ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES
COLIN KAEPERNICK
Quarterback
6-6, 215, Sr.
Turlock, Calif.
(Pitman HS)
TEAM CAPTAIN
2010 NEVADA FOOTBALL
2010 WATCH LISTS:
Walter Camp Player of Year
Manning Award
Davey O’Brien Award
Maxwell Award
Johnny Unitas Award
Hornung Award
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NEVADA
2010: Poised to become one of the premier quarterbacks
in the country after three record-breaking seasons at Nevada … Has been named Preseason Offensive Player of
the Year by Lindy’s … Has legitimate chance to become
Nevada’s all-time leader in total offense as well as other
passing categories, including touchdowns … Enters the
season ranked 13th on the NCAA’s career rushing TDs by
a quarterback list and ranks 12th on the all-time rushing
yards by a QB list … Needs roughly 1,000 yards rushing
and 1,000 yards passing to become just the second
player in NCAA history to rush for 4,000 yards and throw
for 8,000 yards (Brad Smith, Missouri) … Needs 694 rushing yards to be fourth player in NCAA history to throw for
7,000 yards and rush for 3,500 yards.
2009: Earned All-WAC honors again as he was named to
the league’s second team … Earned the team’s Golden
Helmet Award as the Most Valuable Player … Named
Honorable Mention All-America by The Sporting News …
Became the 10th quarterback in NCAA history to record
back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons … Became just
the second player in NCAA history to record back-to-back
seasons of 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing
… Was part of an NCAA-record-setting Nevada team that
became the first squad in history to have three players
rush for 1,000 yards in the same season … Rushed for
100 yards in a game five times, including a 230-yard out-
put against Idaho that featured a career-long 75-yard TD
run … Became one of just six players in NCAA history to
have scored 200 points and passed for 200 points in a career … Became just the 13th player in NCAA history to
rush for 2,000 yards and pass for 4,000 yards in a career
… Ranks in the top 10 in most rushing and passing categories in Nevada history and is second all-time in total offense … Captured two more WAC Player of the Week
awards (against Louisiana Tech and against Idaho) … He
scored 16 rushing TDs and also had a receiving touchdown … Was voted the Western Athletic Conference's
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year by the league's
media for this season … Was named to the Watch List for
the Maxwell Award, which is given annually to the nation's most outstanding player … Was named to the
Watch List for the Davey O'Brien Award, given annually to
the nation's top quarterback … Was named to the Watch
List for the Manning Award, which is awarded annually
after the bowl season to the nation's top quarterback …
Named first-team Preseason All-WAC by Phil Steele's College Football Preview … Named first-team Preseason AllWAC by Athlon Sports … Named first-team Preseason
All-WAC by Lindy's and was named the WAC's Preseason
Offensive Player of the Year.
2008: Emerged as one of the country's most dangerous
quarterbacks with a strong arm and quick feet ... His
name was embedded in the national rankings in rushing,
KAEPERNICK’S CAREER STATISTICS
PASSING
2007
2008
2009
TOTAL
G
11
13
13
37
Att
247
383
282
912
Cmp
133
208
166
507
Int
3
7
6
16
PASSING
Yds
TD
2175
19
2849
22
2052
20
7076
61
Lg
74
75
56
75
Pct
53.8
54.3
58.9
55.6
Avg/P
8.8
7.4
7.3
7.8
Avg/G
197.7
219.2
157.8
191.2
Effic
150.8
132.1
139.1
139.3
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COLIN KAEPERNICK
passing, pass efficiency, total offense and scoring ... Preseason honors included: All-WAC Second Team by Phil Steele's College Football Preview ... AllWAC Second Team by Athlon Sports ... All-WAC Second Team by Lindy's ... He
was named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in
voting by the league's coaches following the regular season, becoming the
second Nevada player, and first Wolf Pack quarterback to win that honor (B.J.
Mitchell, 2005) ... He is the only quarterback in Nevada history to rush for
more than 1,000 yards and he is just the fifth quarterback in NCAA Division IA (FBS) history to throw for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same
season ... Finished the season 1,130 yards rushing, which ranks 22nd in NCAA
history for rushing yards by a quarterback in a season … Rushed for at least
100 yards in a game four times (against UNLV, Hawai`i, Fresno State and San
Jose State), including 240 yards against UNLV, the most rushing yards in a
game by a quarterback in school history … Threw at least one touchdown in every game except for the opening win against Grambling
State, in which he scored three rushing touchdowns … Threw for
767 yards and seven touchdowns in Nevada's final two games
of the season, at Louisiana Tech and against Maryland in the
Roady's Humanitarian Bowl game … His 102 points and 17
touchdowns scored are fifth on Nevada's single-season lists …
Other single-season top 10 marks included: total offense
(second), rushing yards (14th overall, most by a QB), rushing
touchdowns (second), passing yards (ninth), passing touchdowns (t-10th), completions (ninth) and attempts (ninth).
