Kellen Moore
Template:Infobox CollegeFootballPlayer Kellen Moore (born July 12, 1989) is a college football quarterback with the Boise State University Broncos.
Early years
Moore played high school football at Prosser High School in Prosser, Washington. At Prosser, he was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington.[1] Kellen's younger brother, Kirby, also plays for Boise State, playing wide receiver. He lettered in football and basketball three times each and was named Velocity/Prep Star All-American and First-team All-state, and Division 2A MVP by the Seattle Times. He Earned league player of year honors as well as First-team All-league recognition as a sophomore, junior and senior . He was also First-team All-state selection as a junior.
He set Washington state career records for completions (787) and touchdown passes (173). He also set Washington state single-season records for completions (317 as a junior), yards (4,600 as a junior) and touchdown passes (67 as a senior).
He finished career completing 787-of-1,195 passes (65.9 percent) for 11,367 yards and 173 touchdowns with 34 interceptions. Led Prosser to a 12-1 record as a senior and spot in state semifinals by completing 287-of-399 passes (71.9-percent) for 4,269 yards and 67 touchdowns with seven interceptions. As a junior completed 317-of-479 passes (66.2 percent) for 4,600 yards and 66 touchdowns with 15 interceptions. The year before, as a sophomore, he completed 179-of-308 passes (58.1-percent) for 2,442 yards and 39 touchdowns with 11 interceptions. He completed 4-of-9 passes for 56 yards with a touchdown and an interception as a freshman.
College years
2009
During the 2009 regular season, Moore threw for a school record 39 touchdowns with only 3 interceptions to lead the Broncos to a 13-0 record, another WAC title, and an at large bid to the Fiesta Bowl vs. undefeated #4 ranked TCU. He finished the 2009 regular season with the highest quarterback rating in Division I-A with a rating of 167.3. In his first two years as a starting quarterback, Moore did not lose a regular season game.
Moore was named First-Team all WAC and named the WAC Offensive player of the year. He was also named First-team All-American by CBSSportsline.com, a sibidiary of CBS Sports. He was named one of ten finalists for the Manning Award.[2]
In January 2009, Moore was ranked as the 37th best returning player in college football by College Football News.[3]
Moore finished 7th in Heisman voting for 2009.
2008
As a redshirt freshman in 2008, Moore led the Broncos to an undefeated regular season and the WAC championship while throwing 25 touchdowns and 9 interceptions in 12 games. In the final game of 2008, Boise State lost to Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 2008 Poinsettia Bowl.[4] He was named WAC Freshman of the Year and second-team all-conference after spectacular first season, guiding Boise State to 12-1 record and was named Boise State’s Most Valuable Offensive Player by vote of teammates. He was named to Phil Steele Publications’ All-WAC second team and also voted tothe Football Writers Association of America’s freshman All-America team.
He ranked 12th in nation in passing efficiency and 24th in total offense, averaging 265.85 yards per game and was first in WAC in passing efficiency (157.1) and second in total offense (265.8) and average passing yards per game (268.2). He completed 281 of 405 passes for 3,486 yards with 25 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
2007
Moore Redshirted.
References
- ^ Kellen Moore bio Broncosports.com
- ^ http://allstatesugarbowl.org/site.php?pageID=19&newsID=110
- ^ 100 Best Returning Players Of 2009 College Football News, January 16, 2008
- ^ ESPN.com profile
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