Jake Rudock
Jake Rudock was born in Miami, Florida, United States on January 21st, 1993 and is the Football Player. At the age of 31, Jake Rudock biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jacob Michael Rudock (born January 21, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL).
He was the starting quarterback for the 2013 and 2014 Iowa Hawkeyes and 2015 Michigan Wolverines.
He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
High school career
Rudock grew up in Weston, Florida, and then moved to St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was named Broward County Player of the Year. When making it to the state semifinals in 2009, St. Thomas Aquinas went 13-1. He completed 128-of-197 passes for 1,945 yards. Rudock played with his players in the end zone for a total of thirty-four touchdowns, but only turned the ball over five times. With a flawless regular season, he led the team to district, regional, state, and national championships. He holds records for total yards, most starts as a starting quarterback, commencements, attempts, completion percentage, state championships, and national championships. In 2011, he graduated.
College career
During Rudock's senior year of high school, he committed to the University of Iowa. He has also received college offers from Colorado, Illinois, Memphis, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. He redshirted his freshman year at Iowa and did not play again the next year. He started all thirteen games in his junior season, including his first against Northern Illinois. He had every offensive downpouring for Iowa, but lost 30-27 to Northern Illinois. His best game of his junior year was his debut against LSU in the Outback Bowl, in which the team lost 21-14, a game in which he completed 9-of-22 pass attempts for 102 yards with just one interception. He appeared in all thirteen games for Iowa during the 2013 season. He made 204-of-346 pass attempts for a total of eighteen touchdowns, thirteen interceptions, and 2,383 yards on the season. He also ran for 218 yards on sixty-seven attempts. He played in only one game for Iowa in the following year. He started with two straight attempts in the TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee, which saw him go 2-of-8 for thirty-two yards and rush for twenty-two yards on two rushing attempts. He completed 213-of-345 attempts for 2,436 yards and rushed sixty-seven times for a total of 176 yards.
The Big Ten Conference approved Rudock's transfer to the University of Michigan on April 1, 2015. He was activated for the 2015 football season right away. Rudock and his receiver Jehu Chesson set the Michigan record for single-game touchdown passes against Indiana on November 14, earning co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors. He became the first quarterback in school history to pass for 250 yards in three straight games against Penn State the following week.
Rudock was named MVP of the 2016 Citrus Bowl. Rudock was Michigan's first quarterback to throw for at least 250 yards in five straight games. Rudock was the second Michigan quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a single season after losing to John Navarre in 2003. Rudock ended his season as No. 1 in the United States. No. 2 in single-season passing yards and No. 1 in single-season completion percentage.
Professional career
Rudock was selected by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He was waived by the Lions on September 3, 2016, and he was assigned to their practice squad the next day. On November 23, 2016, he was admitted to the Lions' active roster. He spent his rookie season as the third-string quarterback behind Matthew Stafford and Dan Orlovsky, but not make any game appearances. Rudock was expected to be the backup to Stafford in 2017 after the Lions did not re-sign Orlovsky after the 2016 season. Brad Kaaya, a rookie quarterback for Miami, was drafted by the Lions in the 2017 NFL Draft to compete with Rudock during training camp and preseason. After Kaaya was suspended at the start of the preseason, Rudock eventually secured the backup position. In Week 13 against the Baltimore Ravens, Rudock made his first NFL appearance in Week 13. He was 3-for-5 for 24 yards with one intercept, with one intercept.
Rudock was re-signed by the Lions on March 14, 2018. He was released on September 1, 2018 and was immediately admitted to the practice squad the next day.
Rudock, the Miami Dolphins' reserve/future deal, was signed on January 11, 2019. Rudock was suspended following final roster cuts and re-signed to the practice squad on August 31, 2019. After his practice squad contract ended, he signed a reserve/future deal with the Dolphins on January 6, 2020. Rudock was waived by the Dolphins on July 25, 2020. He was recalled to their practice squad on September 7, 2020, and was released on September 14. On October 3, he was recalled to the practice squad again and then released two days later. Rudock was re-signed by the Dolphins to serve as the team's backup on December 31, 2020, following Ryan Fitzpatrick's inclusion on the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Rudock retired from professional football on August 2, 2021. Rudock had been accepted into the University of Michigan School of Medicine on December 18, 2021.