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AT SAN JOSE STATE: Fourth season with the Spartans... Team’s number-one placekicker....In
line to challenge the San Jose State career scoring record and field
goal mark with a solid performance in
2008...Seventh on the career scoring list with 176 points and tied for
second for most field goals made with 30 at the start of the
season...Needs 61 points and 10 field goals to be tops in both
categories...Shares the school record for field goals in a game with
three and has done it four times...Three school records, team consecutive extra-point conversions and most field goals in a game, team and individual, have been tied since he took over the placekicking duties in 2005...25 touchbacks in 161 kickoffs..Is the most successful San Jose State kicker for onside kicks...The Spartans have recovered 8-of-13 in the last three seasons...2006 San Jose State Scholar-Athlete... 2005 Academic
All-WAC. 2007: Fourth kicker in school history to make all his PAT’s in a season...22-for-22 in 2007... 10-of-20 kicking field goals...Hit 8-of-10 in the last three games offsetting an 0-for-7 run...3-for-3 in the New Mexico State win (11/10) and 3-for-4 in the Louisiana Tech (11/17) contest...Season-long 42 yarder against New Mexico State...3-for-3 in onside kicks...Successes at Utah State (9/21), New Mexico State and Nevada (11/24)...Named to the 2007 Football Writers
Association of America All-America checklist...First San Jose State
placekicker to receive this recognition. 2006: Second-team All-WAC placekicker in 2006...First Spartan in 11 years to receive all-conference honors as a placekicker...Upped his field goal accuracy to 75.0 percent, third-best in the WAC, in his sophomore season and booted his career best of 48 yards in the New Mexico State win...Tied a school record for the second time making three field goals (40, 32, 45 yards) in the Washington game...Was 4-of-5 for field goals of at least 40 yards...San Jose State recovered two of his five on-side kick attempts...10 touchbacks on 60 kickoffs...Second on the team in points scored with 61.
2005: Named an honorable mention Freshman All-American by The Sporting News... School-record-tying placekicker... became the first freshman to
lead the team in scoring since 1991 with his 61 points... Helped the Spartans tie a team record for consecutive extra points made with 58... Converted his first six
attempts and finished 28-of-30 in PAT’s... Became the 11th player in school history to kick three field goals in a game with 44, 27 and 39 yarders against Nevada... Tied for third in the WAC and 64th nationally in field goal kicking making 11-of-18... Long of 46 at Utah State...13 of his 50 attempts resulted in touchbacks and three
of his five onside kicks were recovered by San Jose State as a kickoff specialist.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football, soccer and track and field at Rio Mesa High School in Camarillo, Calif.... Rated as one of the nation’s
top high school placekickers as a senior... Named a "Top National Prospect" by www.prokicker.com and was rated #16 nationally by www.rivals.com...52-
of-52 in extra-point conversions, 16-of-23 in field goal accuracy and was credited with 74 touchbacks on kickoffs combined for his junior and senior seasons... Had
a long punt of 63 yards and twice made a 47-yard field goal as a senior... First-team all-league and all-county selection...Completed his career playing in the
California North-South Shrine Game... A first-team all-league forward on the soccer team and a sprinter in the track and field.
JARED: Environmental studies major....Interested in working for the Highway Patrol...The native of Oxnard, Calif., was born on August 12, 1987.
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