2013 Football Roster

10 Keith Wenning

  • Position
    Quarterback
  • Height
    6-3
  • Weight
    220
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Coldwater, Ohio (Coldwater)

Biography

 

** 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Finalist **

** 2013 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team **

** 2013 Maxwell Award Watch List **

** 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List **

** 2013 Davey O'Brien Award Watch List **

** 2013 Mid-American Conference **
Scholar-Athlete of the Week (8/29/13; 10/12/13)
 
** 2012 All-MAC Second Team **

** 2012 Ball State John Magnabosco Most Valuable Offensive Player Award **

** 2012 Ball State Team Captain **

** MAC West Division
Offensive Player of the Week (9/24/12; 10/1/12; 9/7/13) **

** Ball State's 2010 John Hodge Award Winner (Most Valuable Freshman) **

* 2011 Academic All-MAC Honorable Mention *

Career:  Owns the school career records for touchdown passes (91), passing yards (11,187), pass completions (1,012) and pass attempts (1,598) . . . set the career passing yards record at Virginia . . . has passed for 250 or more yards in a game a school record 22 times in career . . . owns the Ball State career record for 300-yard passing games with 16 . . . owns the Ball State career record with three games of 400 or more yards passing . . . set the school record with six touchdown passes vs. Miami University . . . 16 games with three TD passes or more . . . first quarterback in Ball State history to pass for 10,000 or more yards in a career . . . owns the top five single-game completion totals and the top three single-game pass attempt totals in Ball State history . . . owns the top three single season marks for completions in a season by a Ball State quarterback with 287 in 2011, a school record 301 in 2012 and 296 in 2013.

Career Mid-American Conference Rankings:  touchdown passes (4th), passing yards (6th), pass completions (4th) and pass attempts (4th)

Career Highs:
Completions:  42 vs. Northern Illinois, 2012
Attempts:  71 vs. Northern Illinois, 2012
Passing Yards:  445 at Kent State, 2012, and vs. Miami University, 2013
Touchdowns:  6 vs. Miami University, 2013
Long Pass:  94 yards at Eastern Michigan, 2011
Long TD Pass:  94 yards to Torieal Gibson at Eastern Michigan, 2011

2013 (Sr.):  Started his 46th career game vs. Miami University . . . started 12 games in 2013 . . . only Football Bowl Subdivision quarterback in the country with at least 299 yards passing in 10 games this year . . . thrown for a school record 3,933 yards . . . leads the Mid-American Conference and ranks fifth in the latest NCAA statistics in passing yards . . . accounted for 39 touchdowns - 34 passing and five rushing . . . accounted for six touchdowns vs. Miami University with a school record six TD passes.

2012 Single Season Marks:
Most Passing Yards: 3,095 (3rd)
Most Pass Attempts: 460 (2nd)
Most Pass Completions: 301 (1st)
Most TD Passes Thrown: 24 (3rd)

2012 (Jr.):  Started his 34th game at the Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl . . . . missed the regular season finale at Miami University with an injury before returning as starter in the Beef 'O' Brady Bowl St. Petersburg . . . played in 12 games wih 12 starts to earn third letter . . . ranked 31st in the nation with 257.9 passing yards per game and 41st in the country in total offense with 266.67 yards per game . . . threw for a career high 445 yards at Kent State, which tied for the second highest single-game total in school history . . . set Ball State records with 71 pass attempts (third most in Mid-American Conference history) and 42 completions vs. Northern Illinois . . . broke his own school record in both categories . . . threw for 434 yards vs. NIU . . . completed 32-of-43 passes at Kent State and the 32 completions rank as the third best single-game total in Ball State history . . . threw for 267 yards vs. Eastern Michigan , marking his sixth career game with 250 or more yards passing . . . threw for 128 yards at Clemson . . . completed 26-of-44 passes for 222 yards with two touchdowns at Indiana . . . 26 pass completions vs. Eastern Michigan and vs. South Florida rank as the 10th best single-game effort in Cardinals history . . . completed 27-of-43 passes for 265 yards with one touchdown vs. Western Michigan . . . scored the eighth rushing TD of his career and his third of the season at Central Michigan . . . tallied the first career pass reception and first career receiving touchdown on a 12-yard pass from wide receiver Jamill Smith in the third quarter of the Indiana game . . . completed 16-of-20 passes vs. Ohio to set the Ball State career record for pass completions . . . threw for 217 yards and two touchdowns vs. Central Florida in the bowl game.

