Jake Rudock

Jake Rudock
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Rudock with Michigan in 2015
No. 14 – Detroit Lions
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1993-01-21) January 21, 1993
Miami, Florida
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 208 lb (94 kg)
Career information
High school: St. Thomas Aquinas
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
College: Michigan
NFL Draft: 2016 / Round: 6 / Pick: 191
Career history
Roster status: Practice squad
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2017
Passing completions: 3
Passing attempts: 5
Completion percentage: 60.0
TD-INT: 0–1
Passing yards: 24
Passer rating: 32.5
Player stats at NFL.com

Jacob Michael Rudock (born January 21, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He was the starting quarterback for the 2013 and 2014 Iowa Hawkeyes and 2015 Michigan Wolverines.

High school career

Born in Miami, Rudock grew up in Weston, Florida and went to St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, where he was the Broward County Player of the Year award.[1] In 2009, St. Thomas Aquinas went 13–1 while making it to the state semifinals. He completed 128 out of 197 pass (65% completion percentage) for 1,945 yards.[2] Rudock connected with his players in the endzone for a total of 34 touchdowns while only turning the ball over 5 times. As a senior at St. Thomas Aquinas he led the team to a district, regional, state and national championships with a perfect regular season (15–0). He holds records for total yards, most wins as a starting quarterback, completions and attempts, completion percentage, efficiency ratings, state titles, and national championships. He graduated in 2011.

College career

University of Iowa

Rudock at Iowa in 2014

Rudock committed to the University of Iowa during his senior year of high school. He also received collegiate offers from the University of Colorado, the University of Illinois, and the University of Memphis.[3] He redshirted his freshman year at Iowa and did not play at all the following year. During his junior year, he started all 13 games while getting his first start against Northern Illinois University, he played every offensive down for the Hawkeyes but ended up losing to NIU 30 to 27.[4] His most prominent game during his junior year was his start against LSU in the Outback Bowl in which they lost 21 to 14, a game in which he completed 9 out of 22 pass attempts for 102 yards with one interception.[5] During the 2013 season he started all 13 games for the Iowa Hawkeyes. For the season, he completed 204–346 pass attempts for a total of 18 touchdowns, 13 interceptions, and 2,383 yards total passing yards. He also rushed for 218 yards on 67 attempts (5 touchdowns).[6] His following year he started all but one game for the Hawkeyes. During this year he started in the TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee in which he went 2 out of 8 for 32 yards while rushing for 22 yards on two rushing attempts.[7][8] He completed 213 out of 345 attempts for 2,436 yards (16 touchdowns and 5 interceptions) and rushed 67 times for a total of 176 yards (3 touchdowns).[9][8]

University of Michigan

On April 1, 2015, the Big Ten Conference approved the transfer for Rudock to enroll at the University of Michigan. He was immediately eligible for the 2015 football season. On November 14, Rudock set the Michigan record for single-game touchdown passes (6) against Indiana, earning co-Big Ten player of the Week with his receiver Jehu Chesson.[10][11] [12]The following week against Penn State, he became the first quarterback in school history to pass for 250 yards in three consecutive games.[13][14]

Rudock was named the MVP of the 2016 Citrus Bowl. Rudock became the first quarterback in Michigan history to throw for at least 250 yards in five consecutive games. Rudock completed 20-of-31 passes for 278 yards and three touchdowns, becoming just the second Michigan quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a single season, following John Navarre in 2003.[15] Rudock finished his season ranked No. 2 in single-season passing yards (3,017) and No. 1 in single-season completion percentage (64 percent).[16]

Statistics

Through the end of the 2015 season, Rudock's statistics are as follows:[17]

NCAA collegiate career statistics
Iowa Hawkeyes
Season Passing Rushing
CompAttYardsPct.TDIntQB RatingAttYardsAvgTD
2011
Redshirt
2012 000–00–00–0
2013 2043462,38359.01813126.5672183.35
2014 2133452,43661.7165133.5671762.63
Michigan Wolverines
2015 2493893,01764.0209141.5581662.94
NCAA career totals 6661,0807,83661.75427134.11925602.912

