Caden Veltkamp
 Veltkamp with Florida Atlantic in 2025 | |
| No. 10 – Florida Atlantic Owls | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 5, 2003 Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | South Warren (Bowling Green, Kentucky) |
| College |
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| Awards and highlights | |
Caden Veltkamp is an American college football quarterback who plays for the Florida Atlantic Owls. He previously played for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.
Early life
[edit]Veltkamp attended South Warren High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He won two Kentucky High School State Football Championships. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.[1]
College career
[edit]Western Kentucky
[edit]As a freshman in 2022, Veltkamp appeared in just one game where he completed all four of his pass attempts for 25 yards.[2] In the 2023 Famous Toastery Bowl, he came in for relief and threw for 383 yards and five touchdowns in a comeback overtime win over Old Dominion.[3] Veltkamp finished the 2023 season completing 41 of his 54 passes for 387 yards and five touchdowns to one interception, while also adding 76 yards on the ground.[2] In week 3 of the 2024 season, he came in for relief for injured starter T. J. Finley and completed 27 of 30 pass attempts for 398 yards and five touchdowns, while also adding a touchdown on the ground, in a win over Middle Tennessee State.[4] For his performance, Veltkamp was named the Conference USA offensive player of the week, a member of Davey O’Brien Award's Great 8 list and a Manning Award Star of the Week.[5] Heading into week 4, he was named the team's starting quarterback, set to make his first career start.[3] In Veltkamp's first career start, he completed 20 of 30 passing attempts for 242 yards and a touchdown, while also adding two touchdowns on the ground, in a comeback win over Toledo.[6] Veltkamp was named the 2024 Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year.
On December 10, 2024, Veltkamp announced that he would enter the transfer portal.[7]
Florida Atlantic
[edit]On December 28, 2024, Veltkamp transferred to Florida Atlantic.[8]
Statistics
[edit]| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 152.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 3 | 0 | — | 41 | 54 | 75.9 | 387 | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 163.0 | 23 | 76 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 13 | 11 | 6–5 | 258 | 389 | 66.3 | 3,108 | 8.0 | 25 | 10 | 149.5 | 113 | 150 | 1.3 | 7 |
| 2025 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 10 | 4–6 | 284 | 429 | 66.2 | 2,964 | 6.9 | 22 | 14 | 134.6 | 72 | 44 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Career | 27 | 21 | 10–11 | 587 | 876 | 67.0 | 6,484 | 7.4 | 52 | 25 | 143.1 | 208 | 270 | 1.3 | 9 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Williams, Sean (July 1, 2021). "Three-star QB Caden Veltkamp stays home, commits to WKU". InsideHilltopperSports. Rivals.com. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ a b "Caden Veltkamp College Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ a b Nations, Jeff (September 16, 2024). "Veltkamp named as starting QB for Tops against Toledo". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ Helwick, Steve (September 16, 2024). "Week 3 CUSA Notebook: Veltkamp delivers 5 passing TD off bench... again". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ Nations, Jeff (September 20, 2024). "NO MORE WAITING: BG native Veltkamp ready for first start as Tops' QB". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ Nations, Jeff (September 21, 2024). "HOLY TOLEDO: Tops preserve comeback win with back-to-back red-zone stands". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ Luckett, Adam (December 10, 2024). "WKU QB Caden Veltkamp enters transfer portal". KentuckySportsRadio.com. On3.com. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ McMahon, Jake. "Veltkamp transfers to FAU". wkuherald. Retrieved December 31, 2024.