RyanMossakowski

Outlook
Scholarship quarterback joined the baseball team following UK’s school-record fifth consecutive bowl game, the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala. … A Former four-star quarterback out of gridiron-mad Texas, was locked in a three-way competition for the starting quarterback position in the preseason with eventual starter Mike Hartline and fellow highly touted quarterback recruit Morgan Newton … Was an all-district performer in high school on the diamond and has shown the aptitude to be a quick learner in his reintroduction to baseball … Joins scholarship wide receiver Brian Adams as two-sport players at UK.

Football
Played in three games as a reserve quarterback to fifth-year senior starter Mike Hartline, seeing time against Akron, Western Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

High School
All-America quarterback as selected by SuperPrep and PrepStar magazines … Threw for 7,433 yards and 51 touchdowns during his career at Centennial High School in Frisco, Texas … Totals would have been higher, but he missed approximately half of his senior season because of an injury … Best year came as a junior, when he passed for 2,963 yards and 19 touchdowns … Strong arm and accuracy are shown by his 67.4 completion percentage during his senior season … Known primarily as a passer, but he also has good mobility … Rushed for 799 yards and 20 touchdowns in his career … Ranked as one of the nation’s top-25 quarterbacks by SuperPrep, Scout.com and Rivals.com, and his listings would have been even higher had he not missed part of his senior season … The No. 18 overall prospect in Texas by SuperPrep … Named first-team “All-Combine” at the U.S. Army All-America Junior Combine … A relatively new school, he led his team to a berth in the state playoffs for the first time in school history … Also the team’s starting punter for three years … Coached by Mark Howard … “Ryan is talented physically. He has a lot of intangibles – great character – and is as good a human as he is a player,” Howard said … A two-year all-district baseball outfielder … Member of the school’s chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Personal
Born in Austin, Texas … Son of Dan and Sally Mossakowski … Has a brother, Kyle, who played football at Howard Payne University … Has participated in several charity events, including serving as a bellringer for the Salvation Army in 2009 and participating in events with Read Across America and Liberty Elementary School.