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Double-duty Kody Cook could be college football's most unique story
Kody Cook will never forget his senior season at Kansas State. And likely neither will Wildcats fans. Cook has excelled at two positions out of necessity over the course of the season. One snap he's hauling in passes as the team's second-leading receiver. The next play, he's taking the snap.
Cook, a high school quarterback who became a junior-college receiver before landing at K-State as a walk-on, has somehow seamlessly alternated between the two positions this season. His fearlessness helped Kansas State to rally late in the season with three consecutive wins to get to six and gain bowl eligibility.
Now Cook might just get the nod as K-State's starting quarterback in his final game on Saturday against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Liberty Bowl.
"I just try to take it day by day and go step by step,” Cook told the Kansas City Star. “You can only control what you can control. I take my reps at quarterback and take my reps at receiver and try to do both full speed and to the best of my ability. Whoever’s name is called on Saturday, I will go to whatever position they ask."
Cook arguably has put together the most unique season of 2015. He's second on the team in receptions with 27 for 412 yards and three touchdowns. He's completed 18-of-42 passes for 284 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. And he's also fourth on the team in rushing with 139 yards and two touchdowns.
His emergency time at quarterback stemmed from an injury to starter Jesse Ertz, who was sidelined with a season-ending injury in the season-opener, and backup Joe Hubener has had spells out of the lineup, forcing Cook under center.
“It is pretty crazy,” Cook said. “To go into my last junior college game not knowing if it was going to be my last game as a college athlete or even get to play at this level and have it evolve into this is pretty cool. It’s something you can look back on and enjoy, for sure."
