Alex Delton

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Alex Delton
TCU Horned FrogsNo. 16
Position Quarterback
Class
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Redshirt
Senior
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Hays High School (Hays, KS)
Personal information
Born:October 23, 1996
Hays, Kansas
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • Cactus Bowl MVP (2017)
  • 2x 1st Team Academic-Big 12 (2017,2018)

Alex Christian Delton is an American college football quarterback who currently plays for the TCU Horned Frogs.

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Early years

Delton was born October 23, 1996 in Hays, Kansas, where he grew up to become a football and track & field star at Hays High School. Playing quarterback for the Indians, Delton amassed over 6,700 total yards and 75 touchdowns in his high school career. He committed to play college football at Kansas State in February of 2014. [1]

College career

Kansas State

2015–2018

After enrolling at Kansas State in 2015, Delton played in the Wildcats' first two games that fall before being injured and taking a redshirt season. [2] He returned to action as a backup in 2016, and as a redshirt sophomore in 2017 earned the first four starts of his college career. He came off the bench in the 2017 Cactus Bowl against UCLA, earning game MVP honors by rushing for 158 yards and three touchdowns en route to a 35-17 victory. [3] He was named a team captain for his junior season in 2018, but made just two starts as the Wildcats failed to make a bowl game.

TCU

2019

After initially deciding to transfer to join former Kansas State offensive coordinator Dana Dimel at UTEP [4] , Delton changed his mind in January of 2019 - instead enrolling at TCU, where he'll be eligible to play immediately as a graduate transfer. [5] Delton was named starting quarterback for the 2019 TCU Horned Frogs. [6]

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References

  1. "Alex Delton, Hays, Dual-Threat Quarterback". 247Sports.com . Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  2. Robinett, Kellis (September 17, 2015). "Kansas State backup QB Alex Delton injured right knee against UTSA, recovery time unknown". The Wichita Eagle . McClatchy . Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  3. Associated Press (December 26, 2017). "Kansas State beats UCLA 35-17 in Cactus Bowl". ESPN . Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  4. "Alex Delton transfers to UTEP". KWCH-DT . December 28, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  5. Trotter, Jake (January 15, 2019). "Former Kansas State QB Alex Delton says he's transferring to TCU". ESPN . Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  6. Straka, Dean (August 27, 2019). "Alex Delton named TCU's Week 1 starting QB, true freshman Max Duggan to also see playing time". The Dallas Morning News . A. H. Belo . Retrieved September 6, 2019.