#16 -
Collier Winters
Position: Quarterback
Year: Junior
Hometown: Claremore, Okla.
High School: Booker T. Washington
Height: 5-11
Weight: 190
House Affiliation: Kirkland
At Harvard
2009: Started the season opener at
quarterback against then-No. 23 Holy Cross and threw for 195
yards with two touchdowns while running for 40 yards ... Earned the
New England Football Writers Gold Helmet Award and was named the
Ivy League's Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Crimson
to a 24-21 win over Brown in the Ivy League opener. Winters was
18-for-27 for 223 yards and two touchdowns while also runing for a
game-high 66 yards (5.1 ypc), including a three-yard scoring run
... Threw two first half touchdowns and ended up with 152
passing yards in a win at Lehigh ... Completed 19 passes for 233
yards and two touchdowns against Lafayatte ... Completed 13 pass
for 190 yards and two TDs while running for a third TD in the first
half of a win over Princeton ... Completed 12-of-15 passes for 204
yards and a TD in a win over Dartmouth ... Had 214 yards on 19
completions in a win over Columbia ... Threw two late touchdowns in
a 19-for-26, 211-yard and 51-rushing yard game at Yale in a 14-10
victory.
2008: Missed the season due to injuries.
2007: Appeared in six games at quarterback ...
Carried the ball 15 times for 57 yards and two touchdowns ... Both
scores came against Dartmouth with three total carries for 28 yards
... Minor H recipient.
Background
At Booker T. Washington: Tulsa World All-Metro and
All-State selection in 2005 and 2006 ... Earned all-district honors
as a junior and senior ... Two-time team MVP ... U.S. Army
All-American nominee ... Set school records for passing yards and
touchdown passes as a junior ... Named to the Jim Thorpe all-star
game ... National Honor Society.
Personal: Father, Kevin, played football at
Kansas State.