2011 Single Season Marks:
Most Passing Yards:  2,786 (3rd)
Most Pass Attempts:  449 (2nd)
Most Pass Completions:  287 (1st)
Most TD Passes Thrown:  19 (3rd) -- 14 in 2010 is tied for 10th

2011 (So.):  Started all 12 games . . . earned second letter . . . attempted 185 straight passes without an interception, dating back to the Akron game of 2010, in a streak which ended vs. Oklahoma in 2011 . . . completed a career long 94-yard touchdown pass to Torieal Gibson in the first quarter at Eastern Michigan . . . it marked the longest pass and longest touchdown pass of his career . . . completed a career high 36 passes on a career best 52 pass attempts vs. Toledo in the season finale . . . passed for a career high 335 yards (35-of-50) at Western Michigan . . . the 335 passing yards marked the ninth best single game performance in school history . . . threw three touchdown passes at Western Michigan, which marked the sixth time in his career with a three TD game . . . passed for 325 yards in Ball State's victory over Central Michigan on a 27 pass completions . . . threw for 324 yards on 24 completions vs. Army . . . three touchdown passes vs. Central Michigan . . . completed a 51-yard TD pass to David Schneider vs. Army for his second longest touchdown pass of his career . . . the 324 passing yards were the most for a Ball State player since Nate Davis threw for 351 yards against Buffalo Dec. 5, 2008 . . . the 325 passing yards marked the 14th best single-game effort in Ball State history, while the 324 is the 15th best in school history . . . completed 24 passes for 226 yards vs. Buffalo . . . completed a 4-yard pass to Willie Snead with 29 seconds remaining in the game vs. Buffalo to seal the victory for the Cardinals . . . it marked the first touchdown pass in the final minute of regulation by Wenning that gave Ball State a victory . . . rushed for a career best 61 yards in Ball State's 27-20 victory over Indiana at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., in the season opener . . . completed 23-of-29 passes for 173 yards with two touchdowns and zero interceptions vs. Indiana . . . rushed eight times for 61 yards and one touchdown with no loss yardage plays against the Hoosiers . . . Wenning has both rushed and threw for a touchdown in four games in his career . . . completed 24-of-35 passes for 148 yards and no interceptions at South Florida . . . completed 24-of-36 passes for 226 yards and two TDs vs. Buffalo . . . had his third rushing touchdown of the season and seventh of his career at Northern Illinois. Ranked 6th in the MAC for passing yards average per game, also 6th in the MAC for total offense.

2010 (Fr.):  Played in all 12 games . . . started the final 10 games . . . earned first letter . . . made his first career start at Purdue . . . completed 11-of-21 passes for 89 yards with one interception at Purdue . . . threw a career best three touchdown passes vs. Eastern Michigan, at Toledo and at Kent State . . . season long 63-yard pass to Jack Tomlinson for a touchdown vs. Akron . . . appeared in Ball State's first two games and completed 13-of-18 passes for 129 yards with one touchdown . . . connected on a 15-yard pass to Aaron Mershman with 9:54 left in the third quarter vs. Liberty for his first career touchdown pass . . . completed a 56-yard pass to Eric Williams at Central Michigan . . . completed a season high 19 passes on a season best 39 attempts for a season high 224 yards at Toledo . . . threw for 217 yards vs. Akron . . . threw for 200 yards at Kent State . . . first career rushing touchdown vs. Eastern Michigan, marking the first game in his career he both rushed and threw for a TD in the same game . . . rushed for his second career touchdown at Kent State . . . both rushed and threw for a TD in the same game twice.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Earned three letters in football for Coach John Reed . . . helped Coldwater to a 13-2 record and a second place finish in the Midwest Athletic Conference as a senior . . . helped the Cavaliers to a 49-4 mark in career . . . helped the team to a state championship as a sophomore and a runner up finish as a senior . . . helped Coldwater to conference titles as a freshman and a junior . . . all-state and all-conference as a senior . . . named Ohio Divison 5 Offensive Player of the Year as a senior . . . All-Ohio as a senior . . . all-conference second team as a junior . . . completed 294 passes for 3,699 yards and 40 touchdowns as a senior . . . completed 69.8 percent of his passes as a senior . . . rushed for 1,000 yards as a senior . . . completed 334-of-485 passes for 4,579 yards and 54 touchdowns in career . . . rushed for 2,366 yards and 22 TDs in career . . . set school records for most passing yards in a season (3,699) and for most total yards (4,713) in a season as a senior . . . his 40 TD passes as a senior set the Coldwater single-season school record . . . set the state championship game records with 40 completions, 54 attempts and 414 passing yards . . . also lettered in baseball and basketball . . . three-time all-conference in baseball . . . all-state second team in baseball as a junior . . . all-conference in basketball as a junior.

