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Sacramento State

2024 Football Roster

17 Carson Conklin

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Year Redshirt Freshman
  • Position QB
  • Hometown Yorba Linda, Calif.
  • High School Centennial HS
  • Experience RS

Biography

Stats Perform FCS Freshman of the Week (10/21/24)
Jerry Rice Award Finalist (2024)
FCS Central Freshman All-American (2024)
Stats Perform Freshman All-American (2024)

2024 Season
  • Finished third in the Jerry Rice Award which goes to the top freshman in the FCS.
  • Earned freshman All-America honors from FCS Central and Stats Perform.
  • Set school records by a freshman with 2,876 passing yards and 28 passing touchdowns.
  • Touchdown total ranks second in school single-season history regardless of class while his yardage total and completions (261) are fourth.
  • Ranked second in the Big Sky and seventh in the FCS in touchdown passes.
  • Finished the year with a .623 completion percentage (261-419) which places him sixth in program single-season history.
  • Recorded four games with over 300 passing yards comprised of 389 against UC Davis, 357 against Weber State, 314 against Portland State and 308 at Cal Poly.
  • Yardage against UC Davis was the most by a Hornet in the Causeway Classic.
  • Threw at least one touchdown pass in 11 of the team’s 12 games and had multiple TD tosses in eight games.
  • His five touchdown passes against UC Davis set the Causeway Classic record and were tied for third most in any game in school history.
  • Had four TD passes against PSU and EWU.
  • Named the Stats Perform FCS National Freshman of the Week after leading the Hornets to an overtime win over Weber State.
  • His 33 completions at Cal Poly are tied for the seventh-most by a Sacramento State quarterback.
2023 Season
  • Redshirted during the season.
  • Played in the final four games of the regular season, starting two at quarterback.
  • Finished the year with 744 yards with six touchdowns and a pair of interceptions.
  • Completed 51-of-94 passes for a .542 completion percentage and a pass efficiency of 137.5.
  • Debuted against Idaho State where he threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns while completing 14-of-21 passes.
  • Had a season best 313 passing yards with three scores against Cal Poly.
  • Also appeared at Montana and UC Davis.
High School
  • A three-star recruit from 247sports.
  • Will graduate from Centennial HS in Corona, Calif., in December and will enroll at Sacramento State for the spring semester.
  • Played three varsity seasons where he threw for 2,036 yards and 25 touchdowns.
  • Appeared in eight games as a senior where he split time with another Div. I commit.
  • Passed for 536 yards with a high of 232 against JSerra HS.
  • Threw touchdown passes in four different games.
  • As a junior, he compiled 1,071 passing yards with 16 touchdowns.
  • Started the season with a season-best 186 passing yards against Cathedral Catholic HS.
  • Tossed at least one touchdown in 11 of the team’s 12 games, including two in five games.
  • Team went 24-4 overall and 14-1 in league games during his three seasons.
Personal
  • Majoring in kinesiology.
  • Parents are Robert and Juli Conklin.
  • Brother, Bobbie, played football at Louisiana-Monroe.

Statistics

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2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2023Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'1" 194 lbs
    17
  • 17

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'1" 180 lbs
    17

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