Jake Heaps

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Jake Heaps
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Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1991-06-19) June 19, 1991 (age 32)
Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school: Sammamish (WA) Skyline
College: Miami (FL)
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
CFL status:International

Jake Heaps (born June 19, 1991) is a former American professional football quarterback who is the personal quarterback coach for Russell Wilson of the Denver Broncos. He was signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2015. Heaps played for three universities during his collegiate career including Miami (FL), Kansas and Brigham Young. Heaps worked as a radio host on 710 ESPN Seattle in addition to working for the Russell Wilson Passing Academy. [1] [2]

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High school career

Heaps attended Skyline High School in Sammamish, Washington, and played as a quarterback for their football team. He led the football team to the 3A Washington state title in 2007 and 4A titles in 2008 [3] and 2009. [4] During those three years he passed for a combined 9196 yards and 114 touchdowns, the bulk of those touchdowns to Gino Simone and Kasen Williams. [5] [6]

After his senior season at Skyline in 2009, Heaps signed a letter of intent to play college football at Brigham Young University (BYU). [7] Despite the fact that BYU was his parents' desired school, Heaps wanted to play for the University of Washington. [8] 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. [9] [10] 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 felt that his poise, judgment, and throwing accuracy, would be a good fit in the Cougars' spread offense. [11]

College career

Brigham Young University

Heaps began his freshman season sharing time with starting quarterback Riley Nelson. After Nelson was injured against Florida State, Heaps led the Cougars the rest of the season to six wins and four losses. He improved as the season progressed and had only a single loss in his last six games, to 20th-ranked University of Utah. 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 two interceptions and passed for 1,259 yards. He was the first freshman quarterback to ever lead the Cougars in Brigham Young's 29 bowl game appearances. Heaps was named the New Mexico Bowl's Most Valuable Player, [8] breaking some of the bowl's records after leading BYU to a comfortable victory with a quarterback rating of 122.5 throwing 4 touchdowns with 1 interception. As a true freshman, 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%.

During the 2011 season, Heaps started the Cougars' first five games. [8] During those first five games, Heaps threw 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions and failed to garner a QB rating higher than 116.3 or complete a pass greater than 37 yards. After a horrendous 29.3 QB rating during a 44-point home loss against the University of Utah, he was benched during the fifth game, in which backup quarterback Riley Nelson led BYU to a come-from-behind victory. Heaps saw limited action until Nelson was injured during a game against the University of Idaho. Heaps finished the game against Idaho, and started the next game against New Mexico State, but was replaced when Nelson was cleared to play the following week. Heaps ended the 2011 season with a completion percentage of 57.1, 9 touchdowns, 8 interceptions, and a QB rating of 111.0. After the December 3 game against Hawaii, Heaps announced that he would not travel with the team to the Armed Forces Bowl game, but would instead be seeking to transfer schools. [8]

University of Kansas

Following BYU's 2011 season Heaps announced he would be transferring to the University of Kansas to play for new head coach Charlie Weis. [12] [13] Due to NCAA transfer rules, Heaps redshirted for the 2012 season. He was expected to compete for the starting quarterback position at Kansas with Michael Cummings.

Heaps struggled with Kansas, completing fewer than half of his passes. He lost the starting quarterback job to Montell Cozart during an open competition. On June 13, 2014, the University of Kansas announced Heaps was leaving the program to transfer to another school. [14]

University of Miami

Heaps transferred to the University of Miami to play for the Miami Hurricanes football team in June 2014. [15] Brad Kaaya, a true freshman, beat Heaps in the competition to start at quarterback for Miami. [16] He appeared in three games for the Hurricanes, going 6-for-12 on passing attempts for a total of 51 yards. [17]

College statistics

SeasonTeamPassingRushing
CmpAttPctYdsY/ATDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2010 BYU 21938357.22,3166.0159116.234-100-2.91
2011 BYU 14425257.11,4525.898111.014-57-4.11
2013 Kansas 12826149.01,4145.481097.040-162-4.11
2014 Miami 61250.0514.30085.73-10-3.30
Career [18] 49790854.75,2335.83227108.891-329-3.63

Professional career

Heaps was rated the 43rd best quarterback in the 2015 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. [19]

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		217 lb
(98 kg)		30+1⁄4 in
(0.77 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)		5.08 s1.79 s2.98 s4.34 s6.99 s30.5 in
(0.77 m)		8 ft 10 in
(2.69 m)		11 reps
All values from Kansas and Miami Pro Day [19] [20] [21]

New York Jets

Heaps was signed by the New York Jets on May 11, 2015. [17] He was released on August 27, 2015. [22]

Seattle Seahawks

Heaps was signed by the Seattle Seahawks on May 2, 2016. [23] On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Seahawks as part of final roster cuts. [24] He was signed back onto the Seahawks' practice squad on September 13, 2016. [25] He was released on October 3, 2016. [26]

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Heaps was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders on April 25, 2017. [27] He was later released by the Roughriders so he could sign with the Seahawks. [28]

Seattle Seahawks (second stint)

On May 2, 2017, Heaps re-signed with the Seahawks. [29] He was waived on June 5, 2017. [30]

BC Lions

On July 24, 2017, Heaps was signed to the practice roster of the BC Lions of the CFL. [31] He was released on August 8, 2017, being an emergency practice squad quarterback. [32]

Coaching career

On June 19, 2022, Heaps left his radio show to become Russell Wilson’s full-time quarterback coach. [1] [2]

Personal life

Heaps is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His parents, Steve and Kelly, now divorced, supported his career by moving him into the Issaquah School district so he could learn the "Skyline system" under coach Steve Gervais. He has one older sister, Brittany, who is a dental hygienist in Utah. [8] Steve played college baseball at BYU. [33]

Heaps is married to Brooke, whom he met at BYU. They were married during his sophomore year at BYU. [8]

Jake is a frequent contributor and personality on 710 ESPN, a Seattle Sports-Talk Radio Station.

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