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Kansas State QB Collin Klein Signs With Peter Schaffer And JR Rickert

Kansas State Wildcats quarterback Collin Klein (7) against the Oregon Ducks during the 2013 Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Kansas State Wildcats quarterback Collin Klein (7) against the Oregon Ducks during the 2013 Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Kansas State Wildcats quarterback Collin Klein (7) against the Oregon Ducks during the 2013 Fiesta Bowl at University of Phoenix Stadium. Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Football agents Peter Schaffer and JR Rickert of Denver, Colorado-based Authentic Athletix has signed former Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein.  Klein holds the Kansas State single-season record for most rushing yards and rushing touchdowns for a quarterback.  He also was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2012, won the 2012 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was a finalist for the 2012 Heisman Trophy.

Despite the numerous awards and accolades, NFLDraftScout.com only ranks Klein as the 13th best quarterback available in the 2013 NFL Draft and projects him to be a 6-7 round pick.  Klein will have his chances to prove draftnik’s wrong when he takes the field for the East squad in the East-West Shrine Classic in Tampa Florida.

Peter Schaffer, President of Authentic Athletix, had the following to say about his newest client: “His high character, mental toughness, ability to pass and run and record setting achievements in football mean Klein has an exciting future in the National Football League.”

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Heitner now runs Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., which is a law firm with many practice areas, including sports law and contract law. Heitner has represented numerous athletes and sports agents as legal counsel. He has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Indiana University Bloomington from 2011-2014, where he created and taught a course titled, Sport Agency Management, which included subjects ranging from NCAA regulations to athlete agent certification and the rules governing the profession. Heitner serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he teaches a Sports Law class that includes case law surrounding athlete agents and the NCAA rules.