helped the Wildcat demic All-Big 12 honoree. 2019: Played in all 13 games, including the TCU contest when offense rank third in school history in rushing yards per carry he earned his fi rst-career start... Helped the Wildcats rush for (4.98) and seventh in total rushing yards (2,584). 2019: Saw time in four games as a reserve offensive lineman, 178.0 yards per game to rank fourth in the Big 12, while he was playing against Nicholls, Bowling Green, Oklahoma and Kansas. a part of helping the Wildcats score 29 rushing touchdowns, the 2016: Redshirted. third most in the Big 12... Had three catches for 10 yards on the 2018: Redshirted. season... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Lincoln Southwest under head coach Mark King... Rated the fourth-best player in HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Midway under head coach Jeff 2018: Did not see any game action. the state of Nebraska by Rivals and ESPN, while the latter ranked Hulme... Viewed as the 59th-best offensive tackle nationally in him No. 26 nationally among all tight ends in the Class of 2016... the Class of 2018 by 247Sports... Picked up First Team All-Dis- 2017: Redshirted. Earned First Team Super State and First Team Class A All-State trict 8-6A honors as a senior in 2017, while he was named to the honors from the Lincoln Journal-Star, while he was named to second team as a junior... Helped the Panthers to the 2017 Class HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Woodward, including his senior season the Omaha World Herald’s Super Six team, recognizing him as 6A D2 state championship game. under head coach Craig Hixon... Earned all-state honors in 2016 one of the top six prep players in Nebraska, prior to the 2015 from the Oklahoma Coaches Association... Selected to play in season... Caught 18 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns PERSONAL: Kaitori (ka-TOR-ee) Leveston was born October the 2016 101 Classic Bowl... Graduated as the valedictorian of as a senior while recording 40 tackles, including 13 for loss... 28, 1999... Nephew of Tracy Daniel... Majoring in nutrition and his class. Also caught six passes for 60 yards and a touchdown in addition health. to recording 71 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks PERSONAL: Logan Jay Long was born May 24, 1999, in Liberal, as a junior... Selected to the USA TODAY Sports/American Fam- Jaren 5 Kansas... Son of Katy Long and the late Junior Long... Has one ily Insurance All-USA Nebraska team as a senior... A two-year LEWIS brother, Drew... Majoring in political science. Lincoln-Journal Star All-City team member... Also a two-year academic all-state and three-year academic all-conference se- Quarterback Bronson 90 lection... A two-year letterwinner in track and field in addition to 6-1 • 215 • So.-SQ MASSIE earning one letter in basketball. Columbia, Mo. Defensive End Battle PERSONAL: Nicholas Renken Lenners was born June 30, 1997, 6-4 • 258 • Sr.-4L in Lincoln, Nebraska... Son of Casey and Michelle Lenners... Has 2020: Did not see any game action. Lufkin, Texas one brother, Brett... Majoring in business management. Lufkin 2019: Redshirted. CAREER STATS - RECEIVING 2020: Saw action in all 10 games with starts in the opener Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Battle under head coach Justin Co- against Arkansas State and the fi nale against Texas... Totaled 13 2017 12/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 nyers... Picked up second team all-state honors from the Mis- tackles on the year and set career highs in tackles for loss (4.5) 2018 1/1 0 0 0.0 0 0 souri Football Coaches Association as a senior when he threw and sacks (2.5)... Registered a key fourth-quarter sack on third 2019 13/4 13 163 12.5 1 24 for 2,895 yards and 25 touchdowns in addition to rushing for down at Oklahoma that helped the Wildcats earn the comeback 2020 9/3 3 8 2.7 0 8 700 yards and 11 scores... Led the Spartans to the Class 5 state win over the third-ranked Sooners... Totaled a season-high four TOTAL 35/8 16 171 10.7 1 24 semifi nals in 2018... Earned all-district honors as both a junior tackles with a sack against TCU. CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 2, four times; Yards: 34, vs. TCU and senior, the former when he threw for 1,962 yards and 21 (10/19/19); TD: 1, vs. TCU (10/19/19) Long Catch: 24, at Mis- touchdowns... Rushed for 980 yards in his career... Also played MASSIE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS sissippi State (9/14/19). baseball, earning academic all-state honors. Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR ARKANSAS STATE 1-1-2 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 PERSONAL: Jaren Andre Lewis was born July 30, 2000, in Co- at Oklahoma 2-0-2 1.0-11 1.0-11 0 0 0/0 lumbia, Missouri... Son of Jason and Courtney Lewis... Has two at TCU 3-1-4 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 0 0/0 siblings. KANSAS 2-0-2 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA ST. 0-1-1 0.5-3 0.5-3 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TEXAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0

2019: Played in 11 games on the year as part of the regular rota- tion at defensive end... Finished the season with seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack... Registered his first-career sack against Baylor, a 17-yard loss.

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MASSIE’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Nate 2019: Played in 13 games with 12 starts a nickelback, finishing Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR 97 fifth on the team with 36 tackles to go along with a tackle for at Mississippi St. 0-2-2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 MATLACK loss and an interception... Registered a career-high six tackles at Oklahoma St. 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Defensive End at Mississippi State, a game in which he tallied his first-career BAYLOR 2-0-2 1.0-17 1.0-17 0 0 0/0 6-4 • 238 • Fr.-RS tackle for loss... Picked off his second-career pass at Kansas... at Kansas 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Had five stops in the regular-season finale against Iowa State Olathe, Kan. and four tackles against Nicholls, Oklahoma State and Navy. 2018: Played in all 12 games in a reserve role, totaling 11 Olathe East tackles, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup... Carded a sea- McPHERSON’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS son-high three tackles against both Baylor and Oklahoma State... 2020: Did not see any game action. Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Also had two stops against UTSA... Recovered a fumble against NICHOLLS 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Kansas on the Jayhawks’ final drive to preserve the victory... HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Olathe East under head coach Jeff BOWLING GREEN 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Came back with a pass breakup the next week against Texas Meyers... Rated the 32nd-best weakside defensive end in the at Mississippi St. 2-4-6 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Tech. Class of 2020 by 247Sports, while he ranked No. 39 by Rivals... at Oklahoma St. 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Viewed as the fi fth-best prospect in the state of Kansas by ESPN, BAYLOR 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 MASSIE’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS No. 6 by 247Sports and No. 7 by Rivals... A fi rst team all-state OKLAHOMA 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR performer as a senior by the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita at Kansas 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 1 0/0 UTSA 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Eagle... Helped lead the Hawks to a 7-3 record and a trip to the at Texas 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Baylor 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 state playoffs in 2019... Selected to play in the Kansas Shrine WEST VIRGINIA 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 OKLAHOMA ST. 0-3-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Bowl... Prepped with current Wildcat tight end Andrew Sonner. at Texas Tech 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 IOWA STATE 4-1-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 PERSONAL: Nate Matlack was born March 12, 2002... Son of vs. Navy 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TEXAS TECH 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 Paul and Amy Matlack. 2018: Played in 10 games with a start against Kansas... Finished 2017: Played in nine games – including a start in the regu- Jahron 31 the year with 19 tackles, two pass breakups and an intercep- lar-season finale against Iowa State – as he totaled 10 tackles McPHERSON tion... Carded a season-high four tackles at Oklahoma, while his on the year... Set a career high with six stops at Texas Tech, while interception was at West Virginia... Registered both of his pass he had two against the Cyclones... Broke up a pass against UCLA Defensive Back breakups at TCU... Also had three tackles against Kansas and in the Cactus Bowl. 6-1 • 200 • Sr.-3L Iowa State. Basehor, Kan. MASSIE’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME STATS McPHERSON’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Butler CC Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR C. ARKANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 SOUTH DAKOTA 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER HONORS at Texas Tech 5-1-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 MISSISSIPPI ST. 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020 at Oklahoma St. 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 • Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches) • Thorpe Award Player of the Week UTSA 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 IOWA STATE 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 • Walter Camp National Defensive Player (Oklahoma) at West Virginia 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 1 0/0 vs. UCLA 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 of the Week (Oklahoma) • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week OKLAHOMA ST. 2-0-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 • Nagurski Trophy Player of the Week (Oklahoma) (Oklahoma) at Oklahoma 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2016: Redshirted. 2020: A versatile defensive back who started 10 games at safe- at TCU 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 2 0/0 ty... An Honorable Mention All-Big 12 selection by the league’s KANSAS 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Lufkin under head coaches after leading the team with 54 tackles to go along with at Iowa State 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 coach Todd Quick... Regarded as the 62nd-best outside line- 3.5 tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions, fi ve total passes backer in the Class of 2016 by ESPN, while Scout rated him the defended and a forced fumble... Had a banner day in K-State’s 2017: Redshirted. No. 16 defensive end in the state of Texas... Earned First Team win at No. 3 Oklahoma when he had a career-high 11 tackles – All-District 16-5A honors as a defensive end in 2015, while he including one for a loss – forced a fumble that K-State recovered COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played in three games during his fresh- was an Honorable Mention Texas Associated Press Sports Editors and an interception in the fourth quarter to seal the win... Was man season under head coach Tim Schaffner... Had tackles (APSE) Class 5A All-State pick... Named to the East Texas Sports the fi rst Wildcat since 2002 to have double-digit tackles, a TFL, against Coffeyville and Fort Scott, while he had a pass breakup Network (ETSN) East Texas Football Super Team... Recorded 173 an interception and a forced fumble in the same game (Bryan in the latter... Played with current Wildcat Noah Johnson. tackles and 26 sacks during his three-year career, including an Hickman vs. Iowa State)... Named the Walter Camp National 80-tackle, 10-sack campaign as a senior... Helped Lufkin earn a Defensive Player of the Week, the Nagurski Trophy Player of HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Basehor-Linwood under head coach 7-4 record and a trip to the state playoffs in 2015. the Week, Thorpe Award Player of the Week and Big 12 Defen- Rod Stallbaumer, helping the Bobcats earn a 7-3 record and a sive Player of the Week following his performance against the district championship as a senior... Picked up first team all-state PERSONAL: Bronson Massie was born November 4, 1997, in Sooners... Came back with eight tackles and an interception the honors as a senior from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Lufkin, Texas... Son of Ron Massie and Barbara Jones... Majoring next week against Texas Tech, while he also had eight tackles at Eagle, while he earned honorable mention accolades as a ju- in communication studies. West Virginia and seven against Oklahoma State... Logged his nior... Played in the Kansas vs. Missouri All-Star Game following fi rst-career sack at Baylor, a game that he tied his career high his senior year... Also played basketball and ran track. CAREER STATS - DEFENSE with two passes defended... Voted a team captain. Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R PERSONAL: Jahron Lee McPherson (juh-RON mc-FEAR-son) 2017 9/1 7-3-10 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 McPHERSON’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS was born December 21, 1997, in Kansas City, Missouri... Son 2018 12/0 4-7-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/1 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR of John McPherson and Kristin Goodlow... Has five siblings... 2019 11/0 4-3-7 1.5-18 1.0-17 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 6-5-11 1.0-11 0.0-0 1 1 1/0 Majoring in sociology. 2020 10/2 10-3-13 4.5-24 2.5-20 0 1 0/0 TEXAS TECH 6-2-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 1 0/0 TOTAL 42/3 25-16-41 6.0-42 3.5-37 0 3 0/1 at TCU 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER STATS - DEFENSE CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 6, at Texas Tech (11/4/17); Solos: 5, KANSAS 4-1-5 1.0-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R at Texas Tech (11/4/17); TFL: 1.0, five times; Sacks: 1.0, three at West Virginia 7-1-8 0.5-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2018 10/1 14-5-19 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 3 0/0 times; PD: 1, three times. OKLAHOMA ST. 7-0-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2019 13/12 24-12-36 1.0-2 0.0-0 1 1 0/0 at Iowa State 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 2020 10/10 36-18-54 3.5-18 1.0-6 2 5 1/0 at Baylor 1-4-5 1.0-6 1.0-6 0 2 0/0 TOTAL 33/23 74-35-109 4.5-20 1.0-6 4 9 1/0 TEXAS 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 11, at Oklahoma (9/26/20); Solos: 7, twice; TFL: 1.0, four times; Sacks: 1.0, at Baylor (11/28/20); INT: 1, four times; PD: 2, twice.

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Malachi outstanding high school football player in the smaller class in MOZEE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS 18 the Greater Kansas City area... Totaled 226 tackles, five forced Opponent Rush Yards TD Long MITCHELL fumbles and 17 tackles for loss in addition to rushing for 3,021 at Oklahoma 1 2 0 2 Defensive Back yards during his career... A three-time state qualifier in wrestling KANSAS 3 27 0 27 6-0 • 187 • Fr.-RS who finished fourth at state in 2019. at West Virginia 3 10 0 5 at Iowa State 3 6 0 4 Mansfi eld, Texas PERSONAL: Richard Austin Moore was born June 30, 2000, in TEXAS 1 -6 0 0 Legacy Overland Park, Kansas... Son of Tom and Alison Moore. MOZEE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS 2020: Did not see any game action. CAREER STATS - DEFENSE Opponent Rec Yards TD Long Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R at Oklahoma 1 78 0 78 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Legacy under head coach Chris Mel- 2020 7/0 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Iowa State 1 5 0 5 son... Regarded as the 65th-best safety in the Class of 2020 by TOTAL 7/0 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 ESPN and No. 99 by 247Sports... Totaled 95 tackles during his CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 3, vs. Kansas (10/24/20); Solos: 3, MOZEE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS prep career – including 8.0 tackles for loss – to go along with a vs. Kansas (10/24/20). Opponent Ret Yards TD Long pair of interceptions... Also competed in track and fi eld. at Iowa State 1 7 0 7

PERSONAL: Malachai (MAL-uh-kye) Nathaniel Mitchell was Christian 44 HIGH SCHOOL: Played Lee’s Summit North under head coach born April 28, 2002, in Stockton, California... Son of Mellissa MOORE Jamar Mozee... Rated the 76th-best running back in the Class Merchant... Has one sibling, Joe McClelland... Plans on majoring Fullback of 2020 by ESPN, while the organization viewed him as the in business administration. 6-2 • 239 • So.-1L 20th-best player in the state of Missouri... Earned first team all-district and second team all-state honors as a senior from Witt 72 Huntington Beach, Calif. the Missouri Football Coaches Association... Rushed for 2,127 MITCHUM Huntington Beach yards and 22 touchdowns in his career, including a 1,049-yard, 10-touchdown performance as a senior... Also caught 42 passes Off ensive Line 2020: Saw action in three games – primarily on special teams – for 310 yards and three touchdowns as a prep, while he totaled 6-5 • 276 • Fr.-RS as he played against Kansas, Iowa State and Texas. 410 kickoff-return yards... Prepped with current Wildcat Kienen McKenzie, Tenn. Gaskin. HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Huntington Beach under head coach McKenzie Brett Brown... Viewed as the 41st-best tight end (H) in the Class PERSONAL: Keyon Mozee was born March 14, 2002... Son of of 2020 by ESPN... Hauled in 78 receptions for 800 yards and Leon Mozee and Javonne Tolozy. 2020: Did not see any game action. seven touchdowns during his prep career... Had a career-high 36 catches as a senior, while he recorded fi ve of his touchdowns CAREER STATS - RUSHING HIGH SCHOOL: Played at McKenzie under head coach Wade as a junior... Also played linebacker, carding 142 tackles, 16.0 Year G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long Comer... Rated the 96th-best offensive tackle in the Class of tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks during his career... Earned fi rst 2020 9/0 11 39 3.5 0 27 2020 by ESPN... Earned All-Region 7-2A honors as a senior. team all-league honors as both a junior and senior, while he was TOTAL 9/0 11 39 3.5 0 27 a second-team pick as a sophomore... Named the defensive CAREER HIGHS – Rushes: 3, three times; Yards: 27, vs. Kansas PERSONAL: Witt Mitchum was born November 19, 2001... Son player of the year as a junior. (10/24/20); Long Rush: 27, vs. Kansas (10/24/20). of Sherry Mitchum. PERSONAL: Christian Stephen Moore was born October 1, 2001, CAREER STATS - RECEIVING Austin 41 in Loma Linda, California... Son of Aaron and Victoria Moore... Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long MOORE Has two brothers, Dylan and Cory, and one sister, Camryn... 2020 9/0 2 83 41.5 0 78 Linebacker Father, Aaron, played baseball at UAB, while one brother, Cory, TOTAL 9/0 2 83 41.5 0 78 played baseball at UIC... Plans on majoring in sociology. CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 1, twice; Yards: 78, at Oklahoma 6-0 • 214 • Fr.-RS (9/26/26); Long Catch: 78, at Oklahoma (9/26/26). Louisburg, Kan. Keyon 6 Louisburg MOZEE Eric 21 CAREER HONORS Running Back MUNOZ 2020 5-7 • 179 • So.-1L Linebacker • First Team Academic All-Big 12 6-0 • 234 • Sr.-TR 2020: Saw action in seven games – primarily on special teams Lee’s Summit, Mo. – while also serving as a reserve linebacker... Totaled four tack- Lee’s Summit North Belvidere, Ill. les on the season, including a season-high three against Kan- Utah State Univ. sas... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors as he was 2020: Saw action in nine games, one of nine true freshman to one of 13 players in the league to be nominated with a 4.0 GPA. play during the season... Rushed 11 times for 39 yards, caught CAREER HONORS two passes for 83 yards and returned one kickoff for seven 2019 MOORE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS yards... Earned his fi rst-career playing time in K-State’s win • Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week (Wyoming) • Academic All-Mountain West Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR at No. 3 Oklahoma, hauling in a 78-yard reception to set up a at Oklahoma 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 touchdown... The 78-yarder was the 15th-longest pass play in CAREER AT UTAH STATE: Played in 14 games over three sea- KANSAS 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 school history and second longest with a true freshman on the sons, including the 2019 campaign when he made four starts... receiving end... Teamed with fellow true freshman running back A walk-on from Mesa College in San Diego who earned a scholar- 2019: Redshirted. Deuce Vaughn to be the fi rst set of teammates in school history ship with the Aggies after his fi rst-career start in 2019. with catches of at least 77 yards in the same game... Had a HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Louisburg under head coach Robert season-high 27 rushing yards against Kansas, while he had 10 2020: Saw time in one of the Aggies’ six games, starting against Ebenstein... Helped the Wildcats earn an 11-2 record in 2018 yards on three carries at West Virginia. New Mexico... Tallied four tackles against the Lobos. and a trip to the state playoffs... Earned first team all-state hon- ors as running back during his senior season from the Topeka MUNOZ’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, while he was an honorable Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR mention pick from both organizations as a junior... Also picked NEW MEXICO 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 up three all-league honors as a linebacker and two as a run- ning back... A finalist for the Frank Fontana Award as the most

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2019: Saw action in four games with starts in each of the final Hadley PERSONAL: Jaylen Brian Pickle was born July 4, 1999, in Elgin, four games... Named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the 54 Illinois... Son of Brian Wells and Lisa Pickle... Majoring in busi- Week following his first-career start against Wyoming, a game PANZER ness administration. in which he tallied a career-high 13 tackles, a half tackle for Off ensive Line loss, two interceptions and a pass breakup... Returned one of 6-3 • 310 • Fr.-HS CAREER STATS - DEFENSE his interceptions against the Cowboys 56 yards to set up a field Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R goal, while the other was in the final minute to seal a five-point Lakin, Kan. 2019 1/0 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 victory... Came back with seven tackles and half TFL the next Lakin 2020 8/2 4-6-10 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 3 0/0 week against No. 20 Boise State and another nine tackles in the TOTAL 9/2 4-6-10 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 3 0/0 regular-season finale at New Mexico... Tallied four tackles and HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Lakin under head coach and former CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 4, at Oklahoma (9/26/20); Solos: a TFL in the Frisco Bowl against Kent State... Earned Academic Wildcat Chris Bamberger... Rated as the 29th-best center in the 1, four times; TFL: 0.5, at West Virginia (10/31/20); PD: 2, vs. All-Mountain West accolades. Class of 2020 by 247Sports... A fi rst team all-state honoree as Texas Tech (10/3/20). a senior by both the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Ea- MUNOZ’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* gle... A fi rst-team selection as a senior from the Kansas Football Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Coaches Association... Also earned fi rst-team honors from the at Fresno State 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Topeka Capital-Journal and honorable mention accolades from Randen 42 WYOMING 7-6-13 0.5-0 0.0-0 2 2 0/0 the Wichita Eagle as a junior, while he was an honorable mention PLATTNER BOISE STATE 3-4-7 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 pick by both organizations as a sophomore... Selected to play Long Snapper at New Mexico 6-3-9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 in the 2019 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl at AT&T Stadium in 6-2 • 227 • Jr.-2L vs. Kent State 2-2-4 1.0-6 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Arlington, Texas... Competed in wrestling where he was a state champion in 2019 and fi nished third in 2018... Also a two-year Parkville, Mo. 2018: Saw time in four games as he preserved his redshirt... letterwinner in baseball and was a league champion in the shot Park Hill Came away with five tackles and a half tackle for loss against put. Tennessee Tech, while he had one stop against San Jose State... CAREER HONORS Also played at Colorado State and against North Texas in the PERSONAL: Hadley Jack Panzer was born May 10, 2001, in 2019-20 New Mexico Bowl. Dodge City, Kansas... Son of Garrett and Kim Panzer... Has one • First Team Academic All-Big 12 sibling, Garrison... Plans on majoring in agriculture. 2020: Served as the primarily long snapper on all fi eld goal and MUNOZ’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* extra-point attempts, seeing action in nine games... Was true Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Jaylen on all 47 snap attempts... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 93 performer. TENNESSEE TECH 0-5-5 0.5-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 PICKLE SAN JOSE STATE 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Defensive Tackle 2019: Played in all 13 games, serving as the team’s primary AT MESA COLLEGE: Played the 2017 season for the Olympi- 6-4 • 313 • Jr.-1L long snapper on both fi eld goals and extra points... Was true on all 67 snaps during the season... Earned First Team Academic ans... Earned California Community College Athletics Association Cimarron, Kan. all-conference honors in the Southern California Football Asso- All-Big 12 accolades. Cimarron ciation... Tallied 69 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks, while he added an interception, one fumble recovery, a blocked 2018: Redshirted. 2020: Played in eight games with starts against Oklahoma kick and a pass breakup... Had a season-high 11 tackles against and Texas Tech, the fi rst two starts of his career... Totaled 10 Desert JC and added 10 stops – including 2.5 TFLs and a sack HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Park Hill under head tackles, a half tackle for loss and three pass breakups on the – against Antelope Valley... Helped lead Mesa to the Southern coach Josh Hood... Rated the 23rd-best long snapper in the na- year... Tallied a career-high four tackles in K-State’s win at No. California Bowl Championship. tion according to Rubio Long Snapping... Made 11 tackles and 3 Oklahoma, a game in which he tipped a pass that was inter- recovered one fumble in his career... Helped the Trojans earn a cepted on the Sooners’ fi rst possession... Batted down a pair of AT UPPER IOWA UNIV.: Played his freshman season for the Pea- 10-3 record and a state semifi nal appearance as a senior... Also passes against Texas Tech... Had three stops and a half TFL at cocks in 2016... Totaled 32 tackles, 3.5 tackles of loss, a sack letter three years in golf. West Virginia. and an interception on the season... Had a banner day against Concordia-St. Paul when he totaled 12 tackles, 1.5 TFLs, a sack PERSONAL: Randen Jul Plattner was born December 8, 1999, in PICKLE’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS and an interception... Earned Northern Sun Conference Defensive Kansas City, Missouri... Son of Rodney and Debi Plattner... Has Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Player of the Week honors following his performance against the one sibling, Lyndi... Majoring in mechanical engineering. at Oklahoma 0-4-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Golden Bears... Also had six tackles against Winona State and TEXAS TECH 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 2 0/0 Augustana. Taylor KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 52 at West Virginia 1-2-3 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 POITIER HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Belvidere under head coach Chuck OKLAHOMA ST. 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Leonard ... Earned Northern Illinois all-conference honors as a Off ensive Line TEXAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 senior... Also played basketball. 6-2 • 290 • So.-1L 2019: Played against Bowling Green but did not record any sta- Shawnee, Kan. PERSONAL: Eric Munoz was born February 6, 1998... Son of tistics. Bishop Miege Gerardo and Bertha Munoz... Has two siblings. 2018: Redshirted. 2020: Played in four games, including starts at right guard in CCAREERAREER STATS - DEFENSE each of the fi nal two contests... K-State had its two best rushing YYearear GG/S/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/RF/R HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Cimarron, including games during his starts, totaling 256 yards and three touch- 22018018* 4/04/0 1-5-6 0.5-0 0.0-0 0 0 00/0/0 the final year under head coach Greg Koenig... Regarded as the downs at Baylor in addition to 274 yards and two touchdowns 20192019* 8/48/4 21-15-36 2.0-7 0.0-0 2 2 00/0/0 third-best prospect in the state of Kansas and the 44th-best against Texas... Helped K-State tie for fi rst in the Big 12 and 27th 20202020* 1/1 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/00/0 defensive tackle in the nation for the Class of 2018 by Rivals... nationally in sacks allowed (14), while the Wildcats led the Big TOTALTOTAL 14/414/4 25-21-46 2.5-7 0.0-0 2 2 0/00/0 Picked up honorable mention all-state honors as a junior in 2016 12 and ranked fourth in the nation in red zone offense (93.9%). CAREERCAREER HIHIGHSGHS – TacklesTackles:: 13, vs. WyomingWyoming (11/16/19); and as a senior in 2017 from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Solos:Solos: 7, vs. Wyoming (11/16/19); TFL: 1.0, vs. Kent State Wichita Eagle, leading the Bluejays to league and district cham- 2019: Redshirted. (12/20/19);(12/20/19); INT: 2, vs. WyomingWyoming (11/16/19); PD:PD: 2, vs. WWyomingyoming pionships each year... Also a four-year all-league player... Totaled (11/16/19). * atat Utah StateState 50 tackles, including 4.0 tackles for loss, as a senior... Also let- HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Bishop Miege under head coach John tered four years in basketball – earning all-league and all-state Holmes... Regarded as the 56th-best offensive guard in the Class honors – three years in track and field, and one year in golf. of 2019 by ESPN, while 247Sports ranked him 72nd... ESPN also rated him the eighth-best player in the state of Kansas... Helped the Stags earn its fi fth-straight Kansas Class 5A state champi-

44 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL THE WILDCATS onship in 2018, while the Stags earned a collective 44-4 record 10-2 record and a trip to the district championship in 2018... TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Kansas during his four seasons... Named to the Kansas Football Coach- Earned fi rst team all-state honors from the Missouri Football team member... A two-time fi rst team all-state honoree by the es Association Top-11 team among all classes, while he was an Coaches Association as both a junior and senior... A fi nalist for Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, while he was an all-state selection on the 4A level by the organization... Picked the 2018 Simone Award as the top prep player in the Kansas honorable mention pick by both organizations as a sophomore... up fi rst team all-state honors from the Topeka Capital-Journal City area. Also earned all-state honors from the Kansas Football Coaches and Wichita Eagle as a senior... Named to the 2018 All-Simone Association (KFBCA) as a senior... Named to the Wichita Eagle Team as one of the top prep players in the Kansas City area... PERSONAL: Clyde Price was born February 9, 2001... Son of and KFBCA top-11 teams in 2016... Earned All-Midlands Region Prepped with current Wildcats Cameron Key and Landry Weber. Patrick and Stacey Price... Majoring in athletic training. accolades from PrepStar... Named the Division I of the Ark Val- ley-Chisholm Trail League Offensive Player of the Year as a se- PERSONAL: Taylor Alexzander Poitier (por-tee-AY [long A]) was DaVonte nior, helping the Salthawks earn a 10-2 record and rush for 356 born January 7, 2001, in Kansas City, Kansas... Son of Terry 0 yards per game... Selected to play in the 2017 Kansas Shrine Bailey and Chonita Madison... Has one sibling, Tylor... Plans on PRITCHARD Bowl... Also participated in track and fi eld. majoring in psychology. Linebacker 6-1 • 200 • Fr.-HS PERSONAL: Joshua David Rivas was born April 12, 1999, in Hutchinson, Kansas... Son of Jose and Kimberly Rivas... Has one Seth Gardner, Kan. 16 sister, Rachel... Majoring in personal fi nancial planning. PORTER Gardner Edgerton Wide Receiver Jake 5-8 • 165 • Jr.-2L HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Gardner Edgerton under head coach 2 Ryan Cornelsen... Viewed as the 43rd-best safety in the Class of RUBLEY Friendswood, Texas 2021 by Rivals... Regarded as the second-best prospect in the Quarterback Clear Springs state of Kansas by Rivals, while ESPN ranks him as third best... 6-2 • 205 • Fr.-HS A fi rst team all-state honoree in 2020 by the Kansas Football CAREER HONORS Coaches Association and Sports in Kansas... Picked up honor- Highlands Ranch, Colo. 2020 able mention all-state accolades from the Topeka Capital-Jour- Highlands Ranch • First Team Academic All-Big 12 nal and Wichita Eagle in each of his fi nal two seasons... Named 2020: Played in nine games on special teams and as a reserve to the 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America preseason watch list... HIGH SCHOOL: Played his fi rst three years at Highlands Ranch wide receiver... Blocked a punt against Texas Tech, the third Collected 125 tackles, 30 tackles for loss and fi ve interceptions under head coach and father T.J. Rubley... Rated as the 25th- blocked punt by the Wildcats in as many games to open the during his prep career... Teammate of fellow 2020 K-State signee best overall prospect in the Class of 2021 by ESPN, while the season... Had a one-yard rush on a jet sweep against Oklahoma Austin Weiner and current offensive lineman Talor Warner... Also organization also rated him the third-best pocket passer in the State... Tallied a tackle on punt coverage against Texas... A First competed in track and basketball. class and the top overall prospect in the state of Iowa, were he Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. played as a senior... Regarded as the 12th-best pro-style quar- PERSONAL: DaVonte (duh-VON-tay) Pritchard was born July terback in the Class of 2021 by Rivals, while 247Sports rated him 2019: Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams... Saw 7, 2003, in Columbus, Ohio... Son of Joelee and Daniel Allen... No. 22... Threw for 3,892 yards and 39 touchdowns to go along time in the Bowling Green game as a reserve wide receiver, haul- Has four siblings, Dana, Daquan, Dontay and Desiree... Plans on with 269 rushing yards and seven scores during his career for the ing in a 12-yard pass. majoring in kinesiology. Falcons... Named to the 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America pre- season watch list... Earned honorable mention all-state honors 2018: Redshirted... A co-winner of the team’s Red Raider Award Josh as a junior... Played two games as a senior at Valley High School as the top contributor on the scout squad. 76 in Des Moines, Iowa, under head coach Gary Swenson... Threw RIVAS for 356 yards and a touchdown on 33-of-57 aim for the Tigers... HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Clear Springs under head coach Ran- Off ensive Line Also competed in track. dall Garlington... A second team all-district safety in 2017 who 6-6 • 335 • Jr.-2L accumulated 134 tackles, four interceptions and 18 pass break- PERSONAL: Jake Rubley was born July 15, 2002, in Highlands Hutchinson, Kan. ups during his career... Also played soccer, earning all-district Ranch, Colorado... Son of T.J. and Julie Rubley... Has three sib- accolades. Hutchinson lings, Ryan, Brock and Luke... Father, T.J., played collegiately at Tulsa before being selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1992 PERSONAL: Seth Michael Porter was born June 11, 1999, in CAREER HONORS NFL Draft... T.J. ranks fourth in Tulsa history in passing yards, 2019 Clear Lake, Texas... Son of Mark Porter and Amy Thompson, both total offense and passing touchdowns for a career, while he was of whom attended K-State... Father, Mark, was a kicker for the • Second Team All-Big 12 (Associated Press) 2020: Started each of the fi rst eight games of the season at left inducted into the Tulsa Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015... T.J. played Wildcats from 1985 to 1988... Has four siblings, Seth, Brook in 10 career games with seven starts in two NFL seasons with Thompson, Kayson Shelton and Madison Shelton... Younger guard... An integral part of an offensive unit that tied for fi rst in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks allowed (14), while the the Rams and Green Bay Packers... Older brother, Ryan, played brother, Shane, is also a wide receiver for the Wildcats... Major- football at Tulsa and Augustana... Plans on majoring in business. ing in communications studies. Wildcats led the Big 12 and ranked fourth in the nation in red zone offense (93.9%). Sam Clyde 66 30 2019: Played in all 13 games as a regular in the rotation at SHIELDS PRICE guard, earning Second Team All-Big 12 honors from the Associ- Off ensive Line Running Back ated Press... Helped the Wildcats rank fourth in the Big 12 with 6-4 • 285 • Fr.-RS 6-0 • 214 • So.-SQ 178.0 rushing yards per game and third in the league with 29 rushing touchdowns. Manhattan, Kan. Kansas City, Mo. Manhattan North Kansas City 2018: Saw signifi cant action at guard in all 12 games, includ- ing starts at TCU and Iowa State... Helped the Wildcats fi nish 2020: Did not see any game action. 2020: Saw his fi rst-career action on special teams in the fi nale third in the Big 12 by averaging 182.6 rushing yards per game, against Texas. which included a 184.2-yard average in conference games to HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Manhattan under head coach Joe rank second. Schartz... Rated the 85th-best offensive guard in the Class of 2019: Redshirted. 2020 by ESPN, while 247Sports ranked him No. 88... Helped the 2017: Redshirted. Indians earn a 9-2 record during his senior year as they ad- HIGH SCHOOL: Played at North Kansas City under head coach vanced to the state quarterfi nals... Manhattan went 10-2 and Leon Douglas... Viewed as the 80th-best running back prospect HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Hutchinson under head coach Ryan advanced to the state semifi nals his junior year... Was a fi rst in the Class of 2019 by 247Sports... Rushed for 3,022 yards and Cornelsen... Regarded as the 50th-best guard in the Class of team all-state performer by the Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita 41 touchdowns during his career, which included a 1,295-yard, 2017 by ESPN, while he was rated the third-best player in the Eagle and Kansas Football Coaches Association as a senior... 14-scores campaign as a senior... Helped lead the Hornets to a state of Kansas by ESPN and 247Sports... A two-time USA

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Also earned fi rst team all-area honors... Selected to play in the Cody les, 6.0 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks on the year... Carded a Kansas Shrine Bowl. 47 season-high fi ve tackles against Long Beach before totaling a STUFFLEBEAN season-best 2.0 TFLs against Chaffey... Full sacks came against PERSONAL: Samuel A Shields was born December 26, 2001, Tight End Bakersfi eld, East Los Angeles and Riverside... Also broke up a in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Mark and Jill Shields... Has one 6-4 • 252 • Fr.-RS pass against Palomar. sister, Sydney... Mother, Jill, is Deputy AD/Senior Woman Ad- ministrator at K-State and played basketball at UCF... Plans on McPherson, Kan. PERSONAL: Tyrone Taleni was born June 10, 1996. majoring in business administration. McPherson Chabastin 13 TJ 7 2020: Did not see any game action. TAYLOR SMITH HIGH SCHOOL: Played at McPherson under head coach Jace Wide Receiver Defensive Back Pavlovich... Viewed as the 88th-best athlete in the Class of 2020 6-4 • 215 • Sr.-3L 5-9 • 190 • Fr.-RS by 247Sports, while ESPN rated him as a defensive end, placing Giddings, Texas him No. 96 on the list... Named to the 2019 Wichita Eagle Top- Powder Springs, Ga. 11 Team and was a fi rst team all-state performer by both the Giddings McEachern Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle in addition to being named the league defensive MVP... Named to the 2019 Kansas 2020: Started nine games and played in all 10 contests... Totaled 2020: Played in each of the fi rst four games prior to a sea- Football Coaches Association (KFBCA) Top 11 Team and was an 293 yards and one touchdown on 19 catches, while he rushed son-ending injury... Tallied seven tackles on the year, including all-state pick by the organization... Finished his fi nal prep ca- one time for 20 yards... Tied his career high with four catches a season-high four stops against Texas Tech... Also had a pair of reer with 44 tackles, eight sacks and a forced fumble in just 21 against Arkansas State and Kansas, while he had a career-high tackles in K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma. quarters as the Bullpups outscored opponents 439-99 in 2019... 98 receiving yards in the season opener... Scored a two-point Had 12 catches for 193 yards and six touchdowns as a tight conversion on a jet sweep at TCU. SMITH’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS end... Selected to play in the Kansas Shrine Bowl... Also lettered Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR in basketball, earning fi rst team all-league honors, and track, TAYLOR’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS ARKANSAS STATE 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 fi nishing second at the state meet in javelin and sixth in shot put Opponent Rec Yards TD Long at Oklahoma 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 as a junior... Prepped with current Wildcat Gabe Hoover. ARKANSAS STATE 4 98 0 42 TEXAS TECH 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma 2 45 1 39 PERSONAL: Cody Curtis Stuffl ebean was born June 29, 2001, TEXAS TECH 2 16 0 9 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at McEachern under head coach Franklin in McPherson, Kansas... Son of Curt and Ali Stuffl ebean... A 4.0 at TCU 2 10 0 7 Stephens... Rated the 62nd-best cornerback in the Class of 2020 student in high school who plans on majoring in engineering. KANSAS 4 68 0 37 by Rivals... Registered 41 tackles and 10 passes defended as a at West Virginia 3 19 0 9 senior... Helped lead the Indians to a 12-1 record and a trip to at Iowa State 2 37 0 29 the quarterfi nals of the state championship in 2019... Team went Will 83 14-1 and earned a state championship his sophomore season SWANSON 2019: Saw action in all 13 games with starts against Texas and of 2017. Tight End Iowa State... Set a career high with 74 yards at Texas Tech, a game that featured a 48-yard touchdown to help put the game 6-5 • 252 • Fr.-RS PERSONAL: Tajiri Shemar Smith was born September 23, 2001, away... Registered a career-high four catches against Bowling in Atlanta, Georgia... Son of Chris and Shandra Smith... Brother, Papillion, Neb. Green. Christopher Smith II, is a defensive back at Georgia... Plans on La Vista South majoring in business. TAYLOR’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 2020: Did not see any game action. Opponent Rec Yards TD Long CAREER STATS - DEFENSE NICHOLLS 1 34 0 34 Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at La Vista South BOWLING GREEN 4 21 0 9 2020 4/0 5-2-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 under head coach Tim Clemenger... Regarded as the 24th-best TCU 1 10 0 10 TOTAL 4/0 5-2-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 tight end (Y) in the Class of 2020 by ESPN, while he was rat- at Texas Tech 3 74 1 48 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 4, vs. Texas Tech (10/3/20); Solos: ed No. 37 by Rivals and No. 41 by 247Sports... Viewed as the IOWA STATE 1 22 0 22 3, vs. Texas Tech (10/3/20). third-best prospect in the state of Nebraska by both ESPN and 247Sports, and No. 5 by Rivals... Hauled in 45 receptions for 542 2018: Played in five games, hauling in three catches for 22 yards Trevor yards and three touchdowns during his prep career, including his and a touchdown, most of which came against Iowa State... 64 senior season when he went for 381 yards on 33 receptions... Caught two passes for 17 yards, which included a nine-yard STANGE Also lettered one year in baseball. touchdown reception, against the Cyclones. Off ensive Line TAYLOR’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME STATS 6-2 • 278 • So.-SQ PERSONAL: William Henry Swanson was born March 5, 2002, in Concord, Massachusetts... Son of Kevin and Amy Swanson... Opponent Rec Yards TD Long Coppell, Texas Has one sibling, Isabelle... Plans on majoring in construction UTSA 1 5 0 5 Coppell science. at Iowa State 2 17 1 9 2020: Did not see any game action. Tyrone 50 2017: Redshirted. 2019: Redshirted. TALENI HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Giddings under head coach Chris Defensive Tackle Jones... A two-time all-district honoree, including his senior sea- HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter at Coppell under head coach 6-2 • 277 • Jr.-1L son when he was named the Offensive MVP of District 10-4A and Mike DeWitt... Rated the 68th-best offensive guard nationally in member of the All-Midlands Region team by PrepStar... Hauled in Savai’i, Samoa the Class of 2019 by ESPN... Earned all-district honors all four 42 passes for 815 yards and 16 touchdowns over his junior and seasons... Selected to play in International Bowl X at AT&T Sta- Mt. San Antonio College senior years while also rushing for 945 yards on 122 carries and dium... Also completed in basketball and shot put. another 14 scores... Also played quarterback, completing 29-of- 2020: Saw action in three contests, including the Kansas game 57 passes for 449 yards and four touchdowns over the final two PERSONAL: Trevor Reid Stange (STANG) was born July 10, 2000, when he made a six-yard sack... Also played at Oklahoma and years of his prep career... Participated in track, earning district in Carrollton, Texas... Son of Lauren Stange and the late Russ Baylor. championships in the 4x200 relay as a junior and senior, as well Stange... Has one sister, Reagan... Father, Russ, was an offen- as the 200-meter dash as a senior. sive lineman at K-State in 1987 and 1988... Majoring in biology. COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played the 2019 season at Mt. San Antonio College under head coach Bob Jastrab... Tallied 26 tack-

