Jake Heaps
Encyclopedia
Jake Heaps is an American football
quarterback
. After leading his highschool team to 3 Washington 4A state titles at Skyline High School Jake was rated as the number 1 quarterback prospect in the country by several recruiting services. Heaps chose to play for Brigham Young University. He completed his freshman year at BYU leading the Cougars to 7 wins and 6 losses with a decisive victory in the 2010 New Mexico Bowl over the Miners of the University of Texas El Paso. Heaps was named the games most valuable player with a quarterback rating of 122.5 and 4 touchdowns with 1 interception. As a college quarterback, Jake Heaps has thrown for 2,316 yards and 15 touchdowns.
to 4A Washington state titles in 2007, 2008, 2009. During those three years he passed for a combined 9196 yards and 114 touchdowns.
After his senior season at Skyline in 2009, Heaps signed a letter of intent to play college football
at Brigham Young University
, Coming out of high school, Heaps was the number one rated high school quarterback in the country according to the recruiting services Scout.com
and Rivals.com
. Heaps was also named as top quarterback on the Parade
All-America Team and was invited to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl
.
Some recruiting analysts have felt that his poise, judgement, and throwing accuracy, will be a good fit in the Cougars' spread offense.
As a true freshman, Jake Heaps threw for 2,316 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions with a quarterback rating of 116.2. He completed 219 passes on 383 attempts with a completion percentage of 57.2%.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
. After leading his highschool team to 3 Washington 4A state titles at Skyline High School Jake was rated as the number 1 quarterback prospect in the country by several recruiting services. Heaps chose to play for Brigham Young University. He completed his freshman year at BYU leading the Cougars to 7 wins and 6 losses with a decisive victory in the 2010 New Mexico Bowl over the Miners of the University of Texas El Paso. Heaps was named the games most valuable player with a quarterback rating of 122.5 and 4 touchdowns with 1 interception. As a college quarterback, Jake Heaps has thrown for 2,316 yards and 15 touchdowns.
High school career
Heaps led Skyline High SchoolSkyline High School (Sammamish, Washington)
Skyline High School is a public high school in the Issaquah School District of King County, Washington.-Overview:Skyline is the district's third and newest high school, opening in the fall of 1997. Its campus straddles the apex of the Sammamish Plateau in the city of Sammamish, at an approximate...
to 4A Washington state titles in 2007, 2008, 2009. During those three years he passed for a combined 9196 yards and 114 touchdowns.
After his senior season at Skyline in 2009, Heaps signed a letter of intent to play college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
, Coming out of high school, Heaps was the number one rated high school quarterback in the country according to the recruiting services Scout.com
Scout.com
Scout.com is an integrated sports publishing company that produces both an Internet and print product. Scout has more than 2.1 million visitors...
and Rivals.com
Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a network of websites that focus mainly on college football and basketball recruiting. The network was started in 1996 and currently employs more than 300 personnel.-Schools:The individual collegiate sites can be found...
. Heaps was also named as top quarterback on the Parade
Parade (magazine)
Parade is an American nationwide Sunday newspaper magazine, distributed in more than 500 newspapers in the United States. It was founded in 1941 and is owned by Advance Publications. The most widely read magazine in the U.S., Parade has a circulation of 32.2 million and a readership of nearly 70...
All-America Team and was invited to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl
U.S. Army All-American Bowl
The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is a high school football all-star game held in early January in San Antonio, Texas. Currently played in the Alamodome, the game brings 90 of the nation's top high school football players in an East versus West matchup. In addition to the Bowl game, there is the U.S...
.
Some recruiting analysts have felt that his poise, judgement, and throwing accuracy, will be a good fit in the Cougars' spread offense.
College career
Jake Heaps began his freshman season sharing time with starting quarterback Riley Nelson. Once Nelson was lost to injury against Florida State, Heaps led the Cougars the rest of the season to 6 wins and 4 losses. He improved as the season progressed and had only a single loss in his last 6 games as he surpassed Ty Detmer's freshman touchdown record that stood for 22 years with 15 touchdowns. In the month of November and the December bowl game, Heaps threw 13 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for 1,259 yards. He was the first freshman quarterback to ever lead the Cougars in Brigham Young's 29 bowl game appearances. Jake was named the New Mexico Bowl's Most Valuable Player breaking some of the bowl's records after leading BYU to a comfortable victory.As a true freshman, Jake Heaps threw for 2,316 yards, 15 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions with a quarterback rating of 116.2. He completed 219 passes on 383 attempts with a completion percentage of 57.2%.