MANHATTAN, Kan.
Collin Klein knows exactly what Kansas State’s top four quarterbacks face this month as they compete to win a starting job in preseason practices.
He faced the same challenge six years ago.
Klein, now an offensive graduate assistant, was a redshirt freshman back then. He would go on to lead the Wildcats to a Big 12 championship and into national title contention as a senior in 2012, finishing third in Heisman Trophy voting along the way, but this was 2009 and he was still an unproven passer fighting for playing time. To earn it, he would have to best fellow quarterbacks Carson Coffman, Grant Gregory and Joe Kassanavoid.