Where is jake heaps now

Nelson was named the starter but he and Heaps alternated series in the season-opener at home against Washington — the school Heaps would have chosen had he not gone to BYU and his favorite team as a kid. When Nelson suffered a season-ending injury in the third game of the season at Florida State, Heaps took over in a loss.

I was stoked. It was something I had wanted the whole time. It was a good wake-up call to college football. I threw my first touchdown pass in that game. There were a lot of cool ups-and-downs through that whole season. For me, it was a ton of learning and growing and figuring the whole thing out.

The following week, Heaps got his first start, at home, against quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Nevada. The Cougars fell again, It was a new challenge. It was a lot of fun but there was a lot of challenges and a lot I had to learn through that whole process. The Cougars decided to settle for a yard, potential game-winning field goal that was blocked in a setback.

I was learning, every single rep. By the midpoint of the season, things started taking off. That was a fun part of the year. We overcame all that and we capped it off with a great end to the year. Offensive coordinator Robert Anae resigned shortly after the bowl game and Mendenhall promoted Brandon Doman, who was the one who recruited Heaps to BYU, from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator.

But he underwent a medical procedure that winter and missed much of the winter workouts. He returned in time to participate in spring drills. Between his freshman and sophomore seasons at BYU, he married his wife, Brooke. Meanwhile, his parents got divorced. It was very tough. It was a shock. It was a tough transition through all of that.

Heaps started the first five games, which included a one-point win at Ole Miss, a one-point loss at Texas and a beatdown at the hands of Utah. The snap to Heaps was high, then Heaps tried to pick it up, tried throwing it and tried picking it up in the end zone. Utah recovered the loose ball and scored a touchdown. That set the tone on a night that saw the Cougars give up seven turnovers. They really took it away.

I remember being so frustrated. It was extremely emotional for me. How do you deal with that? How do you overcome that and not worry about it? A learning lesson for a young kid. Then, against Utah State, BYU trailed by 11 in the second half when he was replaced by Nelson, who rallied the Cougars to a dramatic victory with 11 seconds remaining.

Heaps had lost his starting job. You look at the second half of the schedule, we were playing San Jose State, Oregon State, Idaho State … there was nothing that was going to lead me to believe that I was going to take over the job again. I figured we were going to win by 50 points every game. From my perspective, I felt like if they would have hung with me for one more game, against San Jose State, things could have been different.

Days after the season ended, Heaps announced his intentions to transfer, winding up at Kansas to play for Charlie Weis, the former Notre Dame coach and former offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots.

Heaps sat out the season as per NCAA rules and worked to rediscover his confidence. He enjoyed the campus and community in Lawrence, Kansas. Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email address required. First Name. Last Name. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice and European users agree to the data transfer policy. The Latest. How can we help veterans feel remembered? Salt Lake City gave police officers a pay raise 5 months ago.

Is it keeping them on the job? He spent weekends driving back and forth between Sammamish and Portland to work with a private quarterback coach. There were times when he wanted to go to sleepovers or hang with friends, and his parents told him he could do that, but if he wanted to be great like he said he did, this was the cost.

Jake was dropped into the recruiting fish bowl his sophomore year of high school. He received his first scholarship offer that year — from BYU, a big deal for a year-old Mormon kid.

He received his second offer soon after, from the University of Washington, his dream school. Heaps not only embraced the recognition, he sought it. He measured himself against top quarterbacks at prestigious showcases. His family traveled for football so much that unpacked boxes cluttered their home two months after moving in.

He got so burned-out that each summer he took three weeks off. When the recruiting site Scout. This is his blessing and his burden. I worked my tail off for that. But the weight of the ranking sat heavy. You can hear it in the way he talks. Heaps is 6 feet 1, a bit small for a quarterback, but he has all the mannerisms and acumen the position stresses.

He is disarmingly friendly, prone to exclamation marks in texts and handshakes in person, and he carries that aura, forced or not, of a quarterback sure of himself, all skills he learned long ago.

He never wanted people to see the burden. He kept it behind curtains until every six months or so when the pressure would become too much and he would break down. Kelly cried when Jake completed his first varsity pass and cried again after he won his first varsity game. His parents owned a luxury home-building business in Sammamish, and his older sister was out of the house while Jake was in high school.

As recruiting blossomed, his parents researched how to promote highlight tapes or talk to college coaches. Kelly devoured recruiting sites and message boards. But even Jake admits his parents became too involved with recruiting. Kelly Heaps wishes the NCAA would become more involved with recruiting to help guide families through the wilderness.

You have no idea. Is it better to go out of state or better to go in state?