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PERSONAL: Chabastin (chuh-BASS-tin) Edward Taylor was since 2017... His 334 passing yards were the most by a Wildcat THOMPSON’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS born September 14, 1998, in Austin, Texas... Son of Patricia since the 2017 season opener and the most in a Big 12 game Opponent Rush Yards TD Long Rivers-Taylor and the late Charles Taylor... Has one sibling, Dar- since the 2015 Alamo Bowl (after the 2014 season)... Named NICHOLLS 3 30 1 17 recia... Majoring in sociology. the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and a Davey O’Brien BOWLING GREEN 3 26 0 14 Award Great 8 Quarterback after his performance against the at Mississippi State 4 8 1 16 CAREER STATS - RECEIVING Sooners... Picked up First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors... at Oklahoma State 7 27 0 20 Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long Voted a team captain. BAYLOR 11 6 0 11 2018 5/0 3 22 7.3 1 9 TCU 10 68 1 61 2019 13/2 10 161 16.1 1 48 THOMPSON’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS OKLAHOMA 13 39 4 15 2020 10/9 19 293 15.4 1 42 Opponent C-A-I Yards TD Long at Kansas 17 127 3 34 TOTAL 28/11 32 476 14.9 3 48 ARKANSAS STATE 19-29-0 259 2 42 at Texas 7 0 0 5 CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 4, twice; Yards: 98, vs. Arkansas at Oklahoma 18-25-0 334 1 78 WEST VIRGINIA 14 19 0 15 State (9/12/20); TD: 1, three times; Long Catch: 48, at Texas TEXAS TECH 5-10-0 33 1 12 at Texas Tech 7 14 0 17 Tech (11/23/19). IOWA STATE 9 38 0 12 THOMPSON’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS vs. Navy 9 3 1 4 Opponent Rush Yards TD Long Skylar 7 ARKANSAS STATE 7 7 0 10 2018: Played in 11 games with 10 starts, throwing for 1,391 THOMPSON at Oklahoma 9 10 3 5 yards and nine touchdowns on 122-of-208 aim with just four in- Quarterback TEXAS TECH 3 21 0 13 terceptions... Also added 373 rushing yards and five touchdowns 6-2 • 223 • Sr.-4L on 105 carries... Finished the year ranked seventh in the Big 12 2019: Started all 13 games, throwing for 2,315 yards and 12 in total offense (160.4 yards per game) and passing efficiency Independence, Mo. touchdowns on 177-of-297 (59.6%) aim with just five inter- (125.3)... Threw for a career-best 213 yards on two occasions, Fort Osage ceptions, while he rushed for 405 yards and 11 touchdowns on against UTSA and Texas Tech... Set career highs in completions 114 carries... Picked up Honorable Mention All-Big 12 accolades (18) and attempts (27) at Iowa State, while he also tied his ca- CAREER HONORS from the league’s coaches, the first K-State signal caller to earn reer high in touchdowns passes (3)... Recorded a two-touchdown 2020 2017 an all-conference honor from the coaches since Jake Waters in game against UTSA... Rushed for a season-high 80 yards against • Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 List (OU) • Honorable Mention Big 12 Offensive 2014... Finished 10th in K-State history in single-season com- Oklahoma State, a week after tallying a career-long rush of 52 • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (OU) Freshman of the Year (Coaches) • Maxwell Award watch list • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Oklaho- pletions, while he tied for 10th in touchdowns responsible for yards at Baylor. • Manning Award watch list ma State, Iowa State) (23)... Had the fifth-most passing yards among juniors in school • Wuerffel Trophy watch list • Manning Award Star of the Week (OSU) history and finished 12th overall in single-season passing THOMPSON’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS • First Team Academic All-Big 12 yards... Finished sixth in the Big 12 in scoring among non-kick- Opponent C-A-I Yards TD Long 2019 ers (5.1 points per game)... Tied for eighth nationally and second SOUTH DAKOTA 8-14-1 61 1 15 • HM All-Big 12 (Coaches) in the Big 12 among quarterbacks with 11 rushing touchdowns... MISSISSIPPI ST. 7-17-0 86 1 23 • Maxwell Award Player of the Week (OU) • Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 List (OU) Had seven rushing scores over a two-game stretch against No. UTSA 13-18-0 213 2 42 • Manning Award Star of the Week (OU) 5 Oklahoma and Kansas, the most by a K-State quarterback over at West Virginia 11-17-0 145 0 40 • Liberty Bowl Team Offensive MVP a two-game span since Collin Klein in 2012... Had four rushing TEXAS 8-18-0 96 0 19 • Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list scores against the Sooners, tied for the third most in a game in at Baylor 15-26-2 149 1 28 CAREER: A career 30-game starter, which is the third most school history and the fourth most among all players in the nation OKLAHOMA STATE 11-22-0 130 0 28 among K-State quarterbacks since 1990... Enters his second in 2019... Also threw for 213 yards on 18-of-28 aim against the at Oklahoma 13-21-0 108 0 22 senior campaign ranked in the top 10 in school history of 15 Sooners as he earned Maxwell Award Player of the Week, Davey at TCU 1-2-0 7 0 7 career categories, including the top mark in interception per- O’Brien Award Great 8 List and Manning Award Star of the Week TEXAS TECH 17-26-1 213 1 27 centage (1.84), ranking third in yards per completion (12.87), accolades... Rushed for 127 yards at Kansas, the first K-State at Iowa State 18-27-0 183 3 42 fi fth in completions (390), passing effi ciency (136.01), rushing signal caller with a 100-yard rushing game since Alex Delton in yards (1,083) and rushing touchdowns (22) by a quarterback, the 2017 Cactus Bowl, while he was the first player with at least THOMPSON’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS and seventh in passing yards (5,201) and passing touchdowns 100 rushing yards and 100 passing yards in the same game Opponent Rush Yards TD Long (30)... Is just the second player in school history to throw for since Delton against Oklahoma in 2017... Set a career high for SOUTH DAKOTA 11 58 0 44 5,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a career (Ell Rober- passing yards (299) and total offense (318) against West Vir- MISSISSIPPI STATE 12 34 0 16 son)... Has engineered fi ve career touchdown drives in the ginia, the latter being the most by a Wildcat since Jesse Ertz UTSA 14 66 1 27 fourth quarter to either tie or take the lead, the second most by against Central Arkansas in 2017 (368) and the most in a Big at West Virginia 12 18 0 16 a K-State signal caller since 1990... Finished the 2020 season 12 game since Ertz at TCU in 2016 (329)... Also set career highs TEXAS 3 -1 1 7 ranked fi fth nationally among active quarterbacks in rushing for completions (24) and attempts (39) against WVU... Tossed a at Baylor 9 50 1 52 touchdowns... Enters the 2021 season ranks eighth in Big 12 70-yard touchdown pass against Texas... Accounted for 91 yards OKLAHOMA STATE 12 80 0 19 history in interception percentage, while he is 24th in yards per on a 95-yard, game-winning touchdown drive late in the fourth at Oklahoma 7 54 1 24 completion. quarter against TCU, which included a career-long rush of 61 at TCU 1 1 0 1 yards... Named K-State’s Offensive MVP for the Liberty Bowl... TEXAS TECH 11 -9 0 11 2020: Started each of the fi rst three games before an injury end- Voted a team captain. at Iowa State 13 22 1 12 ed his season... Threw for 626 yards and four touchdowns and no interceptions on 40-of-64 (62.5%) aim, while he rushed 19 THOMPSON’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS 2017: Played in eight games, including starts in each of the final times for 38 yards and three scores... Led K-State to a 21-point Opponent C-A-I Yards TD Long four contests... Threw for 689 yards and five touchdowns on 51- comeback victory – tied for the largest in school history – at No. NICHOLLS 16-22-0 212 1 38 of-83 aim while rushing for 237 yards and another three scores 3 Oklahoma, the Wildcats’ fi rst ever road win over a team ranked BOWLING GREEN 10-13-0 151 2 34 as he earned votes for the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in the top fi ve of the Associated Press Top 25 poll... Became the at Mississippi St. 10-18-0 123 1 24 award... Tied for third in school history in passing touchdowns fi rst starting quarterback to win consecutive starts against Okla- at Oklahoma St. 11-23-0 118 0 39 among freshmen, while he had the fourth-most passing yards by homa since Baylor’s Bryce Petty in 2013 and 2014, while he is BAYLOR 22-34-1 218 1 27 a freshman in school history... Had his best game of the year to the fi rst to do so against top-fi ve Sooner teams since Oklahoma TCU 11-23-0 172 2 33 lead K-State to a win at No. 10 Oklahoma State when he threw State’s Josh Fields in 2001 and 2002... Set a career high with OKLAHOMA 18-28-0 213 0 26 for 204 yards and three touchdowns on 10-of-13 accuracy... 344 passing yards against the Sooners, while his 13.36 yards at Kansas 9-16-0 129 0 46 Earned a passer efficiency rating of 284.9 against the Cowboys, per attempt set the school’s single-game record (minimum 25 at Texas 17-27-0 253 2 70 the fourth-highest mark in school history and the highest ever attempts)... His 18.56 yards per completion at Oklahoma ranked WEST VIRGINIA 24-39-2 299 1 68 by a freshman... Also rushed for 93 yards and another score at second in school history among quarterbacks to complete 18 to at Texas Tech 14-28-1 246 2 48 OSU as he was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week and a 21 passes in a game... Tossed a 78-yard pass in the contest, the IOWA STATE 5-12-1 57 0 22 Manning Award Star of the Week... Also earned Big 12 Newcomer 15th-longest pass in school history and the longest by a Wildcat vs. Navy 10-14-0 124 0 42 of the Week accolades by leading K-State to a win over Iowa

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State, throwing the game-winning touchdown pass on the final CAREERCAREER STATS - PASSINGPASSING HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years at Martin under head coach play of regulation... Had 124 of his 152 passing yards against YearYear G/S Cpl Att Int Pct Yds TD Lg Effic Bob Wager... Viewed as the 79th-best defensive end in the nation the Cyclones in the fourth quarter as K-State trailed by 12 points 2017 8 8/4/4 51 83 3 61.4 689 5 60 143.8 for the Class of 2018 by ESPN... Named a finalist for the Dal- with 13:46 left in the game... Accounted for two touchdowns and 2018 11/10 122 208 4 58.7 11,391,391 9 42 125.3 las-Fort Worth Defensive Player of the Year award... Totaled 59 threw for a two-point conversion in second half and overtime 2019 13/13 177 297 5 59.6 2,315 12 70 135.0 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks, two blocked field goals at Texas Tech, leading the Wildcats to the largest fourth-quarter 2020 3/3 40 64 0 62.5 626 4 78 165.3 and a blocked punt as a senior in 2017... Helped the Warriors deficit overcome in a road game in school history. TTOTALOTAL 3535/30/30 390 652 12 59.8 5,021 30 78 136.0 advance to the regional round of the Texas 6A D1 state playoffs... CCAREERAREER HIGHS – Comp:Comp: 24, vs. West Virginia (11/16/19); Earned First Team All-District 4-6A honors as a senior in 2017, THOMPSON’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS Att: 39, vs. West Virginia (11/16/19); Yards:Yards: 334,334, at Oklahoma while he was a second-team pick as a junior... Also participated Opponent C-A-I Yards TD Long (9/26/20); TD: 3, twice; Long Pass: 78, at Oklahoma (9/26/20). in track and field where he competed in shot put and discus. CHARLOTTE 1-2-0 11 0 11 at Kansas 4-6-0 40 0 20 CCAREERAREER STATS – RUSHING PERSONAL: Spencer Landon Trussell was born October 18, at Texas Tech 5-8-0 96 1 54 YYearear G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long 1998, in Arlington, Texas... Son of Randy and Kim Trussell... Has WEST VIRGINIA 13-26-2 159 0 33 2017 8/4 69 267 3.9 3 3300 two siblings, Connor and Jess... Father, Randy, played football at at Oklahoma St. 10-13-0 204 3 60 2018 11/10 105 373 3.6 5 5522 East Central Oklahoma... Older brother, Jess, played three years IOWA STATE 15-21-0 152 1 25 2019 13/13 114 405 3.6 11 61 at Purdue and finished his career at UTEP, while another brother, vs. UCLA 3-7-1 27 0 18 2020 3/3 19 38 2.0 3 1133 Connor, played football at North Texas... Majoring in communi- TOTAL 35/30 307 1,083 3.5 22 61 cation studies. THOMPSON’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS CCAREERAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Rushes:Rushes: 18, vs. West Virginia (11/11/17); Opponent Rush Yards TD Long YYards:ards: 127, at Kansas (11/2/19);(11/2/19); TDTD:: 4, vs. OklahomaOklahoma CAREER STATS - DEFENSE C. ARKANSAS 3 49 0 30 ((10/26/19);10/26/19); LLongong Rush: 661,1, vs. TCU (10/19/19). Year G/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD F/R CHARLOTTE 2 9 0 9 2018 1/0 0-0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Kansas 10 39 0 14 2019 3/0 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Texas Tech 6 8 1 7 Jaelon 3 2020 7/0 4-0-4 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0/0 WEST VIRGINIA 18 53 0 18 TRAVIS TOTAL 11/0 5-0-5 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0/0 at Oklahoma State 17 93 1 26 CAREER HIGHS – Tackles: 2, at Iowa State (11/21/20); Solos: Wide Receiver IOWA STATE 8 12 1 6 2, at Iowa State (11/21/20); TFL: 1.0, at Iowa State (11/21/20); vs. UCLA 5 4 0 4 6-0 • 205 • Fr.-RS Sacks: 1.0, at Iowa State (11/21/20). Mansfi eld, Texas 2016: Redshirted... A co-winner of the team’s Red Raider Award Summit as the top contributor on scout team. Deuce 22 2020: Did not see any game action. VAUGHN HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year starter at Fort Osage under head Running Back coach Ryan Schartz... Regarded as one of the top 250 players in HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Summit under head coach Channon 5-5 • 171 • So.-1L the Class of 2016 by Rivals, while the website also rated him the Hall... Caught 60 passes for 1,117 yards and 13 touchdowns Round Rock, Texas seventh-best dual-threat quarterback in the nation and the No. 2 over his junior and senior seasons... Ended career on a high note prospect in the state of Missouri... Also ranked as the 32nd-best with 651 yards and eight scores on 33 receptions as a senior... Cedar Ridge dual-threat quarterback by ESPN and the 65th-best quarterback Earned all-district honors as both a junior and senior... Also overall by Scout... Named the 2015 Missouri Gatorade Player completed in basketball and track and fi eld. CAREER HONORS of the Year and Simone Award winner as the most outstanding 2020 football player in the Kansas City metro area... Was a finalist • Honorable Mention All-American (Phil • Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year PERSONAL: Jaelon Carter Travis was born August 26, 2002, in Steele, Pro Football Focus) (Coaches) for the award in 2014, while he was a two-time member of the Arlington, Texas... Son of Terry and Sharon Travis... Has one sis- • True Freshman of the Year (247Sports) • Second team All-Big 12 (Coaches, All-Simone team... Also a two-time first team all-state selection ter, Cameron Nicholson. • Freshman All-American (Football Associated Press) by the Missouri Football Coaches Association... Selected to the Writers Association of America, The • Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (OU, TT) Athletic) USA TODAY Sports/American Family Insurance All-USA Missouri Spencer • Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award team as a senior, while the organization selected him as the of- 40 Semifi nalist fensive player of the year... Led the Indians to a 13-1 record and TRUSSELL 2020: One of the top true freshmen in the nation who made a the Missouri Class 5 state championship in 2015 as he threw for Defensive End splash in the fi rst 10 games of his career... Rushed for 642 yards 2,112 yards and 25 touchdowns with just three interceptions on 6-3 • 238 • Jr.-2L and seven touchdowns on 123 carries, caught 25 passes for 434 138-of-204 passing (67.7 percent)... Also rushed for 1,092 yards yards and two touchdowns, and he returned seven kickoffs for and 19 touchdowns on 188 carries... Set a state championship Arlington, Texas 145 yards... Led the Wildcats in rushing yards, receiving yards game record in the Indians’ 63-28 win over Chaminade as he Martin and all-purpose yards (1,221) as he was named the True Fresh- accounted for 455 yards of total offense, completing 13-of-15 man of the Year by 247Sports, a Freshman All-American by The passes for 253 yards and four touchdowns while rushing for 202 2020: Saw time in seven games as a reserve defensive end, in- Athletic and an Honorable Mention All-American by Phil Steele yards and three scores... Threw for 2,385 yards and 24 touch- cluding each of the fi rst six contests... Totaled four tackles on the and Pro Football Focus... Named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman downs to just six interceptions as a junior in 2014 while rushing year, including a career-high two at Iowa State... Also notched of the Year by the league’s coaches, while he was a Second Team for 461 yards and nine touchdowns... Also played basketball, his fi rst-career sack against the Cyclones. All-Big 12 selection by both the league’s coaches and Associated earning second team all-state honors as a sophomore. Press... Was the fi rst Wildcat true freshman in the Big 12 era TRUSSELL’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS (since 1996) to earn First or Second Team All-Big 12 honors on PERSONAL: Skylar John Thompson was born June 4, 1997, in Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR offense... Also a semifi nalist for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Palmyra, Missouri... Son of Brad Thompson, the late Tereasa ARKANSAS STATE 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Award as the top collegiate football player with Texas ties... Set Thompson and stepmother Kathy Thompson... Has two brothers, KANSAS 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 K-State freshman records for rushing yards, yards from scrim- Anthony and Eric, and one sister, Ashley... Earned his bachelor’s at Iowa State 2-0-2 1.0-7 1.0-7 0 0 0/0 mage (1,076) and all-purpose yards, while he fi nished second degree in management in May 2019. in rushing touchdowns and third in receiving yards... Is the only 2019: Saw time in three games as a reserve defensive end... running back in the top fi ve in the latter category... Ranked fourth Made one tackle against Nicholls. in school history in receiving yards among all running backs regardless of class... Ranked fourth in school history in points 2018: Played on kickoff coverage TCU but was able to maintain scored by a freshman and is the only non-kicker on the list... One his redshirt. of only three players in the nation to tally at least 600 rushing yards and 400 receiving yards on the year, joining fellow running backs Travis Etienne (Clemson) and Najee Harris (Alabama)... Was the only player in the Big 12 to lead his team in both rushing

48 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL THE WILDCATS yards and receiving yards... Ranked fi rst in the nation among all PERSONAL: Christopher Matthew Vaughn II was born November Landry true freshmen in scrimmage yards (1,076), leading the player 2, 2001, in Fayetteville, Arkansas... Son of Christopher and Mar- 12 in second place by 158 yards... Ranked second in the Big 12 quette Vaughn... Has two sisters, Cienna and Camryn... Father, WEBER in all-purpose yards (122.1 yards per game), fourth in rushing Chris, is an NFL Scout for the Dallas Cowboys, while he spent Wide Receiver (64.2 yards for game), tied for fourth in touchdown scoring (5.4) 18 seasons as a college assistant coach at Arkansas, Ole Miss, 5-10 • 186 • Sr.-3L and 10th in overall scoring... Was the only freshman to rank in Memphis and Texas, and he played collegiately at Murray State... the top 10 in the latter category... Had 194 scrimmage yards (113 Plans on majoring in business administration. Lenexa, Kan. rushing/81 receiving) against Texas Tech, the most by a Wildcat Bishop Miege true freshman in the Big 12 era... That came on the heels of 174 CCAREERAREER STATS - RUSHINRUSHINGG scrimmage yards (45 rushing/129 receiving) in K-State’s win at YYearear G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long CAREER HONORS No. 3 Oklahoma... Earned Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors 2020 10/7 123 642 5.2 7 38 2018-20 • First Team Academic All-Big 12 following performances against the Sooners and Red Raiders... TTOTALOTAL 1010/7/7 123 642 5.2 7 38 His 129 receiving yards against Oklahoma were the most by a CCAREERAREER HIGHS – RushesRushes:: 19, at Baylor (11/28/20); Yards: 2020: Played in eight games as both a reserve wide receiver and K-State running back since 1970 and was just the sixth 100-yard 125, vs. Texas (12/5/20); TD:TD: 2, vs. Texas (12/5/20); LongLong on special teams... Did not record any statistics... A First Team receiving game by a running back in school history... It was the Rush: 38, at Baylor (11/28/20).(11/28/20). Academic All-Big 12 performer. fi fth most receiving yards ever by a Big 12 running back and the most by a freshman... Had a 77-yard reception at Oklahoma, CAREERCAREER STATS - RECEIVINGRECEIVING 2019: Played in all 13 games as a wide receiver – making two teaming with fellow true freshman Keyon Mozee to be the fi rst YearYear G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long starts – and as a valuable member of the special teams units... set of teammates in school history with catches of at least 77 2020 10/710/7 25 434 17.4 2 77 77 Made seven catches for 117 yards on a the season, while he yards in the same game... Scored on a 70-yard reception against TOTALTOTAL 10/710/7 25 434 17.4 2 77 tied for second on the team with fi ve special teams tackles... Texas Tech, the fi rst Wildcat with a catch of at least 70 yards in CAREERCAREER HIGHS – Catches:Catches: 4, threethree times;times; Yards:Yards: 129, at Okla-Okla- First-career start came in the season opener against Nicholls consecutive regular-season games since Tyler Lockett in 2013 homa (9/26/26);(9/26/26); TD:TD: 1,1, twice; Long Catch:Catch: 77, at OklahomaOklahoma when he set a career high in catches (2) and yards (20), while (Oklahoma/TCU)... Tallied 125 rushing yards against Texas, tied (9/26/26).(9/26/26). he also started against West Virginia and tied his mark in catches for the fi fth most in school history among freshmen... Totaled 221 and set a new high in yards (50)... His effort against the Moun- all-purpose yards against the Longhorns, the most by a Wildcat CAREERCAREER STATS – KICKOFF RETURNSRETURNS taineers also featured a career-long catch of 35 yards... Set a true freshman since Tyler Lockett at Oklahoma State in 2011 YearYear G Ret Yds Avg TD LongLong career high with three special teams tackles at Texas Tech, while (315). 20202020 1010 7 145 20.720.7 0 4040 he recovered a live ball on a kickoff against Bowling Green... TOTALTOTAL 10 7 145 20.7 0 40 Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors as he was nomi- VAUGHN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS CAREERCAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Returns: 5,5, at Iowa StateState (11/21/20);(11/21/20); Yards:Yards: nated with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Opponent Rush Yards TD Long 94,94, at Iowa State (11/21/20)(11/21/20);; LongLong Return:Return: 40,40, vs. Texas ARKANSAS STATE 12 47 1 19 (12/5/20).(12/5/20). WEBER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS at Oklahoma 8 35 1 28 Opponent Rec Yards TD Long TEXAS TECH 16 113 1 22 NICHOLLS 2 20 0 13 at TCU 14 43 0 10 Talor 51 at Mississippi State 1 23 0 23 KANSAS 11 71 1 24 WARNER BAYLOR 1 6 0 6 at West Virginia 9 22 0 7 at Kansas 1 18 0 18 Off ensive Line WEST VIRGINIA 2 50 0 35 OKLAHOMA STATE 17 40 0 10 6-3 • 289 • Fr.-RS at Iowa State 7 44 0 23 at Baylor 19 102 1 38 Gardner, Kan. WEBER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME SPECIAL TEAMS STATS TEXAS 10 125 2 31 Gardner Edgerton Opponent KO TKLS PUNT TKLS ST TKLS OKLAHOMA 0 1 1 VAUGHN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS 2020: Did not see any game action. at Texas Tech 2 1 3 Opponent Rec Yards TD Long IOWA STATE 1 0 1 ARKANSAS STATE 1 24 0 24 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Gardner Edgerton under head coach at Oklahoma 4 129 0 77 Ryan Cornelsen... Named to 247Sports Top 247 for the Class of 2018: Played in nine games, primarily on special teams... Re- TEXAS TECH 3 81 1 70 2020 as he checked in at No. 224... The organization also ranked corded a tackle on kickoff coverage at Baylor, while he recovered at TCU 1 45 0 45 him as the ninth-best offensive guard and the second-best a fumble on a kickoff against Kansas... A First Team Academic KANSAS 4 81 0 36 player in the state of Kansas... A fi rst team all-state lineman All-Big 12 honoree who was one of a Big 12-record four Wildcats at West Virginia 2 1 0 5 as both a junior and senior by the Topeka Capital-Journal and to be nominated with a 4.0 GPA. OKLAHOMA STATE 1 5 0 5 Wichita Eagle... Also a fi rst-team selection as a senior from the at Iowa State 2 4 0 6 Kansas Football Coaches Association, while he was named a 2017: Redshirted. at Baylor 3 19 1 8 First Team All-Simone Team pick as one of the top prep players TEXAS 4 45 0 20 in the Kansas City area... Named a 2018 First Team USA TODAY HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered two years at Bishop Miege under head Sports ALL-USA Kansas performer... Helped lead the Blazers to coach Jon Holmes... Picked up fi rst team all-state honors as a VAUGHN’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS an 8-2 record and a trip to the state playoffs in 2019, while Gard- senior from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle, while Opponent Ret Yards TD Long ner Edgerton went 10-1 and advanced to the quarterfi nals of the he was an honorable mention pick by both organizations as a at Iowa State 5 94 0 34 state playoffs in 2018... Prepped with current Wildcat linebacker junior... Carded 1,160 receiving yards on 57 catches (20.4-yard TEXAS 2 51 0 40 DaVonte Pritchard. average) with 20 touchdowns as a senior... Helped the Stags earn consecutive 12-1 records as a junior and senior, both seasons HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Cedar Ridge under head coach Sam PERSONAL: Talor Chadwick Warner was born July 8, 2002, in resulting in state championships... Prepped with current Wildcats Robinson... Regarded as the 17th-best all-purpose back in the Kansas City, Kansas... Son of Dave Warner and Jean Warner... Cameron Key and Taylor Poitier... Also played basketball, where Class of 2020 by 247Sports... The 2018 and 2019 District 13-6A Has one brother, Jax... Plans on majoring in criminology. he helped the Stags earn two more state championships. Offensive MVP... Also earned honorable mention all-state honors from the Texas Sports Writers Association as a junior... Accumu- PERSONAL: Landry Jay Weber was born September 18, 1998, lated 5,472 career all-purpose yards with 50 touchdowns, rush- in Overland Park, Kansas... Son of Stan and Nancy Weber, both ing for 4,405 yards and 38 scores to go along with 914 yards and of whom attended K-State... Has three siblings, Brittani, Stan- 11 touchdowns... Also returned four kicks for 153 yards and a ton and McKenzi... Father, Stan, was a quarterback for K-State touchdown... Set school records for single-season rushing yard- from 1980 to 1984 and has served as the analyst on the K-State age (1,940) and single-game rushing yards (406)... Also lettered Sports Network since 1987... Older brother, Stanton, was a wide three years in track and field... An honorable mention academic receiver for the Wildcats from 2011 to 2015... Another sibling, all-state performer. McKenzi, played volleyball at K-State... Majoring in accounting.

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CAREERCAREER STATS – RERECEIVINGCEIVING WHEELER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Helped the Demons earn an 8-4 record and a trip to the state YearYear G/S Rec Yds Avg TD LonLongg Opponent Rec Yards TD Long quarterfi nals as a senior... Also lettered in basketball. 2018 99/0/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 ARKANSAS STATE 1 24 0 24 2019 13/2 7 117 16.7 0 3355 at Oklahoma 1 17 0 17 PERSONAL: Carver Michael Willis was born April 20, 2002, in 2020 8/0 0 0 0.0 0 0 KANSAS 1 16 1 16 Llano, Texas... Son of Brett and Gretchen Willis... Has two sib- TOTAL 35/0 2 7 3.5 0 5 at West Virginia 3 19 0 8 lings, Kenna and Kayla... Plans on majoring in business. CCAREERAREER HIHIGHSGHS – CCatches:atches: 2,2, twice; Yards: 50, vs. West Vir- OKLAHOMA STATE 1 58 0 58 ginia (11/16/19); Long Catch: 35, vs. West Virginia (11/16/19).(11/16/19). Brayden 59 2019: Saw time in seven games before an injury cut his season WOOD CAREERCAREER STATS - SPECIALSPECIAL TEAMS TATACKLESCKLES short... Finished with four catches for 78 yards on the year... YearYear G KOKO TKLS PUNT TKLS ST TKLSTKLS Registered a career-high two catches at Oklahoma, while he Defensive Tackle 2017 9 1 0 1 had a 39-yard reception on the first play after a weather delay 6-2 • 282 • Fr.-HS at Oklahoma State... Transitioned from quarterback to tight end 20192019 13 3 2 5 Niwot, Colo. during spring practices... Earned Second Team Academic All-Big 20202020 8 0 0 0 Fairview TOTAL 30 4 2 6 12 honors. CAREER HIGHSHIGHS - Total Tackles:Tackles: 3, at Texas Tech (11/23/19); HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year starter at Fairview under head coach Solos:Solos: 3, at Texas Tech (11/23/19).(11/23/19). WHEELER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS Opponent Rec Yards TD Long Tom McCartney... Rated as the 55th-best strongside defensive at Oklahoma State 1 39 0 39 end in the Class of 2021 by Rivals and the 59th-best overall Austin 74 BAYLOR 1 13 0 13 defensive end by ESPN... Viewed as the fourth-best prospect WEINER OKLAHOMA 2 26 0 19 in the state of Colorado by ESPN... A 2020 Honorable Mention All-American by Sports Illustrated, while he was a preseason Off ensive Line 2018: Redshirted... A co-winner of the team’s Red Raider Award all-state pick by Colorado Prep Report... Finished senior sea- 6-6 • 240 • Fr.-HS as the top contributor on the scout squad. son with 58 tackles, 16 tackles for loss and three sacks in just Gardner, Kan. seven games, earning fi rst team all-state honors, a third-straight all-conference honor and being named the conference MVP... Gardner Edgerton HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. James Academy under head coach Tom Radke... Rated the nation’s 39th-best dual-threat quarter- Also named the BoCoPreps.com Defensive Player of the Year... A second team all-state honoree in 2019 after totaling 116 total HIGH SCHOOL: Played his senior year at Gardner Edgerton back in the Class of 2017 by ESPN and the sixth-best player in tackles, including 18 tackles for loss, helping Fairview earn a under head coach Ryan Cornelsen... Rated the seventh-best the state of Kansas by Scout... Completing his career by throwing 10-2 record and a trip to the state playoffs... Also earned Defen- player in the state of Kansas for the Class of 2021 by both for 1,596 yards and 16 touchdowns on 121-of-274 aim... Had sive Lineman of the Year honors from Colorado Prep Report and Rivals and 247Sports... A fi rst team all-state selection as a a great senior season in which he tossed 13 touchdowns and was a fi rst team all-region honoree in 2019... Concluded career senior from Sports in Kansas, while he picked up honorable threw for 1,187 yards en route to honorable mention all-league with 292 tackles. mention all-state honors from the Topeka Capital-Journal and honors... Rushed for 634 career yards and five touchdowns... Wichita Eagle... Preped with fellow 2020 K-State signee DaVon- Also a member of the track team, participating in the high jump. PERSONAL: Brayden Wood was born April 22, 2002, in Engle- te Pritchard... Previously played at Milton (GA) High School as wood, Colorado... Son of Brent and Judi Wood... Has two siblings, he earned honorable mention all-district honors as a junior... PERSONAL: Samuel Joseph Wheeler was born May 18, 1999, Austin and Ashlee... Father, Brent, played football at Baylor, Named to the 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America preseason in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Sean and Susan Wheeler... Has while his uncle, Ryan, played at Arizona State and was drafted watch list... Also competed in basketball. five siblings, Christopher, Ellie, Lauren, Ben and Maggie... Father, Sean, and uncle, Mike, were wide receivers at K-State in 1989... by the Dallas Cowboys in 1996... Grandfather, Warren, played football at Colorado State and another uncle, Marc, played at Illi- PERSONAL: Austin Weiner (WHY-ner) was born June 15, 2001, Majoring in kinesiology. nois State... Brother, Austin, played baseball at Furman... Plans in Manhattan, Kansas... Son of Todd and Sunny Weiner... Has on majoring in business. three siblings, Audrey, Asher and Aaron... Father, Todd, was a CAREER STATS - RECEIVING three-year letterwinner for the Wildcats from 1995 to 1997, Year G/S Rec Yds Avg TD Long earning First Team All-America honors as a senior and a pair of 2019 7/0 4 78 19.5 0 39 Jacardia 9 All-Big 12 honors... Todd was selected by Seattle in the second 2020 7/1 7 134 19.1 1 58 WRIGHT TOTAL 14/1 11 212 19.3 1 58 round of the 1998 NFL Draft, playing for the Seahawks (1998- Running Back 2001) and Atlanta Falcons (2002-08)... Mother, Sunny (formerly CAREER HIGHS – Catches: 3, at West Virginia (10/31/20); 6-0 • 231 • So.-1L Jacobson), played basketball at K-State during the 1996-97 Yards: 58, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20); TD: 1, vs. Kansas season... Nephew of former K-State women’s basketball player (10/24/20); Long Catch: 58, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20). Decatur, Ill. Brit Jacobson and men’s basketball player Josh Reid... Plans on St. Teresa majoring in business. Carver 77 2020: Played in four games, rushing for 17 yards on six carries... Sammy 19 WILLIS Tallied a season-high 12 yards on three attempts against Texas WHEELER Off ensive Line Tech. 6-5 • 287 • So.-1L Tight End WRIGHT’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Durango, Colo. 6-4 • 230 • Jr.-2L Opponent Rush Yards TD Long Durango at Oklahoma 1 6 0 6 Lenexa, Kan. TEXAS TECH 3 12 0 12 St. James Academy 2020: Saw action in four games as a reserve offensive lineman, KANSAS 2 -1 0 1 playing left tackle against Texas Tech, TCU, Iowa State and Tex- CAREER HONORS as... One of nine true freshmen to play for the Wildcats in 2020 2019: Saw time in three games as he preserved his redshirt for 2020 2019 and the only one along the offensive line... Helped the Wildcats • First Team Academic All-Big 12 • Second Team Academic All-Big 12 the season... Finished the year with 122 yards and a touchdown tie for fi rst in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in sacks allowed 2020: Played in seven games, including his fi rst-career start in on 22 carries... Helped the Wildcats earn a victory in the regu- (14), while K-State led the Big 12 and ranked fourth in the nation K-State’s win at No. 3 Oklahoma... Hauled in seven receptions lar-season finale against Iowa State with a career-high 60 rush- in red zone offense (93.9%). for 134 yards and a touchdown on the year... Set a career high ing yards, which included a 12-yard touchdown run in the second with three receptions at West Virginia, while he had a career-long quarter... Rushed a season-high 14 times against Bowling Green HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Durango under head coach David catch of 58 yards against Oklahoma State... Scored his fi rst-ca- before suffering an injury and missing time. Vogt... Rated the 86th-best offensive tackle in the nation and the reer touchdown on a 16-yard catch against Kansas... A First seventh-best player in the state of Colorado in the Class of 2020 Team Academic All-Big 12 performer. by 247Sports... Earned honorable mention all-state honors as a junior in 2018 before picking up fi rst-team honors as a senior...

