Kirk cousins

Kirk Cousins (born August 19, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He played college at Michigan State from 2007-2011. He was the Spartans’ starter from 2009–2011. He was drafted with the 102nd pick in the 4th Round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins.[1] Contents 1 High school career 2 College career 3 Professional career 3.1 2012 NFL Draft 4 References 5 External links [edit] High school career Cousins attended Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan where he starred in football, baseball (as a pitcher), and basketball. He broke his ankle in his junior year and was forced to attend camps in order to make an impression with recruiting colleges. He was about to sign with Toledo or Western Michigan when Mark Dantonio became the head coach at Michigan State. After Dantonio failed to sign his top targets at quarterback, he offered a scholarship to Cousins in January 2007, and he accepted.[2] Cousins finished his high school football career with 3,204 passing yards, 40 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight 40‡ Commit date Kirk Cousins QB Holland, Michigan Holland Christian High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 171 lb (78 kg) 4.80 Jan 19, 2007  Scout:   Rivals: Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: – (QB)   Rivals: – (QB), 27 (MI) ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: “2007 Team Ranking”. Rivals.com. http://www.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?type=0&sort=0&year=2007. Retrieved 2011-10-07.  [edit] College career In 2007, newly hired Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio recruited Cousins to play for the Spartans. Cousins was redshirted for the 2007 season. In 2008, he spent the season as the back up quarterback to Brian Hoyer. He played in five games passing for a total of 310 yards and two touchdowns and one interception. In 2009, he competed for and won the starting quarterback job against teammate Keith Nichol. He led Michigan State to a 6–7 season with 19 touchdowns, nine interceptions and 2,680 passing yards in 12 games. In 2010, he led Michigan State to a 11–2 record. After the 2011 season, Cousins was named Second Team All-Big Ten by the coaches, and played his final game as a Michigan State Spartan on January 2, 2012 vs. the Georgia Bulldogs in the Outback Bowl.[3] [edit] Professional career [edit] 2012 NFL Draft In the 2012 NFL Draft, Cousins was selected by the Washington Redskins as the seventh choice in the fourth round, making him the 102nd draft pick overall.[4] Pre-draft measureables Ht Wt 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP 6 ft 3 in 214 lb 4.93 s 1.61 s 4.50 s 7.05 s 28.5 in 9 ft 1 in N/A reps All values from the NFL Combine[5] [edit] References ^ “2012 NFL Draft Pick List and Results – Round 4″. April 28th, 2012. http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft/rounds/_/round/4/year/2012. Retrieved April 28th, 2012.  ^ Staples, Andy (October 21, 2011). “Michigan State’s Kirk Cousins beat odds to become face of Big Ten”. Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/10/21/kirk-cousins-michigan-state/?xid=cnnbin. Retrieved 2011-10-14.  ^ “Complete All-Big Ten football teams”. Detroit Free Press. November 29, 2011. http://www.freep.com/article/20111129/SPORTS08/111129050/Complete-All-Big-Ten-football-teams?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CSports%7Cs. Retrieved November 30, 2011.  ^ Rosenthal, Gregg (April 28, 2012). “Kirk Cousins: Washington Redskins’ future backup QB”. nfl.com. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d828b5a10/article/kirk-cousins-washington-redskins-future-backup-qb?module=HP11_headline_stack.  ^ http://www.nfl.com/draft/2012/profiles/kirk-cousins?id=2532820 [edit] External links Michigan State profile Staples, Andy (October 21, 2011). “Spartans’ Cousins has beaten odds to become face of Big Ten”. Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/10/21/kirk-cousins-michigan-state/. Retrieved 2011-10-21.  v t e Michigan State Spartans starting quarterbacks Smith Juday Raye Feraco Triplett Rasmussen Mihaiu Baggett Smith Clark Leister Brown Yarema McAllister Enos Miller Banks Schultz Burke Smoker Stanton Hoyer Cousins v t e Current starting quarterbacks of the Big Ten Conference Legends Division James Vandenberg (Iowa) Denard Robinson (Michigan) Kirk Cousins (Michigan State) MarQueis Gray (Minnesota) Taylor Martinez (Nebraska) Dan Persa (Northwestern) Leaders Division Nathan Scheelhaase (Illinois) Tre Roberson (Indiana) Braxton Miller (Ohio State) Matt McGloin (Penn State) Caleb TerBush (Purdue) Russell Wilson (Wisconsin) v t e Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award – Football 2008: Laurinaitis 2009: Tebow 2010: Dobbs 2011: Cousins v t e Washington Redskins current roster Active roster 3 Jonathan Crompton | 4 Graham Gano | 6 Sav Rocca | 8 Rex Grossman | 10 Robert Griffin III | 11 Aldrick Robinson | 13 Anthony Armstrong | 15 Pierre Garçon | 16 Brandon Banks | 18 Terrence Austin | 22 Kevin Barnes | 23 DeAngelo Hall | 24 DeJon Gomes | 26 Josh Wilson | 29 Roy Helu | 32 Brandyn Thompson | 35 Evan Royster | 36 Darrel Young | 37 Reed Doughty | 38 Tristan Davis | 40 Travon Bellamy | 47 Chris Cooley | 50 Rob Jackson | 55 Markus White | 56 Perry Riley | 57 Nick Sundberg | 58 Erik Cook | 59 London Fletcher | 63 Will Montgomery | 64 Kedric Golston | 66 Chris Chester | 69 Willie Smith | 71 Trent Williams | 72 Stephen Bowen | 74 Tyler Polumbus | 76 Darrion Scott | 77 Jammal Brown | 78 Kory Lichtensteiger | 79 Maurice Hurt | 80 Richard Quinn | 82 Logan Paulsen | 83 Fred Davis | 84 Niles Paul | 85 Leonard Hankerson | 87 Rob Myers | 89 Santana Moss | 90 Doug Worthington | 91 Ryan Kerrigan | 92 Chris Baker | 93 Kentwan Balmer | 94 Adam Carriker | 95 Chris Neild | 96 Barry Cofield | 97 Lorenzo Alexander | 98 Brian Orakpo | 99 Jarvis Jenkins | — Jordan Bernstine | — Tom Compton | — Kirk Cousins | — Richard Crawford | — Jabar Gaffney | — Adam Gettis | — Cedric Griffin | — Tanard Jackson | — Bryan Kehl | — James Lee | — Josh LeRibeus | — Nevin McCaskill | — Brandon Meriweather | — Neil Rackers | — Keenan Robinson | — Leigh Torrence | — Josh Morgan | — Alfred Morris | — Madieu Williams | — Chris Wilson  | — Michael Shaw AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

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