Caden Veltkamp

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Caden Rip Veltkamp
Florida Atlantic Owls
Position Quarterback
Class
Redshirt Redshirt.svg
Redshirt
Sophomore
Major Management
Personal information
Born:
Height6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight235 lb (107 kg)
Career history
College
High school South Warren (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
Career highlights and awards

Caden Veltkamp is an American college football quarterback who plays for the Florida Atlantic Owls. He previously played for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.

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Early life

Veltkamp attended South Warren High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He won two Kentucky High School State Football Championships. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. [1]

College career

Western Kentucky

As a freshman in 2022, Veltkamp appeared in just one game where he completed all four of his pass attempts for 25 yards. [2] In the 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl, he came in for relief and threw for 383 yards and five touchdowns in a comeback overtime win over Old Dominion. [3] Veltkamp finished the 2023 season completing 41 of his 54 passes for 387 yards and five touchdowns to one interception, while also adding 76 yards on the ground. [2] In week 3 of the 2024 season, he came in for relief for injured starter T. J. Finley and completed 27 of 30 pass attempts for 398 yards and five touchdowns, while also adding a touchdown on the ground, in a win over Middle Tennessee State. [4] For his performance, Veltkamp was named the Conference USA offensive player of the week, a member of Davey O’Brien Award's Great 8 list and a Manning Award Star of the Week. [5] Heading into week 4, he was named the team's starting quarterback, set to make his first career start. [3] In Veltkamp's first career start, he completed 20 of 30 passing attempts for 242 yards and a touchdown, while also adding two touchdowns on the ground, in a comeback win over Toledo. [6] Veltkamp was named the 2024 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year.

On December 10, 2024, Veltkamp announced that he would enter the transfer portal. [7]

Florida Atlantic

On December 28, 2024, Veltkamp transferred to Florida Atlantic. [8]

Statistics

SeasonTeamGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2022 Western Kentucky 10—44100.0256.300152.5000.00
2023 Western Kentucky 30—415475.93877.251163.023763.30
2024 Western Kentucky 13116–525838966.33,1086.42510149.51131501.37
2025 Florida Atlantic
Career 17116–530344767.83,5207.93011151.21362261.27

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Sean (July 1, 2021). "Three-star QB Caden Veltkamp stays home, commits to WKU". InsideHilltopperSports. Rivals.com. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Caden Veltkamp College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Nations, Jeff (September 16, 2024). "Veltkamp named as starting QB for Tops against Toledo". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ Helwick, Steve (September 16, 2024). "Week 3 CUSA Notebook: Veltkamp delivers 5 passing TD off bench... again". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ Nations, Jeff (September 20, 2024). "NO MORE WAITING: BG native Veltkamp ready for first start as Tops' QB". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ Nations, Jeff (September 21, 2024). "HOLY TOLEDO: Tops preserve comeback win with back-to-back red-zone stands". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
  7. ↑ Luckett, Adam (December 10, 2024). "WKU QB Caden Veltkamp enters transfer portal". KentuckySportsRadio.com. On3.com. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  8. ↑ McMahon, Jake. "Veltkamp transfers to FAU". wkuherald. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
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