Nico Kaufman

Nico Kaufman is a football quarterback for the Air Force Falcons football team.
==High school career==
Kaufman attended Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction Colorado where he played football. 
Recruitment
Both Air Force and Boise State offered Nico Kaufman scholarships, and in the end he committed to play football beginning for the 2016 CFBHC season for The United States Air Force Academy. 
==College Career==
===2016 Season===
Kaufman was given a redshirt in the 2016 season to give him additional time to develop and adjust to coach DescretoBurritos system.
===2017 Season===
He saw his first playing time in the 2017 MWC Championship game against Fresno State. He was 2 of 3 for 12 yards passing, and gained 31 yards and one TD in 6 carries on the ground after Senior QB Alejandro Silva was pulled late in the third quarter with the Falcons up by 35.
===2018 Season===
Kaufman assumed the role of starting QB at the beginning of the season. The Falcons played to a 7-6 record, including a win over Toledo in the Poinsettia Bowl, the first bowl win in team history. Kaufman became the first Air Force quarterback to pass for more than 2,000 yards in a season.
===2019 Season===
2019 began with Kaufman leading Air Force to a win over rival Navy, the programs first since 2014. Air Force would also beat Army to claim the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, bringing the trophy back to The Academy for the first time since 2014. Air Force would go onto sweep the Mountain West Conference, beating then #5 Nevada in the conference championship game. Air Force would end the season with a 2-1 record vs playoff teams, but lost in disappointing fashion to Cal in the Las Vegas Bowl. He became the first Air Force quarterback to pass for more than 3.000 yards in a season.
===2020 Season===
Nico was selected to the MWC's Preseason Second Team by the conferences coaches. He quickly established himself as the early Heisman favorite, winning SageBows National Offensive Player of the Week for weeks 2 (Mississippi State) and 6 (Boise State). He was nominated for the award in 5 of his first six games of the season (all but the Utah State game). He won Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for each of his first five games. Through six games was was averaging 81.8% passing completion, a 208.8 QBR, and 11.4 yards per carry on the ground. 
===Statistics===
Year 	Team 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	Passing 	 	Rushing 	Rushing 	Rushing 	Rushing
Year 	Team 	GP 	GS 	Rating 	Comp 	Att 	Pct 	Yards 	TD 	Int 	 	Att 	Yds 	Avg 	TD
2016 	Air Force	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT	REDSHIRT
2017 	Air Force	1 	0 	100.3 	2 	3 	66.7 	12 	0 	0 	 	6 	31 	5.2 	1
2018 	Air Force	13 	13 	129.0 	229 	369 	62.1 	2331 	21 	9 	 	79 	429 	5.4 	2
2019 	Air Force	14 	14 	152.5 	255 	378 	67.5 	3349 	17 	8 	 	81 	567 	7.1 	7
2020 	Air Force	6 	6 	208.8 	121 	148 	81.8 	1728 	13 	0 	 	46 	524 	11.4 	8
Totals	Totals 	34 	33 	152.5 	607 	895 	67.8 	7420 	51 	17 	 	212 	1551 	7.3 	18
 
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