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Position: | Tight ends coach & tackles coach | ||||||||
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Born: | Florissant, Missouri, U.S. | January 30, 1990||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Hazelwood (MO) Central | ||||||||
College: | Washburn | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2012 | ||||||||
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Brian Folkerts (born January 30, 1990) is a former American football center and current college football coach. He is the tight ends coach and tackles coach for Northern Iowa, a position he has held since 2024. He played college football at Washburn.
Brian was born the son of Tim and Margie Folkerts. He attended Hazelwood Central High School in Florissant, Missouri. There he was a two-sport athlete, playing both football and wrestling.
Folkerts attended Washburn University, where he played for the Washburn Ichabods football team from 2008 to 2011. Folkerts earned honorable mention All-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) as a freshman in 2008. [1] As a sophomore in 2009, Folkerts was the Ichabods starting right tackle, earned second-team All-MIAA honors. [1] During Folkerts junior season, he moved to left tackle, where he was named a first-team All-MIAA selection. [1] His senior year, Folkerts was once again named a first-team All-MIAA selection, [2] Folkerts also earned www.d2football.com's 2nd Team All-American honors in 2011. [3]
Prior to the 2012 NFL Draft, Folkerts was projected to be undrafted by NFLDraftScout.com. He was rated as the fifty-first-best offensive guard in the draft. [4] Folkerts was not invited to the 2012 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Folkerts attended the Kansas State Pro Day workout on March 27. [4]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 303 lb (137 kg) | 5.18 s | 1.79 s | 2.94 s | 4.66 s | 7.73 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | 35 reps | |||
All values from Kansas State's Pro Day on March 27 [4] |
After going undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft, Folkerts signed as an undrafted free agent with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). [5] Folkerts was cut by the Saints on August 27. [6]
Folkerts was signed by the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League for the 2013 season. Folkerts played fullback for the SaberCats. He was placed on Other League Exempt status by the SaberCats on May 16, when he signed with the NFL's Carolina Panthers. [7]
Folkerts survived the Panthers final cuts, and was placed on the active roster for Week 1 as a center. After the Panthers started the season 0–2, Folkerts was waived. He was re-signed to Panthers' practice squad on September 21, 2013. On September 5, 2015, he was released by the Panthers with an injury settlement. [8]
On October 13, 2015, Folkerts was signed by the 49ers' practice squad.
On November 17, 2015, Folkerts was signed by the St. Louis Rams from the 49ers' practice squad. [9] On August 30, 2016, he was released by the Rams. [10]
On August 12, 2017, Folkerts re-signed with the Panthers. [11] He was waived on September 1, 2017. [12]
On December 27, 2018, Folkerts signed with the San Antonio Commanders of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). The league ceased operations in April 2019. [13]
In October 2019, Folkerts was selected in the second round of the 2020 XFL Draft by the St. Louis BattleHawks. [14] He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020. [15]
On November 17, 2022, Folkerts was drafted by the Arlington Renegades of the XFL. [16] He was not part of the roster after the 2024 UFL dispersal draft on January 15, 2024. [17]
Folkerts coached two years at Washburn, [18] two years at Wingate, [19] [20] and in 2024 was named the tight ends coach and tackles coach for Northern Iowa. [21]
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