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WRIGHT’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Recorded his fi rst-career interception against Clemson... Had a team all-state accolades and was the Indiana Player of the Year Opponent Rush Yards TD Long tackle for loss and a pass breakup against Eastern Kentucky... by USA TODAY Sports... Also named the Indiana Gatorade Player BOWLING GREEN 14 59 0 17 Came away with eight tackles at Florida State and seven stops of the Year... An all-state performer according to the Indiana As- IOWA STATE 6 60 1 37 in the season opener against Notre Dame... Forced a pair of fum- sociated Press... A runner up for Indiana’s Mr. Football... Rushed vs. Navy 2 3 0 2 bles at NC State. for 1,525 yards and 19 touchdowns in addition to hauling in 32 catches for 602 yards and eight scores as a senior... Also tallied HIGH SCHOOL: Played at St. Teresa under head coach Mark YEAST’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* 251 kickoff-return yards and 175 punt-return yards... Led the Ramsey... Rated the 119th-best athlete in the Class of 2019 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR Trojans to a 12-2 mark and a trip to the state championship... by 247Sports, while ESPN viewed him as the 107th-best safety NOTRE DAME 6-1-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Played his sophomore and junior seasons for his father, Craig, at and 35th-best player in the state of Illinois... Rushed for 8,821 E. KENTUCKY 2-1-3 1.0-2 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 Fremont Ross High School (Ohio), while he played at Columbian yards and 133 touchdowns during his career, both ranking as vs. W. Kentucky 0-2-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 High School (Ohio) as a freshman. the second-best mark in Illinois high school football history... at Florida State 6-2-8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Garnered three-straight Macon County Football Player of the BOSTON COLLEGE 8-3-11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 PERSONAL: Craig Yeast II was born May 8, 1999... Son of Craig Year honors from the Herald & Review, only the second player to at Wake Forest 0-5-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 2 0/0 and Tori Yeast... Has one sibling, Kiyah... Father, Craig, is the earn honor... Named to the USA TODAY Sports/American Family CLEMSON 4-1-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 1 0/0 head football coach at Kentucky Wesleyan... Craig played colle- Insurance All-Illinois First Team as a defensive back in 2018, VIRGINIA 4-2-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 giately at Kentucky, leaving with an SEC record 208 receptions while he was a second-team honoree as a running back in 2017. at Miami 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 with 2,899 yards and 28 touchdowns... Craig was a fourth-round at NC State 4-0-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 2/0 pick in the 1999 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals and played PERSONAL: Jacardia (juh-CAR-tee-AY [long A]) Wright was SYRACUSE 1-5-6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 nine seasons in the NFL (Bengals, Jets), Canadian Football born September 9, 2000, in Decatur, Illinois... Son of Lamont League (Hamilton, Saskatchewan) and AF2 (arena league)... Wright and Shataea Irons... Has three siblings, Trevonte Moore, 2018: Saw action in 11 games at cornerback and also returned Mother, Tori (Tillman) was a basketball player at UK. Shaquauious Moore and Jacquez Jones. kickoff in a pair of games... Set career highs with 1.5 tackles for loss and a half sack against Kentucky... Returned two kickoffs for CAREER STATS - DEFENSE CAREER STATS – RUSHING 45 yards against NC State. Year GG/S/S UA-AT-TT TFL-Yds Sack INT PD FF/R/R Year G/S Rush Yds Avg TD Long 22017017* 12/712/7 15-8-23 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 2 0 0/0/0 2019 3/0 22 122 5.5 1 37 YEAST’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS* 20182018* 11/011/0 4-4-8 1.5-1 0.5-0 0 0 0 0/0/0 2020 4/0 6 17 2.8 0 12 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR 2019* 11/1111/11 38-23-61 1.0-2 0.0-0 1 5 2 2/0/0 TOTAL 7/0 28 139 5.0 1 37 vs. Alabama 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 2020* 11/1111/11 31-14-45 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 3 1 1/2/2 CAREER HIGHS – Rushes: 14, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/19); at Virginia 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 TOTALTOTAL 45/2945/29 88-49-137 4.0-7 0.5-0 1 10 3/23/2 Yards: 60, vs. Iowa State (11/30/19); TD: 1, vs. Iowa State NC STATE 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 CAREERCAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Tackles:Tackles: 11, vs. Boston ColleCollegege (10/5/19); (11/30/19); Long Rush: 37, vs. Iowa State (11/30/19). KENTUCKY 3-1-4 1.5-1 0.5-0 0 0 0/0 Solos:Solos: 8, vs. Boston CollegeCollege (10/5/19); TFL: 1.5, vs. KentuckyKentucky (11/24/18);(11/24/18); INT:INT: 1, vs. ClemsonClemson (10/19/19); PD: 2, at Wake YEAST’S 2018 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF RETURN STATS Forest ((10/12/19).10/12/19). Russ 2 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long YEAST INDIANA STATE 1 14 0 14 CAREERCAREER STATS – KICKOFFKICKOFF RETURNRETURNSS Defensive Back NC STATE 2 45 0 23 Year G Ret Yds AvgAvg TD LongLong 20182018* 11 3 59 19.7 0 2323 5-10 • 195 • Sr.-TR 2017: Played in 12 games with seven starts as a true fresh- TOTALTOTAL 45 3 59 19.7 0 2233 Danville, Ky. man... Registered a season-high fi ve tackles at NC State and CAREERCAREER HIHIGHSGHS – ReturnsReturns:: 2,2, vs. NCNC State (11/17/18)(11/17/18);; Yards: Univ. of Louisville at Wake Forest... Totaled three tackles and a pass breakup as 445,5, vs. NC State (11/17/18)(11/17/18);; LLongong Return:Return: 23,23, vs. NC State a starter in the TaxSlayer Bowl against Mississippi State... Also (11(11/17/18)./17/18). CAREER AT LOUISVILLE: Saw time in 45 games with 29 starts, broke up a pass against Boston College... Returned punts in fi ve including 11 starts in each of his fi nal two years for the Car- different games, including the Murray State contest in which he CCAREERAREER STATS – PUNT RETURNRETURNSS dinals. totaled 24 yards. Year G Ret Yds Avg TD Long 22017017* 12 1010 33 3.3 0 2211 2020: Started all 11 games, primarily at safety... Came away YEAST’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS* TOTALTOTAL 45 10 33 3.3 0 2211 with a season-high seven tackles at Pitt and against Virginia Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR CAREER HIGHSHIGHS – Returns: 5, vs. Murray SStatetate ((9/30/17);9/30/17); Tech, the latter in which he tallied a half tackle for loss... Broke MURRAY STATE 3-0-3 1.0-3 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Yards:Yards: 24, vs. MurraMurrayy State (9/30/17); LonLongg ReturnReturn:: 2121,, vs. up passes against Notre Dame, Florida State and Syracuse... at NC State 3-2-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 MurraMurrayy State (9/30/17). * aatt Louisville Forced and recovered a fumble in the season opener against BOSTON COLLEGE 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 Western Kentucky, while he had another recovery at Boston at Florida State 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 College. at Wake Forest 4-1-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 VIRGINIA 1-0-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 YEAST’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME STATS* SYRACUSE 0-1-1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Opponent U-A-T TFL SACK INT PD FF/FR vs. Mississippi St. 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 W. KENTUCKY 1-2-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 1/1 MIAMI 5-0-5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 YEAST’S 2017 GAME-BY-GAME PUNT RETURN STATS at Pitt 5-2-7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 Opponent Ret Yards TD Long at Georgia Tech 3-0-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 KENT STATE 2 12 0 13 at Notre Dame 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 MURRAY STATE 5 24 0 21 FLORIDA STATE 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 BOSTON COLLEGE 1 -1 0 0 VIRGINIA TECH 4-3-7 0.5-1 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Florida State 1 0 0 0 at Virginia 2-2-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 at Wake Forest 1 -2 0 0 SYRACUSE 1-1-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 1 0/0 at Boston College 2-1-3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/1 HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Center Grove in Indiana under head WAKE FOREST 3-1-4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0 0/0 coach Eric Moore... Rated the third-best player in the state of Indiana for the Class of 2017 by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports... 2019: Started the fi rst 11 games of the season before an injury Viewed as one of the top 250 prospects nationally in the Class forced him to miss the fi nal tow games... Came away with a of 2017 by Rivals, while the organization rated him the 21st best career-high 11 tackles against Boston College a week prior to athlete in the class... Played in and selected as a captain for the setting a career high with two pass breakups at Wake Forest... 2017 Under Armour Game, a contest in which he totaled two tackles... Named the IndyScout Player of the Year... Earned fi rst

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Ty the heels of a 45.0-yard average at Fort Scott... Was 9-of-16 8 on field-goal attempts and 31-of-37 on extra-point attempts in ZENTNER 2018... Connected on all four field goals in a three-point win Punter/Kicker at Dodge City... Punted 14 times and was 1-of-3 on field-goal 6-2 • 199 • Sr.-1L attempts as a freshman in 2017... Played at Butler with current Wildcats Dawson Delforge, Noah Johnson and Taiten Winkel. Topeka, Kan. Butler CC HIGH SCHOOL: Played football his senior season at Shawnee Heights under head coach Jason Swift... Earned honorable men- CAREER HONORS tion all-state honors from the Topeka Capital-Journal and Wich- 2020 ita Eagle as a senior in 2016... Also lettered three years in soccer • First Team Academic All-Big 12 and two years in basketball... Was a goalkeeper for the Thunder- 2020: Served as the primary kickoff man and split punting duties birds, earning two all-state honors... A starter on the basketball throughout all 10 games... Punted 28 times for a 40.8-yard aver- team that captured the Class 5A state championship his senior age with 14 punts landing inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and year when he was named to the all-state tournament team. none of his attempts going for touchbacks... Ranked third in the Big 12 in average... Also kicked off 47 times for a 60.1-yard av- PERSONAL: Tyler Jeffrey Zentner was born June 7, 1998, in To- erage and 29 touchbacks... Had a season-high average of 49.5 peka, Kansas... Son of Arlen and Sunni Zentner... Has one brother, yards against Texas... Boomed a season-long punt of 65 yards Aaron... Majoring in secondary education. at TCU, a game in which he also had a season-high three punts land inside the Horned Frog 20-yard line... Had a career-high CAREER STATS - PUNTING six touchbacks on kickoffs against both Oklahoma and Kansas... Year G No. Yds Avg. Long In 20 Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors. 2020 10 28 1,142 40.8 65 14 TOTAL 10 28 1,142 40.8 65 14 ZENTNER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME PUNTING STATS CAREER HIGHS – Punts: 4, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/20); Av- Opponent Punts Yards Avg. Lg 50+ i20 erage: 49.5, vs. Texas (12/5/20); Long: 65, at TCU (10/10/20); ARKANSAS STATE 2 76 38.0 44 0 1 50-Plus: 1, five times; Inside 20: 3, at TCU (10/10/20). at Oklahoma 3 124 41.3 42 0 2 TEXAS TECH 2 70 35.0 37 0 0 CAREER STATS – KICKOFFS at TCU 3 142 47.3 65 1 3 Year No Yards Avg TB KANSAS 3 112 37.3 51 1 2 2019 18 1,085 60.3 14 at West Virginia 3 117 39.0 46 0 1 2020 47 2,827 60.1 29 OKLAHOMA STATE 4 150 37.5 48 0 2 TOTAL 65 3,912 60.2 43 at Iowa State 3 134 44.7 50 1 1 CAREER HIGHS – Kickoffs: 9, vs. Kansas (10/24/20); Average: at Baylor 3 118 39.3 51 1 0 65.0, twice; Touchbacks: 6, twice. TEXAS 2 99 49.5 50 1 2

ZENTNER’S 2020 GAME-BY-GAME KICKOFF STATS Opponent KO Yards Avg TB ARKANSAS STATE 4 258 64.5 2 at Oklahoma 7 355 50.7 6 TEXAS TECH 5 315 63.0 2 at TCU 5 325 65.0 4 KANSAS 9 553 61.4 6 at West Virginia 3 189 63.0 2 OKLAHOMA STATE 2 130 65.0 2 at Iowa State 1 40 40.0 0 at Baylor 6 374 62.3 4 TEXAS 5 288 57.6 1

2019: Served as a kickoff specialist in four games as he retained his redshirt... Held a 60.3-yard average and had 14 touchbacks on 18 kickoffs... Set a career high with a 63.0-yard average against TCU with four touchbacks, the latter being a mark he tied at Texas.

ZENTNER’S 2019 GAME-BY-GAME STATS Opponent KO Yards Avg TB NICHOLLS 4 235 58.8 3 at Oklahoma State 4 235 58.8 3 TCU 5 315 63.0 4 at Texas 5 300 60.0 4

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played two seasons at Butler under head coach Tim Schaffner... Rated the best junior college kicker in the Class of 2019 by ESPN, while he ranked second accord- ing to 247Sports... Earned first team all-conference honors as a punter in 2018, helping the Grizzlies earn an 8-4 record that included a win in the Midwest Classic Bowl... Held a 39.5-yard average on 64 punts as a sophomore, landing 28 inside the op- ponent’s 20-yard line... Had a season-best 48.3-yard average against Ellsworth, which included a 70-yarder... That came on

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MICHAEL BOOK DEREK BOWMAN TY BOWMAN LB • 6-3 • 204 • Fr.-RS LB • 6-1 • 215 • Jr.-SQ WR • 6-4 • 216 • Fr.-RS Kansas City, Mo. Manhattan, Kan. Chanute, Kan. Liberty Homeschooled Chanute 48 16 80

JAYLEN CARTER CAMERON COTTON HILLARD COZINE DB • 5-9 • 165 • Fr.-RS TE • 6-4 • 245 • Sr.-SQ TE • 6-4 • 266 • Jr.-SQ Topeka, Kan. Elk River, Minn. Wichita, Kan. Washburn Rural Elk River Butler CC 33 82 86

CARTEZ CROOK-JONES BEN DRIVER JACE FRIESEN DT • 6-3 • 271 • Jr.-SQ DB • 6-0 • 202 • So.-1L DE • 6-1 • 230 • So.-SQ Grandview, Mo. Salina, Kan. Basehor, Kan. Grandview Salina Central Basehor-Linwood 58 20 46

GABE GARBER KIENEN GASKIN HAYDEN GILLUM DB • 5-10 • 196 • Fr.-TR LB • 5-11 • 215 • Fr.-RS OL • 6-3 • 293 • Jr.-1L Sabetha, Kan. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Plainville, Kan. Univ. of Kansas Lee’s Summit North Plainville 32 54 55

REED GODINET XAVIER GORDON KAMBLE HAVERKAMP DE • 6-5 • 250 • Sr.-SQ WR • 6-1 • 190 • Fr.-HS DB • 5-11 • 177 • Fr.-RS Springdale, Ark. Arlington, Texas Centralia, Kan. College of San Mateo Seguin Centralia 45 24 37

THOMAS HELTEN ERIC HOMMEL GABE HOOVER WR • 6-3 • 210 • Jr.-SQ WR • 6-2 • 204 • Sr.-1L WR • 6-0 • 185 • So.-SQ Garden Plain, Kan. Littleton, Colo. McPherson, Kan. Bishop Carroll Rock Canyon McPherson 84 18 25

C.J. HORTON JAKE HUGGINS MARSHALL KELLNER TE • 6-4 • 230 • Fr.-RS FB • 6-2 • 218 • So.-SQ OL • 6-3 • 305 • Jr.-SQ Fort Scott, Kan. Cumming, Ga. De Soto, Kan. Fort Scott West Forsyth De Soto 89 27 78

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JAIRUS KENNEDY CAMERON KEY TREY KRAUSE DB • 6-1 • 175 • Fr.-RS DB • 5-9 • 177 • Jr.-1L DB • 6-0 • 190 • Fr.-HS Wichita, Kan. Overland Park, Kan. Olathe, Kan. Kapaun Mt. Carmel Bishop Miege Olathe West 35 27 24

OWEN LAWSON VAUGHN MALONE MAX MARSH PK • 6-1 • 185 • Fr.-RS DB • 5-11 • 171 • So.-SQ QB • 6-2 • 196 • Fr.-RS Kansas City, Mo. Austin, Texas Grand Junction, Colo. Rockhurst St. Michael’s Catholic Central 99 28 14

MATTHEW MASCHMEIER DRAKE McCALL BRENDAN MOTT DB • 6-0 • 196 • Fr.-RS LB • 6-2 • 218 • Fr.-HS DE • 6-4 • 240 • So.-SQ Lisle, Ill. Topeka, Kan. Iowa City, Iowa Naperville North Washburn Rural Iowa City West 30 53 38

ELLIOT OLLENBURGER BEAU PALMER RILEY PETZ WR • 5-10 • 177 • Jr.-SQ LB • 6-2 • 213 • Fr.-RS WR • 6-0 • 173 • Fr.-RS Hillsboro, Kan. Overland Park, Kan. Cheney, Kan. Hillsboro Blue Valley Cheney 26 57 85

NELSON PIPES SHANE PORTER JORDAN SCHIPPERS LS • 6-0 • 202 • Fr.-RS WR • 5-11 • 174 • Fr.-HS RB • 6-1 • 204 • So.-RS Hallsville, Mo. Friendswood, Texas Colby, Kan. Hallsville Clear Brook Western Illinois Univ. 45 21 39

KAELEN SHANKLE BEN SINNOTT JACKSON SMITH RB • 5-11 • 205 • Fr.-RS FB • 6-3 • 241 • Fr.-RS OL • 6-3 • 280 • Fr.-RS Richmond, Texas Waterloo, Iowa St. Paul, Minn. Fort Bend Travis Columbus Catholic St. THomas Academy 28 34 68

ANDREW SONNER ELLIOTT STRAHM TAITEN WINKEL TE • 6-3 • 227 • Fr.-HS DT • 6-1 • 281 • So.-SQ K/P • 6-0 • 181 • Jr.-RS Olathe, Kan. Sabetha, Kan. Halstead, Kan. Olathe East Sabetha Butler CC 37 95 35

54 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL 2021 SIGNING CLASS

NAME POS HT WT HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Omar Daniels DB 6-0 180 Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County) RJ Garcia II WR 6-1 175 Land O’ Lakes, Fla. (Berkeley Prep) Gaven Haselhorst LB 6-1 230 Hays, Kan. (Hays) Brenen Hawkins^ WR 6-4 206 Colleyville, Texas (Heritage) Ozzie Hoffler DE 6-3 220 Atlanta, Ga. (Woodward Academy) Damian Ilalio DT 6-1 270 Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan) Krew Jackson LB 6-5 200 Queen Creek, Ariz. (Queen Creek) Darell Jones DB 5-11 166 Coffeyville, Kan. (Field Kindley) Andrew Leingang OL 6-5 270 Bismarck, N.D. (Century) Marvin Martin DB 6-1 185 Vicksburg, Miss. (Trinity Christian [TX]) DaVonte Pritchard^ LB 6-1 200 Gardner, Kan. (Gardner Edgerton) Desmond Purnell DB 6-0 195 Topeka, Kan. (Hayden) Jake Rubley^ QB 6-3 205 Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch) Devrin Weathers RB 6-1 190 Webb City, Mo. (Webb City) Austin Weiner^ OL 6-7 255 Gardner, Kan. (Gardner Edgerton) Brayden Wood^ DT 6-3 267 Niwot, Colo. (Fairview) 2021 K-STATE ^

SIGNING CLASS Currently enrolled at K-State and will participate in spring practices... Bios located on previous pages.

Omar Gaven Damian DANIELS HASELHORST ILALIO Defensive Back Linebacker Defensive Tackle 6-0 • 180 6-1 • 230 6-1 • 270 Moultrie, Ga. Hays, Kan. Manhattan, Kan. Colquitt Country Hays Manhattan

AT COLQUITT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Packers AT HAYS HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Indians under head AT MANHATTAN HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Indians under under head coach Justin Rogers... Viewed as the 76th-best cor- coach Tony Crough... Regarded as the 22nd-best inside line- head coach Joe Schartz... Regarded as the sixth-best prospect in nerback in the Class of 2021 by ESPN and No. 86 by 247Sports... backer prospect in the nation and the second-best overall pros- the state of Kansas for the Class of 2021 by Rivals... Named to Totaled 35 tackles – including one for a loss – had two intercep- pect in the state of Kansas for the Class of 2021 by 247Sports... the Kansas Football Coaches Association (KFBCA) Top-11 team tions and broke up four passes as a senior... Earned fi rst team Named to the Kansas Football Coaches Association (KFBCA) as one of the top players in the state among all classes in 2020 all-region honors as both a junior and senior... Named to the Top-11 team as one of the top players in the state among all in addition to the organization’s fi rst team all-state squad... Vot- 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America preseason watch list, while classes in 2020... Was also voted a 2020 fi rst team all-state ed the 2020 Kansas 6A Defensive Player of the Year and a fi rst he was a preseason all-state selection... Helped Colquitt County honoree by the KFBCA, Topeka Capital-Journal, Wichita Eagle team all-state honoree by the Wichita Eagle... Named the Sports earn a 9-1 record as a senior, while the Packers earned a 9-3 re- and Sports in Kansas... Named the conference defensive player in Kansas 6A Defensive Player of the Year and a fi rst team all- cord and a trip to the second round of the state playoffs in 2019. of the year and a fi rst team all-conference performer in 2020... state honoree... Also named a fi rst team all-state selection by A fi nalist for the 2020 Kansas 5A Defensive Player of the Year by the Topeka Capital-Journal as a senior... Picked up fi rst team PERSONAL: Omar Daniels was born November 24, 2002… Son Sports in Kansas... An honorable mention all-state pick by the all-state honors as a junior from the Topeka Capital-Journal and of Umeko Kinsey. Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle as a junior... Tallied Wichita Eagle, while he was an honorable mention pick by both 211 tackles during his prep career to go along with 54 tackles for organizations as a sophomore... Totaled 129 tackles, 35 tackles RJ loss, 10 sacks, six forced fumbles and fi ve fumble recoveries... for loss, 1.5 sacks and fi ve fumble recoveries over his junior and Also played basketball. senior seasons... Also competed in wrestling – where he was a GARCIA II two-time league wrestling champion – and track and fi eld. Wide Receiver PERSONAL: Gaven Haselhorst (HAY-zel-horst) was born May 6-1 • 175 31, 2003, in Hays, Kansas... Son of Amy Haselhorst... Plans on PERSONAL: Damian Ilalio was born January 23, 2003... Son of majoring in sports medicine. Phillip and Mahealani Ilalio... Has three siblings, Teuila, Isaia Land O’Lakes, Fla. and Mahina... Plans on majoring in athletic training. Berkeley Prep Ozzie AT BERKELEY PREP: Played for the Buccaneers under head HOFFLER Krew coach Dominic Ciao... Helped Berkeley Prep earn a 7-2 record Defensive End JACKSON and a state runner-up fi nish... Finished prep career by tally- 6-3 • 220 Linebacker ing 1,342 yards on 71 receptions with 11 touchdowns... Also 6-5 • 200 returned 17 kickoffs for 504 yards (29.6 yards per return)... Atlanta, Ga. Named to the 2020 Sports Illustrated All-America preseason Woodward Academy Queen Creek, Ariz. watch list... An honorable mention on the 2019 Tampa Bay Queen Creek Times Hillsborough County team... Also plays basketball for the AT WOODWARD ACADEMY: Played for the War Eagles under Buccaneers and his father, head coach Renaldo Garcia. head coach John Hunt... Rated the 73rd-best weakside defen- AT QUEEN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Bulldogs under sive end in the Class of 2021 by 247Sports... Finished prep head coach Travis Schureman... Viewed as the 68th-best safety PERSONAL: Renaldo Garcia II was born January 1, 2003, in career with 115 tackles, 21.0 tackles for loss and 17 sacks... A in the Class of 2021 by 247Sports, while Rivals rated him the Tampa, Florida... Son of Renaldo and Jodi Garcia... Has one sib- 2020 preseason all-state honoree by the Atlanta Journal Con- 14th-best prospect in the state of Arizona... Totaled 138 tackles, ling, Rico... Father, Renaldo, was a three-year starting guard for stitution... Helped Woodward to a 13-1 record and a trip to the a pair of interceptions and three passes defended over the fi nal the Florida basketball team from 1987-1991, helping the Gators state semifi nals as a junior when he earned honorable mention two years of his prep career... Earned academic all-state honors earn their fi rst SEC Championship in 1989... Renaldo went on to all-region honors from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. as a senior. play professionally in Honduras. PERSONAL: Ozzie Hoffl er was born October 28, 2002, in Stuart, PERSONAL: Krew Jackson was born July 28, 2002... Son of Jo- Florida... Son of Ozzie Hoffl er and Tricia Hoffl er... Has one sibling, seph and Becky Jackson. AJ... Plans on majoring in business.

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 55 2021 SIGNING CLASS

Darell Marvin Devrin JONES MARTIN WEATHERS Defensive Back Defensive Back Running Back 5-11 • 166 6-1 • 185 6-1 • 190 Coff eyville, Kan. Vicksburg, Miss. Webb City, Mo. Field Kindley Trinity Christian [TX] Webb City

AT FIELD KINDLEY HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Golden Tor- AT TRINITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL [TEXAS]: Played his senior AT WEBB CITY HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Cardinals under nado under head coach Deonta Wade... Regarded as the fourth- year for the Tigers under head coach Andre Hart, while he spent head coach John Roderique... Viewed as the 14th-best prospect best prospect in the state of Kansas for the Class of 2021 by his sophomore and junior seasons at Vicksburg High School in in the state of Missouri for the Class of 2021 by Rivals... Picked ESPN and fi fth by 247Sports, while the latter rated him the 70th- Vicksburg, Mississippi... Rated the 56th-best safety in the Class up fi rst team all-state honors from the Missouri Football Coach- best athlete... Picked up fi rst team all-state honors as a senior of 2021 by ESPN... Helped Trinity Christian earn an 8-3 record es Association as both a junior and a senior... Named the Central from Sports in Kansas, while he was an honorable mention pick and a national championship by defeating HEIR Eagles Academy Ozark Conference Offensive Player of the Year as a senior... Also by Topeka Capital-Journal and Wichita Eagle... Also an honor- [WA] in The Christian Athletic League’s national championship named an all-district player on three occasions... Helped Webb able mention pick by the Topeka Capital-Journal as a junior... game... Earned fi rst team all-district honors as a junior at Vicks- City earn a combined 26-4 record during his fi nal two years, Played in eight games as a senior, coming away with 51 tackles, burg when he led the Gators with 80 tackles, 14.0 tackles for including a state championship as a junior... Totaled 4,500 yards 5.0 tackles for loss, a sack and a pair of interceptions... Also loss, 6.0 sacks and fi ve forced fumbles. and 59 touchdowns during his prep career... Also competed in caught 14 passes for 269 yards and three touchdowns during baseball, basketball and track. his fi nal year as a prep. PERSONAL: Marvin Martin was born December 28, 2002, in Vicksburg, Mississippi... Son of Dorothy Martin and Carlos Wil- PERSONAL: Devrin Weathers was born April 26, 2003, in Joplin, PERSONAL: Darell (duh-REL) Jones was born August 6, 2003... liams... Has two siblings, Alex and Carlos... Plans on majoring in Missouri... Son of Preston Weathers and Deanna McDaniel... Has Son of Karen and James Jones. computer engineering. one sibling, Jayden... Plans on majoring in business. Andrew Desmond LEINGANG PURNELL Off ensive Line Defensive Back 6-5 • 270 6-0 • 195 Bismarck, N.D. Topeka, Kan. Century Hayden

AT CENTURY HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Patriots under head AT HAYDEN HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Wildcats under head coach Ron Wingenbach... Rated the top prospect in the state of coach Bill Arnold... Viewed as the sixth-best prospect in the state North Dakota for the Class of 2021 by both ESPN and 247Sports, of Kansas for the Class of 2021 by 247Sports... A fi nalist for the while the latter viewed him as the 10th-best center in the na- 2020 Kansas 3A Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year by tion... Named the Powerade State Senior Athlete of the Year for Sports in Kansas, while the organization voted him a fi rst team Class AAA Football in North Dakota in addition to being named all-state honoree... Also a fi rst team all-state selection as a se- the MidcoSD Class AAA Player of the Year... Earned fi rst team nior by the Wichita Eagle as both a junior and a senior... Earned all-state honors as both a junior and a senior... Helped lead the fi rst team all-state honors as a senior and honorable mention Patriots to consecutive undefeated seasons and state cham- accolades as a junior from the Topeka Capital-Journal... Totaled pionships in his fi nal two years... Named the top high school 811 rushing yards, 469 receiving yards and 22 total touchdowns player in the state of North Dakota prior to the 2020 season by as a senior to go along with 80 tackles... Named the 2020 city MaxPreps... Also competed in track and fi eld – fi nishing eighth offensive player of the year. in the state in shot put as a sophomore – and played basketball. PERSONAL: Desmond Purnell was born January 29, 2001, in PERSONAL: Andrew Leingang (LINE-gang) was born November Fort Riley, Kansas... Son of Etoi Lones-Talbert and Hal Purnell... 14, 2002, in Bismarck, North Dakota... Son of Andrew and Col- Has two siblings, Lorenzo and Dejawn... Older brother, Lorenzo, leen Leingang... Has two siblings, Luke and Mason... Older broth- played football at Pittsburg State. er, Mason, signed to play football at Minnesota State Moorhead in 2019... Will be the fi rst Kansas State player from North Dakota since at least 1949... Plans on majoring in chemical engineering.

56 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL 2020 STATISTICS

 2020 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (OVERALL: 4-6 | HOME: 2-3 | ROAD: 2-3 | BIG 12: 4-5)

DATE (CFP/AP/C) OPPONENT RESULT SCORE TV ATTEND TOP PASSER TOP RUSHER TOP RECEIVER TOP TACKLER Sept. 12 Arkansas State L 31-35 FOX 11,041 S. Thompson (17-19-0, 259, 2 TD) D. Vaughn (12-47-1) B. Moore (6-54-1) Wi. Jones/J. Hughes (6) Sept. 26 at 3/3 Oklahoma* W 38-35 FOX 22,700 S. Thompson (18-28-0, 334, TD) D. Vaughn (8-45-1) D. Vaughn (4-129-0) J. McPherson (11) Oct. 3 Texas Tech* W 31-21 FS1 10,932 W. Howard (7-12-0, 173, TD) D. Vaughn (16-113-1) D. Vaughn (3-81-1) E. Sullivan (12) Oct. 10 at rv/rv TCU* W 21-14 FOX 12,208 W. Howard (8-19-1, 117) W. Howard (13-86-1) D. Render (3-24-0) E. Sullivan (6) Oct. 24 Kansas* W 55-14 FS1 10,801 W. Howard (17-24-0, 243, 2 TD) D. Vaughn (11-71-1) D. Vaughn (4-81-0) R. Elder (6) Oct. 31 at nr/rv West Virginia* L 37-10 ESPN2 10,441 W. Howard (19-37-3, 184, TD) D. Vaughn (9-22-0) P. Brooks (4-39-0) J. Hughes (9) Nov. 7 12/14 Oklahoma State* L 18-20 FOX 11,980 W. Howard (10-21-1, 143, TD) W. Howard (14-125-1) J. Dineen (4-35-0) J. McPherson/E. Sullivan (7) Nov. 21 at 17/16 Iowa State* L 0-45 FOX – N. Ast (6-10-0, 44) D. Vaughn (7-44-0) C. Taylor (2-37-0) C. Fletcher (9) Nov. 28 at Baylor* L 31-32 ESPN2 11,667 W. Howard (9-18-2, 88, TD) D. Vaughn (19-102-1) D. Vaughn (3-19-1) D. Green (13) Dec. 5 nr/rv/rv Texas* L 31-69 FOX 9,851 W. Howard (16-27-2, 174, 2 TD) D. Vaughn (10-125-2) M. Knowles (6-95-2) Wa. Jones (7) * Big 12 Conference Game

TEAM STATISTICS RUSHING KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS PLAYER GP ATT. GAIN LOSS NET AVG. TD LONG YPG SCORING 266 322 Vaughn, Deuce 10 123 675 33 642 5.2 7 38 64.2 Points Per Game 26.6 32.2 Howard, Will 9 78 435 71 364 4.7 3 80 40.4 Points Off Turnovers 49 55 Trotter, Harry 9 72 269 9 260 3.6 3 24 28.9 FIRST DOWNS 155 229 Knowles, Malik 9 6 100 0 100 16.7 1 75 11.1 Rushing 72 89 Brooks, Phillip 10 8 49 8 41 5.1 0 12 4.1 Passing 67 121 Mozee, Keyon 9 11 49 10 39 3.5 0 27 4.3 Penalty 16 19 Thompson, Skylar 3 19 62 24 38 2.0 3 13 12.7 RUSHING YARDAGE 1517 1772 Burns, Tyler 9 13 38 2 36 2.8 0 10 4.0 Yards gained rushing 1747 2023 Taylor, Chabastin 10 1 20 0 20 20.0 0 20 2.0 Yards lost rushing 230 251 Wright, Jacardia 4 6 23 6 17 2.8 0 12 4.2 Rushing Attempts 354 375 Blumer, Jack 10 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 Average Per Rush 4.3 4.7 Youngblood, Joshua 2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.5 Average Per Game 151.7 177.2 Garber, Keenan 6 2 4 2 2 1.0 0 4 0.3 TDs Rushing 17 20 Porter, Seth 9 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 PASSING YARDAGE 1857 2675 Ast, Nick 3 6 16 35 -19 -3.2 0 11 -6.3 Comp-Att-Int 137-247-10 239-353-7 TEAM 6 6 0 30 -30 -5.0 0 0 -5.0 Average Per Pass 7.5 7.6 Total...... 10 354 1747 230 1517 4.3 17 80 151.7 Average Per Catch 13.6 11.2 Opponents...... 10 375 2023 251 1772 4.7 20 75 177.2 Average Per Game 185.7 267.5 TDs Passing 12 20 TOTAL OFFENSE 3374 4447 PASSING Total Plays 601 728 PLAYER GP EFFIC. CMP-ATT-INT PCT. YARDS TD LG AVG/G Average Per Play 5.6 6.1 Howard, Will 9 116.28 90-168-10 53.6 1178 8 70 130.9 Average Per Game 337.4 444.7 Thompson, Skylar 3 165.29 40-64-0 62.5 626 4 78 208.7 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 34-593 16-419 Ast, Nick 3 81.80 7-14-0 50.0 53 0 22 17.7 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 14-309 9-18 TEAM 6 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 7-65 10-82 Total...... 10 126.55 137-247-10 55.5 1857 12 78 185.7 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.4 26.2 Opponents...... 10 146.09 239-353-7 67.7 2675 20 58 267.5 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 22.1 2.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 9.3 8.2 FUMBLES-LOST 11-5 8-5 RECEIVING PENALTIES-Yards 65-564 55-558 PLAYER GP NO YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G Average Per Game 56.4 55.8 Vaughn, Deuce 10 25 434 17.4 2 77 43.4 PUNTS-Yards 52-2079 44-1615 Moore, Briley 9 22 338 15.4 3 66 37.6 Average Per Punt 40.0 36.7 Taylor, Chabastin 10 19 293 15.4 1 42 29.3 Net punt average 39.2 29.2 Brooks, Phillip 10 15 155 10.3 2 25 15.5 KICKOFFS-Yards 54-3062 60-3534 Knowles, Malik 9 13 204 15.7 3 35 22.7 Average Per Kick 56.7 58.9 Trotter, Harry 9 8 34 4.2 0 12 3.8 Net kick average 35.5 39.0 Wheeler, Sammy 7 7 134 19.1 1 58 19.1 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 29:01 30:59 Dineen, Jax 9 7 78 11.1 0 24 8.7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 42/127 59/147 Render, D.J. 10 7 56 8.0 0 21 5.6 3rd-Down Pct 33% 40% Gill, Wykeen 2 3 9 3.0 0 6 4.5 4TH-DOWN Conversions 6/10 9/17 Lenners, Nick 9 3 8 2.7 0 8 0.9 4th-Down Pct 60% 53% Mozee, Keyon 9 2 83 41.5 0 78 9.2 SACKS BY-Yards 28-145 14-103 Garber, Keenan 6 2 10 5.0 0 9 1.7 MISC YARDS 0 0 Burns, Tyler 9 2 7 3.5 0 5 0.8 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 33 42 Barta, Mason 10 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.8 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-17 10-18 Fox, Konner 6 1 6 6.0 0 6 1.0 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 Total...... 10 137 1857 13.6 12 78 185.7 RED-ZONE SCORES (31-33) 94% (38-46) 83% Opponents...... 10 239 2675 11.2 20 58 267.5 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (21-33) 64% (29-46) 63% PAT-ATTEMPTS (30-30) 100% (40-40) 100% ATTENDANCE 54605 57016 Games/Avg Per Game 5/10921 5/11403 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL Kansas State 54 92 59 61 266 Opponents 54 91 105 72 322

DISCIPLINE • COMMITMENT • TOUGHNESS • BE SELFLESS 57 2020 STATISTICS

TOTAL OFFENSE ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE PLAYER GP PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG/G PLAYER G RUSH REC PR KOR IR TOT AVG/G Howard, Will 9 246 364 1178 1542 171.3 Vaughn, Deuce 10 642 434 0 145 0 1221 122.1 Thompson, Skylar 3 83 38 626 664 221.3 Brooks, Phillip 10 41 155 261 150 0 607 60.7 Vaughn, Deuce 10 123 642 0 642 64.2 Knowles, Malik 9 100 204 0 203 0 507 56.3 Trotter, Harry 9 72 260 0 260 28.9 Howard, Will 9 364 0 0 0 0 364 40.4 Knowles, Malik 9 6 100 0 100 11.1 Moore, Briley 9 0 338 0 0 0 338 37.6 Brooks, Phillip 10 8 41 0 41 4.1 Taylor, Chabastin 10 20 293 0 0 0 313 31.3 Mozee, Keyon 9 11 39 0 39 4.3 Trotter, Harry 9 260 34 0 0 0 294 32.7 Burns, Tyler 9 13 36 0 36 4.0 Wheeler, Sammy 7 0 134 0 0 0 134 19.1 Ast, Nick 3 20 -19 53 34 11.3 Mozee, Keyon 9 39 83 0 7 0 129 14.3 Taylor, Chabastin 10 1 20 0 20 2.0 Dineen, Jax 9 0 78 0 0 0 78 8.7 Wright, Jacardia 4 6 17 0 17 4.2 Youngblood, Joshua 2 3 0 0 54 0 57 28.5 Blumer, Jack 10 1 3 0 3 0.3 Render, D.J. 10 0 56 0 0 0 56 5.6 Youngblood, Joshua 2 1 3 0 3 1.5 Parker, AJ 9 0 0 17 0 37 54 6.0 Garber, Keenan 6 2 2 0 2 0.3 Burns, Tyler 9 36 7 0 0 0 43 4.8 Porter, Seth 9 1 1 0 1 0.1 Porter, Seth 9 1 0 18 24 0 43 4.8 TEAM 6 7 -30 0 -30 -5.0 Thompson, Skylar 3 38 0 0 0 0 38 12.7 Total...... 10 601 1517 1857 3374 337.4 Gardner, Justin 9 0 0 0 0 24 24 2.7 Opponents...... 10 728 1772 2675 4447 444.7 Wright, Jacardia 4 17 0 0 0 0 17 4.2 Garber, Keenan 6 2 10 0 0 0 12 2.0 Jones II, Will 7 0 0 9 0 0 9 1.3 SCORING Gill, Wykeen 2 0 9 0 0 0 9 4.5 |------PATs------| Lenners, Nick 9 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.9 PLAYER TD FGS KICK RUSH RCV PASS DXP SAF PTS Barta, Mason 10 0 8 0 0 0 8 0.8 Lynch, Blake 0 12-17 30-30 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 Fox, Konner 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 1.0 Vaughn, Deuce 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Allen, Nick 9 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.6 Brooks, Phillip 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Fletcher, Cody 10 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.5 Knowles, Malik 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Sullivan, Elijah 8 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.5 Howard, Will 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 18 Monty, Brock 10 0 0 4 0 0 4 0.4 Trotter, Harry 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Blumer, Jack 10 3 0 0 0 0 3 0.3 Moore, Briley 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Ast, Nick 3 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 -6.3 Thompson, Skylar 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 TEAM 6 -30 0 0 0 0 -30 -5.0 Taylor, Chabastin 1 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 8 Total...... 10 1517 1857 309 593 65 4341 434.1 Parker, AJ 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 10 1772 2675 18 419 82 4966 496.6 Wheeler, Sammy 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Gardner, Justin 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 33 12-17 30-30 1-1 0 0-2 0 0 266 PUNTING Opponents...... 42 10-18 40-40 0-1 0 0-1 0 0 322 PLAYER NO YDS AVG LONG TB FC I20 50+ BLKD Zentner, Ty 28 1142 40.8 65 0 10 14 5 0 Blumer, Jack 24 937 39.0 54 1 14 3 2 0 PUNT RETURNS Total...... 52 2079 40.0 65 1 24 17 7 0 PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG Opponents...... 44 1615 36.7 55 1 17 11 3 3 Brooks, Phillip 11 261 23.7 2 55 Parker, AJ 1 17 17.0 0 0 Porter, Seth 1 18 18.0 0 0 FIELD GOALS Jones II, Will 1 9 9.0 0 0 PLAYER FGM-FGA PCT 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 LG BLK Monty, Brock 0 4 0.0 0 4 Lynch, Blake 12-17 70.6 0-0 6-6 3-3 1-4 2-4 53 0 Total...... 14 309 22.1 2 55 Opponents...... 9 18 2.0 0 10 FIELD GOAL SEQUENCE GAME KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS KICKOFF RETURNS Arkansas State 43,47,(35) 38 PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG Oklahoma (50) - Knowles, Malik 11 203 18.5 0 46 Texas Tech (28) 33, 35 Brooks, Phillip 8 150 18.8 0 31 TCU (25),(53),46 48 Vaughn, Deuce 7 145 20.7 0 40 KU (32),(21) 40 Youngblood, Joshua 3 54 18.0 0 22 WVU (21),52 51,(19),(25),(45) Fletcher, Cody 2 5 2.5 0 4 Oklahoma State (30),(29) (35),(33) Porter, Seth 1 24 24.0 0 24 Iowa State - (32),45 Allen, Nick 1 5 5.0 0 5 Baylor (20) (28),(30) Mozee, Keyon 1 7 7.0 0 7 Texas 53,(47) (28),30,(21) Total...... 34 593 17.4 0 46 ( ) - Made Opponents...... 16 419 26.2 0 98 KICKOFFS INTERCEPTIONS PLAYER NO YDS AVG TB OB RETN NET YDLN PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG Zentner, Ty 47 2827 60.1 29 1 McPherson, Jahron 2 0 0.0 0 0 Lynch, Blake 7 235 33.6 0 0 Gardner, Justin 2 24 12.0 1 24 Total...... 54 3062 56.7 29 1 419 35.5 29 Parker, AJ 1 37 37.0 1 37 Opponents...... 60 3534 58.9 24 1 593 39.0 25 Sullivan, Elijah 1 4 4.0 0 4 Jones II, Will 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 7 65 9.3 2 37 Opponents...... 10 82 8.2 1 32 FUMBLE RETURNS PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG Brown, Aamaris 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total...... 1 7 7.0 0 7 Opponents...... 1 85 85.0 1 85

58 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL 2020 STATISTICS

 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING

WILL HOWARD Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic. Arkansas State 1 1 0 100.0 24 0 24 0 0 301.60 Texas Tech 7 12 0 58.3 173 1 70 0 0 206.93 TCU 8 19 1 42.1 117 0 45 2 10 83.31 Kansas 17 24 0 70.8 243 2 37 0 0 183.38 West Virginia 19 37 3 51.4 184 1 35 2 16 85.83 Oklahoma State 10 21 1 47.6 143 1 58 1 4 111.01 Iowa State 3 9 1 33.3 32 0 29 1 8 40.98 Baylor 9 18 2 50.0 88 1 49 0 0 87.18 Texas 16 27 2 59.3 174 2 29 1 9 123.02 TOTALS 90 168 10 53.6 1,178 8 70 7 47 116.28

SKYLAR THOMPSON Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic. Arkansas State 17 29 0 58.6 259 2 42 2 13 156.40 Oklahoma 18 25 0 72.0 334 1 78 1 7 197.42 Texas Tech 5 10 0 50.0 33 1 12 1 4 110.72 TOTALS 40 64 0 62.5 626 4 78 4 24 165.29

 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING (NO-YDS/TDs)

