Joel Klatt

Joel Klatt (born February 2, 1982) is a talk radio personality on 104.3FM "The Fan" in Denver, Colorado, partnered with longtime Denver Sports Radio personality Mike Evans, and current analyst for Fox Sports 1. Klatt played college football for the University of Colorado (CU) Buffaloes before turning professional. He was the first 3 year starter at QB since Kordell Stewart ('92–'94). He also played minor-league baseball for two seasons. He was not drafted in the 2006 NFL Draft but he did attend the Detroit Lions' and New Orleans Saints' rookie mini-camps after the draft. New Orleans signed him to a free-agent contract after their mini-camp, but then released him 11 days later on June 2, 2006. The Lions then claimed him off waivers less than a week later, but Klatt was released on August 7, 2006, before the start of the regular season.

High school career

Klatt was born in Arvada, Colorado. He was coached by his father, Gary Klatt, the head coach at Pomona High School in Arvada, Colorado. As a junior on defense he had 4 interceptions playing in the secondary, helping the team to a 9–3 record, winning the Jefferson County league championship. As a senior at QB, he was 78–125 passes (62.4%) for 1,250 yards and 16 touchdowns leading the team to a 6–5 record and earning second-team all-state honors at QB. He also played basketball (3 time letterman) at guard and baseball primarily at shortstop earning first-team all-state his senior year and helped his team to runner-up in the state tournament. He earned the following records at his school at baseball: home runs (40), runs batted in (66), slugging percentage (1.226) and hits (51). He also set three summer school records, in homers (26), RBIs (99) and in slugging (1.147).