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 10–3 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 5–5 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 (10), runs batted in (46), slugging percentage (1.126) and hits (52). He also set three summer school records, in homers (26), RBIs (99) and in slugging (1.147).
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