Personal: Son of Mike and Cindy Wenning . . . three sisters and one brother . . . owns a 3.340 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . . managed a 3.311 grade-point average last fall . . . born Feb. 14, 1991, in Coldwater, Ohio . . . full name is Keith Allen Wenning.

RUSHINGgattyardstdlongavg/cavg/g
2010 12 32 -3 2 32 -0.1 -0.2
2011 12 57 182 3 20 3.2 15.2
2012 12 56 105 3 17 1.9 8.8
2013 13 45 44 5 12 1.0 3.4
TOTAL 49 190 328 13 32 1.7 6.7

 

PASSINGgcmp-att-intyardstdlongpctavg/pavg/geffic
2010 12 128-235-14 1373 14 63 54.5 5.8 114.4 111.3
2011 12 287-449-11 2786 19 94 63.9 6.2 232.2 125.1
2012 12 301-460-10 3095 24 52 65.4 6.7 257.9 134.8
2013 13 319-498-7 4148 35 75 64.1 8.3 319.1 154.4
TOTAL 49 1035-1642-42 11402 92 94 63.0 6.9 232.7 134.7

 

TOTAL OFFENSEgrushpasstotalavg/g
2010 12 -3 1373 1370 114.2
2011 12 182 2786 2968 247.3
2012 12 105 3095 3200 266.7
2013 13 44 4148 4192 322.5
TOTAL 49 328 11402 11730 239.4

 

RECEIVINGgrecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
2010 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2011 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2012 12 2 29 1 17 0.2 14.5 2.4
2013 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 49 2 29 1 17 0.0 14.5 0.6

 

SCORINGgtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
2010 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 1.0
2011 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 1.5
2012 12 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 24 2.0
2013 13 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 30 2.3
TOTAL 49 14 13 1 0 0 0 0 84 1.7

 

ALL PURPOSEgrushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
2010 12 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.2
2011 12 182 0 0 0 0 182 15.2
2012 12 105 29 0 0 0 134 11.2
2013 13 44 0 0 0 0 44 3.4
TOTAL 49 328 29 0 0 0 357 7.3

 

PUNTINGgno.yardslongavg
2010 12 0 0 0 0.0
2011 12 2 60 33 30.0
2012 12 0 0 0 0.0
2013 13 1 33 33 33.0
TOTAL 49 3 93 33 31.0

 

TACKLESguaatotaltflpdfffrblk
2010 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2011 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2012 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
2013 13 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 49 2 0 2 0.0 0 0 0 0

 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 12, Illinois State, 8/29/2013 
Touchdowns: 2, Illinois State, 8/29/2013 
Rush attempts: 8, Western Michigan, 10/13/2012 ; at Western Michigan, 10/29/2011 ; vs Indiana, 9/3/2011 
Rush yards: 61, vs Indiana, 9/3/2011 (8 carries)
Rush TDs: 2, Illinois State, 8/29/2013 
Long rush: 32, Akron, 11/6/2010 
Pass attempts: 71, Northern Illinois, 10/6/2012 
Pass completions: 42, Northern Illinois, 10/6/2012 
Pass yards: 445, Miami, 11/29/2013 ; at Kent State, 9/29/2012 
Pass TDs: 6, Miami, 11/29/2013 
Had intercepted: 3, 5 times
Long pass: 94, at Eastern Michigan, 11/5/2011 
Receptions: 1, Ohio, 11/14/2012 ; at Indiana, 9/15/2012 
Receiving yards: 17, Ohio, 11/14/2012 (1 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, at Indiana, 9/15/2012 
Long reception: 17, Ohio, 11/14/2012 
Total offense attempts: 74, Northern Illinois, 10/6/2012 (3 rush,71 pass)
Total ofense yards: 459, at Kent State, 9/29/2012 (14 rush,445 pass)
All-purpose yards: 61, vs Indiana, 9/3/2011 
Punt attempts: 1, Temple, 10/8/2011 ; at Northern Illinois, 11/15/2011 ; Army, 9/7/2013 
Punt yards: 33, Temple, 10/8/2011 (1 punts); Army, 9/7/2013 (1 punts)
Longest punt: 33, Temple, 10/8/2011 ; Army, 9/7/2013 
Tackles: 1, Kent State, 10/12/2013 (1-0); Toledo, 9/28/2013 (1-0)

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2010Freshman

    Quarterback
    6'4" 220 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2011Sophomore

    Quarterback
    6'4" 221 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2012Junior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 220 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2013Senior

    Quarterback
    6'3" 220 lbs
    10