PLAYER NO-YDS/TDs ASU OU TTU TCU KU WVU OSU ISU BU UT Vaughn, Deuce 123-642/7 12-47/1 8-35/1 16-113/1 14-43/0 11-71/1 9-22/0 17-40/0 7-44/0 19-102/1 10-125/2 Howard, Will 78-364/3 1--1/0 DNP 5-8/0 13-86/1 6-23/0 7--9/0 14-125/1 5-12/0 9-41/1 18-79/0 Trotter, Harry 72-260/3 16-43/1 DNP 12-43/1 8-27/0 6-9/1 3-12/0 9-43/0 7-28/0 5-32/0 6-23/0 Knowles, Malik 6-100/1 – 1-3/0 – – – – – DNP 2-81/1 3-16/0 Brooks, Phillip 8-41/0 – 1--8/0 – 1-12/0 – – 2-14/0 – – 4-23/0 Mozee, Keyon 11-39/0 DNP 1-2/0 – – 3-27/0 3-10/0 – 3-6/0 – 1--6/ Thompson, Skylar 19-38/3 7-7/0 9-10/3 3-21/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Burns, Tyler 13-36/0 1--2/0 3-7/0 DNP 1-5/0 2-2/0 1-6/0 – 1-4/0 –- 4-14/0 Taylor, Chabastin 1-20/0 1-20/0 – – – – – – – – – Wright, Jacardia 6-17/0 DNP 1-6/0 3-12/0 – 2--1/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Youngblood, Joshua 1-3/0 DNP 1-3/0 DNP – DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Blumer, Jack 1-3/0 – – 1-3/0 – – – – – – – Garber, Keenan 2-2/0 – DNP DNP – – DNP 1-4/0 1--2/0 – DNP Porter, Seth 1-1/0 DNP – – – – 1-1/0 – – – Ast, Nick 2-0/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-0/0 – DNP 4--19/0 DNP DNP TOTALS 354-1,517/17 39-91/2 26-56/4 42-198/2 38-172/1 33-129/2 23-41/0 44-227/1 28-73/0 35-256/3 46-274/2

 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING (NO-YDS/TDs)

PLAYER NO-YDS/TDs ASU OU TTU TCU KU WVU OSU ISU BU UT Vaughn, Deuce 25-434/2 1-24/0 4-129/0 3-81/1 1-45/0 4-81/0 2-1/0 1-5/0 2-4/0 3-19/1 4-45/0 Moore, Briley 22-338/3 6-54/1 4-31/0 2-78/1 2-38/0 3-33/1 2-37/0 DNP – 2-55/0 1-12/0 Taylor, Chabastin 19-293/1 4-98/0 2-45/1 2-16/0 2-10/0 4-68/0 3-19/0 – 2-37/0 – – Knowles, Malik 13-204/3 1-27/0 – 1-7/0 – 1-8/0 1-35/1 2-16/0 DNP 1-16/0 6-95/2 Brooks, Phillip 15-155/2 2-24/1 2-23/0 2-16/0 – – 4-39/0 2-29/1 1-22/0 1-3/0 1--1/0 Wheeler, Sammy 7-134/1 1-24/0 1-17/0 – – 1-16/1 3-19/0 1-58/0 DNP DNP DNP Mozee, Keyon 2-83/0 DNP 1-78/0 – – – – – 1-5/0 – – Dineen, Jax 7-78/0 1-24/0 DNP – – – 2-19/0 4-35/0 – – – Render, D.J. 7-56/0 – – – 3-24/0 1-21/0 1-7/0 – 1-1/0 – 1-3/0 Trotter, Harry 8-34/0 2-8/0 DNP 2-8/0 – – – – – 1--2/0 3-20/0 Garber, Keenan 2-10/0 – DNP DNP – 1-9/0 DNP – 1-1/0 – DNP Gill, Wykeen 3-9/0 DNP 3-9/0 – DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Lenners, Nick 3-8/0 – DNP – – 1-3/0 1-8/0 – – 1--3/0 – Barta, Mason 1-8/0 – – – – 1-8/0 – – – – – Burns, Tyler 2-7/0 – 1-2/0 DNP – 1-5/0 – – – – – Fox, Konner 1-6/0 DNP – DNP DNP – DNP – 1-6/0 – – TOTALS 137-1,857/12 18-283/2 18-334/1 12-206/2 8-117/0 18-252/2 19-184/1 10-143/1 9-76/0 9-88/1 16-174/2

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 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

TACKLES TFLS SACKS PASS DEFENSE FUMBLES BLKD PLAYER GP SOLO AST TOTAL NO-YDS NO-YDS INT-YDS PBU QBH RCV-YDS FF KICK SA McPherson, Jahron 10 36 18 54 3.5-18 1.0-6 2-0 3 . . 1 . . Hughes, Justin 8 30 15 45 2.0-2 . . 1 . . . . . Fletcher, Cody 10 30 14 44 3.5-10 1.5-4 . 1 . . . . . Elder, Ross 9 25 16 41 1.0-3 . . 1 . . . . . Sullivan, Elijah 8 28 12 40 1.5-5 . 1-4 ...... Green, Daniel 10 28 11 39 5.5-15 2.5-10 . 2 . . . . . Parker, AJ 9 31 8 39 3.5-8 . 1-37 4 . . . 1 . Hubert, Wyatt 10 19 8 27 13.0-55 8.5-41 . 1 . . 2 1 . Thomas, Kiondre 8 22 5 27 . . . 4 . . . . . Duke, Khalid 9 17 9 26 3.0-9 1.0-4 ...... Boye-Doe, Ekow 8 17 8 25 1.0-3 . . 7 . . . . . Jones, Wayne 10 18 6 24 0.5-1 . . 1 . 2-0 . . . Wiley, Drew 10 13 11 24 9.0-30 4.5-25 . 3 . 1-0 . . . Huggins, Eli 9 11 11 22 6.0-22 1.5-12 ...... Gardner, Justin 9 16 2 18 . . 2-24 7 . . . . . Jones II, Will 7 12 3 15 2.0-4 . 1-0 . . . . 1 . Gainous, Kirmari 10 10 4 14 3.0-7 2.0-3 . . . . 1 . . Massie, Bronson 10 10 3 13 4.5-24 2.5-20 . 1 . . . . . Monty, Brock 10 13 . 13 ...... Hentz II, Robert 10 5 6 11 ...... Pickle, Jaylen 8 4 6 10 0.5-1 . . 3 . . . . . Brown, Aamaris 6 9 . 9 . . . . . 1-7 . . . Denson, Tee 7 8 1 9 1.0-1 ...... Henington, Ryan 8 7 1 8 ...... Smith, TJ 4 5 2 7 ...... Henry, Hunter 8 6 1 7 1.0-2 ...... Robinson, Lance 2 5 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . . Trussell, Spencer 7 4 . 4 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... Moore, Austin 7 3 1 4 ...... Key, Cameron 4 3 . 3 ...... Lewis, Tyrone 7 3 . 3 ...... Anudike, Felix 5 3 . 3 1.0-7 1.0-7 ...... Porter, Seth 9 3 . 3 ...... 1 . Allen, Nick 9 2 . 2 ...... Archer, Levi 5 1 . 1 ...... Knowles, Malik 9 1 . 1 ...... Render, D.J. 10 1 . 1 ...... Burns, Tyler 9 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . Mott, Brendan 1 1 . 1 ...... Howard, Will 9 1 . 1 ...... Moore, Briley 9 1 . 1 ...... Newton, Derick 2 1 . 1 ...... Taleni, Tyrone 3 1 . 1 1.0-6 1.0-6 ...... Hommel, Eric 6 . 1 1 ...... Zentner, Ty 10 . 1 1 ...... Taylor, Chabastin 10 1 . 1 ......

Total...... 10 466 184 650 68-240 28-145 7-65 40 . 5-7 4 4 . Opponents...... 10 386 161 547 61-200 14-103 10-82 31 . 5-85 5 . .

 SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES

PLAYER TOTAL KO PUNT PLAYER TOTAL KO PUNT Monty, Brock 7 5 2 Hommel, Eric 1 1 0 Moore, Austin 2 1 1 Lewis, Tyrone 1 1 0 Brown, Aamaris 1 1 0 Parker, AJ 1 0 1 Burns, Tyler 1 1 0 Porter, Seth 1 0 1 Denson, Tee 1 1 0 Render, D.J. 1 1 0 Duke, Khalid 1 0 1 Thomas, Kiondre 1 1 0 Fletcher, Cody 1 1 0 Zentner, Ty 1 1 0 Gardner, Justin 1 1 0 TOTALS 23 17 6 Henington, Ryan 1 1 0

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 GAME-BY-GAME TOP TACKLERS

PLAYER UT-AT-TT ASU OU TTU TCU KU WVU OSU ISU BU UT McPherson, Jahron 36-18-54 – 6-5-11 6-2-8 1-2-3 4-1-5 7-1-8 7-0-7 3-1-4 1-4-5 1-2-3 Hughes, Justin 30-15-45 5-1-6 4-6-10 5-0-5 3-2-5 2-0-2 4-5-9 5-1-6 DNP DNP 2-0-2 Fletcher, Cody 30-14-44 2-0-2 0-3-3 6-1-7 3-2-5 1-0-1 5-2-7 – 7-2-9 4-4-8 2-0-2 Elder, Ross 25-16-41 DNP 1-5-6 4-1-5 2-1-3 6-0-6 4-2-6 2-0-2 2-2-4 3-3-6 1-2-3 Sullivan, Elijah 28-12-40 5-0-5 1-3-4 9-3-12 4-2-6 3-0-3 1-1-2 4-3-7 DNP DNP 1-0-1 Parker, AJ 31-8-39 2-0-2 4-4-8 4-0-4 4-1-5 3-0-3 DNP 2-1-3 5-0-5 5-2-7 2-0-2 Green, Daniel 28-11-39 4-0-4 0-1-1 1-0-1 3-0-3 1-0-1 6-1-7 1-1-2 4-2-6 7-6-13 1-0-1 Thomas, Kiondre 25-5-27 3-0-3 DNP DNP – 2-0-2 1-1-2 6-0-6 4-0-4 3-2-5 3-2-5 Hubert, Wyatt 19-8-27 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-2 2-1-3 2-0-2 2-2-4 4-1-5 2-1-3 2-2-4 2-0-2 Duke, Khalid 17-9-26 DNP 3-6-9 4-0-4 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-1-3 1-0-1 2-2-4 2-0-2 – Boye-Doe, Ekow 17-8-25 DNP 4-1-5 4-1-5 2-1-3 1-0-1 2-1-3 3-0-3 1-2-3 0-2-2 DNP Wiley, Drew 13-11-24 2-0-2 1-3-4 0-1-1 2-1-3 0-1-1 4-3-7 – 0-1-1 2-1-3 2-0-2 Jones, Wayne 18-6-24 5-1-6 2-0-2 – 1-0-1 – 0-1-1 – 5-1-6 1-0-1 4-3-7 Huggins, Eli 11-11-22 3-0-3 DNP 1-0-1 1-2-3 1-2-3 1-2-3 2-1-3 0-1-1 2-2-4 0-1-1 Gardner, Justin 16-2-18 – 3-0-3 3-2-5 2-0-2 – 2-0-2 DNP 1-0-1 2-0-2 3-0-3 Jones II, Will 12-3-15 – 2-1-3 2-0-2 4-1-5 1-0-1 3-1-4 – DNP DNP DNP Gainous, Kirmari 10-4-14 1-0-1 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 – 1-1-2 1-1-2 1-1-2 Massie, Bronson 10-3-13 1-1-2 2-0-2 – 3-1-4 2-0-2 – 0-1-1 1-0-1 – 1-0-1 Monty, Brock 13-0-13 2-0-2 1-0-1 2-0-2 – 1-0-1 1-0-1 2-0-2 2-0-2 – 2-0-2 Hentz II, Robert 5-6-11 1-1-2 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-1-1 0-1-1 – 0-1-1 Pickle, Jaylen 4-6-10 DNP 0-4-4 – – 1-0-1 1-2-3 1-0-1 DNP – 1-0-1

 GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES FOR LOSS

PLAYER TFL-Yds ASU OU TTU TCU KU WVU OSU ISU BU UT Hubert, Wyatt 13.0-55 1.0-4 1.0-5 1.5-2 – 1.0-6 0.5-1 3.5-20 1.5-6 2.0-6 1.0-5 Wiley, Drew 9.0-30 1.0-6 0.5-0 0.5-1 2.0-4 0.5-3 2.5-10 – – 1.0-5 1.0-1 Huggins, Eli 6.0-22 1.0-10 DNP 1.0-1 0.5-1 0.5-2 – 2.0-6 – 1.0-2 – Green, Daniel 5.5-15 – – – 1.0-8 – 1.0-2 – – 2.5-3 1.0-2 Massie, Bronson 4.5-24 1.0-2 1.0-11 – 1.0-6 1.0-2 – 0.5-3 – – – McPherson, Jahron 3.5-18 – 1.0-11 – – 1.0-1 0.5-0 – – 1.0-6 – Fletcher, Cody 3.5-10 1.0-3 – – – – 1.0-3 – – 1.5-4 – Parker, AJ 3.5-8 – 0.5-1 – – – – 1.0-3 – 2.0-8 – Duke, Khalid 3.0-9 DNP 1.0-3 – – – 2.0-6 – – – – Gainous, Kirmari 3.0-7 – 1.0-2 1.0-1 – – 1.0-4 – – – – Jones II, Will 2.0-4 – – 1.0-2 1.0-2 – – – DNP DNP DNP Hughes, Justin 2.0-2 – – – – – – 1.0-1 DNP DNP 1.0-1 Sullivan, Elijah 1.5-5 – – 1.0-4 0.5-1 – – – DNP DNP – Anudike, Felix 1.0-7 – – – – 1.0-7 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Trussell, Spencer 1.0-7 – – – – – – DNP 1.0-7 DNP DNP Taleni, Tyrone 1.0-6 DNP – DNP DNP 1.0-6 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Boye-Doe, Ekow 1.0-3 DNP – 1.0-3 – – – – – – – Denson, Tee 1.0-1 DNP – – DNP – – – – DNP 1.0-1 Henry, Hunter 1.0-1 – – – DNP – – DNP – 1.0-2 – Jones, Wayne 0.5-1 – – – – – – – 0.5-1 – – Pickle, Jaylen 0.5-1 DNP – – – – 0.5-1 – DNP DNP – TOTAL 68-240 5-25 6-33 7-14 6-22 6-27 9-27 8-33 3-14 13-35 5-10

 GAME-BY-GAME SACKS

PLAYER SACK-Yds ASU OU TTU TCU KU WVU OSU ISU BU UT Hubert, Wyatt 8.5-41 1.0-4 1.0-5 – – 1.0-6 – 2.5-15 – 2.0-6 1.0-5 Wiley, Drew 4.5-25 1.0-6 – – 1.0-3 0.5-3 1.0-8 – – 1.0-5 – Green, Daniel 2.5-10 – – – 1.0-8 – – – – 1.5-2 – Massie, Bronson 2.5-20 – 1.0-11 – 1.0-6 – – 0.5-3 – – – Gainous, Kirmari 2.0-3 – 1.0-2 1.0-1 – – – – – – – Huggins, Eli 1.5-12 1.0-10 DNP – – 0.5-2 – – – – – Fletcher, Cody 1.5-4 – – – – – – – – 1.5-4 – Anudike, Felix 1.0-7 – – – – 1.0-7 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Trussell, Spencer 1.0-7 – – – – – – DNP 1.0-7 DNP DNP McPherson, Jahron 1.0-6 – – – – – – – – 1.0-6 – Taleni, Tyrone 1.0-6 DNP – DNP DNP 1.0-6 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Duke, Khalid 1.0-4 DNP – – – – 1.0-4 – – – – TOTAL 28-145 3-20 3-18 1-1 3-17 4-24 2-12 3-18 1-7 7-23 1-5

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 GAME-BY-GAME SUMMARIES

Final Score By Quarter First Downs Rushing Passing Total Offense Punting Fumbles Penalty Third Total GAME Score 1 2 3 4 (OT) Ru Pa Pn Tot Att Yds TD C-A-I Yds TD Att Yds No-Avg No-Lost No-Yds Downs ToP Arkansas State 35 7 7 7 14 8 15 3 26 33 159 0 25-38-1 330 5 71 489 4-30.0 1-1 4-58 6-13 25:44 K-State 31 7 14 0 10 6 12 3 21 39 91 2 18-30-0 283 2 69 374 4-41.2 0-0 8-85 1-11 34:16 K-State 38 0 7 14 17 3 6 1 10 26 66 4 18-25-0 334 1 51 400 6-40.5 1-0 13-108 2-11 27:52 Oklahoma 35 7 14 14 0 8 17 3 28 35 130 1 30-41-3 387 4 76 517 3-26.7 2-1 10-75 7-12 32:08 Texas Tech 21 0 0 14 7 13 13 1 27 34 204 1 34-49-1 267 2 83 471 3-32.3 0-0 6-71 9-18 31:39 K-State 31 7 7 3 14 11 7 2 20 42 198 2 12-22-0 206 2 64 404 4-37.5 1-0 4-35 6-12 28:21 K-State 21 6 8 7 0 6 4 2 12 38 172 1 8-19-1 117 0 57 289 6-44.7 1-0 5-60 3-13 28:19 TCU 14 7 0 0 7 8 9 3 20 37 189 2 22-38-1 153 0 75 342 7-43.9 0-0 5-38 5-17 31:41 Kansas 14 0 7 0 7 5 11 2 18 39 113 2 22-39-1 207 0 78 320 9-35.2 1-1 3-29 4-18 30:40 K-State 55 7 27 21 0 6 10 1 17 33 129 2 18-28-0 252 2 61 381 6-38.3 2-1 10-81 4-12 29:20 K-State 10 3 7 0 0 3 9 1 13 23 41 0 19-37-3 184 1 60 225 5-37.2 0-0 5-28 6-14 25:46 West Virginia 37 3 21 10 3 7 14 2 23 44 184 1 22-34-0 301 2 78 485 2-38.0 2-1 5-50 9-18 34:14 Oklahoma State 20 0 0 13 7 8 5 1 14 40 148 1 14-23-0 108 0 63 256 8-38.6 1-0 6-65 4-15 28:09 K-State 18 3 9 0 6 9 5 1 15 44 227 1 10-22-1 143 1 66 370 7-40.6 2-1 6-50 8-18 31:51 K-State 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 9 28 73 0 9-19-1 76 0 47 149 6-40.3 3-2 4-20 4-12 23:05 Iowa State 45 7 28 3 7 14 11 1 26 44 240 3 9-25-0 299 3 69 539 2-42.5 0-0 4-30 5-12 36:55 K-State 31 14 3 0 14 10 2 2 14 35 256 3 9-18-2 88 1 53 344 5-36.6 0-0 7-76 4-13 25:42 Baylor 32 6 0 9 17 5 13 3 21 36 71 2 31-39-0 349 2 75 420 4-33.2 1-1 8-87 7-16 34:18 Texas 69 17 14 35 3 13 13 0 26 33 334 7 20-27-0 274 2 60 608 2-45.5 0-0 4-55 3-8 24:20 K-State 31 7 10 14 0 13 9 2 24 46 274 2 16-27-2 174 2 73 448 3-42.7 1-1 3-21 4-11 35:40

 GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB FB RB WR Arkansas State Knowles Leveston Rivas Johnson Adler Beebe Lenners Thompson Dineen Trotter Taylor Oklahoma Knowles Leveston Rivas Johnson Adler Beebe Moore Thompson Wheeler (te) Vaughn Gill Texas Tech Knowles Duffie Rivas Johnson Adler Beebe Moore Thompson Brooks (wr) Vaughn Taylor TCU Knowles Leveston Rivas Johnson Adler Duffie Moore Howard Brooks (wr) Trotter Taylor Kansas Knowles Leveston Rivas Johnson Adler Duffie Trotter (rb) Howard Dineen Vaughn Taylor West Virginia Knowles Duffie Rivas Johnson Adler Beebe Moore Howard Brooks (wr) Vaughn Taylor Oklahoma State Knowles Duffie Rivas Johnson Adler Beebe Lenners Howard Dineen Trotter Taylor Iowa State Render Duffie Rivas Johnson Adler Beebe Moore Howard Barta Vaughn Taylor Baylor Knowles Duffie Delforge Johnson Poitier Beebe Moore Howard Lenners (te) Vaughn Taylor Texas Knowles Leveston Beebe Johnson Poitier Duffie Moore Howard Brooks (wr) Vaughn Taylor

DEFENSE OPPONENT DE DT DT DE LB LB NB CB SS FS CB Arkansas State Hubert Huggins Wiley Massie Hughes Sullivan Jones II Parker Jones McPherson Robinson Oklahoma Hubert Pickle Wiley Duke Hughes Sullivan Parker Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Gardner Texas Tech Hubert Pickle Wiley Duke Hughes Sullivan Parker Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Gardner TCU Hubert Huggins Wiley Duke Hughes Sullivan Parker Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Gardner Kansas Hubert Huggins Wiley Duke Hughes Sullivan Parker Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Gardner West Virginia Hubert Huggins Wiley Duke Hughes Sullivan Jones II Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Gardner Oklahoma State Hubert Huggins Wiley Duke Hughes Sullivan Parker Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Thomas Iowa State Hubert Huggins Wiley Duke Green Fletcher Jones Boye-Doe McPherson Parker Thomas Baylor Hubert Huggins Wiley Duke Green Fletcher Parker Boye-Doe McPherson Elder Thomas Texas Hubert Huggins Wiley Massie Hughes Fletcher Parker Denson Sullivan McPherson Thomas

 CONSECUTIVE AND TOTAL CAREER STARTS

OFFENSE Consecutive Total |------Starts by Year ------| DEFENSE Consecutive Total |------Starts by Year ------| Player, Pos. Yr. Starts Starts 2020 2019 2018 2017 Player, Pos. Yr. Starts Starts 2020 2019 2018 2017 Noah Johnson, OL Sr. 10 10 10 0 – – Wyatt Hubert, DE Jr. 20 29 10 12 7 – Chabastin Taylor, WR Jr. 8 11 9 2 0 – Jahron McPherson, DB Sr. 16 23 10 12 1 – Christian Duffie, OL So. 8 8 8 0 – – Will Howard, QB Fr. 7 7 7 – – – Drew Wiley, DT Sr. 10 10 10 0 0 0 Cooper Beebe, OL RFr. 5 8 8 0 – – Eli Huggins, DT Jr. 7 8 8 0 0 – Briley Moore, TE Sr. 3 29 7 1* 10* 10* (1* in 2016) AJ Parker, DB Sr. 4 33 9 8 12 4 Deuce Vaughn, RB Fr. 3 7 7 – – – Kiondre Thomas, DB Sr. 4 20 4 4^ 6^ 6^ Malik Knowles, WR So. 2 18 9 8 1 – Taylor Poitier, OL RFr. 2 2 2 – – – Cody Fletcher, LB Sr. 3 3 3 0 0 – Phillip Brooks, WR So. 1 5 4 1 0 – Elijah Sullivan, LB Sr. 1 24 8 13 1* 2 (0 in 2016) Kaitori Leveston, OL So. 1 5 5 0 – – Justin Hughes, LB Sr. 1 15 8 0* 7 0 (0 in 2016) Skylar Thompson, QB Sr. 0 30 3 13 10 4 Bronson Massie, DE Sr. 1 3 2 0 0 1 Josh Rivas, OL Jr. 0 10 8 0 2 – Ben Adler, OL Jr. 0 8 8 0 0 – Tee Denson, DB Fr. 1 1 1 – – – Nick Lenners, FB/TE Jr. 0 8 3 4 1 0 Wayne Jones, DB So. 0 15 2 13 0 – Harry Trotter, RB Sr. 0 7 4 3 – – Ekow Boye-Doe, DB So. 0 8 8 0 – – Mason Barta, FB Jr. 0 5 1 4 0 – Khalid Duke, DE So. 0 8 8 0 – – Wykeen Gill, WR Sr. 0 5 1 3 1 0 Jax Dineen, FB So. 0 4 3 1 – – Ross Elder, DB Jr. 0 7 7 0 0 – Landry Weber, WR Jr. 0 2 0 2 0 – Justin Gardner, DB Jr. 0 5 5 – 0% – Dawson Delforge, OL Jr. 0 1 1 – – – Lance Robinson, DB So. 0 5 1 2 2 – Logan Long, OL Jr. 0 1 (TE) 0 1 0 – Daniel Green, LB So. 0 2 2 0 – – D.J. Render, WR Sr. 0 1 1 0 0 0 Jaylen Pickle, DT So. 0 2 2 0 – – Sammy Wheeler, TE So. 0 1 1 0 – – * At Northern Iowa * Medical Redshirt | ^ at Minnesota | % at Oregon State

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 SCORING DRIVES KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS OPPONENT QTR TD FG PLAYER(S) PLAY PL YDS TIME OPPONENT QTR TD FG PLAYER(S) PLAY PL YDS TIME Arkansas State 1 X Skylar Thompson to Phillp Brooks 17 yd pass 2 19 0:51 Arkansas State 1 X Logan Bonner to Jonathan Adams 2 yd pass 9 75 3:26 2 X Deuce Vaughn 3 yd run 7 49 3:47 2 X Jeff Foreman to Rashauud Paul 48 yd pass 5 75 1:51 2 X Skylar Thompson to Briley Moore 7 yd pass 7 92 4:01 3 X Layne Hatcher to Giles Amos 8 yd pass 5 77 1:46 4 X Harry Trotter 5 yd run 10 55 5:07 4 X Logan Bonner to Jonathan Adams 5 yd pass 10 71 3:00 4 X Blake Lynch 35 yd field goal 7 47 3:17 4 X Layne Hatcher to Jonathan Adams 17 yd pass 7 65 1:46 Oklahoma 2 X Skylar Thompson to Chabastin Taylor 39-yd pass 9 65 4:37 Oklahoma 1 X Spencer Rattler to Marvin Mims 11-yd pass 11 83 4:37 3 X Skylar Thompson 1 yd run 3 78 1:35 2 X Spencer Rattler to Drake Stoops 32-yd pass 9 74 3:57 3 X Skylar Thompson 2 yd run 3 75 1:10 2 X Spencer Rattler to Marvin Mims 9-yd pass 10 75 4:26 4 X Skylar Thompson 4 yd run 8 38 3:47 3 X Spencer Rattler to Jeremiah Hall 21-yd pass 5 87 1:50 4 X Deuce Vaughn 38 yd run 2 38 0:10 3 X Seth McGowan 5-yd run 5 75 2:14 4 X Blake Lynch 50 yd field goal 5 29 2:00 Texas Tech 3 X Henry Colombi to DeSean Carter 3 yd pass 18 88 6:55 Texas Tech 1 X Skylar Thompson to Briley Moore 12 yd pass 3 20 0:54 3 X Xavier White 49 yd run 4 84 1:14 2 X Deuce Vaughn 18 yd run 13 97 6:49 4 X Henry Colombi to Myles Price 13 yd pass 7 74 2:21 3 X Blake Lynch 28 yd field goal 11 55 4:26 TCU 1 X Darwin Barlow 7 yd run 10 75 5:06 4 X Harry Trotter 4 yd run 3 75 1:11 4 X Max Duggan 3 yd run 11 77 4:50 4 X Will Howard to Deuce Vaughn 70 yd pass 6 88 1:35 Kansas 2 X Jalon Daniels 8 yd run 9 75 3:10 TCU 1 X Blake Lynch 25 yd field goal 7 91 2:38 4 X Jalon Daniels 4 yd run 1 15 0:11 2 X Blake Lynch 53 yd field goal 11 40 5:04 West Virginia 1 X Evan Staley 19 yd field goal 16 72 5:22 2 X Will Howard 4 yd run 6 91 3:07 2 X Jarrett Doege to Ali Jennings 5 yd pass 6 66 2:17 3 X AJ Parker 37 yd INT return – – – 2 X Leddie Brown 9 yd run 6 51 1:58 Kansas 1 X Phillip Brooks 55 yd punt return – – – 2 X Jarrett Doege to Winston Wright 15 yd pass 4 69 1:49 2 X Blake Lynch 32 yd field goal 4 6 1:57 3 X Casey Legg 25 yd field goal 14 67 5:44 2 X Blake Lynch 21 yd field goal 8 35 3:43 3 X Dylan Tonkery 18 yd INT return – – – 2 X Justin Gardner 24 yd INT return – – – 4 X Casey Legg 45 yd field goal 9 44 4:42 2 X Will Howard to Sammy Wheeler 16 yd pass 3 41 0:29 Oklahoma State 3 X Alex Hale 35 yd field goal 9 56 2:15 2 X Phillip Brooks 52 yd punt return – – – 3 X Brennan Presley 9 yd run 4 51 2:10 3 X Deuce Vaughn 1 yd run 6 69 2:41 3 X Alex Hale 33 yd field goal 11 55 4:42 3 X Harry Trotter 1 yd run 7 71 3:25 4 X Jason Taylor II 85 yd fumble return – – – 3 X Will Howard to Briley Moore 13 yd pass 11 94 5:22 Iowa State 1 X Brock Purdy to Joe Scates 33 yd pass 6 75 3:00 West Virginia 1 X Blake Lynch 21 yd field goal 10 64 4:14 2 X Brock Purdy to Charlie Kolar 6 yd pass 11 97 6:27 2 X Will Howard to Malik Knowles 35 yd pass 9 73 2:28 2 X Brock Purdy to Xavier Hutchinson 21 yd pass 6 46 3:18 Oklahoma State 1 X Blake Lynch 30 yd field goal 11 56 5:14 2 X Breece Hall 33 yd run 3 88 1:03 2 X Blake Lynch 29 yd field goal 11 69 5:53 2 X Breece Hall 21 yd run 6 38 3:16 2 X Will Howard to Phillip Brooks 4 yd pass 9 89 2:14 3 X Connor Assalley 32 yd field goal 6 37 2:12 4 X Will Howard 2 yd run 8 60 4:17 4 X Hunter Dekkers 12 yd run 3 32 0:53 Baylor 1 X Malik Knowles 75 yd run 1 75 0:13 Baylor 1 X Charlie Brewer 7 yd run 3 9 1:07 1 X Will Howard to Deuce Vaughn 8 yd pass 7 35 3:28 3 X John Mayers 28 yd field goal 8 64 3:01 2 X Blake Lynch 20 yd field goal 10 44 4:33 3 X Charlie Brewer to R.J. Sneed 23 yd pass 7 63 2:48 4 X Will Howard 24 yd run 2 73 0:51 4 X Charlie Brewer to Trestan Ebner 8 yd pass 8 75 3:06 4 X Deuce Vaughn 38 yd run 4 60 1:52 4 X Charlie Brewer 1 yd run 9 54 4:43 Texas 1 X Deuce Vaughn 19 yd run 8 64 3:19 4 X John Mayers 30 yd field goal 10 57 2:32 2 X Blake Lynch 47 yd field goal 7 46 3:13 Texas 1 X Bijan Robinson 12 yd run 7 81 2:33 2 X Deuce Vaughn 4 yd run 12 80 5:10 1 X Cameron Dicker 28 yd field goal 9 54 3:20 3 X Will Howard to Malik Knowles 7 yd pass 8 76 3:14 1 X Roschon Johnson 3 yd run 1 3 0:04 3 X Will Howard to Malik Knowles 29 yd pass 4 75 1:48 2 X Bijan Robinson 30 yd run 4 59 0:52 2 X Roschon Johnson 7 yd run 8 70 3:17 3 X Bijan Robinson 75 yd run 2 75 0:16 3 X Roschon Johnson 1 yd run 1 1 0:00 3 X Jordan Whittington 15 yd run 6 75 2:12 3 X Sam Ehlinger to Cade Brewer 15 yd pass 8 86 2:53 3 X Sam Ehlinger to Malcolm Epps 32 yd pass 1 32 0:07 4 X Cameron Dicker 21 yd field goal 6 63 3:22

 DRIVE SUPERLATIVES

KANSAS STATE OPPONENT Most Plays/Result 13/TD vs. Texas Tech 18/TD by Texas Tech Most Yards/Result 97/TD vs. Texas Tech 97/TD by Iowa State Most Time/Result 6:49/TD vs. Texas Tech 6:55/TD by Texas Tech

 AVERAGE STARTING FIELD POSITION

Total Total Average Started Total Total Off. Drives Yd. Line Field Pos. in Opp. Scores TD FG MFG Punts Downs To Clock Points K-State 116 3,538 Own 31 15 36 25 11 5 47 4 13 12 213 Opponents 114 3,358 Own 29 11 44 36 8 8 40 5 10 6 272

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 DRIVE CHART (NO. OF DRIVES/TD/FG)  3-AND-OUT

Drive Start 1-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Kansas State Opponent Result NO/TD/FG NO/TD/FG NO/TD/FG NO/TD/FG NO/TD/FG NO/TD/FG 3-and-Out/Drives 3-and-Out/Drives Arkansas State 1/1/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 3/0/1 3/1/0 3/2/0 Arkansas State 2/13 4/12 Oklahoma 0/0/0 1/0/0 6/2/0 3/1/1 1/0/0 3/2/0 Oklahoma 5/14 1/13 Texas Tech 1/1/0 1/1/0 6/1/0 1/0/1 1/0/0 1/1/0 Texas Tech 2/11 1/1 TCU 2/1/1 0/0/0 4/0/1 4/0/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 TCU 3/12 5/13 Kansas 1/1/0 2/0/0 4/1/0 2/1/0 1/0/0 4/1/2 Kansas 4/14 5/15 West Virginia 1/0/0 2/0/0 5/1/0 1/0/1 0/0/0 3/0/0 West Virginia 2/12 1/11 Oklahoma State 1/0/0 2/1/0 6/0/1 2/0/1 2/1/0 0/0/0 Oklahoma State 6/13 4/13 Iowa State 1/0/0 2/0/0 6/0/0 2/0/0 1/0/0 0/0/0 Iowa State 5/12 1/12 Baylor 0/0/0 1/0/0 7/2/0 1/0/0 1/1/0 2/1/1 Baylor 3/12 2/12 Texas 1/0/0 1/0/0 10/3/1 1/1/0 1/0/0 1/0/0 Texas 2/15 2/14

 SCORING DRIVE ANALYSIS  GAME-OPENING DRIVES  SECOND HALF-OPENING DRIVES

KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS Yardage TD FG TD FG Opponent Pts. 1st Dns. Yds. Pts. 1st Dns. Yds. Opponent Pts. 1st Dns. Yds. Pts. 1st Dns. Yds. No Drive 4 0 2 0 Arkansas St. 7 1 19 0 0 3 Arkansas St. 0 1 17 0 4 70 Minus Yds. 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma 0 0 8 0 2 41 Oklahoma 0 0 5 0 1 20 0-9 0 1 3 0 Texas Tech 0 4 50 0 1 13 Texas Tech 3 3 55 7 6 88 10-19 1 0 1 0 TCU 3 1 91 0 1 34 TCU 0 1 11 0 0 4 20-29 1 1 0 0 Kansas 0 1 23 0 0 6 Kansas 7 3 69 0 1 12 30-39 3 1 3 1 West Virginia 0 0 0 0 1 10 West Virginia 0 1 13 3 4 67 40-49 2 4 1 1 Oklahoma St. 0 0 1 0 0 2 Oklahoma St. 0 0 2 3 3 56 50-59 1 2 4 4 Iowa State 0 3 62 7 3 75 Iowa State 0 2 28 3 2 37 60-69 5 2 4 3 Baylor 0 0 3 6 0 9 Baylor 0 0 9 3 2 64 70-79 8 0 16 1 Texas 0 0 6 7 4 81 Texas 7 4 76 7 1 75 80-89 3 0 7 0 90-99 4 1 1 0

 THIRD-DOWN CONVERSIONS

BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 TOTAL KANSAS STATE 10-31 17-40 9-27 6-29 42-127 PCT. .323 .425 .333 .207 .331 Opponents 15-38 13-34 17-34 14-41 59-147 PCT. .395 .382 .500 .341 .401

BY YARDAGE 1-3 4-6 7-10 11+ TOTAL KANSAS STATE 16-33 12-23 10-43 4-28 42-127 PCT. .485 .522 .233 .143 .331 Opponents 21-33 22-40 12-49 4-25 59-147 PCT. .636 .550 .245 .160 .401 WHO CONVERTS FOR K-STATE: Vaughn 11, Howard 8, Brooks 6, Knowles 4, Taylor 3, Trotter 3, Moore 2, Thompson 2, Mozee 1, Render 1, Wheeler 1.

