Early life
Jameson Wang was born on July 30,2001,in Los Angeles,California. Wang,who is of Chinese descent, [1] [2] attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles and transferred to Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village,California, [3] for his last year of high school football.
A three-star recruit,Wang originally committed to the United States Air Force Academy to play college football on February 5,2020. [4] He enrolled in the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School,before announcing he would be transferring to Cornell University on August 21,2021. [5]
College career
Freshman year
Wang made his college debut for Cornell on October 9,2021 against the Harvard Crimson. Wang had three carries for 13 yards and became the first freshman to earn time at quarterback for the Big Red since 2014. [6] The next week,he helped the Big Red earn their first win of the season against the Colgate Raiders,and received the Ivy League Rookie of the Week honor after his performance. [7] [8] Wang became the first Big Red quarterback to surpass 100 rushing yards in a game since 2009 after his performance against the Brown Bears,after recording 121 passing yards and 2 touchdowns,while also rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown. [9] [10]
Sophomore year
Wang made his first start for the Big Red against the VMI Keydets on September 17,2022 for the season opener. Two weeks later against the Colgate Raiders,Wang completed 18-of-27 passes for a career-high 284 yards and a touchdown,and ran for 98 yards and two other touchdowns in a win at Colgate. Wang accounted for four touchdowns (three rushing,one passing) against the Harvard Crimson and three more against the Penn Quakers (two passing,one rushing). He became the first Cornell player to run for three touchdowns in a game since 2016 and the first player to account for four scores in a contest since 2016. Wang had a 53-yard run against Penn,the longest by a Big Red player since 2019 and had five games with multiple touchdown passes. Scoring 50 points,Wang became the first Cornell quarterback to lead the team in scoring since 2005. Honorable mention All-Ivy League accounted for a league-best 22 touchdowns (14 passing,8 rushing) rushed for 559 yards (4.2 yards per carry) and passed for 1,650 yards and 14 scores (.573 completion percentage). Lastly ranked in the top 100 nationally in 14 offensive categories.
Junior year
To conclude his 2023 campaign,Wang earned second-team All-Ivy League honors. He led the Ivy League in completion percentage (64.8 percent),the completion percentage was good for 23rd nationally. He was third in the Ivy in passing yards (2,472 yards),passing yards per game (247.2 yards per game),and completions (243 completions). Wang scored the third most points in the Ivy by a non-kicker,accounting for nine passing touchdowns and a two-point conversion,while also rushing for eight more touchdowns on the ground. This helped him set the school record for most-career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback,which sits at 20 after the 2023 season. He finished second in the Ivy and eighth nationally in total offense,averaging 288 yards per game.
Senior year
Earned First-Team All-Ivy honors after a record-breaking senior season. He led the Ivy League in passing yards (2,533),passing touchdowns (24),total offense (303.3 yards per game),and points responsible for (188),ranking first in the FCS in points responsible for per game (18.8). Wang became the first player in Ivy League history to record 50 career passing touchdowns and 25 career rushing touchdowns,and finished top two in the Ivy League in eight offensive categories and top 10 in the FCS in four. He recorded 109 carries for 500 rushing yards and seven touchdowns,averaging 4.6 yards per carry while posting six games with 250+ passing yards,four with 50+ rushing yards,and eight games with three or more touchdowns accounted for. Wang was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week once in 2024,and started each of the final 30 games of his collegiate career,the longest streak in Big Red football history. He finished third in career passing yards (6,959) and 10th in career rushing yards (1,816),while accounting for 78 career touchdowns (No. 2 all-time at Cornell).
Statistics
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| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing |
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| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Yards | Pct | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
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| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 2–5 | 26 | 41 | 304 | 63.4 | 4 | 4 | 138.4 | 64 | 349 | 5.5 | 4 |
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| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 5–5 | 150 | 262 | 1650 | 57.3 | 14 | 8 | 121.7 | 133 | 559 | 4.2 | 8 |
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| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 3–7 | 243 | 375 | 2472 | 64.8 | 9 | 8 | 123.9 | 118 | 408 | 3.5 | 8 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 4–6 | 244 | 378 | 2533 | 64.9 | 24 | 11 | 135.5 | 109 | 500 | 4.6 | 7 |
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| Career [11] | 37 | 30 | 14–23 | 663 | 1055 | 6959 | 62.9 | 51 | 31 | 128.0 | 424 | 1816 | 4.3 | 27 |
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