- Born
- Birth nameKirk Daniel Cousins
- Height6′ 2¾″ (1.90 m)
- In the 2013 offseason, published his first book, "Game Changer: Faith, Football, & Finding Your Way". Attended Holland (Mich.) Christian H.S., where he lettered in football, baseball and basketball. Earned All-Ottawa-Kent Conference honors as a quarterback for the football team, as a pitcher for the baseball squad and as a shooting guard for basketball. Was a three-star prospect by Rivals.com, which rated him Michigan's 27thbest overall prospect. Finished prep career completing 198-of- 366 passes for 3,204 yards, 40 touchdowns and 18 interceptions in 16 games, with at least three touchdown passes in nine of those contests. In 2006, was an all-state and academic all-state honorable mention choice by the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association, as he went on to set 35 school game-, season- and career-records en route to garnering Area Player of the Year accolades. That season, he completed 130-of-231 throws (.563) for 2,088 yards, 28 touchdowns and 10 interceptions as a senior, leading the Maroons to a program-best 7-3 record while qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in school history. Graduated from Michigan State in December 2011 with a 3.68 grade point average, majoring in kinesiology. Participated in the Spartan Buddies program, volunteering in the pediatric ward at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing and in the Athletes in Action sports ministry. Served as the color analyst on the Big Ten Network broadcast of Michigan State's Green-White Spring Game from 2013-15. Son of MaryAnn and Don Cousins. Father is a minister and mother is a flight attendant. Brother, Kyle, lettered four times as a pitcher at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Married his wife, Julie, in the 2014 offseason. Born Aug. 19, 1988.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Steven Thompson
- SpouseJulie Cousins(June 28, 2014 - present) (1 child)
- On December 17, 2022, he led the Minnesota Vikings to the largest comeback in NFL history. The Vikings trailed 33-0 at halftime and went on to win 39-36 in overtime.
- Established a Michigan State career-record with a 146.1 pass efficiency rating, topping the old mark of 142.3 by Gene Glick (1946-49).
- From 2015-16, became the first Redskins quarterback with back-to-back 4,000-yard passing seasons and joined Aaron Rodgers (2008-09) as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to record 4,000 passing yards and four rushing touchdowns in consecutive seasons.
- Was part of quarterback duo in 2012 that made the Redskins the first team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to have two different rookie quarterbacks (Cousins and Robert Griffin III) lead fourth-quarter comeback wins in the same season and the first team in history with two rookie quarterbacks with 300-yard passing games in a single season.
- In 2016, set single-season team records in attempts (606), completions (406) and passing yards (4,917) and matched his team record for 300-yard passing games (seven).
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