Jarret Doege

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Jarret Doege
2023, 12, Jarret Doege.jpg
Doege with the Edmonton Elks in 2023
No. 12 – Edmonton Elks
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1997-12-05) December 5, 1997 (age 26)
Lubbock, Texas, U.S. [1]
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:Lubbock-Cooper (Lubbock, Texas)
College: Bowling Green (2017–2018)
West Virginia (2019–2021)
Troy (2022)
Undrafted: 2023
Career history
Roster status:Active
CFL status:American
Stats at CFL.ca

Jarret Doege (DAY-gee; [2] born December 5, 1997) is an American professional football quarterback for the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Bowling Green, West Virginia and Troy.

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Early life

Doege played at Lubbock–Cooper High School in Lubbock, Texas. Although he passed for 3,363 yards and 33 touchdowns during his senior season, he was not heavily recruited. [3] Rated as the No. 55 pro–style quarterback in the country by 247Sports.com, [4] he committed to Bowling Green on March 28, 2016. [5]

College career

Bowling Green

As a freshman at Bowling Green, Doege battled with James Morgan throughout the season for the starting quarterback position, eventually winning the job by the end of the season. [6] In seven games, he passed for 1,381 yards, 12 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. [7]

Doege was named the starting quarterback at Bowling Green for his sophomore season after Morgan's transfer to FIU. [8] In his first season as the starter, he passed for 2,660 yards, 27 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions. [7] The team, however, struggled as they went 3–9 and fired head coach Mike Jinks after the season. [9]

West Virginia

On May 8, 2019, Doege announced that he was entering the transfer portal and leaving Bowling Green. [10] Eight days later, he committed to West Virginia under head coach Neal Brown, who had coached his brother Seth as an offensive coordinator at Texas Tech. [11] He was redshirted, but he was able to play in four games under the NCAA's new transfer rules. Playing behind starter Austin Kendall, he passed for 818 yards, 7 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions. [7]

Doege beat out Kendall to start for West Virginia before the 2020 season. [12] During the 2020 season, he threw for 2,587 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 4 interceptions while West Virginia finished with a 6–4 record. [7] [13] On December 31, 2021, Doege announced he would enter the transfer portal once again.

Western Kentucky

On January 16, 2022, Doege announced he would transfer to Western Kentucky. However, he lost the quarterback competition during fall camp, and would enter the transfer portal for the third time.

Troy

On August 18, 2022, Doege announced he would transfer to Troy. [14] During the season, Troy beat Western Kentucky 34–27 on October 1. Doege came in the game for injured starter Gunnar Watson and completed 7 of 8 passes for 71 yards and 2 touchdowns. [15] Doege referenced a similar quote by Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith when he said, "They wrote me off, I didn't write back though." via Instagram after the game.

College statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDINTRtgAttYdsAvgTD
Bowling Green Falcons [a]
2017 761–512018863.81,3817.3123143.430-74-2.52
2018 12123–924238962.22,6606.82712136.451-188-3.72
West Virginia Mountaineers
2019 432–17912065.88186.873137.311-41-3.70
2020 10106–423937463.92,5876.9144132.240-101-2.52
2021 13136–727241765.23,0487.31912135.966-134-2.01
Troy Trojans
2022 722–0446468.85759.053160.614-39-2.80
Career 534620–269961,55264.211,0697.18437137.2212-577-2.87
  1. ↑ Doege's GS on 11/15/17 (Toledo) and 9/29/18 (Georgia Tech) were not credited to him. The GS were instead received by defensive player Clint Stephens, who wore the same number (#2) as Doege. Play-by-play game logs and film show Doege was the starting quarterback. For the purpose of this chart, the GS are credited to Doege.

Professional career

Doege with the Elks in 2023 2023, 12, Jarret Doege (2).jpg
Doege with the Elks in 2023

Doege signed with Edmonton Elks on April 3, 2023. [2] After being a healthy scratch for the team's first two matches Doege was activated for the Elks' Week 3 match against the Toronto Argonauts. After Taylor Cornelius and Kai Locksley struggled to move the ball head coach and general manager Chris Jones brought him into the game in the late third quarter. In his professional debut, he completed nine of 11 pass attempts for 163 yards and two touchdowns, and one interception which was returned for a touchdown by defensive back Royce Metchie. [16] In his first career start, on June 30, 2023, Doege completed 19 of 33 pass attempts for 223 yards, one touchdown, and three interceptions in the loss to the Ottawa Redblacks. [17]

CFL career statistics

Regular season

YearTeamGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2023 EDM 1610–1426564.65879.04488.47182.60
2024 EDM 40—1333.362.00042.4144.00
Career [18] 2010–1436863.25938.74486.28222.90

Personal life

Doege's older brother, Seth, is a college offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Marshall University and was a player at Texas Tech.

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  2. 1 2 Swane, Brian (April 3, 2023). "TRANSACTIONS | Elks ink Dodge (QB) and Sanders (OL)". Edmonton Elks.
  3. ↑ Nespor, Cody. "The Search for a Second Football Family is What Led Jarret Doege to West Virginia". WVSportsNow.com.
  4. ↑ "Jarret Doege 247Sports". 247Sports.com.
  5. ↑ "Jarret Doege Timeline". 247Sports.com.
  6. ↑ Henry, Eric. "James Morgan: FIU Football's Humble Success Story". Underdog Dynasty.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Jarret Doege Stats". College Football Reference.
  8. ↑ McPherson, Jordan. "FIU will have a graduate transfer quarterback next year. Will he start in 2018?". Miami Herald.
  9. ↑ "Mike Jinks out at Bowling Green after fourth straight loss". ESPN.com.
  10. ↑ Helwick, Steve. "QB Jarret Doege transfers out of Bowling Green". Hustle Belt.
  11. ↑ "Bowling Green QB Jarret Doege Transfers to West Virginia". Sports Illustrated.
  12. ↑ "Jarret Doege named starting quarterback at West Virginia". AP News.
  13. ↑ "2020 West Virginia Mountaineers Stats". Sports Reference.
  14. ↑ Stephenson, Creg (August 18, 2022). "Transfer quarterback Jarret Doege joins Troy football team". AL.com. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Doege Comes Off Bench to Stun Former Team, Lead Troy Past Western Kentucky". Troy Trojans. October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  16. ↑ Hoskins, Andrew (June 26, 2023). "Lost in the trenches: nine thoughts on Edmonton's home losing streak growing to 19 games". 3DownNation. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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