 RED ZONE

Times Inside Times Total Total Rush Pass FGs <------Failed to score inside opp. 20 ------> Opponent Score Opp. 20 Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Arkansas State 31-35 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma 38-35 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas Tech 31-21 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 TCU 21-14 2 2 11 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas 55-14 6 6 34 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 West Virginia 10-37 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oklahoma State 18-20 5 4 18 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Iowa State 0-45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Baylor 31-32 2 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Texas 31-69 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 266-322 33 31 176 21 13 8 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 Opponents 322-266 46 38 228 29 15 14 9 4 2 0 1 1 0

Season Percentage - Overall: 31 of 33 (93.9%) Season Percentage - Touchdowns: 21 of 33 (63.6%) Season Percentage - Field Goals: 10 of 33 (30.3%)

64 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL 2020 STATISTICS

 LONG PLAYS (20-PLUS YARDS) KANSAS STATE OPPONENTS Yards Opponent Play (Result) Yards Opponent Play (Result) 80 TCU Howard 80 run (1st and 10 at TC 15) 75 Texas Robinson 75 run (TD) 78 Oklahoma Mozee 78 pass from Thompson (1st and Goal at OU 2) 58 West Virginia Ford-Wheaton 58 pass from Doege (1st and Goal at KS 7) 77 Oklahoma Vaughn 77 pass from Thompson (1st and Goal at OU 1) 58 Arkansas State Pare 58 run (1st and 10 at KS 14) 75 Baylor Knowles 75 run (TD) 51 Oklahoma Stoops 51 pass from Rattler (1st and Goal at KS 5) 70 Texas Tech Vaughn 70 pass from Howard (TD) 50 Oklahoma State Brown 50 run (1st and Goal at KS 1) 69 Oklahoma State Howard 69 run (1st and 10 at OS 16) 49 Texas Tech White 49 run (TD) 66 Texas Tech Moore 66 pass from Howard (1st and Goal at TT 4) 48 Arkansas State Paul 48 pass from Foreman (TD) 58 Oklahoma State Wheeler 58 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at OS 27) 44 Baylor Ebner 44 pass from Brewer (1st and 10 at KS 19) 49 Baylor Moore 49 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at BU 24) 43 Texas Johnson 43 run (1st and Goal at KS 8) 45 TCU Vaughn 45 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at TC 38) 38 Iowa State Bitter 38 pass from Dekkers (1st and 10 at KS 35) 42 Arkansas State Taylor 42 pass from Thompson (1st and 10 at AS 35) 38 West Virginia Ford-Wheaton 38 pass from Doege (1st and 10 at KS 26) 39 Oklahoma Taylor 39 pass from Thompson (TD) 36 West Virginia Sinkfield 38 run (1st and 10 at KS 16) 38 Baylor Vaughn 38 run (TD) 35 Baylor Sneed 35 pass from Brewer (1st and 10 at KS 17) 37 Kansas Taylor 37 pass from Howard (1st and Goal at KU 1) 34 Arkansas State Rucker 34 pass from Bonner (1st and Goal at KS 8) 36 Kansas Vaughn 36 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at KU 23) 33 Texas Smith 33 pass from Ehlinger (1st and 10 at KS 15) 35 West Virginia Knowles 35 pass from Howard (TD) 33 Iowa State Scates 33 pass from Purdy (TD) 35 Oklahoma Vaughn 35 pass from Thompson (1st and 10 at OU 15) 33 Iowa State Purdy 33 run (TD) 35 Arkansas State Taylor 35 pass from Thompson (1st and 10 at KS 45) 33 Arkansas State Adams 33 pass from Bonner (1st and 10 at KS 20) 31 Texas Vaughn 31 run (1st and 10 at UT 29) 32 Texas Epps 32 pass from Ehlinger (TD) 29 Texas Knowles 29 pass from Howard (TD) 32 Texas Whittingtom 32 pass from Ehlinger (1st and 10 at KS 45) 29 Iowa State Taylor 29 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at IS 36) 32 West Virginia Simmons 32 pass from Doege (1st and 10 at KS 21) 28 West Virginia Moore 28 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at WVU 20) 32 Oklahoma Stoops 32 pass from Rattler (TD) 28 Oklahoma Vaughn 38 run (TD) 31 West Virginia Sinkfield 31 run (1st and 10 at WV 42) 27 Kansas Mozee 27 run (1st and 10 at KU 40) 30 Texas Robinson 30 run (TD) 27 Arkansas State Knowles 27 pass from Thompson (1st and Goal at AS 8) 29 Baylor Fleeks 29 pass from Brewer (1st and 10 at KS 16) 25 Texas Knowles 25 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at UT 19) 29 Iowa State Hutchinson 29 pass from Purdy (1st and 10 at KS 33) 25 Texas Howard 25 run (1st and 10 at 50) 29 Oklahoma Stogner 29 pass from Rattler (1st and 10 at OU 42) 25 Oklahoma State Brooks 25 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at OS 21) 28 Iowa State Hutchinson 28 pass from Purdy (1st and 10 at IS 43) 25 Oklahoma State Howard 25 run (1st and 10 at OS 45) 28 Kansas Grimm 28 pass from Daniels (1st and 10 at KS 43) 25 Kansas Vaughn 25 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at KU 16) 28 TCU Barlow 28 run (1st and 10 at KS 39) 24 Baylor Howard 24 run (TD) 28 Texas Tech Ezukanma 28 pass from Colombi (1st and 10 at TT 44) 24 Kansas Vaughn 24 run (1st and 10 at KU 16) 27 Texas Robinson 27 run (1st and 10 at KS 43) 24 TCU Moore 24 pass from Howard (1st and Goal at TC 4) 27 Texas Robinson 27 pass from Ehlinger (1st and 10 at KS 28) 24 Arkansas State Trotter 24 run (1st and Goal at AS 5) 27 Kansas Gardner 27 run (1st and 10 at KS 43) 24 Arkansas State Dineen 24 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at AS 32) 27 Kansas Fairchild 27 pass from Daniels (1st and 10 at KS 42) 24 Arkansas State Vaughn 24 pass from Thompson (1st and 10 at AS 25) 26 Iowa State Hall 26 run (1st and 10 at IS 38) 24 Arkansas State Wheeler 24 pass from Thompson (1st and 10 at AS 40) 25 Oklahoma Howard 25 pass from Rattler (1st and 10 at OU 32) 22 Texas Tech Vaughn 22 run (1st and 10 at TT 13) 25 Arkansas State Jones 25 run (1st and 10 at KS 32) 23 Iowa State Vaughn 23 run (1st and 10 at IS 34) 24 TCU Davis 24 run (1st and Goal at KS 8) 23 Oklahoma Brooks 23 pass from Thompson (1st and 10 at OU 38) 23 Baylor Sneed 23 pass from Brewer (TD) 22 Texas Vaughn 22 run (1st and 10 at UT 27) 23 Oklahoma State Brown 23 run (1st and 10 at KS 44) 22 Iowa State Brooks 22 pass from Ast (1st and 10 at KS 44) 23 Texas Tech Ezukanma 23 pass from Colombi (1st and 10 at KS 47) 21 Kansas Render 21 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at KS 39) 23 Oklahoma Stogner 23 pass from Rattler (1st and 10 at OU 42) 20 Texas Vaughn 20 pass from Howard (1st and 10 at UT 49) 22 Texas Johnson 22 run (1st and 10 at KS 44) 20 Texas Tech Vaughn 20 run (1st and 10 at TT 18) 22 Oklahoma State Stoner 22 pass from Sanders (1st and 10 at OS 47) 20 Arkansas State Taylor 20 run (1st and 10 at AS 14) 21 Baylor Sims 21 pass from Brewer (1st and 10 at KS 27) 21 Iowa State Hall 21 run (TD) No. of plays from scrimmage, 20+ yards: 46 (17 run/29 pass) 21 Iowa State Hutchinson 21 pass from Purdy (TD) No. of plays from scrimmage, 40+ yards: 11 (3 run/8 pass) 21 West Virginia Simmons 21 pass from Doege (1st and 10 at KS 21) 21 Texas Tech Price 21 pass from Colombi (1st and 10 at KS 39) Returns Opponent Player 21 Oklahoma Hall 21 pass from Rattler (TD) Kickoff West Virginia Knowles 46 yards 21 Oklahoma Rambo 21 run (1st and 10 at OU 46) Punt Kansas Brooks 55 yards 21 Arkansas State Adams 21 pass from Bonner (1st and 10 at KS 39) Interception TCU Parker 37 yards 21 Arkansas State Bowling 21 pass from Bonner (1st and 10 at KS 12) Fumble 20 Baylor Brewer 20 run (1st and 10 at KS 39) No. of returns 20+ yards: 19 (12 KR/5 PR/2 Int/0 Fum) 20 Baylor Holmes 20 pass from Brewer (1st and 10 at KS 29) No. of returns 40+ yards: 5 (1 KR/4 PR/0 Int/0 Fum) 20 Iowa State Scates 20 pass from Dekkers (1st and 10 at KS 12) 20 Iowa State Hutchinson 20 pass from Purdy (1st and 10 at IS 43) 20 Oklahoma Willis 20 pass from Rattler (1st and 10 at OU 38) 20 Arkansas State Graham 20 pass from Bonner (1st and 10 at KS 42)

No. of plays from scrimmage, 20+ yards: 60 (20 run/40 pass) No. of plays from scrimmage, 40+ yards: 9 (5 run/4 pass)

Returns Opponent Player Kickoff Texas Jamison 98 yards Punt Interception Baylor Woods 32 yards Fumble Oklahoma State Taylor II 85 yards No. of returns 20+ yards: 12 (9 KR/0 PR/2 Int/1 Fum) No. of returns 40+ yards: 4 (3 KR/0 PR/0 Int/1 Fum)

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 SUPERLATIVES KANSAS STATE OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUAL Longest Rush: 80, Will Howard at TCU Longest Rush: 75, Bijan Robinson, Baylor Longest Touchdown Run: 75, Malik Knowles at Baylor Longest Touchdown Run: 75, Bijan Robinson, Baylor Longest Pass: 78, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma Longest Pass: 58, Jarrett Doege, West Virginia Longest TD Pass: 70, Will Howard vs. Texas Tech Longest TD Pass: 48, Jeff Foreman, Arkansas State Longest Punt Return: 55, Phillip Brooks vs. Kansas Longest Punt Return: 10, D’Shawn Jamison, Texas Longest Kickoff Return: 46, Malik Knowles at West Virginia Longest Kickoff Return: 98, D’Shawn Jamison, Texas Longest Interception Return: 37, AJ Parker at TCU Longest Interception Return: 32, J.T. Woods, Baylor Most Punts: 4, Ty Zentner vs. Oklahoma STate Most Punts: 8, Tom Hutton, Oklahoma State Longest Punt: 65, Ty Zentner at TCU Longest Punt: 55, Jordy Sandy, TCU Highest Punt Average: 59.5, Ty Zentner vs. Texas Highest Punt Average: 48.5, Austin McNamara, Texas Tech Longest Field Goal: 53, Blake Lynch at TCU Longest Field Goal: 45, Casey Legg, West Virginia Most Field Goals: 2, Blake Lynch at TCU, vs. Kansas and vs. Oklahoma State Most Field Goals: 2, four times Most TDs Rushing: 3, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma Most TDs Rushing: 3, Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, Texas Most TDs Receiving: 2, Malik Knowles vs. Texas Most TDs Receiving: 3, Jonathan Adams, Arkansas State Most TDs Passing: 2, Skylar Thompson vs. Arkansas State; Will Howard vs. Kansas and vs. Texas Most TDs Passing: 4, Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma Most Rushing Attempts: 19, Deuce Vaughn at Baylor Most Rushing Attempts: 24, Leddie Brown, West Virginia Most Yards Rushing: 125, Will Howard vs. Oklahoma State and Deuce Vaughn vs. Texas Most Yards Rushing: 172, Bijan Robinson, Texas Most Pass Attempts: 37, Will Howard at West Virginia Most Pass Attempts: 42, Henry Colombi, Texas Tech Most Pass Completions: 19, Will Howard at West Virginia Most Pass Completions: 31, Charlie Brewer, Baylor Most Yards Passing: 334, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma Most Yards Passing: 387, Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma Most Receptions: 6, Briley Moore vs. Arkansas State and Malik Knowles vs. Texas Most Receptions: 8, Jonathan Adams, Arkansas State and KeSean Carter, Texas Tech Most Yards Receiving: 98, Chabastin Taylor vs. Arkansas State Most Yards Receiving: 111, Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State Most Total Offense: 344, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma Most Total Offense: 405, Charlie Brewer, Baylor Most All-Purpose Yards: 221, Deuce Vaughn vs. Texas Most All-Purpose Yards: 223, Bijan Robinson, Texas Most Interceptions: 1, seven times Most Interceptions: 1, 10 players Most Tackles: 13, Daniel Green at Baylor Most Tackles: 15, Tony Fields II, West Virginia Most Solo Tackles: 9, Elijah Sullivan vs. Texas Tech Most Solo Tackles: 12, Chris Brown, Texas Most Quarterback Sacks: 2.5, Wyatt Hubert vs. Oklahoma State Most Quarterback Sacks: 1.0, 13 times Most Tackles for Loss: 3.5, Wyatt Hubert vs. Oklahoma State Most Tackles for Loss: 3.0, Justin Rice, Arkansas State Most Passes Broken Up: 4, Justin Gardner at TCU Most Passes Broken Up: 5, Dreshun Miller, West Virginia

TEAM TEAM High Low High Low Rushes 46 (Texas) 23 (West Virginia) Rushes 44 (West Virginia/Iowa State) 33 (Arkansas State/Texas) Yards Rushing 274 (Texas) 41 (West Virginia) Yards Rushing 334 (Texas) 71 (Baylor) TD Rushes 4 (Oklahoma) 0 (West Virginia/Iowa State) TD Rushes 7 (Texas) 0 (Arkansas State) Pass Attempts 37 (West Virginia) 18 (Baylor) Pass Attempts 49 (Texas Tech) 23 (Oklahoma State) Pass Completions 19 (West Virginia) 8 (TCU) Pass Completions 34 (Texas Tech) 14 (Oklahoma State) Yards Passing 334 (Oklahoma) 76 (Iowa State) Yards Passing 387 (Oklahoma) 108 (Oklahoma State) TD Passes 2 (ASU/TT/KU/UT) 0 (TCU/Iowa State) TD Passes 5 (Arkansas State) 0 (TCU/Kansas/Oklahoma State) Total Plays 73 (Texas) 47 (Iowa State) Total Plays 83 (Texas Tech) 60 (Texas) Total Offense 448 (Texas) 149 (Iowa State) Total Offense 608 (Texas) 256 (Oklahoma State) Points 55 (Kansas) 0 (Iowa State) Points 69 (Texas) 14 (TCU/Kansas) Sacks By 7 (Baylor) 1 (Texas Tech/Iowa State/Texas) Sacks By 3 (Iowa State) 0 (Oklahoma State/Baylor) First Downs 24 (Texas) 9 (Iowa State) First Downs 28 (Oklahoma) 14 (Oklahoma State) Penalties 13 (Oklahoma) 3 (Texas) Penalties 10 (Oklahoma) 3 (Kansas) Penalty Yards 108 (Oklahoma) 20 (Iowa State) Penalty Yards 87 (Baylor) 29 (Kansas) Turnovers 3 (WVU/ISU/UT) 0 (ASU/OU/TTU) Turnovers 4 (Oklahoma) 0 (Oklahoma State/Iowa State/Texas) Interceptions By 3 (Oklahoma) 0 (WVU/OSU/ISU/BU/UT) Interceptions By 3 (West Virginia) 0 (ASU/OU/TT/KU)

KICKOFFS Kickoffs: 54 Touchbacks (pct.): 29 (53.7) TURNOVER CHART Fair Catches: 8 Downed Kicks: 0 TAKEAWAYS GIVEAWAYS K-STATE OPP Out of Bounds: 1 GAME FUM INT TOT FUM INT TOT DIFF. PTS OFF PTS OFF On-Side Kicks (No./Recovered by KS): 0/0 Arkansas State 1 1 2 0 0 0 +2 7 0 Opponent Returns (No.-Yds./Avg): 16-419/26.2 Oklahoma 1 3 4 0 0 0 +4 14 0 Opponent Touchdowns: 0 Texas Tech 0 1 1 0 0 0 +1 0 0 TCU 0 1 1 0 1 1 E 7 0 Kansas 1 1 2 1 0 1 +1 14 7 West Virginia 1 0 1 0 3 3 -2 0 7 Oklahoma State 0 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0 7 KICKOFF RETURNS Iowa State 0 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0 14 Kickoffs: 60 Baylor 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 7 6 Touchbacks (pct.): 24 (40.0) Texas 0 0 0 1 2 3 -3 0 14 Fair Catches: 1 TOTAL 5 7 12 5 10 15 -3 49 55 Downed Kicks: 0 AVG. PER GAME 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.5 1.0 1.5 -0.3 4.9 5.5 Out of Bounds: 1 On-Side Kicks (No./Recovered by Opp): 0/0 Returns (No.-Yds./Avg): 34-593/17.4 Touchdowns: 0

66 2021 K-STATE FOOTBALL GAME RECAP

GAME ONE CATS FALL TO A-STATE IN SEASON OPENER ARKANSAS STATE 7 7 7 14 - 35 MANHATTAN, Kan. – When Ty Zentner’s opening kick sailed through the back of the end zone, K-State pulled off the upset against an opponent they have battled since March. K-STATE 7 14 0 10 - 31 But it was the opponent that arrived at Bill Snyder Family Stadium that caused problems for Sept. 12 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Manhattan, Kan. | 11:05 a.m. | Att: 11,040 the Wildcats in a 35-31 loss to Arkansas State. Will Jones II blocked the first punt of the game and Deuce Vaughn scored the first touchdown of his K-State career, but a locked-in Arkansas State passing attack doomed the Wildcats in the season opener. It marks the first season-opening defeat in Manhattan for K-State since a loss to North Dakota State in 2013, when Chris Klieman was on the Bison sideline as a defensive coordinator. Playing their first game after an offseason dominated by COVID-19 precautions, K-State hosted socially distanced fans at Bill Snyder Family Stadium for their only non-conference game of 2020. It wasn’t perfect, but it was unmistakably college football. In their latest season opener since 1992, K-State out-possessed Arkansas State by almost nine minutes but had no answer for receiver Jonathan Adams Jr. and a Red Wolves defense that caused problems in the trenches. DDEUCEEUCE VVAUGHNAUGHN Vaughn, a true freshman, racked up 71 all-purpose yards in his first college game and flashed the potential to be a four-year force in the K-State backfield. TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes His 24-yard reception helped get the Wildcats in business in the second quarter, before ASU K-STATE • It was the third all-time meet- Vaughn punched it in from three yards out for the first touchdown of his college career. ing between Kansas State and Harry Trotter added another rushing touchdown on the afternoon for K-State. FIRST DOWNS 26 21 Arkansas State, and the first Rushing 8 6 It took only five plays for Jones II to put his stamp on the 2020 season when the freshman got since 1980... K-State is now 2-1 a jump off the edge and blocked the first punt of the game for the Wildcats. Passing 15 12 all-time against the Red Wolves Penalty 3 3 – with all three matchups oc- It was the first blocked punt of his career, but Jones II – who appeared in four games last NET YARDS RUSHING 159 91 curring in Manhattan – while season while retaining his redshirt – wasn’t done making an impact against Arkansas State. Rushing Attempts 33 39 the Wildcats are 10-2 all-time Later in the quarter, he picked off Red Wolves quarterback Logan Bonner, setting up the Average Per Rush 4.8 2.3 against current members of the Wildcats at midfield before Vaughn put K-State up 14-7. Sun Belt... K-State is now 86- Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 It was a lead the Wildcats would protect until the fourth quarter. 35-5 all-time in season open- Even after falling behind, K-State scored 10 straight points to retake a 31-28 lead late in the Yards Gained Rushing 191 137 ers, while they are 93-28-5 in game following a 35-yard field goal by Blake Lynch. Yards Lost Rushing 32 46 home openers... It was the first NET YARDS PASSING 330 283 home-opening loss by the Wild- The Red Wolves responded with a 65-yard drive inside the game’s final two minutes. Completions-Attempts-Int 25-38-1 18-30-0 cats since a 24-21 setback to Bonner threw for 204 yards to lead Arkansas State on the afternoon, but it was Layne Hatcher Average Per Attempt 8.7 9.4 North Dakota State in 2013. who found Adams Jr. for the game-winning touchdown with 38 seconds to go in Manhattan. Average Per Completion 13.2 15.7 The Wildcats had a few shots at the endzone in the final seconds, but Skylar Thompson • Defensive back Will Jones Passing Touchdowns 5 2 couldn’t write a heroic ending to an afternoon when he finished with 259 yards passing and a II blocked Arkansas State’s pair of touchdowns. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 489 374 first punt of the day, which led Total offense plays 71 69 to a K-State touchdown on the Average Gain Per Play 6.9 5.4 subsequent drive... It was the Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 0-0 Wildcats’ first blocked kick in a Penalties: Number-Yards 4-58 8-85 season opener since Emman- SCORING SUMMARY PUNTS-YARDS 4-120 4-165 uel Lamur blocked a field goal against UMass in 2009... It was Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score Average Yards Per Punt 30.0 41.2 the Wildcats’ first blocked punt in KS 1st/13:24 Brooks 17 yd pass from Thompson Lynch kick 2-19-0:51 0-7 Net Yards Per Punt 23.5 41.2 a season opener since Brice Libel AS 1st/9:58 Adams 2 yd pass from Bonner Grupe kick 9-75-3:26 7-7 Inside 20 1 2 did so against Temple in 1999. KS 2nd/13:29 Vaughn 3 yd run Lynch kick 7-49-3:47 7-14 50+ Yards 0 1 KS 2nd/8:41 Moore 7 yd pass from Thompson Lynch kick 7-92-4:01 7-21 Touchbacks 0 0 • Following the blocked punt, ASU 2nd/6:50 Paul 48 yd pass from Foreman Grupe kick 5-75-1:51 14-21 ASU 3rd/2:28 Amos 8 yd pass from Hatcher Grupe kick 5-77-1:46 21-21 Fair catch 0 3 K-State needed just two plays ASU 4th/11:49 Adams 5 yd pass from Bonner Grupe kick 10-71-3:00 28-21 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-216 6-323 to get into the end zone on a Skylar Thompson-to-Phillip KS 4th/6:35 Trotter 5 yd run Lynch kick 10-55-5:07 28-28 Average Yards Per Kickoff 43.2 53.8 Brooks 17-yard pass with 13:24 KS 4th/2:30 Lynch 35 yd field goal 7-47-3:14 28-31 Net Yards Per Kickoff 31.2 32.5 remaining in the first quarter... It ASU 4th/0:38 Adams 17 yd pass from Hatcher Grupe kick 7-65-1:46 35-31 Touchbacks 0 2 marked the third time in the last Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 3-26-0 six years that K-State has scored STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 0.0 8.7 within the first two minutes of a season opener... In 2017, Alex  Arkansas State  Kansas State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-78-0 5-60-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 39.0 12.0 Barnes scored on a 1-yard run with 13:58 remaining in the first Jones 16 95 0 25 5.9 Vaughn 12 47 1 19 3.9 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 quarter... In 2015, Morgan Burns Pare 4 65 0 58 16.2 Trotter 16 43 1 24 2.7 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 returned the opening kickoff Graham 7 24 0 11 3.4 Taylor 1 20 0 20 20.0 Possession Time 25:44 34:16 100 yards and crossed the goal Hatcher 2 -4 0 2 -2.0 Thompson 7 7 0 10 1.0 1st Quarter 8:28 6:32 line with 14:48 left in the first Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 2nd Quarter 4:29 10:31 quarter. Bonner 17-28-1 204 2 34 2 Thompson 17-29-0 259 2 42 2 3rd Quarter 7:04 7:56 Hatcher 6-8-0 61 2 21 1 Howard 1-1-0 24 0 24 0 4th Quarter 5:43 9:17 • Briley Moore hauled in a team-leading six receptions Foreman 1-1-0 48 1 48 0 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 1 of 11 for 54 yards, which included Paul 1-1-0 17 0 17 0 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2 a 7-yard touchdown... His six Moore 6 54 1 17 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-6 5-5 receptions were the most by Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Taylor 4 98 0 42 Touchdowns 4-6 4-5 a Wildcat tight end in a single Adams 8 98 3 33 Brooks 2 24 1 17 Paul 4 77 1 48 Trotter 2 8 0 5 Field goals 0-6 1-5 game since Travis Tannahill also had six at Baylor in 2012. Tyler 3 22 0 8 Knowles 1 27 0 27 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-13 3-20 Rucker 2 39 0 34 Dineen 1 24 0 24 PAT Kicks 5-5 4-4 Bowling 2 35 0 21 Wheeler 1 24 0 24 Field Goals 0-1 1-3 Amos 2 17 1 9 Vaughn 1 24 0 24

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GAME TWO CATS USE HUGE SECOND HALF IN WIN AT #3 OU K-STATE 0 7 14 17 - 38 NORMAN, Okla. – You could start with the game-winning field goal from Blake Lynch. But what about the three rushing touchdowns from Skylar Thompson and the 31 second-half points? 3/3 OKLAHOMA 7 14 0 10 - 31 Maybe you want to focus on the 174 all-purpose yards from Deuce Vaughn, but you can’t ignore a defense, missing five players, that picked off Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler Sept. 26 | Memorial Stadium | Norman, Okla. | 11:05 a.m. | Att: 22,700 three times in a comeback win that tied for the largest in K-State history. When you talk about when Kansas State made history in Norman with a 38-35 win over No. 3 Oklahoma, you could really start anywhere. Chris Klieman will start on Friday. That’s when Klieman learned K-State would have enough players to face the Sooners, but would need to rely on seven Wildcats off the bench to fill out their two-deep roster in Norman. A short-handed K-State defense put their stamp on the game early. On Oklahoma’s first drive of the afternoon, Elijah Sullivan grabbed a tipped pass at the line of scrimmage for his first interception of the year. Later in the half, Justin Gardner – one of those defensive players pressed into a starting role – went stride-for-stride with Oklahoma wide receiver Marvin Mims for the team’s second takeaway of the afternoon. K-State couldn’t turn those early interceptions into points, but the Wildcats found a spark on offense late in the first half. SSKYLARKYLAR TTHOMPSONHOMPSON On 3rd and 18 near midfield, Thompson connected with Chabastin Taylor on a 39-yard dart to put K-State on the board. An otherwise quiet first half allowed the Sooners to take a 21-7 lead into the locker room. TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes Thompson was banged up again but finished the afternoon with 334 yards passing. K-STATE OU • The win was the first ever by What happened after halftime will go down as one of the most impressive 30 minutes in the K-State on the road against a history of Kansas State football. FIRST DOWNS 10 28 top-three team in the Associated Rushing 3 8 The K-State defense went the distance on Saturday with the No. 3 team in the country. The Press... The Wildcats had previ- Wildcats came up with a huge fourth-down stop to kick off the second half, shutting down Rattler Passing 6 17 ously been 0-16 in such games... in a short-yardage situation at midfield. Penalty 1 3 Overall, K-State is now 2-36 After Oklahoma found the end zone on their next drive, Thompson responded quickly with a NET YARDS RUSHING 66 130 all-time against teams ranked 77-yard pass to Vaughn, giving the freshman a chance to show off the playmaking ability that in the top three... The other win Rushing Attempts 26 35 has been one of the stories of the 2020 season. Average Per Rush 2.5 3.7 was against No. 1 Oklahoma in the 2003 Big 12 Championship... And the Cats weren’t done. Not even close. The touchdown would be the first of four consec- Rushing Touchdowns 4 1 The highest ranked team K-State utive scoring drives for K-State, as the Wildcats erased a 35-14 deficit in the third quarter. Yards Gained Rushing 89 156 had beaten on the road prior to Vaughn posted 129 receiving yards and scored a touchdown in his first college start. The true Yards Lost Rushing 23 26 Saturday was No. 6 Oklahoma in freshman’s 174 all-purpose yards against Oklahoma helped cement an electric start to Vaughn’s NET YARDS PASSING 334 387 a 24-19 decision in 2012. career, through just two games with K-State. Completions-Attempts-Int 18-25-0 30-41-3 AJ Parker was busy on passing downs all afternoon, but saved his biggest moment of the game for special teams, blocking a punt midway through the fourth quarter to keep K-State rolling. Average Per Attempt 13.4 9.4 • Kansas State trailed by 21 Thompson tossed a 77-yard pass, a 78-yard pass and rushed for three touchdowns to help Average Per Completion 18.6 12.9 points twice, including a 35-14 deficit with 2:46 left in the third the Wildcats close the game on a 31-7 run. On their final drive of the game, the Wildcats set up Passing Touchdowns 1 4 quarter... It tied for the largest a 50-yard game-winning field goal from Lynch. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 400 517 comeback in school history, Oklahoma had the ball needing a touchdown to win the game, before Jahron McPherson came Total offense plays 51 76 which had been done four other up with the game-winning interception to seal the win in the final seconds. Average Gain Per Play 7.8 6.8 times... The last 21-point come- Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1 back was a 38-35 victory over SCORING SUMMARY Iowa State in 2015. Penalties: Number-Yards 13-108 10-75 Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score PUNTS-YARDS 6-243 3-80 • Skylar Thompson finished the OU 1st/5:29 Mims 11 yd pass from Rattler. Brkic kick 11-83-4:37 0-7 Average Yards Per Punt 40.5 26.7 game throwing for a career-high OU 2nd/14:50 Stoops 32 yd pass from Rattler Brkic kick 9-74-3:57 0-14 Net Yards Per Punt 41.0 24.3 334 yards and one touchdown on KS 2nd/5:10 Taylor 39 yd pass from Thompson Lynch kick 9-65-4:37 7-14 Inside 20 2 0 18-of-25 aim... His 334 passing OU 2nd/0:44 Mims 9 yd pass from Rattler Brkic kick 10-75-4:26 7-21 50+ Yards 0 0 yards topped his previous high of OU 3rd/6:35 Hall 21 yd pass from Rattler Brkic kick 5-87-1:50 7-28 Touchbacks 0 0 299 yards last year against West KS 3rd/5:00 Thompson 1 yd run Lynch kick 3-78-1:35 14-28 Virginia... It was the Wildcats’ OU 3rd/2:46 McGowan 5 yd run Brkic kick 5-75-2:14 14-35 Fair catch 2 2 KS 3rd/1:36 Thompson 2 yd run Lynch kick 3-75-1:10 21-35 KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-355 6-375 first 300-yard passing game since Jesse Ertz went for 333 KS 4th/12:28 Thompson 4 yd run Lynch kick 8-38-3:47 28-35 Average Yards Per Kickoff 50.7 62.5 yards in the 2017 season opener KS 4th/8:17 Vaughn 38 yd run Lynch kick 2-38-0:10 35-35 Net Yards Per Kickoff 26.1 42.3 against Central Arkansas. KS 4th/4:32 Lynch 50 yd field goal 5-29-2:00 38-35 Touchbacks 6 2 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-7-0 2--3-0 • Thompson had three rushing STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 7.0 -1.5 scores to move his career mark to 22 and him move into fifth  Kansas State  Oklahoma Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-71-0 1-22-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 17.8 22.0 place in school history among quarterbacks... Of his 22 ca- Vaughn 8 45 1 38 5.6 McGowan 13 73 1 14 5.6 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 3-4-0 0-0-0 reer rushing scores, eight have Thompson 9 10 3 5 1.1 Pledger 13 41 0 13 3.2 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 come against Oklahoma, which Burns 3 7 0 3 2.3 Rambo 1 21 0 21 21.0 Possession Time 27:52 32:08 is 36.4%. Wright 1 6 0 6 6.0 Rattler 8 -5 0 7 -0.6 1st Quarter 3:50 11:10 Youngblood 1 3 0 3 3.0 • Running back Deuce Vaughn Knowles 1 3 0 3 3.0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 2nd Quarter 9:32 5:28 Mozee 1 2 0 2 2.0 Rattler 30-41-3 387 4 51 3 3rd Quarter 7:14 7:46 finished the game with 129 4th Quarter 7:16 7:44 receiving yards on four recep- tions... It was just the fifth time in Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Third-Down Conversions 2 of 11 7 of 12 school history a running back had Thompson 18-25-0 334 1 78 1 Stogner 5 83 0 29 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 2 a 100-yard receiving game and Mims 5 31 2 11 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-3 the first since Henry Hawthorne Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Rambo 5 30 0 17 Touchdowns 3-3 3-3 went for 138 yards against Okla- Vaughn 4 129 0 77 Wease 4 43 0 13 Moore 4 31 0 11 Stoops 3 93 1 51 Field goals 0-3 0-3 homa in Norman during the 1970 season. Gill 3 9 0 6 Pledger 3 30 0 12 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-18 1-7 Taylor 2 45 1 39 Hall 2 29 1 21 PAT Kicks 5-5 5-5 Brooks 2 23 0 23 Willis 2 23 0 20 Field Goals 1-1 0-0 Mozee 1 78 0 78 Howard 1 25 0 25

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GAME THREE VAUGHN’S BIG DAY LIFTS CATS OVER TECH TEXAS TECH 0 0 14 7 - 21 MANHATTAN, Kan. – As K-State Football nightmares go, Skylar Thompson lying on the turf at Bill Snyder Family Stadium was near the top of the list. rv/rv K-STATE 7 7 3 14 - 31 In a different season, that might have been the story of K-State’s matchup with Texas Tech. Oct. 3 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Manhattan, Kan. | 2:40 p.m. | Att: 10,932 Instead, the 31-21 win over the Red Raiders was about a K-State team that has shown it doesn’t matter what players are on the field. The resiliency of the Wildcats won’t change. At one point, a true freshman quarterback was handing the ball off to a true freshman running back, who was protected by a true freshman left tackle. It just didn’t matter for K-State. Deuce Vaughn played a huge role for the Wildcats, with 113 rushing yards and two touch- downs. In the first three games of his college career, the freshman has gone from an electric change-of-pace option to the focal point of a K-State running back committee. He continued to do damage out of the backfield against Texas Tech, effectively hitting a walk-off with a 70-yard touchdown catch that put K-State up 10 points with just over two minutes to go. Vaughn was a sure thing for the Wildcats on an afternoon when they desperately needed one. K-State would need to rely on players up and down the roster as they matched up with an- other high-powered Big 12 offense. Unlike last week’s upset in Norman, an injury to Thompson DDEUCEEUCE VVAUGHNAUGHN challenged the Wildcats at the one position that’s been a sure thing in 2020. Thompson had to leave the game midway through the second quarter, after a hit that left him TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes clutching his throwing shoulder. Before he departed, the senior found Briley Moore in the endzone for K-State’s first touch- TTU K-STATE • Saturday was the 21st all-time meeting between Kansas State down of the game, firing a pass into a tight window and into the arms of his childhood friend. FIRST DOWNS 27 20 and Texas Tech, with the Wild- Thompson’s injury forced another true freshman into action, as Will Howard finished the first Rushing 13 11 cats improving to 11-9 all-time, half for the Wildcats and took the snaps the rest of the afternoon. Passing 13 7 including a 12-6 mark since Howard threw for 173 yards and a touchdown in the first sustained action of his college career. Penalty 1 2 Big 12 play began in 1996... Until the fourth quarter, it looked like a quick start and Howard’s performance would be NET YARDS RUSHING 204 198 The Wildcats have now won five straight in the series – its enough to carry K-State past the Red Raiders, who haven’t won in Manhattan since 2008. Rushing Attempts 34 42 The Wildcats became the first FBS team in eight years to open the season with blocked punts Average Per Rush 6.0 4.7 longest streak against the Red Raiders and tying TTU for the in three-straight games, with another huge special teams play in the first quarter. Rushing Touchdowns 1 2 longest streak in the series – But a K-State defense that shut out No. 3 Oklahoma in the final frame a week ago would need Yards Gained Rushing 212 210 while K-State has won nine of to step up again to hold off Texas Tech. Yards Lost Rushing 8 12 the last 10. And for the second week in a row, it was Jahron McPherson who came up with a timely NET YARDS PASSING 267 206 interception that ended the last Red Raider scoring opportunity of the afternoon. • K-State is now 2-0 to start Big Completions-Attempts-Int 34-49-1 12-22-0 Throughout the afternoon, the K-State defense limited explosive plays through the air and 12 play for the first time since Average Per Attempt 5.4 9.4 became the first team since 2011 to shut out Texas Tech in the first half. Average Per Completion 7.9 17.2 the 2014 season and the sixth time in the 25-year history of the Ekow Boye-Doe led an impressive contingent of underclassmen on defense, coming up with Passing Touchdowns 2 2 league... Of the other five times another big performance a week after seeing the most snaps of his career against Oklahoma. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 471 404 the Wildcats began 2-0, they fin- In the fourth quarter, Howard found Moore for a 66-yard strike that helped the Wildcats march Total offense plays 83 64 ished with at least seven Big 12 down the field and retake the lead for good. Average Gain Per Play 5.7 6.3 wins four times. And the next time K-State saw their true freshman quarterback link up with a true freshman Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0 running back, it was no nightmare. • The Wildcats blocked Texas Penalties: Number-Yards 6-71 4-35 It was Howard finding Vaughn for the 70-yard touchdown pass that put the game way. PUNTS-YARDS 3-97 4-150 Tech’s first punt of the game, the third-straight game the Wildcats SCORING SUMMARY Average Yards Per Punt 32.3 37.5 blocked the opponents’ initial Net Yards Per Punt 25.0 36.2 punt of the game... According to Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score Inside 20 2 0 STATS, Inc., it was the first time KS 1st/8:56 Moore 12 yd pass from Thompson Lynch kick 3-20-0:54 0-7 50+ Yards 0 0 an FBS team blocked a punt in KS 2nd/5:25 Vaughn 18 yd run Lynch kick 13-97-6:49 0-14 Touchbacks 0 0 the first three games of a season TTU 3rd/8:05 Carter 3 yd pass from Colombi Wolff kick 18-88-6:55 7-14 Fair catch 2 1 since Memphis in 2012... It was KS 3rd/3:34 Lynch 28 yd field goal 11-55-4:26 7-17 TTU 3rd/2:14 White 49 yd run Wolff kick 4-84-1:14 14-17 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-232 6-340 the first time K-State blocked a punt in three-straight games (any TTU 4th/11:11 Price 13 yd pass from Colombi Wolff kick 7-74-2:21 21-17 Average Yards Per Kickoff 58.0 56.7 game) since 1999 (Nebraska, KS 4th/10:00 Trotter 4 yd run Lynch kick 3-75-1:11 21-24 Net Yards Per Kickoff 36.8 43.3 Kansas, Oklahoma). KS 4th/2:07 Vaughn 70 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 6-88-1:35 21-31 Touchbacks 2 2 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-5-0 1-22-0 • Skylar Thompson became STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 5.0 22.0 just the second player in school history to throw for 5,000 career  Texas Tech  Kansas State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-30-0 2-35-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 15.0 17.5 yards and rush for 1,000 career yards... Thompson, who is at White 12 113 1 49 9.4 Vaughn 16 113 1 22 7.1 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 5,021 and 1,083 yards, respec- Thompson 12 46 0 17 3.8 Trotter 12 43 1 12 3.6 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 tively, joins Ell Roberson (2000- Colombi 8 40 0 9 5.0 Thompson 3 21 0 13 7.0 Possession Time 31:39 28:21 03), who had 5,099 passing Wright 3 12 0 12 4.0 1st Quarter 7:25 7:35 yards and 2,818 rushing yards Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Howard 5 8 0 3 1.6 during his career. Colombi 30-42-1 244 2 28 1 2nd Quarter 6:22 8:38 Bowman 4-7-0 23 0 10 0 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 3rd Quarter 8:15 6:45 Howard 7-12-0 173 1 70 0 4th Quarter 9:37 5:23 • Deuce Vaughn rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown, Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Thompson 5-10-0 33 1 12 1 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 18 6 of 12 while he had three receptions Carter 8 52 1 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 1 for 81 yards, which included a Price 6 51 1 21 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 4-4 70-yard touchdown catch to put Ezukanma 5 77 0 28 Vaughn 3 81 1 70 Touchdowns 2-4 3-4 the game away... He became the White 4 9 0 5 Moore 2 78 1 66 Koontz 3 39 0 19 Taylor 2 16 0 9 Field goals 0-4 1-4 first K-State true freshman with a 100-yard rushing game since Thompson 3 10 0 11 Brooks 2 16 0 9 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 1-1 Vasher 2 10 0 6 Trotter 2 8 0 6 PAT Kicks 3-3 4-4 Logan Dold against Texas A&M in 2008. Fouonji 1 8 0 8 Knowles 1 7 0 7 Field Goals 0-2 1-1 Holcomb 1 7 0 7

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GAME FOUR CATS USE ALL THREE PHASES IN WIN AT TCU FORT WORTH, Texas – K-State Football has an identity in 2020. It doesn’t fit the Big 12 mold. rv/rv K-STATE 6 8 7 0 - 21 It doesn’t buy into the idea that true freshmen need four or five stars to contribute right away. rv/rv TCU 7 0 0 7 - 14 What K-State’s defense-driven, special teams-powered and freshman-heavy identity does is Oct. 10 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, Texas | 3:10 p.m. | Att: 12,208 win football games. With a 21-14 win over TCU, K-State remains undefeated in the Big 12. Despite outgaining K-State on Saturday, the Horned Frogs couldn’t overcome a second and third quarter when the Wildcats dominated on both sides of the ball. All afternoon, the K-State defense was relentless. No. 3 Oklahoma, Texas Tech and TCU came into their matchup with the Wildcats after scoring 48, 56 and 33 points respectively in their previous game. Since halftime of its win over the Sooners, K-State is giving up about 4.9 points a quarter. That dominant stretch is a big reason why the Wildcats remain undefeated in conference play. The Wildcats made life miserable for TCU quarterback Max Duggan, limiting the sophomore to 154 passing yards, easily the talented sophomore’s worst game of the season. The Wildcats sacked Duggan three times and held TCU to just 7 points after halftime. The Horned Frogs got out to an early lead with Blake Lynch keeping K-State close with a pair AAJJ PARKERPARKER of 25 and 53-yard field goals. The 53-yarder was a new career high for Lynch, who jumpstarted another dominant perfor- TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes mance from the Wildcats on special teams. K-State also blocked a second-quarter TCU field goal K-STATE TCU • The Wildcats tied the series, attempt, the fourth game in a row where the Wildcats have blocked a punt or kick. 7-7, including a 5-4 mark since On offense, K-State was led by true freshman Will Howard, who stepped in for the injured FIRST DOWNS 12 20 TCU joined the Big 12 prior to Rushing 6 8 Skylar Thompson. the 2012 season... K-State won Just the fourth true freshman quarterback in K-State history to start a football game, Howard Passing 4 9 in Fort Worth for the first time Penalty 2 3 since 2016 and is now 3-4 all- became the only true freshman signal caller in the history of the program to win his first career NET YARDS RUSHING 172 189 time at TCU... The Wildcats have start on the road. Rushing Attempts 38 37 won two-straight in the series Howard’s 4-yard touchdown run in the second quarter gave K-State the lead for good. It came Average Per Rush 4.5 5.1 for a third time (1922 and 1983, on the final play of a drive when Howard found Deuce Vaughn and Briley Moore for big plays to 2012-13). Rushing Touchdowns 1 2 keep the Wildcats moving. Yards Gained Rushing 192 209 Vaughn led K-State with 45 receiving yards and 43 rushing yards on the afternoon. He now • K-State is now 3-0 to start Big sits among the top five true freshman rushers and receivers in K-State history, after just four Yards Lost Rushing 20 20 12 play for the first time since NET YARDS PASSING 117 153 the 2014 season and the sixth games. It was all the offense K-State would need on Saturday afternoon. Completions-Attempts-Int 8-19-1 22-38-1 time in the 25-year history of the The turning point in the second half came when AJ Parker grabbed a pick six for the Wildcats, Average Per Attempt 6.2 4.0 league... Of the other five times adding a 36-yard touchdown return to his first interception of the season. Average Per Completion 14.6 7.0 the Wildcats began 3-0, they fin- After a TCU comeback attempt ended with a Hail Mary that was batted away in the endzone, ished with at least seven Big 12 the Wildcats left Fort Worth tied for first place. Passing Touchdowns 0 0 wins each time, including a pair TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 289 342 of eight-win conference slates Total offense plays 57 75 (1998 and 2012). Average Gain Per Play 5.1 4.6 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 0-0 • True freshman quarterback Penalties: Number-Yards 5-60 5-38 Will Howard registered his PUNTS-YARDS 6-268 7-307 first-career start, throwing for 117 yards on 8-of-19 aim, while Average Yards Per Punt 44.7 43.9 he rushed 13 times for 86 yards Net Yards Per Punt 41.3 39.6 and a touchdown... He became SCORING SUMMARY Inside 20 3 2 the fourth ever true freshman 50+ Yards 2 2 to start at quarterback for the Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score Touchbacks 1 0 Wildcats and the first since Josh KS 1st/10:20 Lynch 25 yd field goal 7-91-2:38 3-0 TCU 1st/5:14 Barlow 7 yd run Kell kick 10-75-5:06 3-7 Fair catch 3 2 Freeman started the final eight KS 1st/0:10 Lynch 53 yd field goal 11-40-5:04 6-7 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-325 3-180 games of 2006... He became the first true freshman starting KS 2nd/3:27 Howard 4 yd run Taylor rush 6-91-3:07 14-7 Average Yards Per Kickoff 65.0 60.0 quarterback in school history to KS 3rd/4:51 Parker 37 yd interception return Lynch kick 21-7 Net Yards Per Kickoff 41.0 35.0 win their first-career road start... TCU 4th/3:39 Duggan 3 yd run Kell kick 11-77-4:50 21-14 Touchbacks 4 3 K-State’s record when starting a Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-30-0 0-0-0 true freshman at quarterback is STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 15.0 0.0 now 5-8, including a 2-4 mark in true road games.  Kansas State  TCU Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-20-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 0.0 20.0 • Senior defensive back AJ Howard 13 86 1 80 6.6 Barlow 8 56 1 28 7.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-37-1 1-0-0 Parker pushed the Wildcats Vaughn 14 43 0 10 3.1 Duggan 15 43 1 17 2.9 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 out to a two-score lead with Trotter 8 27 0 8 3.4 Miller 7 38 0 11 5.4 Possession Time 28:14 31:46 a 38-yard interception return Brooks 1 12 0 12 12.0 Davis 1 24 0 24 24.0 1st Quarter 7:42 7:18 touchdown... It was the Wildcats’ Burns 1 5 0 5 5.0 Spielman 1 19 0 19 19.0 2nd Quarter 6:42 8:18 first pick-six since Duke Shelley went 25 yards for a touchdown Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 3rd Quarter 6:43 8:17 Howard 8-19-1 117 0 45 2 Duggan 19-31-0 154 0 16 3 4th Quarter 7:07 7:53 against Texas Tech in 2017... It was K-State’s nation-leading Downing 2-4-1 -1 0 1 0 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 13 5 of 17 119th non-offensive touchdown Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 3 since 1999. Render 3 24 0 9 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 2-2 Moore 2 38 0 24 Conwright 6 60 0 14 Touchdowns 1-2 2-2 Taylor 2 10 0 7 Foster 4 29 0 11 Vaughn 1 45 0 45 Spielman 2 20 0 16 Field goals 1-2 0-2 Hunt 2 6 0 5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 2-10 Barlow 2 4 0 6 PAT Kicks 1-1 2-2 Barber 1 11 0 11 Field Goals 2-3 0-1 Wells 1 10 0 10

