.jpg) Colter withNorthwestern in 2011 | |
| No. 2, 13 | |
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| Position: | Quarterback Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1990-10-03)October 3, 1990 (age 34) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Greenwood Village (CO) Cherry Creek |
| College: | Northwestern |
| Undrafted: | 2014 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Theodis Kain Colter (born October 3, 1990) is an American formercollege football player who played multiple positions for theNorthwestern Wildcats, mostly as aquarterback andwide receiver. He was later a member of theMinnesota Vikings,Los Angeles Rams, andBuffalo Bills.
Colter attendedCherry Creek High School inDenver, Colorado, where he was the team captain and a four-year letterwinner. He was also a three-time All-Centennial League selection. As a sophomore, he threw for 2,073 yards, ran for 463 and had 25 touchdowns. Playing a full season as a junior, he led the Bruins (11–3 in 2008) to the 5A state championship game as he threw for 1,786 yards, ran for 937 and accounted for 31touchdowns. As a senior, he missed eight-plus games with a shoulder injury that limited his throwing, but still managed to finish with 907 passing yards and 978 rushing yards with 16 total touchdowns. In the quarterfinal game vs. defending state champGrandview High School, he ran 36 yards for the game-winning double OT score on a third-and-goal play. Colter also lettered three years inbasketball (playingpoint guard) and four years intrack & field (competing inlong jump andtriple jump).
As a high school senior atCherry Creek High School, Colter was rated as a three-star quarterback prospect byRivals.com. He was an All-Region quarterback according to SuperPrep All-Midlands, PrepStar All-Midlands Region and Rivals.com. He was ranked 52nd nationally among all athletes by Rivals.com, 49th nationally among all quarterbacks by SuperPrep and 56th regionally (nine states) among all players by SuperPrep. He also ranked seventh among all players in the state ofColorado by Rivals.com and SuperPrep.
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kain Colter QB | Englewood, Colorado | Cherry Creek High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | 4.6 | Jan 14, 2010 |
Star ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A | ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings:Scout:49 (QB) Rivals:52 (QB), 7 (CO) | ||||||
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Colter committed toNorthwestern University on January 14, 2010.[1] Colter also received football scholarships fromAir Force,Akron,Arizona State,Colorado,Colorado State andStanford.[2]
In 2009, Kain Colter led a comeback against the then #1Columbine High School Rebels, which ended in a game-winning field goal. He then moved to the 5A Colorado High School Championship Game againstMullen High School.
As a true freshman, Colter made his first college start for the Wildcats, as a slotback, in the2011 TicketCity Bowl.[3]
As a sophomore, Colter was slated to be the backup quarterback toDan Persa, as Persa was questionable for the team's opening game with anAchilles tendon injury.[4] In the opening game againstBoston College, Persa was not healthy enough to start, and Colter became the starting quarterback, leading the Wildcats to a 24–17 victory over theEagles of Boston College.[5] The Wildcats' head coach,Pat Fitzgerald, said that once Persa returns, Colter will be used as arunning back,wide receiver andWildcat quarterback.[6]
| Season | Team | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | ||
| 2010 | Northwestern | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 46.6 | 29 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| 2011 | Northwestern | 55 | 82 | 67.1 | 673 | 6 | 1 | 157.7 | 135 | 654 | 9 | 43 | 466 | 3 |
| 2012 | Northwestern | 101 | 149 | 67.8 | 872 | 8 | 4 | 129.3 | 170 | 894 | 12 | 16 | 169 | 0 |
| 2013 | Northwestern | 64 | 82 | 78.0 | 583 | 4 | 3 | 146.6 | 115 | 489 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals[7] | 223 | 322 | 69.3 | 2,166 | 18 | 9 | 138.6 | 449 | 2,180 | 28 | 63 | 683 | 3 | |
Colter went undrafted in the2014 NFL draft but was later signed by theMinnesota Vikings as a wide receiver and running back.[8] Colter did not make the Vikings' 53-man roster, but he made the practice squad.
On February 9, 2016, Colter signed with theLos Angeles Rams, but he was subsequently released.[citation needed]
On August 1, 2016, theBuffalo Bills announced that they signed Colter. On September 2, 2016, he was released by the Bills as part of final roster cuts.[9]
His great uncle,Jeff Colter, was also a member of the Vikings.[10] Colter is also a co-founder of the College Athletes Players Association, or CAPA, which is a labor organization established to assert college athletes' status as employees with the right to collectively bargain for basic protections.