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2021 Football

10 Jake Smith

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 181
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ithaca, Mich.
  • High School Phillips Exeter Academy (N.H.)
  • Position QB
  • Concentration Government
  • House Affiliation Mather

Biography

at Harvard:

2021:
Played in 7 games...NFF Hampshire Honor Society...Completed two passes on three attempts for 52 yards in win over Brown ... Completed 20 passes on 31 attempts for 229 yards and three touchdowns including a 41-yard touchdown pass in a win over Holy Cross...Named the recipient of the New England Football Writers Association Gold Helmet Award for Division I and tabbed Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week following performance at Holy Cross...went 3-for-6 for 20 yards in win over Cornell...Went 21-for-37 for 184 yards at Princeton...Threw for 82 yards and a touchdown on 11-for-21 passing against Dartmouth...Threw for 579 yards on 59-for-100 with four touchdowns on the season.


2020: Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League Second Team.

2019: Played in all 10 games... Eclipsed 4000 career passing yards in 136th playing of the game at Yale... Finished the season ranked ninth in career completion percentage (59.2)... Ranks ninth in Harvard''s career record books for passing yards with 4113... Eighth in the Harvard record books for most career touchdown passes with 28... Added name to the list after throwing three touchdown passes against Holy Cross... Had 19 touchdown passes on the season which is third most all-time for a Harvard quarterback in a season... Completed 22-39 passes for 325 yards for a career high and three touchdowns against San Diego... Completed an 80-yard touchdown to Jack Cook, the fourth-longest completion in school history against the Toreros ... Threw for 299 yards and four touchdowns against Brown on 22-29 passing... Added six carries for 26 yards... Named the New England Football Writers'' Association Division I Gold Helmet winner Sept. 29 for performance against the Bears. .. Completed 7-14 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown against Howard... Added eight yards on two carries vs. the Bison... Threw for 217 yards on 18-28 passing against Cornell with three touchdowns... Had 161 yards passing and three touchdowns against Holy Cross... Racked up 289 yards and a touchdown on 24-37 passing against Princeton... Tossed 17 completions on 28 attempts against Dartmouth for 170 yards... Completed six passes against Columbia for 111 yards and a touchdown... Completed 26-41 passing against Penn for 322 yards and a touchdown... Did not have a turnover against the Quakers... Racked up 226 yards on 16-28 passing while adding two touchdowns against Yale.

2018: Ranks 10th in school history in career completion percentage (..584, 164 of 281) ... Completed 67 of 110 passes (.609) for 726 yards and four touchdowns on the year ... Had 195 passing yards and 13 completions in season opener against San Diego ... Completed 23-of-30 passes for 251 yards and 2 touchdowns in win over Brown ... Made 21 completions on 37 attempts against No. 20/22 Rhode Island ... Was 7-of-11 for 76 yards and two touchdowns at Penn.

2017: Played in nine games ... Passed for 1,154 yards and five touchdowns ... Rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown ... Became first freshman to start at QB since 2001, completing 5-of-7 passes for 72 yards and a touchdown in win over Brown ... Completed 16 passes for 214 yards in win at Georgetown ... Had 161 yards passing and a touchdown at Cornell ... Completed seven passes for 80 yards and also rushed for a touchdown in 38-10 win over Lafayette ... Accounted for over 300 yards of offense against Princeton, completing 20-of-31 passes for 268 yards and rushing for 52 ... Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week (Oct. 30) after throwing for three TDs, 125 yards and rushing for 64 more in comeback win over Dartmouth ... Had 81 passing yards against Penn ... Completed nine passes against Yale.

Before Harvard
Four year letterwinner at Ithaca, serving as captain his senior year … Contributed to Ithaca’s 69-game winning streak … Three-time State Champion … Holds the school and state record for total touchdowns in a season (59) … Named to the all-league and all-state teams … Member of the National Honors Society … Also lettered for four years in basketball as a point guard, serving as a captain his junior and senior years. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2017First-Year

    QB
    6'" 180 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2018Sophomore

    QB
    6'" 180 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2019Junior

    QB
    6'" 180 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2020Senior

    QB
    6'0" 180 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021Senior

    QB
    6'0" 181 lbs
    10