PERSONAL
Born Colin Rand Kaepernick on
Nov. 3, 1987 in Milwaukee, Wis.
… Son of Teresa and Rick
Kaepernick … Has two older
siblings, Kyle and Devon …
Majoring in management
… Was selected by the
Chicago Cubs in the
2009 MLB Amateur
Draft.
2007: Burst onto the scene in the fifth game of the year
when he replaced the injured Nick Graziano at quarterback … Became the second Nevada player ever to be
named the WAC Freshman of the Year (joining Chance
Kretschmer, 2001) … In less than nine full games (eight
starts), threw for 2,175 yards with 19 touchdowns and
just three interceptions … Was second on the team,
and eighth in the WAC, with 53.9 rushing yards per
game … Also scored six rushing TDs … Was 10th nationally and third in the WAC in pass efficiency with a
mark of 150.8 … Was fifth in the WAC and 41st nationally in total offense at 251.6 yards per game … Earned
WAC Player of the Week award for his performance at
New Mexico State, in which he accounted for five
touchdowns with 237 yards passing and 136 yards
rushing … Named rivals.com National Freshman of
the Week for his play at Boise State: 243 yards passing
with three touchdowns and 177 yards and two scores
rushing … ESPN analyst Bill Curry called Kaepernick
"the best young freshman quarterback I have ever
seen in my life" during the Boise State game … Given
the team's Fireman's Award for stepping up in a time
of need … Earned honorable mention freshman AllAmerica honors from The Sporting News and College Football News.
2006: Redshirted his first season at Nevada
and directed the offensive scout team.
KAEPERNICK CAREER STATISTICS
RUSHING
2007
2008
2009
TOTAL
G
11
13
13
37
Att
105
161
161
427
RUSHING
Yds
TD
593
6
1130
17
1183
16
2906
39
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Lg
55
66
75
75
Avg/C
5.6
7.0
7.3
6.8
Avg/G
53.9
86.9
91.0
78.5
TOTAL OFFENSE
2007
2008
2009
TOTAL
G
11
13
13
37
TOTAL OFFENSE
Rush
Pass
593
2175
1130
2849
1183
2052
2906
7076
Total
2768
3979
3235
9982
Avg/G
251.6
306.1
248.8
269.8
2010 NEVADA FOOTBALL
HIGH SCHOOL
A graduate of Pitman High School in Turlock,
Calif. … Earned first-team all-district, all-conference and all-academic honors … Was
named the Central Cal Conference MVP … Participated in the Berkeley and Las Vegas "Elite 11"
camps … Completed 112-of-188 passing attempts
for 1,954 yards as a senior … Tossed 25 touchdowns
with just six interceptions that year.
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KAEPERNICK AND THE PACK IN THE NCAA RECORD BOOKS
Colin Kaepernick’s name, along with those of a few of his teammates, can be found throughout the NCAA Record Book. The following is a list of records, milestones and
achievements recognized by the NCAA and list of similar accomplishments that are within reach in the coming games.
GAINING 1,000 YARDS RUSHING AND
1,000 YARDS PASSING, Season
37 times, including three times by Colin Kaepernick: 2008 (1,130 rushing, 2,849 passing) and 2009 (1,183 rushing, 2,052 passing). Kaepernick
is 16 yards away from doing it for the third consecutive season.
A QB GAINING 2,000 YARDS PASSING
AND 1,000 YARDS RUSHING, Season
11 times, including twice by Colin Kaepernick: 2008 (1,130 rushing,
2,849 passing) and 2009 (1,183 rushing, 2,052 passing).
Note: Brad Smith, Missouri (2002 and 2005), Joe Webb, UAB (2008 and
2009) and Colin Kaepernick, Nevada (2008-09) are the only players to
accomplish this twice in their careers; Webb and Kaepernick are only
players to do it in back-to-back seasons. Kaepernick is 16 yards away
from doing it for the third season, which has never been done before,
consecutively or otherwise.
TWO TEAMMATES EACH RUSHING FOR 1,000 YARDS, Season
49 times, including twice by Colin Kaepernick and Vai Taua (2008 and
2009, with Luke Lippincott also doing so in 2009). Taua is already over
1,000 yards in 2010 and Kaepernick is 16 yards shy of the mark, which
would make Nevada just the second team ever to do so three straight
years (Minnesota, 2003-05).
A QB GAINING 3,000 YARDS RUSHING
AND 3,000 YARDS PASSING, Career
9 times, including most recently by Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick
entered the 2010 season with more than 7,000 yards passsing and he
cleared the 3,000-yard mark in rushing against Colorado State on Sept.
