Kevin Craft

Kevin Craft (born October 15, 1985) is an American football quarterback for the IBM Big Blue in the Japanese X-League. Craft previously played for the Cougars de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône in France. He played college football at UCLA.

Kevin Craft
Craft (#3) passes during an October 2008 game against the California Golden Bears
No. 3 – IBM BigBlue
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1985-10-15) October 15, 1985
Escondido, California
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:Valley Center (CA)
College:UCLA
Undrafted:2010
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 2009 EagleBank Bowl Champion
  • All-Rookie Selection Japanese X-League (2012)
  • All-X-League Team (2012-2013)

High school years

Craft attended Valley Center High School in Valley Center, California and was an excellent student and a letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he was a three-year letterman and earned All-California Interscholatic Federation honors. Kevin Craft graduated from Valley Center High School in 2004.

College career

SDSU

Craft originally attended San Diego State University, where his father, former SDSU Aztecs quarterback Tom Craft, was head coach. Arriving in 2005, Craft redshirted his first year; his father was fired at the end of the season and replaced by Chuck Long. Craft remained and, as a redshirt freshman, appeared in nine games and started five as the Aztecs went on to a 3–9 record in 2006; he had a 109.8 passer rating. In his first career start at San Diego State, Kevin Craft completed 20 of 32 passes for 216 yards against BYU.

Mt. SAC

Craft transferred from SDSU after the season and played football at Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) in Walnut, California during the 2007 season; again for his father Tom, who became the offensive coordinator at Mt. SAC.[1]

UCLA

Craft transferred to UCLA in time for the 2008 spring practices. He soon found himself in as the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins Football team after the two veteran starters, Ben Olson and Patrick Cowan, both fell to extended injuries. In the Bruins opener for the 2008 season, Craft led the Bruins to a 27–24 victory against 18th ranked Tennessee in overtime. After throwing 4 interceptions in the first half he came back to complete 18 of 25 passes for 193 yards and 1 touchdown in the second half.[2]

The Bruins finished the season with a record of 4–8 (3–6 Pac-10) and failed to participate in a post-season bowl game. He competed with Kevin Prince and freshman Richard Brehaut for the quarterback position in 2009.

In the 2009 Washington game at the Rose Bowl, Craft came in after Kevin Prince went out to guide the Bruins to a one-point victory, 24–23, and an end to the team's five straight Pac-10 conference losses. He had 10 of 14 completions for 159 yards with an interception.[3]

Professional career

Cougars de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône

2010

In 2010, Kevin signed with the Cougars de Saint-Ouen l'Aumône, France. The Cougars play in the highest level of competition in France (Division 1) and in the EFAF Cup. Every team in the French national championship is eligible to sign two American players. Kevin decided to choose this challenge over his coaching job in order to help the Cougars to reach the national title. Craft chose the Cougars despite a late offer from the CFL Calgary Stampeders.

During the 2010 season, Kevin completed 216 of 398 passes for 2,851 yards, 28 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He rushed for 245 yards and scored 4 touchdowns.[4]

IBM Big Blue

2012

In 2012, Kevin played for IBM Big Blue in Japanese X-league. He was an all league selection and a rookie of the year for the central division.

2013

2014

Craft passed for 199 yards in a May 31, 2014 game.[5]

2015

Statistics

Regular season
YearTeamGGSW - LPassingRushingSackedFumbles
CompAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDSackYdsFumLost
2012IBM 553–213017673.91,6289.3203311053.4153744
2013IBM 775-211717666.51,7359.9234231617.0121355
2014IBM 886-214923164.51,9698.5239271405.2064132
2015IBM 664-2609563.28238.78322-55-2.5065511
Total262618–845667867.36,1559.174191033513.42191461312

Post season
YearTeamGGSW - LPassingRushingSackedFumbles
CompAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDSackYdsFumLost
2012IBM 221–1314864.63276.85015875.8111111
2013IBM 221–1577972.27099.071201105.511242
2014IBM 443–110215964.21,4569.2178311234.0242954
2015IBM 221–1578567.16417.56312-19-1.6053700
Total10106–424737166.63,1338.43512783013.941179107

Personal

Craft majored in sociology and participated in the 2009 UCLA commencement ceremony.

gollark: At my school they just put "Halo" and such on the network drives.
gollark: Well then.
gollark: Does it actually support Linux yet?
gollark: I only have Factorio. Their use of the Epic store troubles me.
gollark: I should add *my* alts here, could be fun.

See also

References
  1. "UCLA player's profile". Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  2. Foster, Chris - UCLA 27, NO. 18 TENNESSEE 24 (OT) Kevin Craft rallies UCLA past Tennessee. Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2008.
  3. Chris Foster, Craft comes through for Bruins, Los Angeles Times, November 7, 2009
  4. Signature of QB 2011, lescougars July 2010
  5. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2014/05/31/more-sports/football/kinoshita-makes-three-td-grabs-seagulls-rout-bigblue/#.U69SJfldWSo
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