BroncosMonday, November 2
Boise State unveils an 11-foot bronze statue of Kellen Moore at halftime
The Daily Boise team
Kellen Moore came home, and he called it a "really cool honor". Boise State unveiled an 11-foot bronze statue of the New Orleans Saints head coach Saturday at halftime, showing his signature left-handed passing pose. He's the first Boise State player with a statue at Albertsons Stadium.
Kellen Moore by the numbers
- 11 feet
- tall, the bronze statue of Moore
- 50-3
- Moore's record as Boise State's starting quarterback
- 14,667
- career passing yards at Boise State
- 142
- career passing touchdowns at Boise State
Sources: Idaho Press, Idaho Statesman
Sculptor Ben Victor spent about six months shaping Moore in clay, and fan feedback led him to switch to an older helmet. The statue will sit at the northeast corner of the stadium, near the North End Zone.
“It's a really cool honor, and I think hopefully it just kind of is a representation for an era of Boise State football that was really fun, really special.”
- Permanent home: outside the Bleymaier Football Center
- Sculptor Ben Victor also made the Lyle Smith statue
- New this summer: orange hash mark at the 11-yard line
- Moore raised the Blue Chaos flag before kickoff
The statue honors a career that included a perfect season
- 2009Boise State went 14-0 and beat No. 3 TCU in the Fiesta Bowl.
- 2010Moore became Boise State's first Heisman finalist.
- 2018Moore was inducted into the Boise State Athletics Hall of Fame.
- Oct. 31Boise State unveiled the Moore statue at halftime against Texas State.
Sources: Idaho Statesman, Idaho Press, Boise Dev
Sources: Idaho Press, KIVI-TV, Boise Dev, Idaho Statesman