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March 12, 2003) -- Every time quarterback Kliff Kingsbury resets a passing mark, it sounds like a broken record.
Seventy-two of them to be exact.
Kingsbury thrived in a pass-happy offense at Texas Tech and pretty much wrote the record books himself. The breakdown is as follows: 39 school records, 16 Big 12 Conference records and 17 NCAA records. He has completed more passes (1,231) than anyone else in Division I history, and no one has ever had a lower interception ratio (2.1 percent) with at least 400 completions.
The most prolific passer in the history of the prestigious Big 12 is ready to take his show to the next level. The Texas native has spent four years in two different offensive systems for the Red Raiders, and he feels the experience gained will take him to the NFL. Kingsbury simply put it, "I'm just happy to get the opportunity and I want to show everyone what I can do when I get there."
Growing up in New Braunfels, Texas, a town of about 40,000 people just 48 miles south of Austin, Kingsbury was a University of Texas Longhorns fan -- as was just about everyone else in the area. But the 6-foot-3, 213-pound Kingsbury was not highly recruited and he was too stubborn to leave the state. The UTs and Texas A&Ms would not be in the cards. He did take one recruiting visit to Mississippi State, but it was the Lone Star State or bust. If it weren't for Texas Tech, a junior college would likely have been the answer.
Seventy-two of them to be exact.
Kingsbury thrived in a pass-happy offense at Texas Tech and pretty much wrote the record books himself. The breakdown is as follows: 39 school records, 16 Big 12 Conference records and 17 NCAA records. He has completed more passes (1,231) than anyone else in Division I history, and no one has ever had a lower interception ratio (2.1 percent) with at least 400 completions.
The most prolific passer in the history of the prestigious Big 12 is ready to take his show to the next level. The Texas native has spent four years in two different offensive systems for the Red Raiders, and he feels the experience gained will take him to the NFL. Kingsbury simply put it, "I'm just happy to get the opportunity and I want to show everyone what I can do when I get there."
Growing up in New Braunfels, Texas, a town of about 40,000 people just 48 miles south of Austin, Kingsbury was a University of Texas Longhorns fan -- as was just about everyone else in the area. But the 6-foot-3, 213-pound Kingsbury was not highly recruited and he was too stubborn to leave the state. The UTs and Texas A&Ms would not be in the cards. He did take one recruiting visit to Mississippi State, but it was the Lone Star State or bust. If it weren't for Texas Tech, a junior college would likely have been the answer.
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