Jake Coker Bio - ROLLTIDE.COM (original) (raw)

Jake Coker

Jake Coker is expected to arrive at the Capstone in the summer of 2014, after graduating at Florida State in May ... will have two years of eligibility remaining for the Crimson Tide ... a strong-armed, mobile quarterback, who spent three seasons in Tallahassee and was the backup quarterback in 2013 to Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston ... played in seven games in 2013, completing 18-of-36 passes for 250 yards ... saw action in four games during the 2012 season, completing 3-of-5 passes for 45 yards over three games (vs. Murray State, Savannah State and Wake Forest) ... threw his first career touchdown pass, a 19-yard strike to Kelvin Benjamin in the win over Savannah State ... redshirted at Florida State in 2011 ... was a three-star prospect coming out of St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, Ala. ... ranked the No. 18 pro-style quarterback by Rivals.com and No. 44 signal-caller by Scout.com ... rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports ... switched from running a wing-T offense in his junior season to a pro-style offense as a senior and completed 94-of-153 passes for 1,508 yards and 16 touchdowns while also carrying 61 times for 355 yards and five scores ... led St. Paul's to the semifinals of the Alabama state playoffs and a 10-2 record in his final season (2010) ... No. 17 on the SuperPrep Alabama 43 ... selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game as a senior ... rated the No. 70 pro-style quarterback by ESPN ... also an exceptional basketball player who led St. Paul's to 17 wins as a junior while averaging 17.4 points per game ... named the Mobile County Class 5A basketball player of the year as a junior and was invited to the state of Alabama's North-South All Star basketball game ... averaged 21.9 points and nine rebounds per game as a senior for a team that made it to the Class 5A Area1 finals ... coached by Dan Drum and Jimmy Perry at St. Paul's.