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Sacramento State

2022 Football Roster

12 Jake Dunniway

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 211
  • Year Senior
  • Position QB
  • Hometown Tracy, Calif.
  • High School St. Mary's HS
  • Previous School San Diego Mesa JC
  • Experience 2V

Biography

Third Team All-Big Sky (2021)
Third Team All-Big Sky (2022)

2022 Season

  • Named third team all-Big Sky for the second consecutive season.
  • Completed 185-of-314 passes for 2,417 yards and 19 touchdowns.
  • His 19 touchdown passes placed him seventh in school single-season history.
  • Threw at least one touchdown in 12 of 13 games with the exception being the Causeway Classic against UC Davis.
  • Tossed three TDs at Eastern Washington while having just nine completions against the Eagles/
  • Had a season high 317 yards against Richmond in a rainy FCS Playoff game.
  • Tallied 284 passing yards against Montana and 258 against Northern Colorado.
  • Finished his career ranked fourth in school history with 5,575 passing yards and a .608 completion percentage, fifth with 410 completions, 36 touchdowns and a 141.1 QB efficiency and sixth with 674 attempts.
  • Ranked fifth with 5,643 career yards of total offense.

2021 Season

  • Named third team all-Big Sky at quarterback despite sharing snaps for most of the year at the position.
  • Appeared in all 12 games, starting nine.
  • Completed 182-of-288 passes for 2,576 yards and 12 touchdowns with five interceptions.
  • Also rushed for 51 yards on 30 carries.
  • Ranked third in school history with a single-season completion percentage of .632 and 8.94 yards per pass, tied for fourth with a pass efficiency of 148.6, and was sixth in single-season passing yards.
  • Was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for 328 yards and two touchdowns in the shutout of Northern Arizona.
  • Set the school record for passing yards against an FBS opponent as he had 370 yards and two touchdowns at Cal.
  • Threw a career high three touchdown passes in the win at then-No. 5 Montana.
  • Had a TD pass in seven games, including multiple
  • Had four 300-yard passing games, including 331 in the FCS Playoffs game against South Dakota State.
  • Also rushed for a career high 41 yards against the Jackrabbits.
  • Completed 20 or more passes in three games.

2020 Season

  • Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019 Season

  • Saw action in eight games, including making one start, in his first season with the team.
  • Was the starting quarterback at Northern Arizona and guided the team to a remarkable comeback with two passing touchdowns in the final two minutes of the game.
  • Completed 27-of-44 passes for 384 yards and four touchdowns against the Lumberjacks.
  • During the year, he was 43-of-72 for 582 yards with five TDs and three interceptions.
  • Rushed for 24 yards on 18 carries with a long of 11 yards.

Prior to Sacramento State

  • Attended San Diego Mesa JC for one season.
  • Named first team all-National Central League following the 2018 season.
  • Threw for 2,888 yards and 27 touchdowns while completing 61.5 percent of his passes with only 12 interceptions.
  • Recorded 300 or more passing yards in four games during the season.
  • Threw for 463 yards and six touchdowns in the season finale against Palomar.
  • Had a season high 464 passing yards along with four touchdowns against El Camino.
  • Threw at least one touchdown in the final nine games of the year and had multiple passing TDs in eight games.
  • Completed at least 26 passes in the final seven games of the season.
  • Redshirted at UC Davis in 2017.

High School

  • A 2017 graduate of St. Mary’s HS in Stockton, Calif.
  • Played four years at quarterback where he led the Rams to a pair of Tri-City Athletic League titles during his final two seasons.
  • Helped St. Mary’s to a 14-2 overall record and the Sac-Joaquin Section Div. I title as a senior.
  • Was named to the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame and a Solomon Award Recipient.
  • Named the 2017 Mike Canlis Most Outstanding Senior Athlete and 2017 Stockton Record Most Valuable Player.
  • Finished his junior season with 2,584 yards, 26 touchdowns and a 139.5 QB rating.
  • Improved his senior stats, finishing with 4,066 passing yards, 46 touchdowns, 138.2 QB rating.
  • Was a high school teammate of fellow Hornets Dewey Cotton and Marcus Aponte.

Personal

  • Earned a bachelor’s degree in health science.
  • Pursuing a second degree in communications.
  • Parents are Kim and Erin Dunniway.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2019Sophomore

    QB
    6'1" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2020Junior

    QB
    6'1" 210 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2021Junior

    QB
    6'1" 198 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2022Senior

    Quarterback
    6'1" 211 lbs
    12

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