Collin Schlee (born May 30, 2001) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...

for the

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. He previously played for the

Kent State Golden Flashes The Kent State Golden Flashes are the athletic teams that represent Kent State University. The university fields 19 varsity athletic teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level with football competing in ...

Early life and high school

Schlee grew up in

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and attended Oakdale High School, where he played football and basketball. He passed for 1,503 yards and 23 touchdowns as a senior. Schlee committed to play college football at Kent State.

College career

Schlee redshirted his true freshman season with the

. He spent his redshirt freshman season as the backup to starter

Dustin Crum Dustin Crum (born January 5, 1999) is a gridiron football quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Kent State. Crum has also been a member of the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. Ear ...

. Schlee continued as Crum's backup as a redshirt sophomore and played in ten games, 17-of-24 pass attempts for 238 yards and one touchdown and also rushing for 127 yards and three touchdowns. He was named the Golden Flashes' starting quarterback entering his redshirt junior season. Schlee completed 157-of-266 passes for 2,109 yards with 13 touchdowns and five interceptions while also rushing for 489 yards and four touchdowns. Following the end of the season, he entered the NCAA transfer portal. Schlee ultimately transferred to UCLA.

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Kent State Golden Flashes bioUCLA Bruins bio
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