Montell Cozart

Career Honors: 2015: Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (spring). 2014: Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (spring), Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

2014 (So.): Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team… Threw for 701 yards and five touchdowns with 64 completions on 128 attempts, while also running 52 times for 63 yards in 2014… Started the first five games of 2014 and played in seven games overall… Completed 12 passes on 24 attempts for 196 yards and three touchdowns with a long completion of 67 yards in KU’s victory over SEMO... Threw 27 times for 89 yards and carried the ball for a career-long rush of 24 yards at Duke... Set career highs in passing completions (23), attempts (33) and yards (226), while throwing two touchdowns and hauling in his first-career catch against Central Michigan... Completed 12-of-31 passes for 140 yards and ran 19 times for 32 yards against Texas... Completed 4-of-10 passes for 42 yards and ran for five yards on seven attempts at West Virginia... Came on in relief for two plays at Texas Tech, but did not record any statistics... Completed 2-of-3 passes for eight yards, while running once for five yards, against Iowa State.

2013 (Fr.): Played in seven games, starting three… Completed 23-of-63 passes for 227 yards on the season… Finished as KU’s third-leading rusher with 214 yards on 66 carries… Scored one rushing touchdown… His long completion of 45 yards on the season came vs. Baylor… Saw the first action of his college career vs. Oklahoma… Carried the ball four times for 34 yards and his first career rushing touchdown at Texas... Recorded 18 carries for 55 yards at Oklahoma State... Earned his first-career start vs. West Virginia, picking up the win... Rushed for 60 yards on 13 carries against the Mountaineers, while also completing 5-of-12 passes for 61 yards... Rushed 12 times for 44 yards at Iowa State... One of two true freshmen on the roster to see action in 2013.

High School: Earned first-team all-state honors after leading Bishop Miege High School to the Kansas Class 5A State Championship game in 2012... Rated a three-star quarterback prospect by Rivals.com... Threw for 2,759 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior at Bishop Miege HS where he was coached by Jon Holmes... Also rushed for 626 yards and five TDs in 2012... A 2012 Simone Award Finalist (top player in Kansas City Metro Area)... Completed 161-of-255 passes for 2,448 yards and 31 touchdowns as a junior at Bishop Miege, earning 2011 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year honors... A 2011 Simone Award Finalist and picked up First Team All-Eastern Kansas League and Second Team All-State honors by the Kansas City Star... Also played basketball at Miege, earning three letters... Averaged 18.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game as a senior... Named first-team all-conference, second team all-metro and was selected to play in the 2013 Kansas vs. Missouri All-Star Game in Overland Park, Kansas.

Personal: Chose Kansas after receiving offers from Indiana, Kansas State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois and West Virginia... Son of Melinda Taylor and Wade Cozart... Majoring in sports management with a minor in business.