Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Wyoming
Colby Kirkegaard
QB • 6'3" • Phoenix, AZ, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Colby Kirkegaard is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
41
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Wyoming
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Wyoming
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
Player Story
Colby Kirkegaard built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a quarterback from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 11, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Colby Kirkegaard's career was his passing role:...
Read the storyColby Kirkegaard, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Wyoming. Colby Kirkegaard is a balanced quarterback profile with 19.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 2,724
- Passing yards
- 2,820
- Touchdowns
- 12
Quick Answers
Colby Kirkegaard quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Wyoming · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 2,724
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Wyoming
- Top game
- Air Force
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2014
- 2014 Total offense rank
- 2,550 total offense · QB 79th (top 25%) · Mountain West 7th (top 5%) · National 81st (top 6%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Wyoming | 3 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Wyoming | 3 | 143 | 123 | 20 | 0 | 14.9 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Wyoming | 12 | 2,550 | 2,660 | -110 | 12 | 67.4 |
Related Context
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Colby Kirkegaard played QB for Wyoming. Across 4 tracked seasons, Colby Kirkegaard recorded 2,820 passing yards, -96 rushing yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Wyoming.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Wyoming paired 2,550 primary output with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 55.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Air Force
Win with 282 yards of offense and 75.2 efficiency. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · Wyoming
Games
12
Primary Metric / G
212.5
Efficiency
55.6
Usage
19.3
Consistency
71
Best Game by takeover score
Air Force
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Montana: 53. Air Force: 282. Oregon: 256. Florida Atlantic: 151. Michigan State: 152. Hawai'i: 197. San José State: 157. Colorado State: 332. Fresno State: 325. Utah State: 239. Boise State: 61. New Mexico: 345
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Montana: 29 by 44.8. Air Force: 37 by 75.2. Oregon: 40 by 51.3. Florida Atlantic: 32 by 50.5. Michigan State: 32 by 53.8. Hawai'i: 36 by 49.5. San José State: 36 by 54.9. Colorado State: 46 by 59.2. Fresno State: 32 by 68.9. Utah State: 48 by 52. Boise State: 18 by 53.9. New Mexico: 51 by 52.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins202.8 · Games = 4 · -14.6 vs Losses
Losses217.4 · Games = 8 · +14.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Air Force
Best efficiency game
75.2 vs Air Force
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ New Mexico300-yard game | L 30-36 | 22 | 44 | 372 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 52.8 | 7 | -27 | -3.90 | 0 | 4 |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Boise State | L 14-63 | 10 | 14 | 74 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 53.9 | 4 | -13 | -3.30 | 0 | 1 |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Utah State | L 3-20 | 20 | 40 | 212 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 8 | 27 | 3.40 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 11/2 | @ Fresno State300-yard game | W 45-17 | 19 | 28 | 320 | 67.9 | 2 | 0 | 68.9 | 4 | 5 | 1.30 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Colorado State300-yard game | L 31-45 | 24 | 38 | 335 | 63.2 | 2 | 0 | 59.2 | 8 | -3 | -0.40 | 0 | 6 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs San José State | L 20-27 | 11 | 27 | 119 | 40.7 | 0 | 0 | 54.9 | 9 | 38 | 4.20 | 0 | 19 |
| Sun 10/12 | @ Hawai'i | L 28-38 | 19 | 30 | 221 | 63.3 | 2 | 2 | 49.5 | 6 | -24 | -4 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Michigan State | L 14-56 | 16 | 24 | 188 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 53.8 | 8 | -36 | -4.50 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 20-19 | 10 | 23 | 161 | 43.5 | 0 | 0 | 50.5 | 9 | -10 | -1.10 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Oregon | L 14-48 | 19 | 33 | 284 | 57.6 | 2 | 2 | 51.3 | 7 | -28 | -4 | 0 | 8 |
| Sun 9/7 | vs Air Force | W 17-13 | 23 | 37 | 282 | 62.2 | 2 | 0 | 75.2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Montana | W 17-12 | 13 | 21 | 92 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | 44.8 | 8 | -39 | -4.90 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Colby Kirkegaard story
Colby Kirkegaard built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a quarterback from Phoenix, AZ wearing No. 11, spending time with Wyoming. The clearest part of Colby Kirkegaard's career was his passing role: 2,820 passing yards, 12 touchdown passes, and 395 attempts across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Wyoming. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Wyoming.
The arc is straightforward: Colby Kirkegaard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Wyoming
2011-2014
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Wyoming | 31 | 48.4 | 2.8 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Wyoming | 143 | 31.5 | 5.1 | 112 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | — | — | -143 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Wyoming | 2,550 | 55.6 | 19.3 | 2,550 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Air Force
Week 2 · W 17-13 · Conference game
Win with 282 yards of offense and 75.2 efficiency.
282
Total Offense
78.5 takeover
282 total offense with 75.2 efficiency.
#2
@ Colorado State
Week 9 · L 31-45 · Conference game
332
Total Offense
67.4 takeover
Loss with 332 yards of offense and 59.2 efficiency.
332 total offense with 59.2 efficiency.
#3
vs Cal Poly
Week 3 · L 22-24
144
Total Offense
61.4 takeover
Loss with 144 yards of offense and 61.2 efficiency.
144 total offense with 61.2 efficiency.
#4
@ Fresno State
Week 10 · W 45-17 · Conference game
325
Total Offense
61.4 takeover
Win with 325 yards of offense and 68.9 efficiency.
325 total offense with 68.9 efficiency.
#5
@ New Mexico
Week 14 · L 30-36 · Conference game
345
Total Offense
61.3 takeover
Loss with 345 yards of offense and 52.8 efficiency.
345 total offense with 52.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Wyoming
2,550 primary output · 55.6 efficiency · 19.3 usage
67.4
#2
2011 Regular Season · Wyoming
27.8
31 primary · 48.4 efficiency · 2.8 usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Wyoming
14.9
143 primary · 31.5 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
5
250+ passing yards
3
300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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