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safety 5-9 | 190 | Sr. Oskaloosa, Kan. (Oskaloosa HS)
QUarterback 5-9 | 210 | Jr. Issaquah, Wash. (Skyline HS/BYU)
Brandon Hawks
Jake Heaps
Career Honors: 2012: Named to the team’s Dean’s List and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA during spring semester.
Career Honors: 2012: Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll during spring semester.
2010 (So.): Saw limited action on special teams and as a defensive back. 2009 (Fr.): Did not see any action during the season. 2008 (RS): Redshirted after walking onto the team. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner as a running back and linebacker... Earned all-league honors two times on defense and once on offense... Also played basketball and baseball... A twotime all-league selection in baseball... Was his high school’s valedictorian. Personal: Born in Oskaloosa, Kan... Son of Steve and Kim Hawks... Has one brother and two sisters... Brother wrestled at Neosho County CC... An education major.
2012 (Spring): Completed 7-of-10 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown in the spring game... Connected on a 46-yard strike to Kale Pick. 2011 (So. at BYU): Played in nine games, starting six... Named to Davey O’Brien Award Watch List... Finished the season with 1,452 yards passing, going 144-for-252 with nine touchdowns and eight interceptions... Threw for a career high 305 yards on 27 of 50 passing... Threw four touchdowns against New Mexico State and was named Rivals.com Independent Player of the Week and FBS Independent Offensive Player of the Week. 2010 (Fr. at BYU): Played in all 13 games, starting 10... Set every BYU freshman quarterback record, including passing yards, touchdowns and wins... New Mexico Bowl Offensive MVP... Played in his first career game during the season opener against Washington, throwing 13-for-23 for 131 yards... Played most of the game at Florida State, throwing his first touchdown pass on a four-yard throw, finishing 15-of-31 for 114 yards... Became just the second freshman out of high school and first freshman since 1997 to start at quarterback at BYU, going 24-of-45 for 229 yards at home against Nevada... Threw 27-of-54 for 270 yards and two TDs at Utah State... Completed 19-of-31 passes for a then career-best 294 yards vs. UNLV... Threw four TDs and 242 yards on 15-of-20 passing at Colorado State, including a career-high 62-yard touchdown on a flea flicker... Registered the eighth-best pass efficiency total in BYU history vs. the Rams at 242.64... Threw 14 touchdowns in the final six games of the season, including four multi-touchdown games... Was the only true freshman in 2010 to lead his team to a bowl game and the first BYU freshman quarterback to start a bowl game... Set a BYU bowl record by completing 25-of-34 passes, while tying a Cougar bowl record with four TD throws vs. UTEP in the New Mexico Bowl... College Football News Freshman AllAmerica Team Honorable Mention. High School: Ranked the No. 1 quarterback in the country by Scout.com and No. 1 pro-style quarterback by Rivals.com... Named the top college football recruit out of the state of Washington by MaxPreps... Earned Parade All-America honors following his senior season... Invited to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl as the starting quarterback for the West team... Led Skyline to three consecutive state championships... 2009 first-team All-State quarterback... AP Washington State Player of the Year... USA Today All-America first team selection... 40-2 record as a starting quarterback... Completed 213-of-352 passes for 3,191 yards and 45 touchdowns as a senior... Team captain... Threw a state-title game record four touchdown passes in a 45-21 victory against Ferris HS... Career totals were 9,196 yards, 114 touchdowns and only 18 interceptions... Rushed for 30 touchdowns... 2008 KingCo 4A All-Conference Co-Offensive MVP... KingCo 4A All-Conference Quarterback... Seattle Times MVP... Gatorade Washington State Player of the Year... AP State Player of the Year... Helped Skyline achieve a perfect 28-0 record over his sophomore and junior seasons... Coached by Mat Taylor.
Jake Heaps
Personal: Son of Steve and Kelly Heaps... Wife Brooke... Majoring in communications... Also recruited by Oklahoma, Florida State, USC, Florida, UCLA, Georgia, Alabama, California, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Washington and LSU.
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