Hawktrax - Todd Reesing

Investigation of Mangino launched after player complains coach poked him

Reesing tells media that Perkins told players an outside entity would conduct 'unbiased' investigation of football coach

The Kansas Athletic Department is conducting an investigation of football coach Mark Mangino and the Journal-World has confirmed the investigation began after Arist Wright complained that Mangino poked him in the chest in the days before KU took on Colorado.

Keegan: Reesing’s impact huge

It won’t be until next year, when Todd Reesing is gone, that it will become clear how much of the growth of the Kansas University football program can be attributed to improved recruiting and how much to having a once-in-a-generation quarterback. The answer lies somewhere in the middle.

Mangino: Reesing will start Saturday

Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing, who was benched in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 42-21 loss to Texas Tech, will start this weekend in the Jayhawks’ road game against Kansas State, KU coach Mark Mangino said Monday.

Keegan: QB playing hurt, and it clearly shows

Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino has his reasons for keeping injuries a secret. Knowing a player is hurt can change the way the opposition prepares its game plan. Dirty players might even want to aim for the injured guy’s aching body part.

Reesing benched in Jayhawks’ loss

Todd Reesing has discussed a good number of things during postgame news conferences.

Tech’s goal: confusion

Raiders mix it up on KU

The Texas Tech defense had one main objective Saturday when it came to Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing: confuse him.

Reesing stopped; KU falls

The Oklahoma Sooners stopped Superman on Saturday.

Reesing has had success against Colorado

By now, it’s as well known to Kansas University football fans as the nickname “Sparky,” the gunslinger antics or the story about the undersized, overlooked quarterback from Texas getting a chance in the Land of Oz.

Dugan Arnett’s KU football notebook

Any time a college football coach starts nudging one of his players into the Heisman Trophy talk, it means the player’s obviously doing something right. When coach Mark Mangino hops onto your Heisman bandwagon, it means you must be Superman.

Heisman worthy?

Mangino: QB deserves trophy consideration

Mark Mangino said before his Kansas University football team’s season began that fans shouldn’t expect to see any type of “Todd Reesing for Heisman” campaigning on behalf of the school.

Mangino: Reesing should be a part of Heisman discussion

Kansas coach Mark Mangino isn’t one who usually advocates for personal awards for his players. That changed a bit on Monday when Mangino was asked about his quarterback Todd Reesing.

KU couple name kids after football, basketball heroes

Two of the littlest Jayhawks fans in Lawrence have some big KU names to live up to.

Mangino: As of now, no players will serve suspensions

Up until two days ago, the biggest problem facing Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino was how to defend against Southern Mississippi’s quirky “Wildcat” formation.

Duke’s 2 QBs < Kansas’ 1

Blue Devils impressed by Jayhawks’ Reesing

Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis didn’t look like a guy nursing a sore ankle on a shocking 21-yard touchdown burst that opened the scoring on Saturday morning at Memorial Stadium.

Being Reesing: The curious, glamorous, wacky and utterly unbelievable world of one of Lawrence’s most famed residents

At the moment — based on clues such as the above photo and headline — you are likely of the impression that this is a story about Todd Reesing. You would be correct in that assumption, though only to a certain extent. Certainly, you will find this story to contain a great deal of information on Kansas University’s senior quarterback —thoughts from friends and family members, historical context, a collection of anecdotal tidbits.

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Junior Season (2008)

• O'Brien Award Semifinalist (one of 13), Academic All-Big 12 First Team, Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List, Maxwell Award Watch List and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week vs. Missouri.

• Named KU's John Hadl Offensive Player of the Year, as well as sharing the Nolan Cromwell Leadership honor with Darrell Stuckey

• Was an All-Big 12 Second-Team selection in 2007 and despite having a comparable season, did not receive any league honors in 2008

• Earned Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors after the last regular season game against Missouri when he threw for 375 yards and led KU to two fourth-quarter touchdowns in the victory.

• Became KU's career passing leader in a number of categories.

• Established a number of school season records, including attempts (495), completions (329), consecutive completions (14 vs. Minnesota), completion percentage (66.5), yards (3,888), 300-yard games (eight), and 200-yard games (11) among others

• Twice had 37 completions in a game - Florida International and Missouri - for school single-game records

• Ranked in the top 10 of the NCAA in passing yards (seventh at 299.08), total offense (eighth at 316.31), and completions (ninth at 25.31)

• Was 15th in points responsible for (16.62) and 17th in pass efficiency (148.52) nationally./p>

Sophomore Season (2007)

• Ranked 14th in the NCAA and fourth in the Big 12 in passing efficiency (148.82), ranked 26th in the NCAA and fourth in the Big 12 in total offense (283.31).

• Ranked 11th nationally in points responsible for (16.62), 20th in passing yards (268.15) and 33rd in completions (21.23).

• Started all 13 games at quarterback

• Threw for a school record 3,486 yards and a school mark 33 touchdowns, while hitting 61.9 percent of his attempts.

• Threw only seven interceptions on the year

• Was the team's third-leading rusher with 197 yards and three scores

• Ran for 84 yards at Colorado, which included his season-long run of 53 yards

• In his first collegiate start he was 20 of 29 for 261 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions in the season opener against Central Michigan./p>

• Opened the year without throwing an interception in the first three games (119 consecutive attempts without an interception)

• Later in the season he set a Big 12 season record of 213 consecutive attempts without an interception

• Did not throw an interception in nine of 13 games and recorded at least 25 attempts in all but one game.

• In four non-conference regular season games he averaged 299 yards passing despite not playing a single down in the fourth quarter of any of those games.

• Threw for 300 yards in five different games, his season best being a 368-yard night against Florida International

• Threw for 354 yards and a school-record six touchdowns against Nebraska.

• Threw four touchdown passes in four different games.

• Opened the game against Iowa State hitting on 19 of his first 20 attempts, as the lone incompletion was on a throw away, while trying to avoid a sack.

Freshman Season (2006)

• Came off the bench to participate in three games, seeing action against Colorado, Iowa State and Missouri.

• Completed 14 of 24 passes and threw three touchdowns on the year

• Averaged 8.2 yards per carry on 13 attempts including a season-long 63-yarder against Colorado -- the longest run by any KU signal-caller during the entire season.

• Had two rushing touchdowns

• Entered the Colorado game in the third quarter and completed seven-of-11 passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns in his collegiate debut.

• Earned KU's offensive player of the week honors following the contest against the Buffs.

High School

• 4A Player of the Year in the state of Texas as a junior and Central Texas Player of the Year as a senior

• Threw for 3,340 yards and 41 touchdowns with just five interceptions in 2005

• Rushed for 750 yards and eight TDs during his final high school season

• Ranked first in the state of Texas by completing 72.3 percent of his pass attempts as a senior

• Named District MVP as a junior and senior

• All-state first team quarterback in 2004 and third-team punter in 2005

• Earned academic all-state and all-district honors

• Led the Cavaliers to their first 10-0 record in school history

• Led the team to district and bi-district championships in 2005 and the district championship in 2004

• Earned varsity letters in football and baseball

• Earned all-district second team honors as an outfielder in baseball

• Member of the National Honor Society

• Was in the top one percent of the 2005 graduating class at Lake Travis High School.