Jake Coker
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| Alabama Crimson Tide – No. 14 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Senior |
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| Born: | September 22, 1992 Mobile, Alabama |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Mobile (AL) St. Paul's Episcopal |
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Bryant Jacob "Jake" Coker (born September 22, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He led the Crimson Tide to a National Championship for the 2015 season. He previously attended Florida State.
Early years
Coker attended St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama. He played both football and basketball. He was ranked by Rivals.com as the 18th best pro-style quarterback recruit in his class.[1] He committed to Florida State University in the spring of June 2010.[2]
College career
Coker was redshirted as a freshman in 2010. As a backup to EJ Manuel in 2011, he appeared in three games, completing three of five passes for 45 yards and one touchdown. As a redshirt sophomore in 2012 Coker competed with Jameis Winston for the starting quarterback job.[3][4] Winston won the job and Coker was his backup until a knee injury in November caused him the miss the rest of the season.[5] He had appeared in six games, going 18 of 36 for 250 yards and one interception.
In January 2014 Coker transferred to the University of Alabama.[6] He was eligible to play immediately and did not have to sit out a year after graduating from Florida State in April.[7] In his first year at Alabama he competed for the Crimson Tide's starting job.[8][9][10] Blake Sims won the competition with Coker as the backup. Coker again competed for the starting job in 2015, and this time won the competition.
Coker led the Crimson Tide to win the 2016 College Football Playoffs National Championship against the Clemson Tigers, with a final score of 45–40.
On January 30, 2016 Coker was the starting QB for the South in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL. In one quarter he was 3 of 8 passing for 23 yards and led the his team to the first touchdown of the game.
References
- ^ "Jacob Coker".
- ^ "St. Paul's QB Jacob Coker commits to Florida State". AL.com.
- ^ "Jacksonville sports news on the Jaguars, Suns and the University of Florida - jacksonville.com".
- ^ "Jacob Coker takes humble approach in Florida State QB battle". ESPN.com.
- ^ "Florida State Seminoles backup QB Jacob Coker to have surgery". ESPN.com.
- ^ Florida State QB Jacob Coker transferring to Alabama
- ^ "Jacob Coker graduates, arrives in Tuscaloosa to take next step in Alabama QB competition". AL.com.
- ^ "Jacob Coker working his way toward competing for Alabama's starting quarterback job". AL.com.
- ^ "Saban dispels rumors that Jacob Coker will start". TuscaloosaNews.com.
- ^ "If you've decided Jacob Coker is Alabama's next QB, you're way ahead of Nick Saban". AL.com.