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  Kerry Meier

Kerry Meier

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Pittsburg, Kan.

High School:
Pittsburg HS

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 220

Position:
Quarterback

Career Honors: 2007:

Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, KU co-Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Iowa State), KU Weight Room Award, KU Unselfish Player Award. 2005: KU Offensive Scout Team MVP, KU Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Northwestern State and Oklahoma State)

2007 (So.): Served as the team's backup quarterback all year long, but moved to wide receiver to get on the field... Saw action in eight games as a quarterback and played in 10 games as a wide receiver... Started five contests at wide receiver when the Jayhawks went to a four wide receiver set on the opening play... Those starts came at Kansas State, vs. Baylor, at Texas A&M, at Oklahoma State and vs. Missouri... As a quarterback he was 25 of 29 (86.2 percent) for 275 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions... Completed his first seven attempts of the year as well as his last 10 on the season... Most extensive time at quarterback came against Iowa State when he was nine of nine for 101 yards and one touchdown... As a receiver he caught 26 passes for 274 yards and two touchdowns... His 26 receptions were fifth on the team... Had at least two receptions in each of the last eight games... Had four catches for 70 yards vs. Missouri and had four catches for 42 yards and a touchdown against Nebraska... Became the first KU player to record a rushing touchdown, passing touchdown and receiving touchdown in the same season since Garfield Taylor in 1981... Also became the first Jayhawk to record a rush, pass, reception and punt in the same season since Donald Shanklin in 1968... Was on the cover of Sports Illustrated catching a touchdown pass against Iowa State.... Passed for and caught a touchdown pass against Iowa State.

2006 (Fr.): Played in and started eight games as KU's signal-caller... Completed 104-of-184 pass attempts... Threw for 1,193 yards and a KU freshman record 13 touchdowns... Had a season-long 50-yard pass against Iowa State... Finished second on the team with 346 rushing yards... Averaged 3.5 yards per carry and added five rushing touchdowns... Set season-highs with 23 completions and 243 passing yards against Toledo... Threw a season-best three touchdowns against Oklahoma State... Had two or more TD passes in five games... Named KU's offensive player of the week following the Northwestern State and OSU contests.

2005 (RS): Redshirted... Co-winner of the team's Otto Schnellbacher Award, given annually to the Offensive Scout Team MVP.

High School: Named All-League First Team as a quarterback and a punter in both 2003 and 2004... An All-State selection at quarterback by the Kansas Football Coaches Association as a senior... Also named to the KFCA's Top 11... Ranked as the 13th-best high school senior quarterback in the nation by Superprep Magazine... Connected on 72-of-151 passes for 930 yards and nine touchdowns in 2004... Led the PHS Dragons to the sectional championship as a junior and senior... Coached in football by Merle Clark.

Personal: Born in Pittsburg, Kan... Major is sports management... Would like to travel the world after graduation... Hobbies include being outdoors, riding a bike and music, especially playing the bongos... Son of Dennis and Valerie Meier... Three brothers have all played college football, including Shad (Kansas State and the NFL), Adam (Pittsburg State), and Dylan (Kansas State).

Favorites: Place to eat in Lawrence - Global Café; Place to play football - Street; Athlete - Lance Armstrong; Football memory - Orange Bowl

Passing G Att Comp Int. Pct. Yds TD LG
2007 13 29 25 0 .862 275 3 44
2006 8 184 104 10 .565 1193 13 50
Totals 21 213 129 10 .606 1468 16 50

Rushing Att Yds Avg TD LG
2007 15 78 5.2 1 40
2006 99 346 3.5 5 31
Totals 114 424 3.7 6 40

Receiving Rec Yds Avg TD LG
2007 26 274 10.5 2 39
2006 1 5 5.0 0 5
Totals 27 279 10.3 2 39
Punting No Yds Avg LG
2007 4 129 32.2 41
 

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