2011 Football Roster
Clute, Kellen
Jersey Number 83
Kellen Clute
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
- High School:
- Mt. Spokane HS
Bio
OVERVIEW
- Nine career starts
- Scheduled to graduate in March with a degree in digital communications
- Kellen returned from 2014 knee injury in time to participate in Spring Ball
- Began the season as one of just two tight ends on the squad with collegiate experience; with loss of fellow senior Caleb Smith after Game 2, became the only experienced player at the position
- Started six games at tight end
- Recorded his lone catch on the Beavers’ first pass of the season, against Weber State
- Missed Washington State game due to injury
- Recorded his only catch of the year on a 9-yard reception in the season-opener against Portland State
- Suffered a knee injury against Utah and missed the remainder of the season
- Began the season as the third tight end but moved up the depth chart due to injuries
- Played in all 13 games, starting three including at Oregon and in the Hawai’i Bowl
- Scored a touchdown on his first career reception, a 3-yarder against Hawai’i
- Scored again on his second career catch, a 2-yarder at San Diego State
- Recorded eight receptions for 37 yards against Stanford
- Had a career-long 33-yard catch and run at Oregon
- Totaled 19 receptions for 159 yards and two touchdowns on the season
- Played in eight games
- Used mostly as a blocker in multiple tight end formations
- Redshirt
- Suffered knee injury that required surgery in the second fall scrimmage
- Returned to the scout team late in the season
- Associated Press First Team 3A for the state of Washington as a senior
- Greater Spokane League First Team as a senior
- Selected to play in the Washington All-Star Game
- Seattle Times “Red Chip Player”
- Helped Mt. Spokane advance to quarterfinals of state playoffs
- Recorded 22 receptions for 358 yards and seven touchdowns in his prep career; added 159 tackles including 17 tackles-for-losses from the linebacker position
- First “skilled” player to receive a scholarship from Mt. Spokane, a school that opened in 1998
- Played in the East-West Game in July of 2011
- Earned three varsity letters in football and basketball
- Born April 15, 1993 in Spokane, Wash.
- Son of Troy and Karri Clute
- Has one sister, Kennadie
- His grandfather, Larry Lunke, is in the Washington State Football Coaches Hall of Fame
- Aspires to be a coach
- Majoring in digital communication arts
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