Kellen Mond

Kellen Louis Mond (born June 22, 1999) is an American football quarterback. He played college football at Texas A&M.

Kellen Mond
Texas A&M Aggies – No. 11
PositionQuarterback
ClassSenior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolIMG Academy
Personal information
Born: (1999-06-22) June 22, 1999
San Antonio, Texas
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight217 lb (98 kg)

High school career

Mond originally attended Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida prior to his senior year.[1] As a senior, he passed for 1,936 yards and 20 touchdowns and rushed for 775 yards and 18 touchdowns. Mond was rated by the Rivals.com recruiting network as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the number one dual-threat quarterback in his class.[2] He committed to Texas A&M University to play college football under head coach Kevin Sumlin.[3][4]

College career

Mond entered his freshman year at Texas A&M in 2017 as a backup to Nick Starkel, but took over as the starter after Starkel was injured during the first game of the season against the UCLA Bruins.[5] In his first career start, he completed 12-of-21 passes for 105 yards and a touchdown.[6] Prior to Texas A&M's first game of the NCAA 2018-2019 season, Jimbo Fisher, who was in his first year as Texas A&M's head coach, replacing Kevin Sumlin, announced that Kellen Mond would be the starting quarterback for the season opener.[7] Despite an initial feeling that Mond and Nick Starkel would continue to battle for the job after a long competition over the summer,[8] Mond held on to the starting position for the remainder of the season, guiding the Aggies to an 8–4 record and a #19 ranking in the regular season College Football Playoff rankings.[9] The Aggies' season culminated in a historic 74–72 seven-overtime win over SEC rival LSU. This game set several records, including the most points ever scored in a game in the FBS era, and tied a handful of other games for longest college football game of all time with seven overtimes.[10]

Entering the 2019 season, expectations were higher for Mond, though his overall performance failed to meet them. While his pass completion rate improved, his total yards and yards-per-attempt slightly decreased. In the 2020 season, however, he was able to improve with career-highs in pass completion percentage (63.5%) and yards-per-attempt (7.6). The Aggies finished the 2020 season 9–1, earning them a No. 4 rank in the final AP Poll.[11]

Mond was named the most valuable player of the 2021 Senior Bowl.[12]

Statistics
Year Team GP Passing Rushing
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2017Texas A&M 1011722751.51,3756.186108.8893403.83
2018Texas A&M 1323841557.33,1077.5249135.01494743.27
2019Texas A&M 1325841961.62,8976.9209131.11265014.08
2020Texas A&M 1018829763.32,2827.7193146.9742944.04
Career468011,35859.09,6617.17127132.04381,6093.722

Source:[13]

References
  1. "Football: Reagan QB Mond to transfer to Florida prep academy". December 28, 2015.
  2. "Rivals.com". n.rivals.com.
  3. "No. 2 dual-threat QB commits to Texas A&M".
  4. "Former San Antonio Reagan High School QB Kellen Mond commits to Texas A&M University".
  5. robert.cesssna@theeagle.com, ROBERT CESSNA. "Cessna: Kellen Mond appears locked in as Kevin Sumlin's QB".
  6. "Texas A&M to continue using QBs Kellen Mond, Jake Hubenak against Louisiana-Lafayette". September 12, 2017.
  7. ago, Jeff Shull 3 months (August 27, 2018). "Texas A&M Football: Kellen Mond won the starting quarterback job, for now". Gig Em Gazette. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  8. Franco, Angel (August 23, 2018). "Jimbo Fisher 'confident' with either Starkel or Mond as starting quarterback". The Battalion. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  9. "College Football Playoff". College Football Playoff. December 2, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  10. West, Jenna (November 25, 2018). "Texas A&M beats LSU in 7 OT, highest scoring FBS game ever". SI.com. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  11. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/kellen-mond-nfl-draft-player-profile-texas-am-quarterback/
  12. Tarpley, Jeff (January 31, 2021). "Texas A&M's Kellen Mond named Reese's Senior Bowl MVP". 247Sports.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  13. "Kellen Mond College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
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