K-Stated

Now that Josh Freeman is gone, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder is looking for a quarterback — his quarterback — to guide the Wildcats’ offense.

Based on history, we know Snyder is fond of athletic and mobile quarterbacks.

And if he’d been the K-State coach maybe a year earlier, Rockhurst High’s Nathan Scheelhaase might have been a possible solution. Instead, the Kansas City standout remains committed to Illinois, to which he pledged during the summer.

“I’m rock solid,” he said Wednesday.

Scheelhaase’s father, Nate Creer, was the the defensive MVP at Iowa in 1985 — when Snyder was the Hawkeyes’ offensive coordinator.

“I haven’t talked to them at all,” Scheelhaase said. “I know (Snyder) talked to my father, and I think they were trying to get me up there for a visit.”

Further complicating matters is the fact that Ron Prince never even offered Scheelhaase, a four-star recruit per Rivals.com, a scholarship. Now, in defense of Prince, there were already four scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. But how many local elite prospects are there in the area, and how does one of the local schools possibly ignore such a talent?

“I could only consider teams if they offered me,” said Scheelhaase, who was offered by 20 schools. “I probably would have looked. I mean, I looked at all of the schools that offered me, and with K-State being a local school, I probably would have looked more.

“But you don’t want to chase anybody when you’re being chased.”