Carson Conklin

PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE: Attended Sacramento State for two seasons (2023-24) ... 2024: 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: 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 ... graduated from Centennial HS in Corona, Calif., in December 2022 and enrolled 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: From Yorba Linda, Calif. ... son of Robert and Julie Conklin … has two siblings, Katie and Bobbie … brother Bobbie played football at Louisiana-Monroe (longsnapper) … father Robert played basketball at USC … has a pet cat named Goose … enjoys playing golf … favorite athlete is Lamar Jackson … chose to attend Fresno State because he enjoyed the family oriented feel to the program, and the community ties and support ... majoring in Communication.