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad
6 ft 4 in
(1.93 m)		 207 lb
(94 kg)		 4.88 s 1.75 s 2.84 s 4.22 s 7.09 s 29 in
(0.74 m)		 9 ft 3 in
(2.82 m)
All values from Michigan's Pro Day[18]

The Detroit Lions selected Rudock in the sixth round (191st overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft.[19] On September 3, 2016, he was waived by the Lions and was signed to their practice squad the next day.[20][21] He was promoted to the Lions active roster on November 23, 2016.[22] He spent his rookie season as the third-string quarterback behind Matthew Stafford and Dan Orlovsky, and didn't make any game appearances. After the Lions did not re-sign Orlovsky after the 2016 season, Rudock was expected to be the backup to Stafford in 2017. The Lions drafted University of Miami quarterback Brad Kaaya in the 2017 NFL Draft to compete with Rudock during training camp and preseason in 2017. Rudock ultimately won the backup job after Kaaya was waived at the end of the preseason. Rudock attempted his first NFL pass in Week 13 against the Baltimore Ravens. He went 3-for-5 for 24 yards with one interception.[23]

On March 14, 2018, the Lions re-signed Rudock to a one-year contract extension.[24] He was waived on September 1, 2018 and was signed to the practice squad the next day.[25][26]

See also

References

    1. ↑ "The Guys Call Me 'Dad'". The Players' Tribune. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
    3. ↑ "Jake Rudock, St. Thomas Aquinas, Pro-Style Quarterback". 247Sports.
    4. ↑ "Northern Illinois at Iowa Box Score, August 31, 2013". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    5. ↑ "Outback Bowl - Iowa vs Louisiana State Box Score, January 1, 2014". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    6. ↑ "Jake Rudock 2013 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    7. ↑ "TaxSlayer Bowl - Iowa vs Tennessee Box Score, January 2, 2015". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    8. 1 2 "Jake Rudock Bio – Hawkeye Sports Official Athletic Site". hawkeyesports.com.
    9. ↑ "Jake Rudock 2014 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    10. ↑ "Big Ten Football Players of the Week: Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State and Minnesota standouts claim honors". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. November 16, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
    11. ↑ "No. 14 Michigan hangs on for 48–41 win over Indiana in 2OT". ESPN. Associated Press. November 14, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
    12. ↑ "Michigan at Indiana Box Score, November 14, 2015". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    13. ↑ "Kornacki: U-M Matches '97 Squad with B1G Road Perfection". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
    14. ↑ "Jake Rudock 2015 Game Log". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    15. ↑ "Citrus Bowl - Michigan vs Florida Box Score, January 1, 2016". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    16. ↑ "Postgame Notes: #17 Michigan 41, #19 Florida 7". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. January 1, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
    17. ↑ "Jake Rudock". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
    18. ↑ "Jake Rudock, DS #20 QB, Michigan: 2016 NFL Draft". nfldraftscout.com.
    19. ↑ Twentyman, Tim (April 30, 2016). "Detroit Lions draft quarterback Jake Rudock". Detroit Lions. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
    20. ↑ "Lions establish 53-man roster". DetroitLions.com. September 3, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
    21. ↑ "Lions sign 8 players to team's practice squad". DetroitLions.com. September 4, 2016. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
    22. ↑ "Lions sign QB Jake Rudock to active roster from practice squad". DetroitLions.com. November 23, 2016.
    23. ↑ "Detroit Lions at Baltimore Ravens - December 3rd, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
    24. ↑ "Lions re-sign QB Jake Rudock". Detroit Lions. March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
    25. ↑ "Lions establish 53-man roster". DetroitLions.com. September 1, 2018.
    26. ↑ "Lions awarded OL Andrew Donnal and CB Dee Virgin via waivers". DetroitLions.com. September 2, 2018.
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