11.
A QB GAINING 3,500 YARDS RUSHING
AND 7,000 YARDS PASSING, Career
4 times, including most recently by Kaepernick. Kaepernick passed the
3,500-yard rushing mark with a 91-yard effort in a win over San Jose
State on Oct. 9, 2010.
SCORING 200 POINTS AND PASSING FOR 200 POINTS, Career
7 times, including most recently by Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick
entered the 2010 season with 242 points scored and 366 points in passing.
RUSHED FOR 40 TOUCHDOWNS
AND PASSED FOR 40 TOUCHDOWNS, Career
7 times, including most recently by Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick
entered the 2010 season with 61 passing touchdowns and 39 rushing
touchdowns and he rushed for No. 40 against Eastern Washington on
Sept. 2.
MOST PLAYERS, SAME TEAM,EACH GAINING
2,000 CAREER RUSHING YARDS IN THE SAME SEASON
3 -- Nebraska, 2000 (Cornell Buckhalter, 2,522; Dan Alexander, 2,456;
Eric Crouch, 2,319); Nevada, 2009 (Luke Lippincott, 3,014; Vai Taua,
2,978; and Colin Kaepernick, 2,906).
THREE PLAYERS, SAME TEAM,
EACH GAINING 1,000 YARDS OR MORE, Season
Nevada, 2009 --Vai Taua (1,345), Colin Kaepernick (1,183) and Luke
Lippincott (1,034).
TWO PLAYERS, SAME TEAM, EACH GAINING 1,000 YARDS OR
MORE, Season
49 times, including twice by Nevada: 2009—Vai Taua (1,345), Colin
Kaepernick (1,183) & Luke Lippincott (1,034); 2008—Vai Taua (1,521) &
Colin Kaepernick (1,130). Note: Minnesota (2003-05), Arkansas (200607), West Virginia (2006-07), La.-Lafayette (2007-08) and Nevada (2008-
09) are the only teams to have two players with 1,000 yards or more in
consecutive years. Kaepernick needs 16 rushing yard for Nevada to
become just the second school ever to do so in three straight seasons.
MOST PLAYERS ON ONE TEAM
EACH GAINING 100 YARDS OR MORE
4 and it’s been done 5 times, most recently by Nevada: vs. San Jose St.,
Nov. 8, 2009 (Vai Taua 144, Colin Kaepernick 115, Lampford Mark 114,
Luke Lippincott 112).
MOST TOUCHDOWNS AND MOST POINTS SCORED
BY TWO TEAMMATES, Career
Colin Kaepernick and Vai Taua, Nevada (2007-10) -- 106 TDs and 640
total points. Previous record: Glenn Davis and Doch Blanchard of Army
(1943-46) with 97 TDs and 585 points.
On the horizon...
A QB GAINING 4,000 YARDS RUSHING
AND 8,000 YARDS PASSING, Career
1 time (Brad Smith, Missouri). Kaepernick is currently at 3,890 rushing
yards and 9,237 passing yards. He needs 110 rushing yards.
RECORD FOR RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS BY A QUARTERBACK
IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS
38, set by Stacey Robinson (Northern Illinois) in 1989 (19) and 1990 (19);
and Eric Crouch (Nebraska) in 2001 (20) and 2001 (18). Kaepernick had
16 in 2009 and has 16 so far in 2010 for 32.
MOST RUSHNG YARDS BY TWO TEAMMATES, Career
8,193, by Eric Dickerson (4,450) and Craig James (3,743) of SMU from
1979-82.
Kaepernick (3,890) and Vai Taua (4,219) are just 85 yards away from
breaking the record as they have 8,109 yards combined.
A QB GAINING 3,000 YARDS PASSING
AND 1,000 YARDS RUSHING, Season
Twice, by Vince Young, Texas, 2005 (3,036 passing, 1,050 rushing) and
Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan, 2007 (3,652 passing, 1,122 rushing).
Kaepernick needs 16 rushing yards and 588 passing yards to become
the third player ever to do so.
A QB RUSHING FOR 4,000 YARDS, Career
Twice, by Pat White of West Virginia (4,480) and Brad Smith of Missouri
(4,289). Kaepernick needs 110 yards to become the third player ever to
do so.
A QB RUSHING FOR 1,000 YARDS
IN THREE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS
Never been done before.
Kaepernick needs 16 yards to become the first quarterback ever to rush
for a 1,000 yards in three straight seasons.
MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS BY A QUARTERBACK, Career
59, -- Eric Crouch, Nebraska (1998-2001).
Tim Tebow of Florida (2006-09) is second with 57. Kaepernick enters
this game with 55 career rushing touchdowns.