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GAME FIVE CATS CRUISE IN 12TH-STRAIGHT WIN OVER KU KANSAS 0 7 0 7 - 14 MANHATTAN, Kan. – Phillip Brooks. That’s why Chris Klieman called timeout with eight sec- onds left in the first half, without the football in a game he was winning. In basketball terms, 20/19 K-STATE 7 27 21 0 - 55 call it a heat check. Oct. 24 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Manhattan, Kan. | 11:03 a.m. | Att: 10,801 Brooks set a K-State record with 189 punt-return yards and brought back two first half punts for touchdowns as No. 19 K-State demolished Kansas in a 55-14 win. The victory keeps the Governor’s Cup in Manhattan for the 12th year in a row and continues the longest winning streak by either team in the 118-year history of the Sunflower Showdown. The Wildcats scored 21 points on defense and special teams in the win over Kansas, and now lead the nation with 122 non-offensive touchdowns over the last two decades. It was the first one that set the tone for the afternoon, as Brooks housed a 55-yard punt return to get the Wildcats on the board against Kansas. Receiving the ball at midfield, Brooks dashed into Jayhawk territory before a crushing block from Brock Monty cleared the way for the second punt return touchdown of his career. Brooks finished his freshman season with 120 punt return yards and a touchdown. Against Kansas, he would surpass that by halftime. Before Brooks put the finishing touches on some history, Justin Gardner stepped up with the PPHILLIPHILLIP BBROOKSROOKS play of the game for the K-State defense. In the second quarter, Gardner read a screen pass from Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels to TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes grab his second interception of the season. He could have walked into the end zone, as Gardner KU K-STATE • Saturday’s victory was the gave K-State their second game in a row with a pick six. Wildcats’ 12th-straight over With the final seconds ticking away in the first half and the Wildcats up 28-7, the defense FIRST DOWNS 18 17 Kansas, the longest streak by ei- Rushing 5 6 came up with a stop and forced the Jayhawks to punt. That’s when Klieman called timeout and ther team in the Sunflower Show- Brooks called game. Passing 11 10 down... It bettered an 11-game Penalty 2 1 streak by K-State from 1993 to The sophomore’s 52-yard punt return came with 0:00 on the clock in the first half – it was NET YARDS RUSHING 113 129 2003... The 12-game streak by touchdown or bust. Rushing Attempts 39 33 Kansas State over KU is the sec- Brooks finished the afternoon with 189 yards as a punt returner against the Jayhawks, which Average Per Rush 2.9 3.9 ond longest by the Wildcats over would make him the nation’s leading team in punt return yards this season. Not the leading any one opponent... K-State’s player. The leading team. Rushing Touchdowns 2 2 record for consecutive wins over Yards Gained Rushing 140 150 After special teams and defense gave the Wildcats some breathing room against Kansas, the one opponent is 13 over Missouri offense put the Jayhawks away in the second half. Yards Lost Rushing 27 21 from 1993 to 2005. NET YARDS PASSING 207 252 Will Howard finished the second start of his college career with 243 yards on 17-of-24 Completions-Attempts-Int 22-39-1 18-28-0 • Sophomore Phillip Brooks passing. Howard found Sammy Wheeler and Briley Moore for a pair of passing touchdowns, Average Per Attempt 5.3 9.0 set a pair of school records on the first game with multiple touchdowns through the air for the Pennsylvania native. Average Per Completion 9.4 14.0 Saturday... He became the first With K-State in command, Howard didn’t throw a pick and got the ball to his playmakers. player in school history with two Deuce Vaughn continued his historic freshman season with 152 all-purpose yards as he led Passing Touchdowns 0 2 punt-return touchdowns in a TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 320 381 the Wildcats in rushing and receiving yards on the afternoon. game, while his 189 punt-return He finished off the game with a one-yard touchdown, breaking ankles on the way to the endzone. Total offense plays 78 61 yards broke the school record... Average Gain Per Play 4.1 6.2 The previous record was 172 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 2-1 yards by David Allen against SCORING SUMMARY Texas in 1998... He is the first Penalties: Number-Yards 3-29 10-81 Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score PUNTS-YARDS 9-317 6-230 player in the nation to return two punts for touchdowns since KS 1st/9:22 Brooks 55 yd punt return Lynch kick 0-7 Average Yards Per Punt 35.2 38.3 Greg Dortch of Wake Forest did KS 2nd/11:23 Lynch 32 yd field goal 4-6-1:57 0-10 Net Yards Per Punt 14.2 38.3 so against Towson in 2018... KS 2nd/6:13 Lynch 21 yd field goal 8-35-3:43 0-13 Inside 20 2 3 It is the first time the Wildcats KS 2nd/5:26 Gardner 24 yd interception return Lynch kick 0-20 50+ Yards 0 1 as a team had two punt-re- KU 2nd/2:16 Daniels 8 yd run Borcila kick 9-75-3:10 7-20 Touchbacks 0 0 turn touchdowns in the same KS 2nd/0:52 Wheeler 16 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 3-41-0:29 7-27 game since the 2008 (Montana KS 2nd/0:00 Brooks 52 yd punt return Lynch kick 7-34 Fair catch 2 2 KS 3rd/12:17 Vaughn 1 yd run Lynch kick 6-69-2:41 7-41 KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-169 9-553 State)... It was the second and third punt-return touchdowns KS 3rd/7:42 Trotter 1 yd run Lynch kick 7-71-3:25 7-48 Average Yards Per Kickoff 56.3 61.4 in Brooks’ career (66 yards vs. KS 3rd/0:48 Moore 13 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 11-94-5:22 7-55 Net Yards Per Kickoff 38.0 40.4 Navy in 2019 Liberty Bowl)... He KU 4th/4:38 Daniels 4 yd run Borcila kick 1-15-0:11 14-55 Touchbacks 2 6 is now tied for second in school Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-0-0 4-189-2 history in career punt-return STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 0.0 47.2 touchdowns.  Kansas  Kansas State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-39-0 1-5-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 19.5 5.0 • True freshman quarterback Will Howard made his second Gardner 16 72 0 27 4.5 Vaughn 11 71 1 24 6.5 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-24-1 career start, throwing for 243 Daniels 17 27 2 11 1.6 Mozee 3 27 0 27 9.0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 yards on 17-of-24 aim with two Hishaw 6 14 0 5 2.3 Howard 6 23 0 9 3.8 Possession Time 30:40 29:20 touchdowns and no intercep- Trotter 6 9 1 3 1.5 1st Quarter 9:42 5:18 tions... He also ran for 23 yards... Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Burns 2 2 0 2 1.0 Daniels 22-39-1 207 0 28 4 2nd Quarter 7:56 7:04 He is the first true freshman quarterback to win his first two Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 3rd Quarter 3:30 11:30 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Howard 17-24-0 243 2 37 0 4th Quarter 9:32 5:28 career starts, while he is the first Wildcat true freshman starting Lassiter 7 58 0 15 Ast 1-4-0 9 0 9 1 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 18 4 of 12 quarterback to win against Kan- Naylor 4 40 0 19 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 0 of 0 sas in three tries (Duane Howard, Mcbride 3 17 0 7 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 6-6 1976; Josh Freeman, 2006)... His Gardner 3 10 0 5 Vaughn 4 81 0 36 Touchdowns 2-3 4-6 243 yards passing were the fifth Fairchild 2 38 0 27 Taylor 4 68 0 37 Grimm 1 28 0 28 Moore 3 33 1 13 Field goals 0-3 2-6 most by K-State a true freshman in a game. Hishaw 1 9 0 9 Render 1 21 0 21 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-11 4-24 McQueen 1 7 0 7 Wheeler 1 16 1 16 PAT Kicks 2-2 7-7 Garber 1 9 0 9 Field Goals 0-1 2-2 Barta 1 8 0 8

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GAME SIX K-STATE FALLS AT WEST VIRGINIA MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Taking the field as a road underdog wasn’t new for No. 16 K-State. 16/16 K-STATE 3 7 0 0 - 10 Leaving after a 37-10 loss to West Virginia in their first Big 12 defeat of the season was a different nr/rv W. VIRGINIA 3 21 10 3 - 37 experience for the Wildcats. Oct. 31 | Milan Puskar Stadium | Morgantown, W.Va. | 12:01 p.m. | Att: 10,441 K-State came up with two sacks and jumped out to an early lead in Morgantown before West Virginia used a strong second quarter to put away the Wildcats. The Mountaineers racked up 301 yards through the air on a short-handed K-State secondary. Malik Knowles came up with a 35-yard touchdown grab to give the Wildcats a boost heading into the break. Getting the wide receivers more involved has been a point of emphasis for K-State and Knowles’ first touchdown catch of the year was a highlight for the group. It capped off the best drive of the afternoon for the Wildcats, a 73-yard, nine-play drive that saw K-State flash the balanced attack that’s kept the offense on schedule this season. But it would also mask one of the biggest blows of the afternoon for K-State, as Briley Moore left the game with an injury after his second catch of the game. Phillip Brooks hauled in four receptions for 39 yards to lead all K-State receivers. Early in the second half, the K-State defense did their part to get back into the game, holding MMALIKALIK KKNOWLESNOWLES West Virginia to a field goal attempt at the goal line. The Mountaineers would settle for four field goal attempts on the afternoon. TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes An interception returned for a touchdown on the Wildcats’ next drive of the game would prove K-STATE WVU • The Mountaineers broke a to be the tipping point. West Virginia brought the nation’s top defense – among teams that have series tie and took a 6-5 lead played at least two games – into the game and held K-State to just 225 yards of total offense. FIRST DOWNS 13 23 all-time... WVU also broke a tie Rushing 3 7 Against that Mountaineers defense, K-State struggled toestablish the run game that helped and leads, 5-4, since the Moun- them pull road upsets against Oklahoma and TCU this season. Passing 9 14 taineers joined the Big 12 prior to Penalty 1 2 the 2012 season... The Moun- Deuce Vaughn rushed nine times for 22 yards in the loss. NET YARDS RUSHING 41 184 taineers extended their winning It also marked the first game of the season where the Wildcats failed to come up with an Rushing Attempts 23 44 streak over the Wildcats to five- interception, while three picks helped the West Virginia defense control the flow of the game. Average Per Rush 1.8 4.2 straight... WVU also earned their third-straight victory over K-State Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 in Morgantown. Yards Gained Rushing 65 209 Yards Lost Rushing 24 25 • Kansas State recorded nine NET YARDS PASSING 184 301 tackles for loss... It was the most Completions-Attempts-Int 19-37-3 22-34-0 by the Wildcats since recording Average Per Attempt 5.0 8.9 11 at TCU in the 2016 regu- Average Per Completion 9.7 13.7 lar-season finale... Eight players had at least a half TFL, including Passing Touchdowns 1 2 team leader Drew Wiley, who had TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 225 485 a career-high 2.5 stops behind Total offense plays 60 78 the line. Average Gain Per Play 3.8 6.2 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 2-1 • True freshman quarterback Penalties: Number-Yards 5-28 5-50 Will Howard made his third ca- PUNTS-YARDS 5-186 2-76 reer start... He improved to fourth SCORING SUMMARY place in school history in passing Average Yards Per Punt 37.2 38.0 yards among freshmen at 741, Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score Net Yards Per Punt 37.0 30.5 passing Skylar Thompson (689 KS 1st/8:33 Lynch 21 yd field goal 10-64-4:14 3-0 Inside 20 1 0 in 2017)... His 34 pass attempts WVU 1st/3:06 Staley 19 yd field goal 16-72-5:22 3-3 50+ Yards 0 0 were the third most by a true WVU 2nd/12:27 Jennings 5 yd pass from Doege Legg kick 6-66-2:17 3-10 Touchbacks 0 0 freshman starting quarterback in WVU 2nd/8:31 Brown 9 yd run Legg kick 6-51-1:58 3-17 Fair catch 2 0 a single game (Josh Freeman: 47 WVU 2nd/3:38 Wright 15 yd pass from Doege Legg kick 4-69-1:49 3-24 KS 2nd/1:05 Knowles 35 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 9-73-2:28 10-24 KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-189 8-457 vs. Nebraska and 44 at Kansas in 2006)... Tt is the first time WVU 3rd/9:16 Legg 25 yd field goal 14-67-5:44 10-27 Average Yards Per Kickoff 63.0 57.1 an individual player threw three WVU 3rd/7:51 Tonkery 18 yd interception return Legg kick 10-34 Net Yards Per Kickoff 39.7 40.2 picks since Collin Klein at Baylor WVU 4th/10:35 Legg 45 yd field goal 9-44-4:42 10-37 Touchbacks 2 0 in 2012. Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-15-0 1-1-0 STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 7.5 1.0 • Senior defensive tackle Drew Wiley put together a career day,  Kansas State  West Virginia Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-135-0 1-20-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 19.3 20.0 setting high-water marks in tackles (7) and tackles for loss Vaughn 9 22 0 7 2.4 Brown 24 102 1 19 4.2 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 3-14-1 (2.5)... His previous career high Trotter 3 12 0 10 4.0 Sinkfield 14 85 0 36 6.1 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-7-0 0-0-0 in tackles was four tackles last Mozee 3 10 0 5 3.3 Doege 6 -3 0 3 -0.5 Possession Time 25:46 34:14 year at Texas and this year at Burns 1 6 0 6 6.0 1st Quarter 5:47 9:13 Oklahoma... Hid previous career Howard 7 -9 0 6 -1.3 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Doege 22-34-0 301 2 58 2 2nd Quarter 7:51 7:09 high in TFLs was 1.0 this sea- son against Arkansas State and Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 3rd Quarter 7:09 7:51 Howard 19-37-3 184 1 35 2 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg 4th Quarter 4:59 10:01 TCU... His tackle total was the most by a Wildcat interior defen- Wright 4 31 1 15 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 9 of 18 sive lineman since Will Geary had Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Brown 4 28 0 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 eight at TCU in 2016. Brooks 4 39 0 18 Ford-Wheaton 3 104 0 58 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 5-5 Wheeler 3 19 0 8 James 3 18 0 9 Touchdowns 0-1 3-5 Taylor 3 19 0 9 Simmons 2 53 0 32 Moore 2 37 0 28 O’Laughlin 2 32 0 17 Field goals 1-1 2-5 Dineen 2 19 0 12 Smith 2 23 0 15 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 2-16 Vaughn 2 1 0 5 Jennings 2 12 1 7 PAT Kicks 1-1 4-4 Knowles 1 35 1 35 Field Goals 1-2 3-4 Lenners 1 8 0 8

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GAME SEVEN COWBOYS RALLY FOR 20-18 WIN MANHATTAN, Kan. – Chris Klieman gave his defense 100 plays. Hold No. 14 Oklahoma State 14/12 OKLA. STATE 0 0 13 7 - 20 under that, he said on Tuesday, and the Wildcats would have a chance. The Cowboys didn’t rv/rv K-STATE 3 9 0 6 - 18 even hit 70. Nov. 7 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Manhattan, Kan. | 3:05 p.m. | Att: 11,980 But it was a touchdown the defense couldn’t do anything about that doomed K-State in a 20-18 loss to Oklahoma State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Driving in the fourth quarter down one point, K-State fumbled and an 85-yard return for a touchdown gave Oklahoma State all the offense they would need to close out the Wildcats. A K-State defense that has been a strength for the team all season came out with a point to prove against Oklahoma State. The Cowboys were averaging more than 18 points a game in the first half before playing K-State, but at halftime in Manhattan, OSU was stuck at zero. It started with a defensive line that brought consistent pressure off the edge and shut down one of the Big 12’s top rushing attacks in the first half. With Wyatt Hubert drawing double teams after getting to Oklahoma State quarterback Spen- cer Sanders and forcing an early fumble, the Wildcats found a way to keep the Cowboys under pressure. WWYATTYATT HHUBERTUBERT Bronson Massie chipped in as part of a team sack and Khalid Duke ended the night with two quarterback hurries. TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes But it was Hubert, even with the extra attention, who played his best game of the season. The OS K-STATE • The game was decided by two redshirt junior finished with 2.5 sacks against Oklahoma State. points, the 10th time in the last He dropped Sanders late in the third quarter, with the Cowboys driving, to hold OSU to a field FIRST DOWNS 14 15 14 contests between the schools Rushing 8 9 goal and give the Wildcats a chance down the stretch. that it was decided by a touch- K-State used zone reads and a balanced rushing attack to keep the offense moving in the first Passing 5 5 down or less... It was the most Penalty 1 1 narrow margin of victory since half, before settling for a pair of field goals. NET YARDS RUSHING 148 227 a 36-34 OSU win in Stillwater Will Howard hit on a huge 69-yard run on his team’s final drive of the first half, followed by Rushing Attempts 40 44 in 2015. the fourth touchdown pass of his K-State career to give the Wildcats a 13-0 lead at the break. Average Per Rush 3.7 5.2 Howard would finish the day 10-of-21 with 143 passing yards and a touchdown, adding 125 • Kansas State converted on its yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown to lead players on both teams. Rushing Touchdowns 1 1 first three red zone possessions... Yards Gained Rushing 203 245 Even as the Cowboys began to chip away in the second half, the Wildcats refused to give up By not converting on a red-zone the explosive plays that can make Oklahoma State so dangerous. That’s why the 85-yard fumble Yards Lost Rushing 55 18 possession in the fourth quarter, NET YARDS PASSING 108 143 K-State’s streak of scoring when return was such a body blow. Completions-Attempts-Int 14-23-0 10-22-1 entering the red zone ended at Credit Howard and the offense for getting up off the mat. Average Per Attempt 4.7 6.5 63 dating back to last year... It A 24-yard kickoff return from Seth Porter and an Oklahoma State penalty set the Wildcats Average Per Completion 7.7 14.3 was the longest by the Wildcats up for their most impressive drive of the game. in the Big 12 era... The previous K-State marched 60 yards in eight plays, including a huge third-down catch by Phillip Brooks Passing Touchdowns 0 1 high was 56 spanning the 2015 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 256 370 and capped off by a rushing touchdown from Howard. and 2016 seasons... The red zone A failed two-point conversion and an interception on the final drive of the afternoon would seal Total offense plays 63 66 scoring streak was the longest Average Gain Per Play 4.1 5.6 active streak in the Big 12. the game for Oklahoma State. Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-65 6-50 • True freshman quarterback PUNTS-YARDS 8-309 7-284 Will Howard threw for 143 yards and a touchdown, but he also did SCORING SUMMARY Average Yards Per Punt 38.6 40.6 damage with his legs by rushing Net Yards Per Punt 34.9 40.1 for 125 yards and a score... His Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score Inside 20 3 2 125 rushing yards were the fifth KS 1st/4:35 Lynch 30 yd field goal 11-56-5:14 0-3 50+ Yards 1 0 most in school history among KS 2nd/8:58 Lynch 29 yd field goal 11-69-5:53 0-6 Touchbacks 1 0 freshmen and the second most KS 2nd/0:37 Brooks 4 yd pass from Howard Howard pass failed 9-89-2:14 0-12 Fair catch 5 4 by a freshman quarterback (Allan OS 3rd/10:39 Hale 35 yd field goal 9-56-2:15 3-12 OS 3rd/7:30 Presley 9 yd run Hale kick 4-51-2:10 10-12 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-324 5-235 Evridge, 138 yards at Nebraska in 2005)... With his touchdown OS 3rd/0:58 Hale 33 yd field goal 11-55-4:42 13-12 Average Yards Per Kickoff 64.8 47.0 pass, he now has five this sea- OS 4th/6:32 Taylor II 85 yd fumble recovery Hale kick 20-12 Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.0 35.8 son to tie for third in school his- KS 4th/2:08 Howard 2 yd run Howard pass failed 8-60-4:17 20-18 Touchbacks 4 2 tory among freshmen... He is tied Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-3-0 1-10-0 with Skylar Thompson (2017) STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 3.0 10.0 and Paul Watson (1988).  Oklahoma State  Kansas State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-6-0 1-24-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 3.0 24.0 • Junior defensive end Wyatt Hubert came away with five Brown 15 110 0 50 7.3 Howard 14 125 1 69 8.9 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-13-0 0-0-0 tackles, including 3.5 tackles Hubbard 6 31 0 11 5.2 Trotter 9 43 0 11 4.8 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-85-1 0-0-0 for loss and 2.5 sacks... He set Sanders 12 9 0 18 0.8 Vaughn 17 40 0 10 2.4 Possession Time 28:09 31:51 career highs in the latter two Presley 1 9 1 9 9.0 Brooks 2 14 0 12 7.0 1st Quarter 7:00 8:00 categories... His previous career Jackson 2 8 0 5 4.0 Garber 1 4 0 4 4.0 Porter 1 1 0 1 1.0 2nd Quarter 5:55 9:05 high in TFLs was 2.0 on four other occasions while his previous high Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 3rd Quarter 9:07 5:53 Sanders 14-23-0 108 0 22 3 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 4th Quarter 6:07 8:53 in sacks was 2.0 three other times... He was a half sack shy Howard 10-21-1 143 1 58 1 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 8 of 18 of tying for third in school history Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 for sacks in a single game... Hu- Stoner 7 62 0 22 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-5 bert now has 17.0 career sacks Wolf 5 31 0 11 Dineen 4 35 0 16 Touchdowns 1-3 2-5 as he is one shy of entering the Woods 1 11 0 11 Brooks 2 29 1 25 school’s career top-10 list. Hubbard 1 4 0 4 Knowles 2 16 0 18 Field goals 2-3 2-5 Wheeler 1 58 0 58 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 3-18 Vaughn 1 5 0 5 PAT Kicks 2-2 0-0 Field Goals 2-2 2-2

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GAME EIGHT CATS DOWNED AT IOWA STATE AMES, Iowa – No matter the result, K-State has emphasized the importance of sticking together nr/rv K-STATE 0 0 0 0 - 0 this season. That will be more important than ever for the Wildcats following a 45-0 loss to No. 17/16 IOWA STATE 7 28 3 7 - 45 17 Iowa State. Nov. 21 | Jack Trice Stadium | Ames, Iowa | 3:05 p.m. K-State marched down the field on its opening drive of the game but couldn’t convert a fourth- and-goal against Iowa State. That set the tone for an afternoon when the Cyclones would limit K-State to 149 yards of total offense. Deuce Vaughn collected 94 yards serving as K-State’s primary kick returner. He was involved in the backfield and as a receiver against Iowa State, but couldn’t replicate his success on special teams. K-State arrived in Ames without several playmakers on both sides of the football, including a depleted linebacking core that struggled to slow down the Cyclones. Cody Fletcher led K-State with nine tackles, including seven solo efforts against Iowa State. Will Howard got the start at quarterback for K-State, going 3-for-9 for 32 passing yards. On the first drive of the afternoon, Howard rushed for 13 yards on four carries and tossed a 29-yard pass to Chabastin Taylor to march the Wildcats deep into Iowa State territory. But a fourth-down stop gave the Cyclones all the momentum they would need, as K-State was CCODYODY FFLETCHERLETCHER held in check the rest of the game. Howard would give way to Nick Ast at quarterback in the second half, as the Cimarron native TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes went 6-for-10 for 44 yards in his first extended action of the season. K-STATE IS • Iowa State has now won two of Vaughn led the Wildcats on the ground with 44 rushing yards, leaving Jack Trice Stadium with three games against K-State for FIRST DOWNS 9 26 138 total yards after his explosive afternoon on special teams. Taylor led all K-State receivers the first time since winning three with 37 yards on a pair of grabs against the Cyclones. Rushing 5 14 of four from 2004 to 2007, while Passing 3 11 it was the first time the Cyclones Penalty 1 1 won consecutive home games NET YARDS RUSHING 73 240 against the Wildcats since 2005 Rushing Attempts 28 44 and 2007. Average Per Rush 2.6 5.5 • Kansas State had a trio of Rushing Touchdowns 0 3 first-time starters on Saturday, Yards Gained Rushing 105 254 including two at linebacker... Yards Lost Rushing 32 14 Cody Fletcher and Daniel Green NET YARDS PASSING 76 299 earned starts at linebacker, while Completions-Attempts-Int 9-19-1 19-25-0 D.J. Render started the game at Average Per Attempt 4.0 12.0 wide receiver. Average Per Completion 8.4 15.7 • Fletcher came away with a Passing Touchdowns 0 3 team-high nine tackles... It was a TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 149 539 new career high, bettering a pair Total offense plays 47 69 of seven-tackle performances Average Gain Per Play 3.2 7.8 earlier this year against Texas Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0 Tech and West Virginia Penalties: Number-Yards 4-20 4-30 PUNTS-YARDS 6-242 2-85 • True freshman running back Deuce Vaughn rushed seven Average Yards Per Punt 40.3 42.5 times for 44 yards, caught a SCORING SUMMARY Net Yards Per Punt 40.3 42.5 pair of passes for four yards Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score Inside 20 1 1 and returned five kickoffs for 94 IS 1st/12:00 Scates 33 yd pass from Purdy Assalley kick 6-75-3:00 0-7 50+ Yards 1 0 yards... It was the first time in IS 2nd/14:56 Kolar 6 yd pass from Purdy Assalley kick 11-97-6:27 0-14 his career he returned kickoffs... Touchbacks 0 0 IS 2nd/6:38 Hutchinson 21 yd pass from Purdy Assalley kick 6-46-3:18 0-21 He moved from fifth to fourth Fair catch 3 0 IS 2nd/4:30 Hall 33 yd run Assalley kick 3-88-1:03 0-28 in school history in all-purpose KICKOFFS-YARDS 1-40 8-443 IS 2nd/1:01 Hall 21 yd run Assalley kick 6-38-3:16 0-35 yards by a freshman, a mark IS 3rd/9:28 Assalley 32 yd field goal 6-37-2:12 0-38 Average Yards Per Kickoff 40.0 55.4 that now stands at 879 yards... IS 4th/10:55 Dekkers 12 yd run Assalley kick 3-32-0:53 0-45 Net Yards Per Kickoff 40.0 41.1 He moved from third to second in Touchbacks 0 0 scrimmage yards by a freshman, Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 a mark that now stands at 785. STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 0.0 0.0 • Kansas State was shut out  Kansas State  Iowa State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-114-0 0-0-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 16.3 0.0 for the first time since the 2015 Oklahoma and the first in a road Vaughn 7 44 0 23 6.3 Hall 15 135 2 33 9.0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-2-0 game the 1996 Colorado game. Trotter 7 28 0 7 4.0 Purdy 7 59 0 19 8.4 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Howard 5 12 0 13 2.4 Brock 9 25 0 6 2.8 Possession Time 23:05 36:55 Mozee 3 6 0 4 2.0 Nwangwu 11 16 0 6 1.5 1st Quarter 5:37 9:23 Burns 1 4 0 0 4.0 Dekkers 2 5 1 12 2.5 2nd Quarter 5:05 9:55 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 3rd Quarter 7:44 7:16 Ast 6-10-0 44 0 22 2 Purdy 16-20-0 236 3 33 0 4th Quarter 4:39 10:21 Howard 3-9-1 32 0 29 1 Dekkers 3-5-0 63 0 38 1 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 5 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 1 of 2 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 3-5 Taylor 2 37 0 29 Hutchinson 6 111 1 29 Touchdowns 0-1 2-5 Vaughn 2 4 0 6 Brock 3 26 0 11 Brooks 1 22 0 22 Shaw 3 23 0 9 Field goals 0-1 1-5 Fox 1 6 0 6 Scates 2 53 1 33 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 3-29 Mozee 1 5 0 5 Soehner 2 26 0 13 PAT Kicks 0-0 6-6 Render 1 1 0 1 Kolar 2 22 1 16 Field Goals 0-0 1-2 Garber 1 1 0 1 Bitter 1 38 0 38

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GAME NINE LATE FIELD GOALS LIFTS BU OVER K-STATE K-STATE 14 3 0 14 - 31 WACO, Texas – K-State needed about eight minutes to rediscover a winning formula on Saturday night. BAYLOR 6 0 9 17 - 32 There was Malik Knowles with the kind of explosive play that sparked the Wildcats on offense Nov. 28 | McLane Stadium | Waco, Texas | 6:05 p.m. | Att: 11,667 earlier this season. Deuce Vaughn was back in the endzone early in the first quarter and the K-State defensive line was living in the Baylor backfield. It took just nine minutes for it to all be washed away on a rainy night in Waco. K-State rushed for a season-high 256 yards, but Baylor used a field goal as time expired to complete a fourth-quarter comeback in a 32-31 win. Knowles scored his second touchdown of the season on a 75-yard run in the first quarter, going in motion on a sweep to put the Wildcats in front after an early Baylor touchdown. It was the first rushing touchdown of Knowles’ career, but it was the kind of explosive play that has sparked the Wildcats throughout the 2020 season. No team in the nation has more plays of 60-plus yards this season than K-State (7), as the Wildcats have featured several home-run threats throughout their offense. On Saturday, it was Knowles, who gave K-State the lead on a run where he followed his blockers before beating most of the Baylor secondary in a footrace. DDEUCEEUCE VVAUGHNAUGHN Vaughn capped off K-State’s next drive with his second receiving touchdown of the season. The true freshman rushed a career-high 19 times against the Bears and flashed his ability as a TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes receiver and do-it-all threat. K-STATE BU • It was the 18th all-time meet- Vaughn split the Baylor secondary to grab a well-placed throw from Will Howard on his first ing between Kansas State and touchdown of the night. It was just the beginning of a productive return to his home state. FIRST DOWNS 14 21 Baylor with the Bears tying the Rushing 10 5 After Howard showcased his dual-threat ability on a touchdown scamper of his own, the series at 9-9, including a 6-4 Wildcats were looking to put the game away on their next drive. For a moment, it appeared that Passing 2 13 tally in games played in Waco... Penalty 2 3 BU extended its winning streak Vaughn had done just that. NET YARDS RUSHING 256 71 over K-State to three games, The freshman took a handoff up the middle, taking advantage of some tremendous blocking Rushing Attempts 35 36 including two-straight in Waco. from a patchwork K-State offensive line to scamper 38-yards for his second score of the night. Average Per Rush 7.3 2.0 In the first half of Saturday night’s game, the K-State defensive line effectively shut down the • Kansas State tallied seven Baylor offense after the Bears scored their first touchdown of the night on a short field. Rushing Touchdowns 3 2 sacks... It was two shy of the Yards Gained Rushing 262 105 With two sacks against Baylor, Wyatt Hubert moved into the school’s top-10 list with 18.0 in school record and the most in a his K-State career. Yards Lost Rushing 6 34 game by the Wildcats since com- NET YARDS PASSING 88 349 ing away with eight at Baylor in Daniel Green, Cody Fletcher, Jahron McPherson and Drew Wiley also added to their season Completions-Attempts-Int 9-18-2 31-39-0 2003... Included in the total was total, as the Wildcats sacked Baylor quarterback Charlie Brewer seven times on Saturday. Average Per Attempt 4.9 8.9 a career high for Daniel Green Despite the early pressure, Brewer settled into the game in the fourth quarter. He engineered Average Per Completion 9.8 11.3 (1.5) and the first-career sacks a 54-yard and 50-yard drive inside the final five minutes on Saturday night, the last one capped by Cody Fletcher and Jahron off by a game-winning field goal as time expired to seal the win for Baylor. Passing Touchdowns 1 2 McPherson. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 344 420 Total offense plays 53 75 • True freshman running back Average Gain Per Play 6.5 5.6 Deuce Vaughn carded 102 rush- Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1 ing yards and a touchdown on a SCORING SUMMARY career-high 19 carries, while he Penalties: Number-Yards 7-76 8-87 Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score hauled in three receptions for 19 PUNTS-YARDS 5-183 4-133 BU 1st/13:04 Brewer 7 yd run Team rush failed 3-9-1:07 0-6 yards and a score... The Round KS 1st/12:51 Knowles 75 yd run Lynch kick 1-75-0:13 7-6 Average Yards Per Punt 36.6 33.2 Rock, Texas native – who carded KS 1st/4:07 Vaughn 8 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 7-35-3:28 14-6 Net Yards Per Punt 36.2 33.2 his second 100-yard rushing KS 2nd/13:02 Lynch 20 yd field goal 10-44-4:33 17-6 Inside 20 0 0 game this season – moved into BU 3rd/11:59 Mayers 28 yd field goal 8-64-3:01 17-9 50+ Yards 1 0 second place in school history in BU 3rd/7:16 Sneed 23 yd pass from Brewer Brewer rush failed 7-63-2:48 17-15 rushing yards by a freshman, a Touchbacks 0 0 KS 4th/13:57 Howard 24 yd run Lynch kick 2-73-0:51 24-15 mark that now stands at 517... Fair catch 3 2 BU 4th/10:51 Ebner 8 yd pass from Brewer Mayers kick 8-75-3:06 24-22 He now has 389 receiving yards KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-374 6-374 KS 4th/8:59 Vaughn 38 yd run Lynch kick 4-60-1:52 31-22 this season to move into fourth BU 4th/4:16 Brewer 1 yd run Mayers kick 9-54-4:43 31-29 Average Yards Per Kickoff 62.3 62.3 place in school history among BU 4th/0:00 Mayers 30 yd field goal 10-57-2:32 31-32 Net Yards Per Kickoff 39.0 39.3 running backs... Vaughn im- Touchbacks 4 4 proved his all-purpose yardage Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-2-0 total to an even 1,000 yards, the STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 0.0 2.0 second most in school history by  Kansas State  Baylor Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-38-0 1-40-0 a freshman and the most by a true freshman. Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 19.0 40.0 Vaughn 19 102 1 38 5.4 Brewer 23 56 2 20 2.4 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-32-0 • Junior defensive end Wyatt Knowles 2 81 1 75 40.5 Ebner 4 10 0 6 2.5 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Hubert finished the game with Howard 9 41 1 24 4.6 Lovett 9 5 0 6 0.6 Possession Time 25:42 34:18 four tackles, including a pair of Trotter 5 32 0 11 6.4 1st Quarter 8:34 6:26 sacks... With his effort, Hubert Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Brewer 31-39-0 349 2 44 7 2nd Quarter 6:51 8:09 entered the school’s top-10 list for career sacks... He now has Howard 9-18-2 88 1 49 0 3rd Quarter 5:50 9:10 Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg 4th Quarter 4:27 10:33 19.0 sacks in his career to rank ninth in school history... It was Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Sneed 6 86 1 35 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 7 of 16 the fifth time in Hubert’s career Vaughn 3 19 1 8 Fleeks 6 68 0 29 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2 he came away with at least two Moore 2 55 0 49 Ebner 5 66 1 44 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 6-6 sacks and the second time in the Knowles 1 16 0 16 Sims 5 48 0 21 Touchdowns 1-2 4-6 last three games (2.5 vs. Okla- Brooks 1 3 0 3 Thornton 4 38 0 12 homa State). Trotter 1 -2 0 0 Lovett 3 17 0 9 Field goals 1-2 2-6 Lenners 1 -3 0 0 Holmes 2 26 0 20 Sacks By: Number-Yards 7-23 0-0 PAT Kicks 4-4 2-2 Field Goals 1-1 2-2

