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 Klein in 2021 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Texas A&M |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1989-09-19)September 19, 1989 (age 35) Loveland, Colorado, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2008–2012 | Kansas State |
| 2014* | Montreal Alouettes |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2014–2015 | Kansas State (DQC/GA) |
| 2016 | Northern Iowa (QB) |
| 2017 | Kansas State (QB) |
| 2018 | Kansas State (co-OC/QB) |
| 2019–2021 | Kansas State (QB) |
| 2022–2023 | Kansas State (OC/QB) |
| 2024–present | Texas A&M (OC/QB) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Collin Klein (born September 19, 1989) is an Americancollege football coach and former player. He is theoffensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for theTexas A&M Aggies. Klein played as awide receiver forKansas State during the2009 season, and made his first career start atquarterback in a win against theTexas Longhorns during the2010 season. Klein finished his college career ranked 15th all-time incareer NCAA rushing touchdowns.
Klein was born on September 19, 1989, to Doug and Kelly Klein. He played football for Loveland High School in Colorado and set school records for completion percentage and all-purpose yards. His younger brother, Kyle, was a wide receiver for Kansas State.[1] His grandfather is a barber inEstes Park, Colorado.[citation needed]
When Klein was in kindergarten, he became interested in learning to play thepiano, and began taking lessons the next year. He would later learn how to play both themandolin and theviolin.
Redshirted in 2008, Klein played either at wide receiver or on special teams for the entire 2009 season, catching six passes for 38 yards and one touchdown.[2][3][4] He returned to the quarterback position in 2010, earning spot duty early in the year before making his first career start against the Texas Longhorns, a game which the Wildcats won 39–14 and in which Klein rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns; he completed two of four attempted passes.[5] Klein was one of two quarterbacks in theBig 12 with at least two 100-yard rushing games in the season.
Klein became the Wildcats' first-string quarterback at the beginning of the2011 season, taking over from a graduatingCarson Coffman. In the team's spring game, he passed for 358 yards and five touchdowns.[6]
Klein led Kansas State to victories over their first seven opponents of the season—the Wildcats' first 7–0 start since the year1999—including four consecutive games in which Kansas State was considered an underdog.[7] On September 24, 2011, Klein led his team to a 28–24 win against aMiami Hurricanes team coming off a win against the defendingSugar Bowl championOhio State Buckeyes.[8] The next week, Klein passed for 146 yards in Kansas State's 36–35 upset of theBaylor Bears, a team then ranked fifteenth in the nation by theAssociated Press.[9] That game would mark the first time since 2004 that a Wildcat quarterback rushed and passed for over a hundred yards in a single game.
Following a 7–1 start, Klein would set career highs for passing yardage in consecutive weeks, first with 231 yards in a narrow 52–45 loss against third-rankedOklahoma State, then with 281 yards in a dramatic quadruple overtime victory atBill Snyder Family Stadium againstTexas A&M.[10][11] Klein also rushed for a career-high five touchdowns in the 53–50 win.
He was an Honorable Mention All-American selection bySports Illustrated, and earned First Team All-Big 12 honors as an all-purpose player from the Associated Press,ESPN.com,Kansas City Star,Fort Worth Star-Telegram and theSan Antonio Express-News. He earned an All-Big 12 honorable mention from the league's coaches, and was a Second Team Academic All-Big 12 selection. His 27 rushing touchdowns during the 2011 season would equal two national records—most rushing touchdowns in a season by a Big 12 player, and most rushing touchdowns in a season by a quarterback in theFootball Bowl Subdivision. These records had previously been set byRicky Williams andRicky Dobbs, respectively. He also broke a 42-year-old school record for rushing touchdowns in a season, previously held byMack Herron, who ran for 20 in 1969.
Klein led the Big 12 with 317 rushing attempts, 67 more than the next highest player and the most in team history.[12] Klein led the Big 12 conference and ranked third nationally with 162 points scored—a mark which was first among quarterbacks. In the2012 Cotton Bowl Classic, he threw for 173 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown, but Kansas State would lose to Arkansas, 29–16, finishing 10–3.[13][14]
The Wildcats would start off the 2012 season 10–0, with Klein having made obvious improvements to his passing game during the offseason.[15] On September 22, 2012, Kansas State would upset the sixth-rankedOklahoma Sooners inNorman, 24–19—the first time inBob Stoops's tenure as head coach that the Sooners lost to a ranked team at home. He went on to lead the team to an 11–1 record and K-State's first conference championship since2003.[16] They played theOregon Ducks in the2013 Fiesta Bowl, but lost 35–17. Klein completed 17 of 32 passes for 151 yards with one touchdown pass, and ran for another, but also threw two interceptions.[17]
Due to his accomplishments during the 2012 college football season, he was selected as a finalist for theHeisman Trophy. He finished third in voting.[18] He later played in the2013 East-West Shrine Game, but struggled, completing 5 of 13 passes for 43 yards and an interception.[19]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft4+7⁄8 in (1.95 m) | 226 lb (103 kg) | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | 4.78 s | 1.67 s | 2.81 s | 4.40 s | 7.17 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) | ||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[20][21] | ||||||||||||
Klein was asked to work out with the tight ends at theNFL Scouting Combine, despite saying that he wanted to remain a quarterback.[22]
On April 27, 2013, Klein was invited to the Texans' rookie minicamp as a rookie tryout.[23] Klein was not offered a contract at the conclusion of the rookie minicamp.[24]
Klein signed a two-year deal with theMontreal Alouettes of theCanadian Football League in 2014. He was released on June 15, 2014.[25]
Klein was a member of the Wildcats' football coaching staff in 2014 and 2015, where he was the assistant director of recruiting, a defensive quality control coach, and graduate assistant. Klein was the quarterback coach for theUniversity of Northern Iowa as of the fall of 2016 but returned to Kansas State during the offseason to be the team's quarterbacks coach.[26] In early February 2018 Klein was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in addition to his quarterbacks coaching duties. AfterChris Klieman was named the successor toBill Snyder, Klein was removed from coordinator duties but remained as the team's quarterbacks coach.[27]
In January 2022, Klein was promoted to offensive coordinator at Kansas State.[28]
In December of 2023, it was announced that Klein accepted the offensive coordinator role atTexas A&M University.[29]
| Season | Passing | Rushing | Total Offense | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comp | Att | Yds | Pct | TD | Int | Rating | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Yards | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||||
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 100.0% | 0 | 0 | 326.8 | 1 | −8 | −8.0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | 11 | 18 | 138 | 61.1% | 1 | 0 | 143.8 | 76 | 432 | 5.7 | 51 | 6 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 161 | 281 | 1,918 | 57.3% | 13 | 6 | 125.6 | 317 | 1,141 | 3.6 | 63 | 27 | 3,059 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 180 | 272 | 2,490 | 66.2% | 15 | 7 | 156.18 | 194 | 890 | 4.6 | 34 | 22 | 3,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 354 | 572 | 4,573 | 61.9% | 29 | 13 | – | 588 | 2,455 | 4.0 | 63 | 55 | 7,083 | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 16 | 1 | |||
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