Scott Frantz (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox college football player

|name=Scott Frantz

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|school= Kansas State Wildcats

|currentnumber=74

|currentposition=Offensive tackle

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|major= Special education

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1996|06|07}}

|birth_place=Lawrence, Kansas

|heightft=6

|heightin=5

|weight=303

|highlights=

• Second-team All-Big-12 (2019)
• 2016 First Team Big 12 All-Freshman Team (Athlon)
• 2016 All-Bowl Team (AP, USA Today)
• 2016–18 First Team Academic All-Big 12

|highschool=Free State (Lawrence, Kansas)

|pastschools=*Kansas State (2015–2019)

|bowlgames=

• 2017 Cactus Bowl
• 2019 Liberty Bowl
• 2020 Hula Bowl

|espn=3916108

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Scott A. Frantz (born June 7, 1996) is an American former college football player who was an offensive tackle for the Kansas State Wildcats. He earned second-team all-conference honors in the Big 12 as a senior in 2019.

Frantz attended Free State High School in Lawrence, Kansas, before committing to play at Kansas State University.{{cite web|last=Nightengale |first=Bobby |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/jun/18/free-state-o-lineman-frantz-commits-k-state/ |title=Free State O-lineman Frantz commits to K-State / LJWorld.com |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |date=2014-06-18 |accessdate=2017-08-22}} In 2017, Frantz publicly came out as gay, joining My-King Johnson as two of the first openly gay players in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19983391/scott-frantz-kansas-state-wildcats-details-telling-teammates-gay |title=Scott Frantz of Kansas State Wildcats details telling teammates he is gay |work=Espn.com |date=2017-07-13 |accessdate=2017-08-22}} Later that same year, Frantz became the first openly gay college football player to play in a game for an FBS school.{{cite web|last=Zeigler |first=Cyd |url=https://www.outsports.com/2017/9/4/16254012/gay-football-kansas-state-scott-frantz |title=Big XII football team with openly gay player wins by 36 points. So much for distractions. |publisher=Outsports |date=2017-09-04 |accessdate=2017-09-08}} He started 51 straight games for the Wildcats and was named second-team All-Big-12 in his senior year in 2019.{{cite news|first=Kellis|last=Robinett|title=How undrafted Kansas State lineman Scott Frantz is dealing with unlikely NFL future|date=April 30, 2020|newspaper=The Wichita Eagle|url=https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article242403746.html|access-date=January 31, 2021}}

He went undrafted in the 2020 NFL draft.