09/30/2006 Wyoming at SyracuseUW This Season: Jacob Doss will provide invaluable experience and leadership as a senior quarterback in 2007. Doss enters his senior year as one of the projected backups at quarterback to sophomore Karsten Sween. Doss will also serve as Wyoming's holder on PATs and field goals. 2006: Doss started the first five games of the `06 campaign, and he saw action at quarterback in seven contests. He completed 61.8 percent of his passes (81 of 131) as a junior for 826 yards and seven touchdowns. He also scored one rushing touchdown. Doss' best individual game of the year came in the season opener versus Utah State. Against the Aggies, he completed 17 of 26 passes (65.4 percent) for 209 yards and threw three TD passes in leading Wyoming to a 38-7 home victory. Doss also completed 13 for 21 passes (61.9 percent) for 169 yards and two touchdowns against Air Force in a hard-fought, seven-point loss (24-31) in Laramie. Doss concluded 2006 spring drills No. 1 on the depth chart, following a strong performance in the final spring scrimmage, completing 8 of 12 passes (66.7 percent) for 104 yards and one touchdown. He earned Academic All-Conference honors for the second time in his Wyoming career. 2005: In 2005, Doss was the backup quarterback for the Cowboys. He took snaps at quarterback in five games, while also sharing the holding duties on extra points and field goals with wide receiver Tyler Holden. The sophomore completed 7 of 13 passes (53.8 percent) for 49 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Doss achieved Academic All-Conference honors for the first time in 2005. He earned his first varsity letter. 2004: As a redshirt freshman, Doss competed in one game for the Cowboys -- the season opener versus Appalachian State. He did not attempt a pass in the Appalachian State game, but he did carry the ball three times for 21 yards. He was the No. 3 quarterback in 2004 behind junior starter Corey Bramlet and senior backup J.J. Raterink. 2003: Redshirted. High School: An outstanding high school quarterback from Lexington, Ky., he was recruited by both SEC and Big Ten Conference schools coming out of high school. Doss was a member of Joe Glenn's first recruiting class at Wyoming. Doss played his high school football at Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Ky. He was one of the top high-school football players in Kentucky over his three seasons. He was named to the Commonwealth of Kentucky Elite 22 his senior year, earned All-State honors from the Louisville Courier-Journal, was a finalist for the "Mr. Football" award in the state of Kentucky and was named District Player of the Year. Over his three seasons as the starting quarterback, Doss led Lexington Catholic to a 38-5 record. He guided Lexington Catholic to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs his senior season. He threw for a combined 8,034 yards in three seasons, completing 470 of 768 passes (.612). He also threw for 112 touchdowns, while having only 27 passes intercepted -- a ratio of 4.1 TD passes to every one interception. As a senior, Doss threw for 2,946 yards, completing 170 of 240 passes (.708), including 43 touchdowns and only four interceptions -- a ratio of 10.8 TD passes to every one interception. He set a new Kentucky state record, completing at least one touchdown pass in 39 consecutive games during his career. That shattered the previous record held by former University of Kentucky and NFL quarterback Tim Couch. Couch threw at least one TD pass in 30 consecutive high school games as a prep standout in the state of Kentucky. Doss concluded his career as the No. 5 career total offense leader in the State of Kentucky. He threw the second most TD passes in state history. Doss also played basketball his freshman and sophomore years of high school. He was coached in high school by Bob Sphire. Other schools that recruited him included: Indiana, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Mississippi. Personal: Born Dec. 6, 1984, he is the eldest of three children of Karen and Jeff Doss. His father played football at the University of Kentucky. Doss is studying finance. |
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