Position Quarterback Major Sports Management Place of birth Kansas City, Missouri Weight 89 kg | Class Junior College Kansas (2013–2016) Height 1.88 m High school Bishop Miege High School | |
Date of birth (1994-08-11) August 11, 1994 (age 22) Current team Kansas Jayhawks football (#2 / Quarterback) Date joined 2013 (Kansas Jayhawks football) Parents Melinda Taylor, Wade Cozart |
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Montell Cozart (born August 11, 1994) is a college football quarterback. Cozart, a graduate transfer, ended his high school career at Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kansas as one of the best players in the Kansas City metro area. Cozart threw for 2,759 yards and 25 touchdowns as a senior at Bishop Miege HS where he was coached by Jon Holmes. At Kansas, Cozart has been the starter at quarterback since his sophomore year, before suffering a season ending injury four games into his junior year; the NCAA granted Cozart an extra year of eligibility due to his injury. Cozart is expected to return for the 2016 college football season.
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Early life and college career
Cozart earned first-team all-state honors after leading Bishop Miege High School to the Kansas Class 5A State Championship game in 2012. Rated as a 3-star quarterback by Rivals.com, Cozart chose to attend the University of Kansas and join its football program over offers from Indiana, Kansas State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois and West Virginia. On February 21, 2017, Cozart announced he was leaving Kansas to seek a graduate transfer and would be eligible during the 2017 season.