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GAME TEN CATS DROP REGULAR SEASON FINALE TO TEXAS MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State honored 21 seniors on Saturday afternoon, a group that has led the nr/rv/rv TEXAS 17 14 35 3 - 69 Wildcats to more than a few memorable wins in Manhattan. K-STATE 7 10 14 0 - 31 Senior Day was not one of them, as K-State fell 69-31 to Texas in its regular-season finale at Dec. 5 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | Manhattan, Kan. | 11:05 a.m. | Att: 9,851 Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats struggled to keep pace with Texas on defense, as the Longhorns racked up 334 yards on the ground and 274 yards throwing the football. Deuce Vaughn continued to rewrite the K-State record books on Saturday with two touch- downs and 221 all-purpose yards against the Longhorns. With his performance, Vaughn now holds the K-State freshman record for yards from scrim- mage, all-purpose yards and rushing yards. One week after the heaviest workload of his career, Vaughn was even more efficient against the Longhorns. Lining up in the backfield, as a receiver and on special teams as a kick returner, Vaughn powered the K-State offense all afternoon. On K-State’s first scoring drive of the game, Vaughn broke off a 19-yard rushing touchdown, putting moves on the Texas defense on his way to the end zone. DDEUCEEUCE VVAUGHNAUGHN It would be a theme throughout the afternoon. On all five scoring drives for the Wildcats, Vaughn had a catch or reception of at least 10 yards. TEAM STATISTICS  Game Notes When he wasn’t setting the Wildcats up with scoring opportunities, Vaughn was more than UT K-STATE • Deuce Vaughn tallied 125 happy to do it himself. rushing yards and two touch- His second touchdown of the day came after a 12-play, 80-yard drive for the Wildcats, as FIRST DOWNS 26 24 downs on 10 carries, while he Rushing 13 13 Vaughn added an exclamation point by hurdling a man into the end zone. hauled in four passes for 45 With nine touchdowns in 2020, Vaughn now leads all true freshmen in the country. Passing 13 9 yards and returned a pair of Penalty 0 2 kickoffs for 51 yards... His 125 He wasn’t the only player to step up when the Wildcats had the football, as Malik Knowles NET YARDS RUSHING 334 274 rushing yards on Saturday were turned in his best game of the season with 95 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns against Rushing Attempts 33 46 tied for the fifth most in school the Longhorns. Average Per Rush 10.1 6.0 history among freshmen, equal- A threat on the jet sweep – adding 16 yards on the ground – and through the air, Knowles ing Will Howard’s mark against helped spread the field for Will Howard. Rushing Touchdowns 7 2 Oklahoma State earlier this sea- Yards Gained Rushing 344 302 Howard broke the K-State freshman record for touchdowns with his third quarter strike to son... During the contest, Vaughn Knowles, his eighth touchdown pass of the season. Yards Lost Rushing 10 28 broke the K-State freshman NET YARDS PASSING 274 174 records for rushing yards (642), Howard finished with the day with 174 yards and a pair of touchdowns through the air, along Completions-Attempts-Int 20-27-0 16-27-2 all-purpose yards (1,221) and with 79 yards on the ground. Average Per Attempt 10.1 6.4 yards from scrimmage (1,076)... Average Per Completion 13.7 10.9 He ended the regular season with seven rushing touchdowns, SCORING SUMMARY Passing Touchdowns 2 2 which ranks second in school Team Qtr/Time Scoring Play Conversion Plays-Yds-TOP Score TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 608 448 history among freshmen, just UT 1st/10:34 Robinson 12 yd run Dicker kick 7-81-2:33 7-0 Total offense plays 60 73 one off the record... It is also the UT 1st/4:38 Dicker 28 yd field goal 9-54-3:20 10-0 most rushing touchdowns by a Average Gain Per Play 10.1 6.1 UT 1st/4:19 Johnson 3 yd run Dicker kick 1-3-0:04 17-0 true freshman in school history... Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1 KS 1st/0:54 Vaughn 19 yd run Lynch kick 8-64-3:19 17-7 He also has 434 receiving yards Penalties: Number-Yards 4-55 3-21 UT 2nd/14:53 Robinson 30 yd run Dicker kick 4-59-0:52 24-7 this year, which ranks third in PUNTS-YARDS 2-91 3-128 KS 2nd/11:40 Lynch 47 yd field goal 7-46-3:13 24-10 school history among freshmen UT 2nd/8:17 Johnson 7 yd run Dicker kick 8-70-3:17 31-10 Average Yards Per Punt 45.5 42.7 and the most by a freshman KS 2nd/1:20 Vaughn 4 yd run Lynch kick 12-80-5:10 31-17 Net Yards Per Punt 45.5 39.3 running back. Inside 20 0 3 UT 3rd/14:44 Robinson 75 yd run Dicker kick 2-75-0:16 38-17 KS 3rd/11:24 Knowles 7 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 8-76-3:14 38-24 • Malik Knowles carded six re- 50+ Yards 0 1 UT 3rd/11:01 Johnson 1 yd run Dicker kick 1-1-0:00 45-24 ceptions for 95 yards and a pair Touchbacks 0 0 KS 3rd/9:13 Knowles 29 yd pass from Howard Lynch kick 4-75-1:48 45-31 of touchdowns... He set a career Fair catch 2 1 UT 3rd/7:01 Whittington 15 yd run Dicker kick 6-75-2:12 52-31 high in catches, bettering his pre- KICKOFFS-YARDS 12-764 6-328 UT 3rd/2:18 Brewer 15 yd pass from Ehlinger Dicker kick 8-86-2:53 59-31 vious career high of fie he had on UT 3rd/1:06 Epps 32 yd pass from Ehlinger Dicker kick 1-32-0:07 66-31 Average Yards Per Kickoff 63.7 54.7 three other occasions... His two UT 4th/7:48 Dicker 21 yd field goal 6-63-3:22 69-31 Net Yards Per Kickoff 39.8 23.2 touchdowns tied a career high Touchbacks 7 1 he originally set last year against Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-10-0 0-0-0 Bowling Green. STATISTICAL LEADERS Average Per Return 10.0 0.0 • Starting his sixth-straight  Texas  Kansas State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-164-0 5-111-0 Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Rushing Att Yds TD Lg Avg Average Per Return 41.0 22.2 game, quarterback Will Howard threw for 174 yards and two Robinson 9 172 3 75 19.1 Vaughn 10 125 2 31 12.5 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-21-0 0-0-0 touchdowns on 16-of-27 aim, Johnson 14 139 3 43 9.9 Howard 18 79 0 25 4.4 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 while he rushed for 79 yards... Whittington 1 15 1 15 15.0 Trotter 6 23 0 8 3.8 Possession Time 24:20 35:40 He now has eight passing touch- Thompson 35 0 3 1.7 Brooks 4 23 0 9 5.8 1st Quarter 6:51 8:09 downs this year, which is the Watson 2 5 0 3 2.5 Knowles 3 16 0 8 5.3 Smith 1 4 0 4 4.0 Burns 4 14 0 10 3.5 2nd Quarter 5:58 9:02 most by a freshman quarterback in school history... He began the Ehlinger 3 -6 0 0 -2.0 3rd Quarter 5:51 9:09 Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack 4th Quarter 5:40 9:20 day tied for first in school history with Josh Freeman (2006) and Passing C-A-I Yds TD Lg Sack Howard 16-27-2 174 2 29 1 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 8 4 of 11 Allan Evridge (2005)... Howard Ehlinger 20-27-0 274 2 33 1 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1 now has 364 rushing yards this Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Red-Zone Scores-Chances 8-9 4-4 year to rank fourth in school his- Receiving Rec Yds TD Lg Knowles 6 95 2 29 Touchdowns 6-9 3-4 tory among freshmen... He is the Smith 4 55 0 33 Vaughn 4 45 0 20 Eagles 4 41 0 15 Trotter 3 20 0 12 Field goals 2-9 1-4 only quarterback in the top five on that list. Robinson 3 51 0 27 Moore 1 12 0 12 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 1-5 Whittington 3 35 0 32 Render 1 3 0 3 PAT Kicks 9-9 4-4 Moore 2 32 0 17 Field Goals 2-3 1-2 Epps 1 32 1 32

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Allowed 40 or more points ...... 45, at Iowa State (11/21/2020)  SCORING Allowed 50 or more points ...... 51, at Oklahoma (10/27/2018) Allowed 60 or more points ...... 66, at Texas Tech (10/10/2009) All Games Allowed 70 or more points ...... 73, at Nebraska (11/10/2007) Scored 40 or more points ...... 55, vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Scored 50 or more points ...... 55, vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Held an opponent to 10 or fewer points ...... 10, at Kansas (11/2/2019) Scored 60 or more points ...... 63, vs. Florida Atlantic (9/17/2016) Held and opponent to 7 or fewer points ...... 6, at TCU (12/3/2016) Scored 70 or more points ...... 76, vs. Ball State (9/16/2000) Shut out an opponent ...... at Iowa State (11/8/2003) Shut out an opponent in a half ...... 2nd half, vs. UCLA (12/26/2017) Was held to 10 or fewer points ...... 0, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Back-to-back shutouts ...... at Kansas, 64-0 and at Missouri, 38-0 (2002) Was held to 7 or fewer points ...... 0, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Was shut out...... at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Was shut out in a half ...... Both havles, at Iowa State (11/21/2020)  VS. NATIONALLY RANKED OPPONENTS Was shut out in back-to-back games ...... at Kansas, 0-28 and vs. Nebraska, 0-12 (1975) vs. AP Top 25 Allowed 40 or more points ...... 69, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Defeated a ranked opponent ...... at #3 Oklahoma, 38-35 (9/26/2020) Allowed 50 or more points ...... 69, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Defeated a ranked opponent at home ...... vs. #5 Oklahoma, 48-41 (10/26/2019) Allowed 60 or more points ...... 69, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Defeated a ranked opponent on the road/neutral site ...at #3 Oklahoma, 38-35 (9/26/2020) Allowed 70 or more points ...... 73, at Nebraska (11/10/2007) Defeated a ranked opponent in consec. chances ...... vs. #24 OSU and vs. #23 UT (2012) Allowed a safety ...... at Iowa State (10/29/2016) Defeated a ranked opponent in 3 consec. chances ...... at #6 Oklahoma; at #13 West Virginia; Allowed a two-point conversion ...... Jalen Hurts to CeeDee Lamb, vs. Oklahoma (10/26/2019) vs. #15 Texas Tech; vs. #24 Oklahoma; vs. #23 Texas (2012) Held an opponent to 10 or fewer points ...... 10, at Kansas (11/2/2019) Held an opponent to 7 or fewer points ...... 0, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Lost to a ranked opponent ...... at #17 Iowa State, 45-0 (11/21/2020) Shut out an opponent ...... 0, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Lost to a ranked opponent at home ...... vs.#14 Oklahoma State, 20-18 (11/7/2020) Shut out an opponent in a half ...... 1st Half, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Lost to a ranked opponent on the road/neutral site ...at #17 Iowa State, 45-0 (11/21/2020) Back-to-back shutouts ...... vs. Akron, 67-0; vs. N. Illinois, 44-0; vs. Missouri, 30-0 (1995)

Largest defi cit overcome for a win ...... 21 points  K-STATE TEAM OFFENSE at #3 Oklahoma, 14-35 in 3rd quarter (9/26/2020) vs. Iowa State, 14-35 in 3rd quarter (11/21/2015) Total Offense at Missouri, 0-21 in 2nd quarter (11/6/2004) Had 400 yards or more total offense ...... 448 (274 rush/174 pass), vs. Texas (12/5/2020) vs. Oklahoma State, 0-21 in 2nd quarter (10/23/1999) Had 500 yards or more total offense ...... 521 (333 rush/188 pass), vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) vs. Iowa State, 7-28 in 3rd quarter (9/25/1999) Had 600 yards or more total offense ...... 658 (305 rush/353 pass), vs. North Texas (9/24/2005) Overtime game ...... at Texas Tech; W, 42-35 (11/4/2017) Come-from-behind win (trailing in 4th Q) ... vs. Texas Tech, [21-17], won 31-21 (10/3/2020) Consec. gms. with 500-plus yards of offense ...573, vs. Nicholls and 521, vs. Bowling Green (2019) Four consc. gms with 500-plus yards of offense ...... 573 vs. Iowa State; 566 at Kansas; Home Games 518 at Baylor; 512 vs. Nebraska (1998) Scored 40 or more points ...... 55, vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Scored 50 or more points ...... 55, vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Was held to 300 or fewer yards total offense ...... 149 (73 rush/76 pass), at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Scored 60 or more points ...... 63, vs. Florida Atlantic (9/17/2016) Was held to 200 or fewer yards total offense ...... 149 (73 rush/76 pass), at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Scored 70 or more points ...... 76, vs. Ball State (9/16/2000) Was held to 100 or fewer yards total offense...... 86 (25 rush/61 pass), vs. NU (10/5/1996) Was held to 10 or fewer points ...... 10, vs. Mississippi State (9/8/2017) Rushing Yards Was held to 7 or fewer points ...... 6, vs. TCU (10/14/2017) Had 250 or more rushing yards ...... 274, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Was shutout ...... vs. Oklahoma (10/17/2015) Had 300 or more rushing yards ...... 342, at Kansas (11/2/2019) Was shut out in a half ...... 1st half, vs. Kansas (11/10/2018) Had 400 or more rushing yards ...... 415, vs. Nebraska (11/16/2002) Was shutout in back-to-back games ...... vs. Nebraska, 0-41 and vs. Oklahoma, 0-27 (1965) Was held to 100 or fewer rushing yards...... 73, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Allowed 40 or more points ...... 69, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Was held to 50 or fewer rushing yards ...... 46, vs. Navy (12/31/2019) Allowed 50 or more points ...... 69, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Was held to negative rushing yards ...... -12, vs. Texas Tech (8/31/1996) Allowed 60 or more points ...... 69, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Allowed 70 or more points ...... 75, vs. Oklahoma (10/23/1971) Rushing Touchdowns Held an opponent to 10 or fewer points ...... 0, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Had 3 or more rushing touchdowns ...... 3, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Held an opponent to 7 or fewer points ...... 0, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Had 4 or more rushing touchdowns ...... 4, at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Shut out an opponent ...... 0, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Had 5 or more rushing touchdowns ...... 5, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Shut out an opponent in a half ...... 1st Half, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Back-to-back shutouts ...... vs. Akron, 67-0; vs. N. Illinois, 44-0; vs. Missouri, 30-0 (1995) Was held without a rushing touchdown ...... at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Was held without a rushing touchdown in consec. games ...... vs. South Dakota Away/Neutral Games and Mississippi State (2018) Scored 40 or more points ...... 45, at Oklahoma State (11/18/2017) Scored 50 or more points ...... 55, at West Virginia (10/20/2012) Passing Yards Scored 60 or more points ...... 64, at Kansas (11/2/2002) Had 350 or more passing yards ...... 400, at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Scored 70 or more points ...... 75, at Drury (10/17/1910) Had 400 or more passing yards ...... 400, at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Had 450 or more passing yards ...... 486, vs. Oklahoma (10/25/2008) Was held to 10 or fewer points ...... 0, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Was held to 7 or fewer points ...... 0, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Was held to 200 or fewer passing yards ...... 174, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Was shut out...... at Iowa State (11/21/1920) Was held to 150 or fewer passing yards ...... 88, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Was shut out in a half ...... 2nd half, at West Virginia (10/31/2020) Was held to 100 or fewer passing yards ...... 88, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Was shut out in back-to-back games ...... at LSU, 0-21 and at Tulsa, 0-3 (1980)

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Passing Touchdowns K-STATE INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Had 3 or more passing touchdowns ...... 3, at Iowa State (11/24/2018)  Had 4 or more passing touchdowns ...... 4, vs. Central Arkansas (9/2/2017) Attempts Was held without a passing touchdown ...... at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Had 25 or more rushing attempts ...... 28, Alex Barnes at Iowa State (11/24/2017) Was held without a passing touchdown in consec. games ...... vs. Iowa State & Navy (2019) Had 30 or more rushing attempts ...... 32, Alex Barnes vs. Texas Tech (11/17/2017) Had 35 or more rushing attempts ...... 35, Collin Klein vs. Texas A&M (11/12/2011) First Downs Had 40 or more rushing attempts ...... 42, Darren Sproles vs. Western Kentucky (9/4/2004) Had 25 or more fi rst downs ...... 25, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Had 30 or more fi rst downs ...... 33, vs. Nicholls (8/31/2019) Yards Had 35 or more fi rst downs ...... 37, vs. Iowa State (10/24/1998) Rushed for 100 or more yards ...... 125, Deuce Vaughn vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Rushed for 150 or more yards ...... 184, Alex Barnes at Iowa State (11/24/2018) Had 15 or fewer fi rst downs ...... 14, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Rushed for 200 or more yards ...... 250, Alex Barnes at Baylor (10/6/2018) Had 10 or fewer fi rst downs ...... 9, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Rushed for 100 or more yards (QB) ...... 125, Will Howard vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Had 5 or fewer fi rst downs ...... 3, at Colorado (10/24/1992) Rushed for 150 or more yards (QB) ...... 170, Jesse Ertz at TCU (12/3/2016) Had two 100-yard rushers ...... 158, Alex Delton and 117, Alex Barnes vs. UCLA (12/26/2017) Turnovers Lost 3 or more fumbles ...... 3, at Mississippi State (9/14/2019) Consec. 100-yard rushing games ...... 2, Deuce Vaughn Lost 4 or more fumbles ...... 4, vs. Eastern Kentucky (9/3/2011) 102 at Baylor (12/28/2020) and 125 vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Consec. 150-yard rushing games ...... 2, Alex Barnes Lost 5 or more fumbles ...... 5, vs. USC (9/21/2002) 250 at Baylor (10/6/2018) and 181 vs. Oklahoma State (10/13/2018) Consec. 175-yard rushing games ...... 2, Alex Barnes Threw 3 or more interceptions ...... 3, at West Virginia (10/31/2020) 250 at Baylor (10/6/2018) and 181 vs. Oklahoma State (10/13/2018) Threw 4 or more interceptions ...... 4, vs. Purdue (12/29/1998) Consec. 200-yard rushing games ...... 2, Darren Sproles Threw 5 or more interceptions ...... 5, vs. Iowa (9/10/1988) 273 vs. Missouri (11/22/2003) and 235 vs. Oklahoma (12/6/2003) Did not throw an interception ...... vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Did not throw an INT in consec. games ...... 2, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/2020), Had a run of 50 or more yards ...... 75 (TD), Malik Knowles at Baylor (11/28/2020) at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) and vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Had a run of 60 or more yards ...... 75 (TD), Malik Knowles at Baylor (11/28/2020) Committed 5 or more turnovers ...... 5, at Oklahoma State (10/5/2013) Had a run of 70 or more yards ...... 75 (TD), Malik Knowles at Baylor (11/28/2020) Committed 6 or more turnovers ...... 6, at Kansas (11/18/2006) Had a run of 80 or more yards ...... 80, Will Howard at TCU (10/10/2020) Had a run of 90 or more yards ...... 95 (TD), John Hubert vs. Missouri State (9/1/2012) Did not commit a turnover ...... vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Did not commit a turnover in consec. games ...... 3, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/2020), at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) and vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Touchdowns Rushed for 3 or more touchdowns ...... 3, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Time of Possession Rushed for 4 or more touchdowns ...... 4, Skylar Thompson vs. Oklahoma (10/26/2019) Rushed for 5 or more touchdowns ...... 5, Collin Klein vs. Texas A&M (11/12/2011) Had 35:00 or more time of possession ...... 35:40, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had two players rush for two or more touchdowns ...... 4, Alex Barnes and 2, Winston Dimel Had 36:00 or more time of possession ...... 38:03, at Kansas (11/2/2019) at Baylor (11/19/2016) Had 37:00 or more time of possession ...... 38:03, at Kansas (11/2/2019) Had 38:00 or more time of possession ...... 38:03, at Kansas (11/2/2019) Had 39:00 or more time of possession ...... 42:52, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019)  K-STATE INDIVIDUAL PASSING Had 40:00 or more time of possession ...... 42:52, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019)

Had 23:00 or less of time of possession ...... 22:47, vs. Central Arkansas (9/2/2017) Attempts Had 22:00 or less of time of possession ...... 18:34, at Louisville (9/17/2008) Had 30 or more pass attempts ...... 37, Will Howard vs. West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had 21:00 or less of time of possession ...... 18:34, at Louisville (9/17/2008) Had 35 or more pass attempts ...... 37, Will Howard vs. West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had 40 or more pass attempts ...... 41, Joe Hubener at Texas Tech (11/14/2015) Had 20:00 or less of time of possession ...... 18:34, at Louisville (9/17/2008) Had 45 or more pass attempts ...... 48, Jake Waters vs. UCLA (1/2/2015) Had 50 or more pass attempts ...... 50, Collin Klein at Baylor (11/17/2012) Penalties Had 8 or more penalties ...... 10, vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Had 10 or more penalties ...... 10, vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Completions Had 20 or more pass completions ...... 24, Skylar Thompson vs. West Virginia (11/16/2019) Had 12 or more penalties ...... 13, at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Had 25 or more pass completions ...... 26, Skylar Thompson vs. Texas Tech (11/17/2018) Had 15 or more penalties ...... 16, vs. Missouri State (9/15/2007) Had 30 or more pass completions ...... 31, Jake Waters vs. UCLA (1/2/2015) Had 35 or more pass completions ...... 36, Josh Freeman at Oklahoma State (10/20/2007) Had 5 or less penalties ...... 3, vs. Texas (12/85/2020) Had 3 or less penalties ...... 3, vs. Texas (12/85/2020) Did not commit a penalty ...... 0, vs. Texas (9/29/2018) Yards Threw for 250 or more yards ...... 334, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Penalty Yards Threw for 300 or more yards ...... 334, Skylar Thompson at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Threw for 350 or more yards ...... 400, Jake Waters at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Had 75 or more penalty yards ...... 76 (7 pen.) at Baylor (11/28/2020) Threw for 400 or more yards ...... 400, Jake Waters at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Had 100 or more penalty yards ...... 108 (13 pen.) at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Had 125 or more penalty yards ...... 129 (13 pen.) vs. South Dakota (9/1/2018) Had 150 or more penalty yards ...... 162 (16 pen.) vs. Missouri State (9/15/2007) Consec. 200-yard passing games ...... 2, Skylar Thompson 259 vs. Arkansas State (9/12/2020) and 334 at Oklahoma (9/26/20) Consec. 250-yard passing games ...... 2, Skylar Thompson Had 40 or less penalty yards ...... 21, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) 259 vs. Arkansas State (9/12/2020) and 334 at Oklahoma (9/26/20) Had 20 or less penalty yards ...... 20, at Iowa State (11/21/2020) Consec. 300-yard passing games ...... 2, Jake Waters Had 10 or less penalty yards...... 3, at TCU (11/3/2018) 300 at Baylor (12/6/2014) and 338 vs. UCLA (1/2/2015) Did not have any penalty yards ...... 0, vs. Texas (9/29/2018)

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Had a pass of 50 or more yards ...... 58, Will Howard vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Have a player with 300 or more all-purpose yards ...... 321, Tyler Lockett Had a pass of 60 or more yards ...... 66 and 70, Will Howard vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) (196 rec/66 pr/59 kr) at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Had a pass of 70 or more yards ...... 70, Will Howard vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Have a player with 6 or more touchdowns responsible for ...... 7, Collin Klein Had a pass of 80 or more yards ...... 82 (TD), Jesse Ertz at Texas (10/7/2017) (3 pass/4 rush) at West Virginia (10/20/2012) Had a pass of 90 or more yards ...... 90 (TD), Jake Waters vs. Oklahoma (11/23/2013) Have a player with 4 or more touchdowns scored ...... 4, Skylar Thompson (4 rush) vs. Oklahoma (10/26/2019) Touchdowns Threw 2 or more touchdowns ...... 2, Will Howard vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Game-winning TD with less than 1:00 ....0:00, S. Thompson to I. Zuber vs. Iowa St. (11/25/2017) Threw 3 or more touchdowns ...... 3, Skylar Thompson at Iowa State (11/24/2018) Game-winning TD in overtime ...... Byron Pringle at Texas Tech (11/4/2017) Threw 4 or more touchdowns ...... 4, Jesse Ertz vs. Central Arkansas (9/2/2017) Walk-off TD in overtime ...... Collin Klein vs. Texas A&M (11/12/2011) Non-QB threw a touchdown pass ...... Alex Barnes (RB) vs. Iowa State (11/25/2017) Two-point Conversion ...... Chabastin Taylor at TCU (10/10/2020) TD on an offensive fumble recovery ...... Tramaine Thompson (0 yds) vs. Texas A&M (11/12/2011) Interceptions Threw 3 or more interceptions ...... 3, Will Howard at West Virginia (10/31/2020)  K-STATE TEAM DEFENSE Threw 4 or more interceptions ...... 4, Michael Bishop vs. Purdue (12/29/1998) Threw 5 or more interceptions ...... 5, Carl Straw vs. Iowa (9/10/1988) Total Defense Allow 250 or fewer total yards ...... 236 (51 rush/185 pass), vs. Iowa State (11/30/2019)  K-STATE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Allow 200 or fewer total yards ...... 140 (61 rush/79 pass), vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Allow 150 or fewer total yards ...... 140 (61 rush/79 pass), vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) Receptions Allow 100 or fewer total yards ...... 53 (46 rush/5 pass), vs. Ball State (9/16/2000) Had 8 or more receptions ...... 10, Isaiah Zuber at West Virginia (9/22/2018) Allow 450 or more total yards ...... 608 (334 rush/274 pass), vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had 10 or more receptions ...... 10, Isaiah Zuber at West Virginia (9/22/2018) Allow 500 or more total yards ...... 608 (334 rush/274 pass), vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had 12 or more receptions ...... 13, Tyler Lockett vs. UCLA (1/2/2015) Allow 550 or more total yards ...... 608 (334 rush/274 pass), vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had 14 or more receptions ...... 14, Tyler Lockett at Baylor (12/6/2014) Allow 600 or more total yards ...... 608 (334 rush/274 pass), vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Yards Had 100 or more receiving yards ...... 129, Deuce Vaughn at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Rushing Defense Had 125 or more receiving yards ...... 129, Deuce Vaughn at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Allowed 100 or fewer rushing yards ...... 71, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Had 150 or more receiving yards ...... 166, Byron Pringle at Oklahoma State (11/18/2017) Allowed 50 or fewer rushing yards ...... 31, vs. Texas Tech (11/17/2018) Had 175 or more receiving yards ...... 196, Tyler Lockett at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Allowed 10 or fewer rushing yards ...... 10, vs. Eastern Kentucky (9/3/2011) Had 200 or more receiving yards ...... 278, Tyler Lockett vs. Oklahoma (11/23/2013) Allowed negative rushing yards ...... -13, vs. Texas A&M (10/17/2009) Had two 100-yard receivers ...... 121, Byron Pringle and 118, Isaiah Harris vs. UCA (9/2/2017) Allowed 250 or more rushing yards ...... 334, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Consec. 100-yard receiving games ...... 2, Isaiah Zuber Allowed 300 or more rushing yards ...... 334, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) 144 vs. UTSA (9/15/2018) and 133 at West Virginia (9/22/2018) Allowed 350 or more rushing yards ...... 373, at Oklahoma State (9/28/2019) Consec. 125-yard receiving games ...... 2, Isaiah Zuber Allowed 400 or more rushing yards ...... 451 vs. Nebraska (10/7/2010) 144 vs. UTSA (9/15/2018) and 133 at West Virginia (9/22/2018) Consec. 150-yard receiving games ...... 2, Tyler Lockett Rushing Touchdown Defense 158 at Baylor (12/6/2014) and 164 vs. UCLA (1/2/2015) Did not allow a rushing touchdown ...... vs. Arkansas State (9/12/2020) Consec. 175-yard rushing games ...... 2, Tyler Lockett Did not allow a rushing touchdown in consec. games ...... vs. Kansas and Texas Tech (2018) 196 at TCU (11/8/2014) and 196 at West Virginia (11/20/2014) Allowed 3 or more rushing touchdowns ...... 7, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had a reception of 50 or more yards ...58, Sammy Wheeler vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Allowed 4 or more rushing touchdowns ...... 7, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had a reception of 60 or more yards ...66, Briley Moore and 70, Deuce Vaughn vs. TTU (10/3/2020) Allowed 5 or more rushing touchdowns ...... 7, vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had a reception of 70 or more yards ...... 70, Deuce Vaughn vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Had a reception of 80 or more yards ...... 82 (TD), Dalton Schoen at Texas (10/7/2017) Passing Defense Had a reception of 90 or more yards ...... 90 (TD), Tyler Lockett vs. Oklahoma (11/23/2013) Allowed 200 or fewer passing yards ...... 108, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Allowed 100 or fewer passing yards ...... 98, vs. Navy (12/31/2019) Touchdowns Allowed 50 or fewer passing yards ...... 5, vs. Ball State (9/16/2000) Had 2 or more touchdown receptions ...... 2, Malik Knowles vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had 3 or more touchdown receptions ...... 3, Byron Pringle at Oklahoma State (11/18/2017) Allowed 350 or more passing yards ...... 387, at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Had two players with 2 or more touchdown receptions ...... 2, Tyler Lockett and 2, Curry Sexton Allowed 400 or more passing yards ...... 425, at Oklahoma State (11/18/2017) vs. Texas Tech (10/4/2014) Allowed 450 or more passing yards ...... 457, vs. Oklahoma State (11/5/2016) K-STATE MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSE  Passing Touchdown Defense Did not allow a passing touchdown ...... vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Have two 100-yard rushers and a 100-yard receiver ...... Jesse Ertz (170 rush), Did not allow a passing touchdown in consec. games ...... at TCU (10/10/2020) and Justin Silmon (133 rush) and Byron Pringle (126 rec) at TCU (12/3/2016) vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Have a 100-yard rusher and two 100-yard receivers ...... Jake Waters (105 rush), Curry Sexton (128 rec) and Tyler Lockett (125 rec) vs. Texas Tech (10/4/2014) Allowed 3 or more passing touchdowns ...... 3, at Iowa State (11/31/2020) Have a 100-yard rusher, 100-yard receiver and 300-yard passer ...... James Johnson (129 rush) Allowed 4 or more passing touchdowns ...... 4, at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Jordy Nelson (125 rec), Deon Murphy (106 rec) and Josh Freeman (320 pass) at NU (11/10/2007) Allowed 5 or more passing touchdowns ...... 5, vs. Arkansas State (9/12/2020) Have a player with 300 yards passing and 100 yards rushing ...... Michael Bishop (341 pass/101 rush) vs. Texas A&M (12/5/1998) Have a player with 100 yards passing and rushing ...... Will Howard (125 rush/143 pass) vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Have a player with 300 or more yards of total offense ...344, Skylar Thompson (334 pass/10 rush) at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Have a player with 400 or more yards of total offense ...... 413, Jake Waters (400 pass/13 rush) at West Virginia (11/20/2014)

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Tackles for Loss Pass Breakups Recorded 8 or more TFLs ...... 13.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Had 3 or more pass breakups ...... 4, Justin Gardner at TCU (10/10/2020) Recorded 10 or more TFLs ...... 13.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Had 4 or more pass breakups ...... 4, Justin Gardner at TCU (10/10/2020) Recorded 11 or more TFLs ...... 13.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Had 5 or more pass breakups ...... 6, Terence Newman at Oklahoma (9/29/2001) Recorded 12 or more TFLs ...... 13.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Recorded 13 or more TFLs ...... 13.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Fumbles Recorded 14 or more TFLs ...... 14.0, vs. Baylor (11/1/2003) Forced 2 or more fumbles ...... 2, Reggie Walker vs. Texas Tech (11/17/2018) Did not have a TFL ...... at Iowa State (10/13/2012) Recovered 2 or more fumbles ...... 2, Ian Campbell vs. Baylor (10/27/2007)

Sacks Scoring Recorded 4 or more sacks ...... 7.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) TD on an interception return ...... Justin Gardner (24 yards) vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Recorded 6 or more sacks ...... 7.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) TD on a fumble return ...... Jonathan Alexander (25 yards) vs. Nicholls (8/31/2019) Recorded 7 or more sacks ...... 7.0, at Baylor (11/28/2020) Safety via tackle in end zone ...... Steven Cline vs. Missouri (11/19/2005) Recorded 8 or more sacks ...... 8.0, vs. Baylor (11/1/2003) Recorded 9 or more sacks ...... 9.0, at Kansas (10/7/2000) Did not have a sack ...... vs. Nicholls (8/31/2019)  K-STATE INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL TEAMS

Forced Turnovers Kickoff Returns Recovered 3 or more fumbles ...... 3, vs. Iowa State (11/21/2015) Had 150 or more KOR yards ...... 152, D.J. Reed at Kansas (10/28/2017) Recovered 4 or more fumbles ...... 4, vs. Iowa State (11/21/2015) Had 200 or more KOR yards ...... 201, Morgan Burns vs. West Virginia (12/5/2015) Recovered 5 or more fumbles ...... 5, at Kansas (11/2/2002) TD on a kickoff return...... Joshua Youngblood (93 yds) vs. Iowa State (11/30/2019) Intercepted 3 or more interceptions ...... 3, at Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Had 2 or more KOR touchdowns ....2, Brandon Banks (91 and 92 yds) vs. Tenn. Tech (9/26/2009) Intercepted 4 or more interceptions ...... 4, vs. Texas Tech (10/4/2014) Had KOR touchdowns in consec. games ...... 2, Joshua Youngblood (100 yds) at Texas Tech Intercepted 5 or more interceptions ...... 5, vs. Texas (11/6/2010) and (93 yds) vs. Iowa State (2019) Had a KOR touchdown to open a game .....Joshua Youngblood (93 yds) vs. Iowa State (11/30/2019) Forced 5 or more turnovers ...... 6, at Kansas (11/30/2013) Forced 6 or more turnovers ...... 6, at Kansas (11/30/2013) Punt Returns Had 75 or more punt return yards ...... 189, Phillip Brooks vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) First Downs Allowed Had 100 or more punt return yards ...... 189, Phillip Brooks vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Allowed 15 or fewer fi rst downs ...... 14, vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Had 125 or more punt return yards ...... 189, Phillip Brooks vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Allowed 10 or fewer fi rst downs ...... 10, vs. Iowa State (11/30/2019) Had 150 or more punt return yards ...... 189, Phillip Brooks vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Allowed 5 or fewer fi rst downs ...... 5, vs. Bowling Green (9/7/2019) TD on a punt return ...... Phillip Brooks (55 yds and 52 yds) vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Allowed 25 or more fi rst downs ...... 26 (13r/13p/0pn), vs. Texas (12/5/2020) 2 TDs on a punt returns ...... Phillip Brooks (55 yds and 52 yds) vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Allowed 30 or more fi rst downs ...... 32 (15r/15p/2pn), at Oklahoma (10/27/2018) Had punt return TDs in consec. games ...... 2, Aaron Lockett (69 yds) vs. Louisiana Tech Allowed 35 or more fi rst downs ...... 38 (17r/19p/2pn), at Baylor (10/6/2018) and (84 yds) vs. Ball State (2000) Had punt return TDs in 3 consec. games ...... 3, David Allen (63 yds) vs. Indiana State; Team Defensive Miscellaneous (69 yds) vs. Northern Illinois; (93 yds) vs. Texas (1998) Scored a safety ...... vs. Texas Tech (11/17/2018) Scored two safeties ...... at Nebraska (11/12/2005) Field Goals/PATs Scored two safeties in one quarter ...... at Nebraska; 3rd quarter (11/12/2005) Had 3 or more fi eld goals ...... 3, Blake Lynch at Texas Tech (11/23/2019) Had 4 or more fi eld goals ...... 4, Blake Lynch vs. Texas Tech (11/17/2018) Had 5 or more fi eld goals ...... 5, Jamie Rheem at Texas (10/2/1999)  K-STATE INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Game-winning FG with less than one minute ....0:03 (42 yds), Jack Cantele vs. ISU (11/21/2015)

Tackles Made a 47-yd FG or longer ...... 47, Blake Lynch vs. Texas (12/5/2020) Had 10 or more tackles ...... 13, Daniel Green at Baylor (11/28/20) Made a 48-yd FG or longer ...... 53, Blake Lynch at TCU (10/10/2020) Had 12 or more tackles ...... 13, Daniel Green at Baylor (11/28/20) Made a 49-yd FG or longer ...... 53, Blake Lynch at TCU (10/10/2020) Had 13 or more tackles ...... 13, Daniel Green at Baylor (11/28/20) Made a 50-yd FG or longer ...... 53, Blake Lynch at TCU (10/10/2020) Had 14 or more tackles ...... 14, D.J. Reed at Iowa State (10/29/2016) Made a 51-yd FG or longer ...... 53, Blake Lynch at TCU (10/10/2020) Had 15 or more tackles ...... 17, Charmeachealle Moore vs. West Virginia (12/5/2015) Made a 52-yd FG or longer ...... 53, Blake Lynch at TCU (10/10/2020) Made a 53-yd FG or longer ...... 53, Blake Lynch at TCU (10/10/2020) Tackles for Loss Made a 54-yd FG or longer...... 54, Matthew McCrane at Texas (10/7/2017) Made a 55-yd FG or longer...... 55, Jeff Snodgrass vs. North Texas (9/24/2005) Had 3 or more tackles for loss ...... 3.5, Wyatt Hubert vs. Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Had 4 or more tackles for loss ...... 4.0, Jayd Kirby at Kansas (10/28/2017) Made 5 or more PATs ...... 7, Blake Lynch vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Had 5 or more tackles for loss ...... 5.0, Ian Campbell vs. Illinois State (9/2/2006) Made 6 or more PATs ...... 7, Blake Lynch vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Made 7 or more PATs ...... 7, Blake Lynch vs. Kansas (10/24/2020) Sacks Made 8 or more PATs ...... 9, Matthew McCrane vs. Florida Atlantic (9/17/2016) Had 2 or sacks ...... 2.0, Wyatt Hubert at Baylor (11/28/2020) Had 3 or sacks ...... 3.5, Jordan Willis vs. Louisiana Tech (9/19/2015) Blocked Kicks/Onside Kick Had 4 or sacks ...... 4.0, Chris Johnson at Missouri (11/18/2000) Blocked an extra point ...... Jordan Willis at Oklahoma State (10/3/2015) Blocked a fi eld goal ...... Wyatt Hubert at TCU (10/10/2020) Interceptions Blocked a punt ...... Seth Porter vs. Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Intercepted 2 or more passes ...... 2, Kevion McGee at Iowa State (11/24/2018) Had 2 or more blocked kicks ...... 2, Raphael Guidry (2 FGs) at Texas Tech (10/15/2011) Intercepted 3 or more passes ...... 3, Allen Chapman vs. Oklahoma State (11/3/2012) TD on blocked fi eld goal ...... Kip Daily (65 yds) at Oklahoma State (10/5/2013) Intercepted 4 or more passes ...... 4, Jaime Mendez vs. Temple (9/26/1992) TD on blocked punt return ...... Morgan Burns (0 yds) at Kansas (11/28/2015) Defensive extra point ...... Nigel Malone (68-yd blocked XP return) vs. Arkansas (1/6/2012) Recovered an onside kick ...... Jayd Kirby at Stanford (9/2/2016)

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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Touchdowns  Had 2 or more touchdown receptions ...... 2, Marvin Mims, Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Had 3 or more touchdown receptions ...... 3, Jonathan Adams, Arkansas State (9/12/2020) Attempts Had 2 players with 2 or more TD catches ...... Ka’Raun White (2) and David Sills V (2), WVU (11/11/2017) Had 25 or more rushing attempts ...... 28, Malcolm Perry, Navy (12/31/2019) Had 30 or more rushing attempts ...... 31, Brennan Clay, Oklahoma (11/23/2013)  OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Yards Rushed for 100 or more yards ...172, Bijan Robinson and 139, Roschon Johnson, Texas (12/5/2020) Tackles Rushed for 150 or more yards ...... 172, Bijan Robinson, Texas (12/5/2020) Had 10 or more tackles ...... 12, Chris Brown, Texas (12/5/2020) Rushed for 200 or more yards ...... 213, Malcolm Perry, Navy (12/31/2019) Had 12 or more tackles ...... 12, Chris Brown, Texas (12/5/2020) Had two 100-yard rushers ...... 221, Kylin Hill and 159, Nick Fitzgerald, Miss. State (9/8/2018) Had 13 or more tackles ...... 15, Tony Fields II, West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had 14 or more tackles ...... 15, Tony Fields II, West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had a run of 60 or more yards ...... 75 (TD), Bijan Robinson, Texas (12/5/2020) Had 15 or more tackles ...... 15, Tony Fields II, West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had a run of 70 or more yards ...... 75 (TD), Bijan Robinson, Texas (12/5/2020) Had a run of 80 or more yards ...... 84 (TD), Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State (9/28/2019) Tackles for Loss Had a run of 90 or more yards ...... 91 (TD), David Thompson, Oklahoma State (11/18/1995) Had 3 or more tackles for loss ...... 3.0, Justin Rice, Arkansas State (9/12/2020) Had 4 or more tackles for loss ...... 4.0, James Lynch, Baylor (10/5/2019) Touchdowns Rushed for 3 or more touchdowns ...3, Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, Texas (12/5/2020) Sacks Rushed for 4 or more touchdowns ...... 4, Taylor Martinez, Nebraska (10/7/2010) Had 2 or sacks ...... 2.0, Diego Fagot, Navy (12/31/2019) Had two players rush for 2 or more TDs ...... 3, Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson, Texas (12/5/2020) Had 3 or sacks ...... 3.0, James Lynch, Baylor (10/5/2019) Had 4 or sacks ...... 4.0, Mike Mamula, Boston College (12/25/1994) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL PASSING  Interceptions/Pass Breakups Intercepted 2 or more passes ...... 2, Zack Sanches, Oklahoma (10/17/2015) Attempts Had 3 or more pass breakups ...... 5, Dreshun Miller, West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had 30 or more pass attempts ...... 39, Charlie Brewer, Baylor (11/28/2020) Had 4 or more pass breakups ...... 5, Dreshun Miller, West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had 40 or more pass attempts ...... 42, Henry Colombi, Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Had 45 or more pass attempts ...... 49, Jett Duffey, Texas Tech (11/23/2019) Fumbles Had 50 or more pass attempts ...... 56, Austin Simmons, South Dakota (9/1/2018) Forced 2 or more fumbles ...... 2, Will McDonald, Iowa State (11/21/2020) Recovered 2 or more fumbles ...... 2, Jacquies Smith, Missouri (11/13/2010) Completions Had 20 or more pass completions...... 20, Sam Ehlinger, Texas (12/5/2020) Scoring Had 25 or more pass completions...... 31, Charlie Brewer, Baylor (11/28/2020) TD on an interception return ...... Dylan Tonkery (18 yds), West Virginia (10/31/2020) Had 30 or more pass completions...... 31, Charlie Brewer, Baylor (11/28/2020) TD on a fumble return ...... Jason Taylor II (85 yds), Oklahoma State (11/7/2020) Had 40 or more pass completions ...... 45, Patrick Mahomes, Texas Tech (10/8/2016) Safety via tackle in end zone ...... Charles Omenihu, Texas (9/29/2018) Yards Threw for 250 or more yards ...... 274, Sam Ehlinger, Texas (12/5/2020)  OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL TEAMS Threw for 300 or more yards ...... 349, Charlie Brewer, Baylor (11/28/2020) Threw for 350 or more yards ...... 387, Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Kickoff Returns Threw for 400 or more yards ...... 425, Mason Rudolph, Oklahoma State (11/18/2017) Had 125 or more KOR yards ...... 150, D’Shawn Jamison, Texas (12/5/2020) Had 150 or more KOR yards ...... 150, D’Shawn Jamison, Texas (12/5/2020) Had a pass of 50 or more yards ...... 58, Jarrett Doege, West Virginia (10/31/2020) TD on a kickoff return...... Darryl Surgent (100 yds), Louisiana (9/7/2013) Had a pass of 60 or more yards ...... 60, Brock Purdy, Iowa State (11/30/2019) Had a pass of 70 or more yards ...... 70 (TD), Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma (10/26/2019) Punt Returns Had a pass of 80 or more yards ...... 82 (TD), Kyler Murray, Oklahoma (10/27/2018) Had 75 or more punt return yards ...... 90, D’Shawn Jamison, Texas (9/29/2018) Had a pass of 90 or more yards ...... 95 (TD), Carter Stanley, Kansas (11/26/2016) Had 100 or more punt return yards ...... 103, Danny Amendola, Texas Tech (10/30/2004) TD on a punt return ...... D’Shawn Jamison (90 yds), Texas (9/29/2018) Touchdowns Threw 3 or more touchdowns ...... 3, Brock Purdy, Iowa State (11/21/2020) Field Goals Threw 4 or more touchdowns ...... 4, Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma (9/26/2020) Had 3 or more fi eld goals ...... 4, Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma (10/26/2019) Had 4 or more fi eld goals ...... 4, Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma (10/26/2019)  OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Game-winning FG with less than one minute ...0:00 (30 yds), John Mayers, Baylor (11/28/2020)

