Former Kansas State football quarterback Michael Bishop elected to College Football Hall

By Arne Green Topeka Capital-Journal
January 9th, 2023

MANHATTAN — It was a long time coming, but Michael Bishop is headed to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Bishop, Kansas State’s quarterback during one of the program’s most successful two-year stretches in 1997 and ’98, got the call Monday and is part of a 2023 induction class that includes 18 players and four coaches.

Bishop also is the seventh K-State player or coach selected for the honor in the past 11 years, joining former linebackers Gary Spani (class of 2002) and Mark Simoneau (2012), running back Darren Sproles (2021) and coaches Lynn “Pappy” Waldorf (1966), Charles Bachman (1978) and Bill Snyder (2015).

Bishop, one of the first true dual-threat college quarterbacks, helped lead K-State to a 22-3 record in his two seasons, including a Fiesta Bowl victory in 1997 and a spot in the Big 12 championship game the following year. In only two seasons with the Wildcats, he set 26 single-game, season and career records, including career rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,314, career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 23, single-game passing yards with 441 against Louisiana-Monroe in 1998 and season passing yards (2,844) and touchdowns (23) in 1998.

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