Two-year letterman and starting quarterback is one of the top signal callers in the Missouri Valley Football Conference ... Enters junior season ranked No. 2 in MSU history in completions (330), No. 4 in pass attempts (566), touchdown passes (26) and total offense (4187) and No. 7 in passing yards (3,756) ... 2008: Earned All-MVFC Second Team honors and finished second in the league in passing yards per game (183.1), third in total offense (202.5) and 10th in touchdowns scored (9) ... Named Missouri State Coors Player of the Year and was just the third sophomore in school history to be named co-captain ... Became the fastest MSU quarterback ever to reach 3,000 career passing yards (10/25/08) when he matched a career-high 22 completions against Southern Illinois in his 18th career game ... Finished SIU game with 243 passing yards ... Threw game-tying touchdown pass to Chris Geisz as time expired and rushed for winning touchdown in overtime (19 yards) in season finale at Indiana State (11/22/08) to earn MSU Coors Player of the Week and MSU Offensive POW honors ... His 66 rushing yards in win at Indiana State was a career high ... Engineered a 20-point fourth quarter in 34-28 comeback win at Illinois State (10/18/08), including a 77-yard game-clinching TD pass to Justin Fuselier with 4:50 remaining to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Week, MSU Coors POW and MSU Offensive POW honors ... Finished Illinois State game with 254 passing yards and career highs 314 yards total offense and 3 rushing TDs ... Posted season-best 261 passing yards on career high 42 attempts in season opener against Washburn (9/4/08) ... Threw for 246 yards and 3 TDs vs. Western Illinois (10/4/08) ... Was 15-for-28 for 217 yards vs. North Dakota State (11/15/08) ... Completed 20-of-27 passes for 195 yards and 2 TDs in win at Southeast Missouri (9/20/08) ... Finished season with 7 games of 190+ passing yards and four games rushing for 50+ yards ... Had streak of nine straight games with a touchdown pass snapped at UNI (11/8/08) ... Was named MVFC Preseason All-Conference quarterback ... 2007: Named MVFC Freshman of the Year and named to MVFC All-Newcomer squad as a true freshman ... Took over starting QB duties in team’s fourth game to engineer a fourth-quarter comeback win over Central Arkansas (9/22/07), 42-38, scoring the game-winning touchdown ... Completed 22-of-38 passes for 247 yards and 2 TDs in UCA game while rushing for three more scores to earn MVFC Offensive Player of the Week, MSU Coors POW and MSU Offensive POW laurels ... Passed for career highs 277 yards and 4 TDs in 58-41 win over Illinois State (10/6/07) to claim MVFC Offensive Player of the Week and MSU Coors Player of the Week ... Also threw for 255 yards in season finale win over Southeast Missouri (11/10/07), completing 18-of-21 passes with a pair of TDs and was named MSU Coors Player of the Week ... Also earned Coors POW honors after passing for 62 yards in reserve capacity at Kansas State (9/15/07) ... High School: Earned Arkansas 7A Player of the Year honors his senior year by the Arkansas Democrat and Hooten’s Arkansas Magazine after notching 3,500 passing yards with 34 TDs, in addition to rushing for 18 TDs and 800 yards for the Rogers (Ark.) High Mountaineers of Coach Ronnie Peacock ... Helped team to 12-1 record and state runner-up showing in a one-point state finals loss ... Named to AP Super Team, KURM Dream Team and Max Emfinger All-America Team while earning Vanderbilt Top Gun Award at Music City 7-on-7 event ... Also completed more than 66-percent of his passes in 2006 and had just six interceptions in over 400 attempts ... Passed for 520 yards vs. Fort Smith Northside his senior year ... High school teammate of Bears WR Chad Peachey ... Was also a four-year baseball letterman as a pitcher and infielder ... Personal: Cody Bartlett Kirby was born 6/10/88 in Memphis, Tenn. ... Son of Bob and Betty Kirby of Bentonville, Ark. ... Majoring in Exercise and Movement Science (3.04 GPA) ... Father played football at Central Arkansas.