Receptions Blocked Kicks/Onside Kick Had 8 or more receptions ...... 8, KeSean Carter, Texas Tech (10/3/2020) Blocked an extra point ...... Myles Garrett, Texas A&M (12/28/2016) Had 10 or more receptions ...... 10, David Sills V, West Virginia (9/22/2018) Blocked a fi eld goal ...... Kyle Rose, West Virginia (11/20/2014) Had 12 or more receptions ...... 13, Gary Jennings Jr., West Virginia (11/11/2017) Blocked a punt ...... Jordan Sterns, Oklahoma State (11/1/2014) Had 14 or more receptions ...... 15, Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma (10/18/2014) TD on blocked punt return ...... D.J. Adeoba (26 yds), Massachusetts (9/5/2009) Defensive extra point .....Darrent Williams (85-yd blocked XP return), Oklahoma St. (10/12/2002) Yards Recovered an onside kick ...... Kansas (11/26/2016) Had 100 or more receiving yards ...... 111, Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State (11/21/2020) Had 150 or more receiving yards ...... 160, CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma (10/27/2018) Had 200 or more receiving yards ...... 233, Steven Sims, Kansas (10/28/2017) Had two 100-yard receivers ...... 110, Devin Duvernay/110, Collin Johnson, Texas (11/9/2019)

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BIG 12 CONFERENCE OVERALL W-L PCT PF PA W-L PCT PF PA BOWL GAME (OPPONENT) Oklahoma 6-2 .750 370 219 9-2 .818 473 239 Cotton Bowl vs. Florida (W, 55-20) Iowa State 8-1 .750 347 209 9-3 .750 395 257 Fiesta Bowl vs. Oregon (W, 34-17) Texas 5-3 .625 313 259 7-3 .700 427 285 Alamo Bowl vs. Colorado (W, 55-23) Oklahoma State 6-3 .667 279 217 8-3 .727 332 258 Cheez-It Bowl vs. Miami (W, 37-34) West Virginia 4-4 .500 185 174 6-4 .600 265 205 Liberty Bowl vs. Army (W, 24-21) TCU 5-4 .556 256 232 6-4 .600 308 242 Texas Bowl vs. Arkansas (Cancelled) Kansas State 4-5 .444 235 287 4-6 .400 266 322 Texas Tech 3-6 .333 256 334 4-6 .400 291 367 2020 Baylor 2-7 .222 210 263 2-7 .222 210 263 Kansas 0-8 .000 119 376 0-9 .000 142 414

STANDINGS  Big 12 Champion TEAM STATISTICS SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP SAF PTS AVG/G PASS OFFENSE G CMP ATT INT PCT. YDS AVG TD YDS/G 1. Oklahoma 11 58 22 57 1 0 0 473 43.0 1. Oklahoma 11 249 362 8 68.8 3465 9.6 30 315.0 2. Texas 10 54 15 50 3 0 1 427 42.7 2. Texas 10 208 345 5 60.3 2801 8.1 32 280.1 3. Iowa State 12 51 13 48 1 0 0 395 32.9 3. West Virginia 10 253 401 4 63.1 2775 6.9 16 277.5 4. TCU 10 39 12 36 1 0 0 308 30.8 4. Texas Tech 10 259 398 11 65.1 2667 6.7 18 266.7 5. Oklahoma State 11 40 18 36 0 0 1 332 30.2 5. Iowa State 12 249 373 9 66.8 2896 7.8 20 241.3 6. Texas Tech 10 38 9 32 2 0 0 291 29.1 6. Oklahoma State 11 207 341 10 60.7 2635 7.7 18 239.5 7. Kansas State 10 33 12 30 1 0 0 266 26.6 7. Baylor 9 205 331 8 61.9 1979 6.0 14 219.9 8. West Virginia 10 32 14 29 1 0 0 265 26.5 8. TCU 10 164 273 5 60.1 1963 7.2 11 196.3 9. Baylor 9 26 10 22 0 0 1 210 23.3 9. Kansas State 10 137 247 10 55.5 1857 7.5 12 185.7 10. Kansas 9 18 6 10 3 0 0 142 15.8 10. Kansas 9 155 283 10 54.8 1389 4.9 7 154.3

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP SAF PTS AVG/G PASS DEFENSE G CMP ATT INT PCT. YDS AVG TD YDS/G 1. West Virginia 10 26 8 25 0 0 0 205 20.5 1. West Virginia 10 157 254 11 61.8 1596 6.3 12 159.6 2. Iowa State 12 31 13 28 2 0 0 257 21.4 2. Baylor 9 165 259 12 63.7 1827 7.1 12 203.0 3. Oklahoma 11 30 10 29 0 0 0 239 21.7 3. Oklahoma State 11 207 358 6 57.8 2408 6.7 18 218.9 4. Oklahoma State 11 32 12 24 3 0 0 258 23.5 4. Kansas 9 159 257 4 61.9 2007 7.8 20 223.0 5. TCU 10 29 13 19 4 0 1 242 24.2 5. TCU 10 167 308 8 54.2 2234 7.3 18 223.4 6. Texas 10 34 16 31 1 0 0 285 28.5 6. Iowa State 12 237 378 9 62.7 2848 7.5 14 237.3 7. Baylor 9 33 12 29 0 0 0 263 29.2 7. Oklahoma 11 226 408 16 55.4 2701 6.6 12 245.5 8. Kansas State 10 42 10 40 0 0 0 322 32.2 8. Texas Tech 10 225 354 5 63.6 2585 7.3 17 258.5 9. Texas Tech 10 45 17 42 1 0 1 367 36.7 9. Texas 10 246 393 10 62.6 2664 6.8 17 266.4 10. Kansas 9 52 16 50 1 0 1 414 46.0 10. Kansas State 10 239 353 7 67.7 2675 7.6 20 267.5

RUSHING OFFENSE G ATT YDS AVG TD YDS/G PASS EFFICIENCY G CMP ATT INT PCT YDS TD EFFIC 1. TCU 10 412 2147 5.2 23 214.7 1. Oklahoma 11 249 362 8 68.8 3465 30 172.1 2. Texas 10 370 1953 5.3 20 195.3 2. Texas 10 208 345 5 60.3 2801 32 156.2 3. Iowa State 12 455 2340 5.1 31 195.0 3. Iowa State 12 249 373 9 66.8 2896 20 144.8 4. Oklahoma State 11 508 2060 4.1 17 187.3 4. Oklahoma State 11 207 341 10 60.7 2635 18 137.2 5. Oklahoma 11 419 1977 4.7 27 179.7 5. West Virginia 10 253 401 4 63.1 2775 16 132.4 6. Texas Tech 10 337 1628 4.8 17 162.8 6. Texas Tech 10 259 398 11 65.1 2667 18 130.8 7. Kansas State 10 354 1517 4.3 17 151.7 7. TCU 10 164 273 5 60.1 1963 11 130.1 8. West Virginia 10 358 1351 3.8 15 135.1 8. Kansas State 10 137 247 10 55.5 1857 12 126.6 9. Kansas 9 354 944 2.7 9 104.9 9. Baylor 9 205 331 8 61.9 1979 14 121.3 10. Baylor 9 298 813 2.7 8 90.3 10. Kansas 9 155 283 10 54.8 1389 7 97.1

RUSHING DEFENSE G ATT. YARDS AVG. TD YDS/G PASS EFFICIENCY DEF G ATT CMP INT PCT. YDS TD EFFIC 1. Iowa State 12 383 1237 3.2 11 103.1 1. Oklahoma 11 226 408 16 55.4 2701 12 112.9 2. Oklahoma 11 335 1156 3.5 18 105.1 2. West Virginia 10 157 254 11 61.8 1596 12 121.5 3. TCU 10 351 1275 3.6 9 127.5 3. Oklahoma State 11 207 358 6 57.8 2408 18 127.6 4. West Virginia 10 372 1318 3.5 11 131.8 4. Texas 10 246 393 10 62.6 2664 17 128.7 5. Texas 10 386 1402 3.6 16 140.2 5. Baylor 9 165 259 12 63.7 1827 12 129.0 6. Oklahoma State 11 426 1761 4.1 13 160.1 6. TCU 10 167 308 8 54.2 2234 18 129.2 7. Kansas State 10 375 1772 4.7 20 177.2 7. Iowa State 12 237 378 9 62.7 2848 14 133.4 8. Baylor 9 366 1624 4.4 20 180.4 8. Texas Tech 10 225 354 5 63.6 2585 17 137.9 9. Texas Tech 10 423 1864 4.4 24 186.4 9. Kansas State 10 239 353 7 67.7 2675 20 146.1 10. Kansas 9 366 2126 5.8 24 236.2 10. Kansas 9 159 257 4 61.9 2007 20 150.0

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TOTAL OFFENSE G RUSH PASS PLAYS YARDS AVG/P TD YDS/G PUNT RETURNS G RET YDS TD LONG AVG 1. Oklahoma 11 1977 3465 781 5442 7.0 57 494.7 1. Kansas State 10 14 309 2 55 22.1 2. Texas 10 1953 2801 715 4754 6.6 52 475.4 2. Oklahoma 11 16 198 0 38 12.4 3. Iowa State 12 2340 2896 828 5236 6.3 51 436.3 3. TCU 10 26 311 2 67 12.0 4. Texas Tech 10 1628 2667 735 4295 5.8 35 429.5 4. Oklahoma State 11 19 109 0 34 5.7 5. Oklahoma State 11 2060 2635 849 4695 5.5 35 426.8 5. Texas Tech 10 19 107 0 42 5.6 6. West Virginia 10 1351 2775 759 4126 5.4 31 412.6 6. Iowa State 12 11 59 0 29 5.4 7. TCU 10 2147 1963 685 4110 6.0 34 411.0 7. West Virginia 10 21 105 0 22 5.0 8. Kansas State 10 1517 1857 601 3374 5.6 29 337.4 8. Baylor 9 11 43 0 14 3.9 9. Baylor 9 813 1979 629 2792 4.4 22 310.2 9. Texas 10 18 56 1 16 3.1 10. Kansas 9 944 1389 637 2333 3.7 16 259.2 10. Kansas 9 4 -5 0 0 -1.2

TOTAL DEFENSE G RUSH PASS PLYS YARDS AVG TD YDS/G FIRST DOWNS G RUSH PASS PEN TOTAL AVG 1. West Virginia 10 1318 1596 626 2914 4.7 23 291.4 1. Oklahoma 11 96 156 22 274 24.9 2. Iowa State 12 1237 2848 761 4085 5.4 25 340.4 2. Iowa State 12 118 136 19 273 22.8 3. Oklahoma 11 1156 2701 743 3857 5.2 30 350.6 3. Oklahoma State 11 114 115 30 259 23.5 4. TCU 10 1275 2234 659 3509 5.3 27 350.9 4. Texas 10 90 113 21 224 22.4 5. Oklahoma State 11 1761 2408 784 4169 5.3 31 379.0 5. West Virginia 10 74 125 20 219 21.9 6. Baylor 9 1624 1827 625 3451 5.5 32 383.4 6. Texas Tech 10 82 118 14 214 21.4 7. Texas 10 1402 2664 779 4066 5.2 33 406.6 7. TCU 10 101 75 19 195 19.5 8. Kansas State 10 1772 2675 728 4447 6.1 40 444.7 8. Baylor 9 60 86 19 165 18.3 9. Texas Tech 10 1864 2585 777 4449 5.7 41 444.9 9. Kansas State 10 72 67 16 155 15.5 10. Kansas 9 2126 2007 623 4133 6.6 44 459.2 10. Kansas 9 59 67 17 143 15.9

KICKOFF RETURNS G RET YDS TD LONG AVG OPP. 1ST DOWNS G RUSH PASS PEN TOTAL AVG 1. Texas 10 23 666 1 100 29.0 1. West Virginia 10 72 65 23 160 16.0 2. Iowa State 12 21 563 0 85 26.8 2. TCU 10 58 89 15 162 16.2 3. Oklahoma 11 15 391 0 43 26.1 3. Baylor 9 80 83 13 176 19.6 4. Baylor 9 32 826 2 100 25.8 4. Oklahoma 11 64 109 32 205 18.6 5. Kansas 9 47 1043 2 100 22.2 5. Oklahoma State 11 88 99 21 208 18.9 6. TCU 10 20 410 0 30 20.5 6. Kansas 9 112 84 14 210 23.3 7. West Virginia 10 23 460 0 37 20.0 7. Iowa State 12 77 129 11 217 18.1 8. Oklahoma State 11 25 467 1 48 18.7 8. Kansas State 10 89 121 19 229 22.9 9. Kansas State 10 34 593 0 46 17.4 9. Texas Tech 10 102 107 23 232 23.2 10. Texas Tech 10 23 395 0 29 17.2 10. Texas 10 79 131 27 237 23.7

KICKOFF COVERAGE G NO. YDS AVG RETN TB NETAVG |------GAINED------| |------LOST------| 1. Texas 10 73 4724 64.7 238 61 40.6 TURNOVER MARGIN G FUM INT TOT FUM INT TOT MAR PER/G 2. West Virginia 10 52 2967 57.1 686 7 40.5 1. Texas 10 8 10 18 4 5 9 +9 0.90 3. Oklahoma 11 87 5136 59.0 884 30 40.3 2. Baylor 9 5 12 17 1 8 9 +8 0.89 4. Baylor 9 41 2555 62.3 393 21 39.9 3. Oklahoma 11 3 16 19 6 8 14 +5 0.45 5. TCU 10 59 3542 60.0 577 26 39.2 4. Iowa State 12 8 9 17 5 9 14 +3 0.25 6. Oklahoma State 11 68 4016 59.1 828 21 39.2 5. West Virginia 10 2 11 13 7 4 11 +2 0.20 7. Texas Tech 10 55 3121 56.7 480 24 37.1 6. Oklahoma State 11 10 6 16 6 10 16 +0 0.00 8. Iowa State 12 75 4230 56.4 1244 10 36.5 7. TCU 10 4 8 12 9 5 14 -2 -0.20 9. Kansas State 10 54 3062 56.7 419 29 35.5 8. Kansas State 10 5 7 12 5 10 15 -3 -0.30 10. Kansas 9 28 1459 52.1 329 8 33.2 9. Kansas 9 6 4 10 4 10 14 -4 -0.44 10. Texas Tech 10 5 5 10 8 11 19 -9 -0.90 PUNTING G NO YARDS AVG/P PR AVG/R TB NET/P 1. Kansas State 10 52 2079 40.0 18 0.3 1 39.2 SACKS BY G SACKS YARDS 2. TCU 10 57 2337 41.0 58 1.0 3 38.9 1. Oklahoma 11 37 241 3. West Virginia 10 46 1856 40.3 33 0.7 2 38.8 2. Oklahoma State 11 32 212 4. Oklahoma State 11 62 2493 40.2 18 0.3 4 38.6 3. Iowa State 12 29 185 5. Texas Tech 10 51 2210 43.3 170 3.3 4 38.4 4. Kansas State 10 28 145 6. Texas 10 49 2036 41.6 181 3.7 0 37.9 5. TCU 10 27 186 7. Baylor 9 57 2259 39.6 109 1.9 4 36.3 6. West Virginia 10 22 127 8. Oklahoma 11 39 1486 38.1 67 1.7 1 35.9 7. Baylor 9 19 114 9. Iowa State 12 47 1914 40.7 176 3.7 4 35.3 8. Texas Tech 10 17 98 10. Kansas 9 69 2654 38.5 347 5.0 1 33.1 Texas 10 17 123 10. Kansas 9 9 72

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SACKS AGAINST G SACKS YARDS RED ZONE DEFENSE G REDZONE PERCENT TDS R/P FG-AT 1. Iowa State 12 14 91 1. Iowa State 12 26-35 74.3 17 10/7 9-15 Kansas State 10 14 103 2. TCU 10 22-28 78.6 13 5/8 9-12 3. Texas Tech 10 16 95 3. Oklahoma 11 31-39 79.5 22 15/7 9-11 4. West Virginia 10 21 151 4. Texas 10 40-49 81.6 26 14/12 14-18 5. Texas 10 22 140 5. Kansas State 10 38-46 82.6 29 15/14 9-13 6. TCU 10 23 158 6. Oklahoma State 11 24-29 82.8 16 7/9 8-11 7. Oklahoma 11 24 144 7. West Virginia 10 17-20 85.0 12 7/5 5-6 8. Oklahoma State 11 26 161 8. Texas Tech 10 42-49 85.7 32 22/10 10-13 9. Baylor 9 31 183 9. Baylor 9 32-37 86.5 24 15/9 8-8 10. Kansas 9 47 258 10. Kansas 9 41-43 95.3 29 18/11 12-12

PENALTIES G NO YDS AVG/G 3RD-DN CONV G CONV ATT PCT 1. Iowa State 12 61 511 42.6 1. Iowa State 12 73 161 45.3 2. Kansas 9 51 418 46.4 2. Oklahoma State 11 73 173 42.2 3. Oklahoma State 11 73 593 53.9 3. West Virginia 10 67 161 41.6 4. Kansas State 10 65 564 56.4 4. Oklahoma 11 55 135 40.7 5. Texas Tech 10 66 572 57.2 5. TCU 10 54 144 37.5 6. TCU 10 77 615 61.5 6. Texas 10 50 134 37.3 7. Baylor 9 65 562 62.4 7. Texas Tech 10 55 149 36.9 8. Oklahoma 11 80 738 67.1 8. Baylor 9 47 142 33.1 9. West Virginia 10 82 741 74.1 9. Kansas State 10 42 127 33.1 10. Texas 10 81 770 77.0 10. Kansas 9 33 142 23.2

OPP PENALTIES G NO YDS AVG/G OPP 3RD-DN CONV G CONV ATT PCT 1. Oklahoma 11 100 798 72.5 1. Oklahoma State 11 44 166 26.5 2. Oklahoma State 11 88 793 72.1 2. Oklahoma 11 43 154 27.9 3. Kansas 9 61 582 64.7 3. TCU 10 51 155 32.9 4. TCU 10 66 598 59.8 4. Iowa State 12 51 154 33.1 5. Baylor 9 60 514 57.1 5. Texas 10 53 151 35.1 6. Kansas State 10 55 558 55.8 6. Baylor 9 51 130 39.2 7. Texas 10 71 544 54.4 7. West Virginia 10 55 140 39.3 8. West Virginia 10 60 518 51.8 8. Kansas State 10 59 147 40.1 9. Texas Tech 10 60 507 50.7 9. Texas Tech 10 65 157 41.4 10. Iowa State 12 74 608 50.7 10. Kansas 9 51 122 41.8

TIME OF POSSESSION G TOTAL TIME AVG/G 1. Iowa State 12 396:55 33:04 2. Oklahoma 11 355:18 32:18 3. West Virginia 10 319:59 31:59 4. Kansas 9 276:58 30:46 5. TCU 10 301:27 30:08 6. Oklahoma State 11 329:35 29:57 7. Baylor 9 263:52 29:19 8. Kansas State 10 290:07 29:00 9. Texas 10 277:59 27:47 10. Texas Tech 10 270:35 27:03

RED ZONE OFFENSE G REDZONE PERCENT TDS R/P FG-AT 1. Kansas State 10 31-33 93.9 21 13/8 10-10 2. Oklahoma 11 54-59 91.5 40 25/15 14-16 3. West Virginia 10 36-41 87.8 25 14/11 11-14 4. Iowa State 12 44-52 84.6 34 22/12 10-13 5. TCU 10 27-32 84.4 17 14/3 10-11 6. Texas 10 47-56 83.9 36 16/20 11-13 7. Baylor 9 23-28 82.1 16 6/10 7-9 8. Oklahoma State 11 40-49 81.6 24 15/9 16-21 9. Kansas 9 14-18 77.8 11 7/4 3-4 10. Texas Tech 10 25-33 75.8 20 9/11 5-9

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RUSHING TEAM CL G ATT YDS AVG TD LONG YDS/G PUNTING TEAM CL G PUNT YDS LONG AVG 1. Hall, Breece ISU So. 12 279 1572 5.6 21 75 131.0 1. McNamara, Austin TTU So. 9 41 1898 87 46.3 2. Brown, Leddie WVU Jr. 10 199 1010 5.1 9 87 101.0 2. Sandy, Jordy TCU So. 10 57 2337 55 41.0 3. Robinson, Bijan UT Fr. 10 86 703 8.2 4 75 70.3 3. Zentner, Ty KS Jr. 10 28 1142 65 40.8 4. Vaughn, Deuce KS Fr. 10 123 642 5.2 7 38 64.2 4. Rivera, Joe ISU Sr. 12 45 1826 64 40.6 5. Thompson, SaRodorick TTU So. 10 109 610 5.6 8 75 61.0 5. Sumpter, Tyler WVU Sr. 9 37 1499 56 40.5 6. White, Xavier TTU So. 8 62 436 7.0 2 70 54.5 SCORING TEAM CL G TD FG XPT 2XP PTS PTS/G PASSING TEAM CL G CMP ATT INT PCT. YDS TD AVG/G 1. Hall, Breece ISU So. 12 23 0 0 0 138 11.5 1. Rattler, Spencer OU Fr. 11 214 317 7 67.5 3031 28 275.5 2. Brkic, Gabe OU So. 10 0 20 49 0 109 10.9 2. Doege, Jarret WVU Jr. 10 239 374 4 63.9 2587 14 258.7 3. Dicker, Cameron UT Jr. 10 0 15 50 0 95 9.5 3. Ehlinger, Sam UT Sr. 10 194 322 5 60.2 2566 26 256.6 4. Lynch, Blake KS Sr. 9 0 12 30 0 66 7.3 4. Purdy, Brock ISU Jr. 12 243 365 9 66.6 2750 19 229.2 5. Assalley, Connor ISU Sr. 12 0 13 48 0 87 7.2 5. Sanders, Spencer OSU So. 9 155 247 8 62.8 2007 14 223.0 6. Kell, Griffin TCU So. 10 0 12 36 0 72 7.2 6. Brewer, Charlie BU Sr. 9 198 321 8 61.7 1958 14 217.6 SCORING (TDS) TEAM CL G TD RUSH PASS RET PAT PTS PTS/G TOTAL OFFENSE TEAM CL G RUSH PASS PLAYS TOTAL YDS/G 1. Hall, Breece ISU So. 12 23 21 2 0 0 138 11.5 1. Ehlinger, Sam UT Sr. 10 377 2566 435 2943 294.3 2. Brown, Leddie WVU Jr. 10 11 9 2 0 0 66 6.6 2. Rattler, Spencer OU Fr. 11 160 3031 398 3191 290.1 3. Duggan, Max TCU So. 10 10 10 0 0 0 60 6.0 3. Purdy, Brock ISU Jr. 12 382 2750 452 3132 261.0 4. Vaughn, Deuce KS Fr. 10 9 7 2 0 0 54 5.4 4. Sanders, Spencer OSU So. 9 269 2007 348 2276 252.9 Moore, Joshua UT So. 10 9 0 9 0 0 54 5.4 5. Doege, Jarret WVU Jr. 10 -101 2587 414 2486 248.6 6. Mims, Marvin OU Fr. 11 9 0 9 0 0 54 4.9 6. Brewer, Charlie BU Sr. 9 154 1958 428 2112 234.7 SCORING (KICK) TEAM CL G PATS FGS PTS PTS/G RECEPTIONS/GAME TEAM CL G REC YDS TD LONG YDS/G REC/G 1. Song, Jonathan TCU Sr. 12 39-39 23-24 108 9.0 1. Wallace, Tylan OSU Sr. 10 59 922 6 55 92.2 5.9 2. Ammendola, Matt OSU Sr. 12 45-46 20-24 105 8.8 2. Hutchinson, Xavier ISU Jr. 12 64 771 4 65 64.2 5.3 3. Wolff, Trey TTU Fr. 12 40-41 20-22 100 8.3 3. Lassiter, Kwamie KU Sr. 9 43 458 2 48 50.9 4.8 4. Lynch, Blake KS Jr. 12 44-44 18-20 98 8.2 4. Wright Jr., Winston WVU So. 10 47 553 2 70 55.3 4.7 5. Brkic, Gabe OU Fr. 13 48-48 17-17 99 7.6 5. Ezukanma, Erik TTU So. 10 46 748 6 57 74.8 4.6 Mayers, John BU Fr. 13 51-51 16-19 99 7.6 6. Sneed, R.J. BU Jr. 9 39 497 3 39 55.2 4.3 FIELD GOALS TEAM CL G FG FGA PCT. FG/G 1. Brkic, Gabe OU So. 10 20 26 76.9 2.00 RECEIVING YDS/GAME TEAM CL G REC YDS TD LONG AVG/C YDS/G 2. Dicker, Cameron UT Jr. 10 15 21 71.4 1.50 1. Wallace, Tylan OSU Sr. 10 59 922 6 55 15.6 92.2 3. Lynch, Blake KS Sr. 9 12 17 70.6 1.33 2. Ezukanma, Erik TTU So. 10 46 748 6 57 16.3 74.8 4. Kell, Griffin TCU So. 10 12 17 70.6 1.20 3. Hutchinson, Xavier ISU Jr. 12 64 771 4 65 12.0 64.2 5. Mayers, John BU So. 9 10 15 66.7 1.11 4. Mims, Marvin OU Fr. 11 37 610 9 61 16.5 55.5 5. Wright Jr., Winston WVU So. 10 47 553 2 70 11.8 55.3 PAT KICKING TEAM CL G MADE ATT PCT. 6. Sneed, R.J. BU Jr. 9 39 497 3 39 12.7 55.2 1. Brkic, Gabe OU So. 10 49 49 100.0 Lynch, Blake KS Sr. 9 30 30 100.0 ALL PURPOSE TEAM CL G RUSH RCV PR KR YDS AVG/G Mayers, John BU So. 9 22 22 100.0 1. Hall, Breece ISU So. 12 1572 180 0 0 1752 146.0 4. Dicker, Cameron UT Jr. 10 50 51 98.0 2. Vaughn, Deuce KS Fr. 10 642 434 0 145 1221 122.1 5. Kell, Griffin TCU So. 10 36 37 97.3 3. Brown, Leddie WVU Jr. 10 1010 202 0 0 1212 121.2 4. Ebner, Trestan BU Sr. 9 107 299 29 612 1047 116.3 TACKLES TEAM CL G POS SOLO AST TOTAL AVG/G 5. Wright Jr., Winston WVU So. 10 4 553 0 425 982 98.2 1. Fields II, Tony WVU Sr. 9 LB 34 54 88 9.8 6. Wallace, Tylan OSU Sr. 10 7 922 0 0 929 92.9 2. Wallow, Garret TCU Sr. 10 LB 50 40 90 9.0 3. Merriweather, Krishon TTU Jr. 9 LB 43 32 75 8.3 INTERCEPTIONS TEAM CL G INT YDS TD 4. Rose, Mike ISU Jr. 12 LB 54 42 96 8.0 1. Norwood, Tre OU Jr. 11 5 98 1 5. Rodriguez, Malcolm OSU Sr. 11 LB 57 25 82 7.5 2. Rose, Mike ISU Jr. 12 5 14 0 6. Sterling, Tre OSU Jr. 10 SAF 51 23 74 7.4 3. McPhearson, Zech TTU Sr. 10 4 21 0 7. Ogbongbemiga, Amen OSU Sr. 11 LB 50 30 80 7.3 4. Morgan, Christian BU Jr. 8 3 0 0 8. Chandler-Semedo, Josh WVU Jr. 9 LB 32 32 64 7.1 5. Woods, J.T. BU Jr. 9 3 92 0 9. Schooler, Colin TTU Sr. 9 LB 41 22 63 7.0 6. Ceasar, C.J. TCU So. 10 3 47 1 10. Morgan, Christian BU Jr. 8 DB 39 15 54 6.8 PASS EFFICIENCY TEAM CL G CMP ATT INT PCT YDS TD EFF. 1. Rattler, Spencer OU Fr. 11 214 317 7 67.5 3031 28 172.6 2. Ehlinger, Sam UT Sr. 10 194 322 5 60.2 2566 26 150.7 3. Sanders, Spencer OSU So. 9 155 247 8 62.8 2007 14 143.2 4. Purdy, Brock ISU Jr. 12 243 365 9 66.6 2750 19 142.1 5. Duggan, Max TCU So. 10 146 240 4 60.8 1795 10 134.1 6. Doege, Jarret WVU Jr. 10 239 374 4 63.9 2587 14 132.2

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SACKS TEAM CL G POS SOLO AST TOTAL AVG/G 1. McDonald, Will ISU So. 12 DL 10 1 10.5 0.88 ALL-BIG 12 TEAMS 2. Mathis, Ochaun TCU So. 10 DE 8 2 9.0 0.90 COACHES’ TEAMS 3. Hubert, Wyatt KS Jr. 10 DE 8 1 8.5 0.85 FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE Bonitto, Nik OU So. 10 LB 7 3 8.5 0.85 POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL 5. Thomas, Isaiah OU Jr. 11 DE 6 4 8.0 0.73 QB Brock Purdy, Iowa State ...... Jr. QB Sam Ehlinger, Texas...... Sr. 6. Bundage, Calvin OSU Sr. 11 LB 6 3 7.5 0.68 RB Breece Hall, Iowa State ...... So. RB DEUCE VAUGHN, K-STATE ...... FR. 7. Bailey, Jaquan ISU Sr. 12 DL 6 2 7.0 0.58 RB Leddie Brown, West Virginia ...... Jr. RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State ...... Jr. 8. Ossai, Joseph UT Jr. 9 LB 5 0 5.0 0.56 FB Jeremiah Hall, Oklahoma ...... Jr. FB BRILEY MOORE, K-STATE ...... SR. WR Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State ...... Jr. WR R.J. Sneed, Baylor ...... Jr. 9. Mesidor, Akheem WVU Fr. 10 DL 5 0 5.0 0.50 WR Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State ...... Sr. WR Marvin Mims, Oklahoma ...... Fr. 10. Wiley, Drew KS Sr. 10 DT 4 1 4.5 0.45 WR Erik Ezukanma, Texas Tech ...... So. WR Winston Wright Jr., West Virginia ...... So. Ford, Trace OSU So. 10 DE 4 1 4.5 0.45 TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State ...... Jr. TE Chase Allen, Iowa State ...... Sr. OL Colin Newell, Iowa State ...... Jr. OL NOAH JOHNSON, K-STATE ...... SR. TACKLES FOR LOSS TEAM CL G POS SOLO AST TOTAL AVG/G OL Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma...... Jr. OL Derek Schweiger, Iowa State ...... Jr. 1. Ossai, Joseph UT Jr. 9 LB 12 8 16.0 1.78 OL Teven Jenkins, Oklahoma State ...... Sr. OL Adrian Ealy, Oklahoma ...... Jr. OL Samuel Cosmi, Texas ...... Jr. 2. Coleman, Khari TCU Fr. 9 DE 14 2 15.0 1.67 OL Dawson Deaton, Texas Tech ...... Jr. OL Jack Anderson, Texas Tech ...... Jr. OL Michael Brown, West Virginia ...... Sr. 3. Mathis, Ochaun TCU So. 10 DE 13 2 14.0 1.40 PK Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma ...... So. PK Cameron Dicker, Texas ...... Jr. 4. McDonald, Will ISU So. 12 DL 12 3 13.5 1.12 KR/PR PHILLIP BROOKS, K-STATE ...... SO. KR/PR Trestan Ebner, Baylor...... Sr. 5. Bailey, Jaquan ISU Sr. 12 DL 11 4 13.0 1.08 6. Pitre, Jalen BU Jr. 9 LB 11 4 13.0 1.44 FIRST TEAM DEFENSE SECOND TEAM DEFENSE 7. Hubert, Wyatt KS Jr. 10 DE 11 4 13.0 1.30 POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL DL WYATT HUBERT, K-STATE...... JR. 8. Thomas, Isaiah OU Jr. 11 DE 10 5 12.5 1.14 DL Ronnie Perkins, Oklahoma ...... Jr. DL JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State ...... Sr. DL Isaiah Thomas, Oklahoma ...... Jr. 9. Sterling, Tre OSU Jr. 10 SAF 11 2 12.0 1.20 DL Will McDonald, Iowa State ...... So. DL Perrion Winfrey, Oklahoma ...... Jr. 10. Bonitto, Nik OU So. 10 LB 9 4 11.0 1.10 DL Joseph Ossai, Texas ...... Jr. DL Ochaun Mathis, TCU ...... So. DL Darius Stills, West Virginia ...... Sr. DL Akheem Mesidor, West Virginia ...... Fr. FUMBLES FORCED TEAM CL G NUM AVG/G LB Mike Rose, Iowa State...... Jr. LB Terrel Bernard, Baylor ...... Jr. 1. Ossai, Joseph UT Jr. 9 3 0.33 LB Garret Wallow, TCU ...... Sr. LB Amen Ogbongbemiga, Oklahoma St...... Sr. 2. Wallow, Garret TCU Sr. 10 3 0.30 LB Tony Fields II, West Virginia ...... Sr. LB Malcolm Rodriguez, Oklahoma State ....Sr. DB Jalen Pitre, Baylor ...... Jr. DB Tre Brown, Oklahoma ...... Sr. 3. Ogbongbemiga, Amen OSU Sr. 11 3 0.27 DB Greg Eisworth, Iowa State ...... Sr. DB Kolby Harvell-Peel, Oklahoma State ...... Jr. 4. Young, Isheem ISU Fr. 12 3 0.25 DB Trevon Moehrig, TCU ...... Jr. DB Rodarius Williams, Oklahoma State ..... Sr. 5. Schooler, Colin TTU Sr. 9 2 0.22 DB Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU ...... So. DB Chris Brown, Texas ...... Sr. DB Zech McPhearson, Texas Tech ...... Sr. DB Alonzo Addae, West Virginia ...... Sr. FUMBLES RECOVERED TEAM CL G NUM AVG/G P Austin McNamara, Texas Tech ...... So. P Jordy Sandy, TCU ...... So. 1. Jones, Jacoby UT Sr. 9 2 0.22 OFF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Breece Hall, Iowa State OFF. FR OF THE YEAR: DEUCE VAUGHN, K-STATE Mayberry, Duece KU Fr. 9 2 0.22 DEF PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Mike Rose, Iowa State COACH OF THE YEAR: Matt Campbell, Iowa State 3. Jones, Wayne KS So. 10 2 0.20 Sterling, Tre OSU Jr. 10 2 0.20 McPhearson, Zech TTU Sr. 10 2 0.20 ASSOCIATED PRESS TEAMS FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAM OFFENSE PASSES DEFENDED TEAM CL G BRUP INT TOTAL AVG/G POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL 1. Fields, DaMarcus TTU Sr. 8 11 0 11 1.38 QB Spencer Rattler, Oklahoma ...... Fr. QB Brock Purdy, Iowa State ...... Jr. RB Breece Hall, Iowa State ...... So. RB DEUCE VAUGHN, K-STATE ...... FR. 2. Hodges-Tomlinson, T. TCU So. 10 13 0 13 1.30 RB Leddie Brown, West Virginia ...... Jr. RB Chuba Hubbard, Oklahoma State ...... Jr. 3. Prunty, Karon KU Fr. 9 10 1 11 1.22 WR Tylan Wallace, Oklahoma State ...... Sr. WR Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State ...... Jr. 4. Moehrig, Trevon TCU Jr. 10 9 2 11 1.10 WR Erik Ezukanma, Texas Tech ...... So. WR Marvin Mims, Oklahoma ...... Fr. 5. McPhearson, Zech TTU Sr. 10 6 4 10 1.00 TE Charlie Kolar, Iowa State ...... Jr. TE Austin Stogner, Oklahoma ...... So. Gardner, Justin KS Jr. 9 7 2 9 1.00 OT Samuel Cosmi, Texas ...... Jr. OT Adrian Ealy, Oklahoma ...... Jr. Miller, Dreshun WVU Jr. 9 8 1 9 1.00 OT Teven Jenkins, Oklahoma State ...... Sr. OT T.J. Storment, TCU ...... Sr. 8. Brown, Tre OU Sr. 10 6 3 9 0.90 OG Jack Anderson, Texas Tech ...... Jr. OG Derek Schweiger, Iowa State ...... Jr. Overshown, DeMarvion UT Jr. 10 7 2 9 0.90 OG Josh Sills, Oklahoma State ...... Jr. OG Michael Brown, West Virginia ...... Sr. 10. Brown, Chris UT Sr. 9 7 1 8 0.89 C Creed Humphrey, Oklahoma...... Jr. C Colin Newell, Iowa State ...... Jr. PK Gabe Brkic, Oklahoma ...... So. PK Cameron Dicker, Texas ...... Jr. AP Trestan Ebner, Baylor...... Sr. AP DEUCE VAUGHN, K-STATE ...... FR.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE SECOND TEAM DEFENSE POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL POS PLAYER, SCHOOL CL DE WYATT HUBERT, K-STATE...... JR. DE Joseph Ossai, Texas ...... Jr. DE JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State ...... Sr. DE Ochaun Mathis, TCU ...... So. DT Darius Stills, West Virginia ...... Sr. DT Dante Stills, West Virginia ...... Jr. DT Isaiah Thomas, Oklahoma ...... Jr. DT DREW WILEY, K-STATE ...... SR. LB Mike Rose, Iowa State...... Jr. LB Amen Ogbongbemiga, Oklahoma St...... Sr. LB Tony Fields II, West Virginia ...... Sr. LB Joseph Ossai, Texas ...... Jr. LB Garret Wallow, TCU ...... Sr. LB Nik Bonitto, Oklahoma ...... So. CB Tre’Vius Hodges-Tomlinson, TCU ...... So. LB Terrel Bernard, Baylor ...... Jr. CB Zech McPhearson, Texas Tech ...... Sr. CB Rodarius Williams, Oklahoma State ..... Sr. S Trevon Moehrig, TCU ...... Jr. CB Tre Brown, Oklahoma ...... Sr. S Jalen Pitre, Baylor ...... Jr. S Tykee Smith, West Virginia ...... So. P Austin McNamara, Texas Tech ...... So. S Greg Eisworth II, Iowa State ...... Sr. P Jordy Sandy, TCU ...... So. OFF. PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Breece Hall, Iowa State COACH OF THE YEAR: Matt Campbell, Iowa State DEF PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Mike Rose, Iowa State

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