I must admit, my first memory of Todd was coming back for the Colorado game in 2006. Who was this guy scrambling down the field that has suddenly made us a team that could move the ball. At the time I didn’t think a whole lot other than he had a nice game, turns out I had witnessed the beginning.

Other than that, I’ll remember his three games at Arrowhead that I witnessed first hand with fond memories despite falling short twice. In three games against the biggest rival of the Jayhawks Todd was…

102/155 for a 66% completion percentage. 1222 Yards passing, 10 TD’s 4 ints and 2 rushing TD’s…hell of a career against one team.

Lastly I’ll remember the Oklahoma State scramble of all scrambles before hitting Dexton Fields for a big first down and the game in Lincoln last year where Todd bounced off a Husker hit like a pinball and squared up to hit Meier for a TD.

Lot’s of great ones for Todd, too bad things couldn’t end on a high not, but it doesn’t change that he’ll go down in history as a Jayhawk great.

Being at the CU game and bitching about pulling his redshirt before he went Sparky on the Buffs and saved the season (and possibly Mangino’s job at the time.

Seeing him take a knee on VTech’s one yard line in the Orange Bowl FTW

The touchdown to Meier last year.

And last but not least, meeting him two years ago while I was house hunting in the student ghetto. He was playing bags with a bunch of women in front of a house and I was like hey you’re Todd Reesing. I was at least 3 inches taller than the guy and I’m about 6’0 to 6’1.

I will miss Todd, Kerry Slash Meier, Dezmon Deep Man, Jake the Snake, Darrell “Chase Daniel’s is my bitch” Stucky and yes, Mark the Shark Mangino. Miss em all. Hell or a ride from the highs to the lows.

Atleast I think I did. He was just walking alone on Mass. I was sitting in the Mad Greek a few weeks ago while visiting the school and he passed right by the window. It was really surreal.
I don’t know what Im gonna do without sparky’s fist pump/ pelvic thrusts. He was the face of Kansas football.

amazing ability to escape the pass rush and make them look like fools

I remember the first time I heard about him. There was an article in the Daily Kansan about this kid that was coming to KU and had set all kinds of crazy passing records for Texas high schools, but was considered too short for most D-1 programs.

I remember immediately thinking that this kid would either be something special or a big-time flop. From that great run against CU, I had a feeling that it wasn’t going to be the latter.

I feel like I should clarify my comparison to Tim Tebow a bit. I think there’s a whole lot of people out there that have been counted out for whatever reason, and have had to use perseverance, hard work, and a little bit of luck to get where we are. We weren’t recruited by every school or every company out there desperately trying to get our services. We like to think of ourselves as genuinely good people, but most of us don’t spend our free time flying all over the world doing missionary work.

Reesing’s on-field antics are being well-documented by other posters, but I think what I’ll remember most about him is that he was such a regular guy that liked to do regular guy stuff, but who also happened to be blessed with one of the most unique athletic skill sets college football has seen for a long, long time.

That should have been up for an ESPY…

The scramble against OK ST. in 2007 with Musberger, “Shades of Doug Flutie!”.

The entire 2007 season honestly.

The play where he got hit by a Nebraska defender and bounced off him and threw a TD to Meier.

Who can ever forget “the play” against Mizzou in the snow.

This year was disappointing for sure, but Todd Reesing truly was something special at KU and I’ll definitely remember his time here and some of the remarkable things he did on the football field. Thanks Todd.

Does anybody else from this senior class?