| UAB Blazers–No. 4 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| Bowl games | |
| High school | John Jay (San Antonio, Texas) |
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Jacob Zeno is an American football quarterback for the UAB Blazers. He previously played for the Baylor Bears.
Zeno grew up in San Antonio, Texas and attended John Jay High School. During high school, he completed 1,387 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior. He was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college football at Baylor over offers from Florida, Georgia, Missouri, NC State, Boston College, North Carolina and Arkansas. [1] [2] [3]
Zeno was an early enrollee for January 2019. During his true freshman year, he appeared in three games and finished the season by completing all three of his passing attempts for 41 yards, rushing twice for seven yards and got a touchdown during his debut game against Kansas. [4] During the 2020 season, he only played for the last game of the season and finished the season by completing five out of eight passing attempts through the air for 18 yards and also ran the ball four times for 13 yards. [5] [6] During the 2021 season, Zeno appeared in two games and finished the season by completing one out of three passing attempts through the air for 41 yards. [7]
On September 28, 2021, it was announced that Zeno had entered the transfer portal. [8] On December 15, 2021, it was announced that Zeno had transferred to UAB. [9] [10]
During the 2022 season, Zeno appeared in nine games and started two of them. He was named the starting quarterback since the Week 7 game against Western Kentucky where the team's starting quarterback of the game, Dylan Hopkins suffered an injury after picking up a first down on a third down scramble and ultimately having Zeno finishing the game. [11] He finished the season by completing 58 out of 102 passing attempts for 721 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. [2] [12] During the 2022 Bahamas Bowl, Zeno completed only one out of four attempts for 48 yards. [13]
On August 17, 2023, prior to the 2023 season, Zeno was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List. [14] During the 2023 season, Zeno set a school record of completing 38 out of 41 passing attempts for 291 yards and three touchdowns during the Week 1 game against North Carolina A&T. [15] [16] Because of his performance, he was named to the AAC Week 1 Honor Roll. [17]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Baylor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 223 | 12.4 | 1 | 1 | 161.3 | 8 | −9 | −1.1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 18 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 81.4 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | 148.1 | 2 | −3 | −1.0 | 0 | |
| UAB | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 0−2 | 58 | 102 | 56.9 | 721 | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 126.5 | 32 | 94 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 4−7 | 279 | 379 | 73.6 | 3,126 | 8.2 | 20 | 9 | 155.6 | 91 | 168 | 1.8 | 4 | |
| Career | 26 | 13 | 4−9 | 352 | 510 | 69.0 | 4,129 | 8.1 | 26 | 13 | 148.8 | 138 | 263 | 1.9 | 6 | |
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