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2019 Football Roster

9 Colton Klein

  • Position QB
  • Class Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 187
  • Hometown McHenry, Ill.
  • High School McHenry

Biography

2022 (Baseball):  Named first-team All-CCIW with a .364 batting average, 36 runs scored, 10 doubles, three home runs, 26 RBI and four stolen bases … named CCIW “Baseball Player of the Week” for the week ending April 24 after going 11-for-16 in four games with nine runs scored, three doubles, two home runs, five RBI, a 1.250 slugging percentage and a stolen base … played in 35-of-40 games and made 34 starts, 17 in center field, 14 in right and three as the designated hitter … had 14 multiple-hit games, including eight two-hit games, five three-hit games and a four-hit game

2021 (Baseball):  Started 32-of-41 games and made 32 starts … led the team with a .378 batting average, a team-leading 13 doubles, five home runs, 30 RBI and four stolen bases

2020 (Baseball):  Started all five games, three in rightfield and two in centerfield…collected six hits in 23 at bats.
 
2019 (Football):  Made seven starts at quarterback ... led the team in passing yards, completions, and passing touchdowns ... finished with 1,637 yards through the air, completing 149 passes on 229 attempts for a 65 percent completion rate ... threw 15 passing touchdowns ... Rushed for 35 total yards and a touchdown ... threw for his first career 300-yard game at Elmhurst, finishing with 315 to go with three scores ... against Millikin, threw for 431 yards with 41 completions and four touchdowns, the most yards through the air for a Carthage quarterback in just under 10 years ... named the CCIW Player of the Week on October 21 after his game against the Big Blue ... Returned from injury to throw for 313 yards and four touchdowns in the final game of the season ... named to the CCIW Fall All-Academic team.

2019 (Baseball):  Named American Baseball Coaches Association second-team All-Central Region and second-team All-CCIW ... played and started in 34-of-40 games, including 25 starts in center field, six in right field and three in left ... missed part of season due to injury ... batted .441 (63-for-143), second in the CCIW, with a .518 on-base percentage, also second in the league, and tied for third in CCIW slugging percentage at .615 ... collected 10 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 41 runs scored and 29 RBI … compiled a 15-game hitting streak to open the season … got five hits in a game on two occasions, including a five-for-five day with a double, two walks, three RBI and four runs scored in a 27-14 victory over Bethany Lutheran on March 10 ... CCIW Spring Academic All-Conference. 

2018 (Football):  Appeared in five games at quarterback ... completed 30 passes in 53 attempts for 344 yards and two touchdowns ... completed a season-high 16 passes on 25 attempts against Augustana (Ill.) on Nov. 10 ... named CCIW Fall Academic All-Conference.

2018 (Baseball):  Played in 42-of-43 games and made 41 starts, 36 in centerfield and five in right ... batted .311 in 177 at bats ... hit seven doubles, two triple and three home runs with 27 RBI ... CCIW Winter Academic All-Conference. 

2017 (Football):  Played on the junior varsity team.

High School:  Named All-Fox Valley Conference and all-area his senior year … coached by Nat Zunkel … played football, basketball and baseball at McHenry.

Personal:  Business management major … son of Paul and Debbie Klein … named spring 2019 CCIW/Jack Swartz All-Academic.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'3" 185 lbs
  • 18

    2018Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'3" 187 lbs
    18
  • 9

    2019Junior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 187 lbs
    9