Theodis Kain Colter is a former
American football player who played multiple positions for the
Northwestern Wildcats, mostly as a
quarterback and
wide receiver. Colter is also a co-founder of the College Athletes Players Association, or CAPA, which is a labor organization established to assert college athletes' status as employees with the right to collectively bargain for basic protections.
High school career
Colter attended
Cherry Creek High School in
Denver, Colorado, where he was the team captain and a four-year letterwinner. He was also a three-time All-Centennial League selection. As a sophomore, he threw for 2,073 yards, ran for 463 and had 25 touchdowns. Playing a full season as a junior, he led the Bruins (11-3 in 2008) to the 5A state championship game as he threw for 1,786 yards, ran for 937 and accounted for 31
touchdowns. As a senior, he missed eight-plus games with a shoulder injury that limited his throwing, but still managed to finish with 907 passing yards and 978 rushing yards with 16 total touchdowns. In the quarterfinal game vs. defending state champ
Grandview High School, he ran 36 yards for the game-winning double OT score on a third-and-goal play. Colter also lettered three years in
basketball (playing
point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five Basketball positions, positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position. Point guards are expected to run t ...
) and four years in
track & field (competing in
long jump and
triple jump).
As a high school senior at
Cherry Creek High School, Colter was rated as a three-star quarterback prospect by
Rivals.com. He was an All-Region quarterback according to SuperPrep All-Midlands, PrepStar All-Midlands Region and Rivals.com. He was ranked 52nd nationally among all athletes by Rivals.com, 49th nationally among all quarterbacks by SuperPrep and 56th regionally (nine states) among all players by SuperPrep. He also ranked seventh among all players in the state of
Colorado by Rivals.com and SuperPrep.
Colter committed to
Northwestern University on January 14, 2010. Colter also received football scholarships from
Air Force,
Akron,
Arizona State,
Colorado,
Colorado State
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...
and
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
.
In 2009, Kain Colter led a comeback against the then #1
Columbine High School Rebels, which ended in a game-winning field goal. He then moved to the 5A Colorado High School Championship Game against
Mullen High School
Mullen High School (formerly J.K. Mullen High School) is a Roman Catholic, Brothers of the Christian Schools, college-preparatory high school in Denver, Colorado. It is run independently within the Archdiocese of Denver.
History
Mullen High Sc ...
.
College career
2010
As a true freshman, Colter made his first college start for the Wildcats, as a slotback, in the
2011 TicketCity Bowl
The 2011 TicketCity Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The game was played on January 1, 2011, at 12:00 p.m. ET and was telecast on ESPNU. This game replaced the Cotton Bowl Classic, which moved ...
.
2011
As a sophomore, Colter was slated to be the backup quarterback to
Dan Persa
Daniel Vaughn Persa (born November 20, 1988) is a former American college football quarterback who played for the Northwestern Wildcats. He attended Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Early life and high school career
Persa was bor ...
, as Persa was questionable for the team's opening game with an
Achilles tendon injury. In the opening game against
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
, Persa was not healthy enough to start, and Colter became the starting quarterback, leading the Wildcats to a 24-17 victory over the
Eagles
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
of Boston College. The Wildcats' head coach,
Pat Fitzgerald, said that once Persa returns, Colter will be used as a
running back,
wide receiver and
Wildcat quarterback.
Statistics
Professional career
Colter went undrafted in the
2014 NFL Draft
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but was later signed by the
Minnesota Vikings as a wide receiver and running back. Colter didn't make the Vikings' 53-man roster, but he made the practice squad.
On February 9, 2016, Colter signed with the
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play ...
, but he was subsequently released.
On August 1, 2016, the
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. ...
announced that they signed Colter. On September 2, 2016, he was released by the Bills as part of final roster cuts.
References
External links
Northwestern profile
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Living people
American football quarterbacks
American football wide receivers
Northwestern Wildcats football players
Minnesota Vikings players
Los Angeles Rams players
1990 births
Players of American football from Denver