Joel Stave

Joel Stave

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Stave handing off to Melvin Gordon in 2014
No. 2 Minnesota Vikings
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-05-16) May 16, 1992
Place of birth: Greenfield, Wisconsin
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Greenfield (WI) Whitnall
College: Wisconsin
Undrafted: 2016
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards

Joel Stave (born May 16, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.

High School

Stave attended Whitnall High School in Greenfield, Wisconsin and was a three-year letter winner in football and track and field and two in basketball. As a junior, Stave passed for 2,459 yards and 19 touchdowns and ran for an additional five touchdowns. He was honorable mention all-state by the WFCA, first-team all-region, all-suburban, all-conference and second-team all-area as a junior. As a senior, Stave threw for 2,635 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for an additional seven touchdowns. He earned first-team all-state honors by the WFCA, honorable mention A.P. all-state honors, unanimous conference player of the year, first-team all-conference and second-team all-region as a senior. In his career, Stave threw for 5,094 yards and 41 touchdowns and added 12 rushing touchdowns. Following his high school career, Stave was rated a two-star recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was rated the number 17th rated or top 10th player from the state of Wisconsin and the 110th ranked quarterback in the country.

College career

2011

Stave enrolled in spring semester and took part in spring practice.

2012

On September 15, Stave made his Badgers debut against Utah State. Stave made his first career start on September 22 against UTEP and became the first Wisconsin freshman quarterback to start since Jim Sorgi on October 21, 2000. He recorded a career high 254 passing yards on October 6 against Illinois. Stave was injured on October 27 against Michigan State missing the rest of the regular season and the 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game. He returned in the 2013 Rose Bowl and attempted one pass in the game.

2013

Stave recorded his first career rushing touchdown on August 31 against UMass. Established new career highs in completions (24), attempts (29) and touchdown passes (3) against Tennessee Tech on September 7.

2014

Stave passed for 1,350 yards, nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

2015

As a senior Stave passed or 2,687 yards and 11 touchdowns.

Statistics

Through the end of the 2015 season, Stave's statistics are as follows:[1]

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
Wisconsin Badgers
Season Games Games
Started		 Record Passing Rushing
Comp Att Yards Pct. TD Int QB Rating Att Yards Avg TD
2011
Redshirt
2012 8 6 4–2 70 119 1,104 58.8 6 3 148.3 19 −51 −2.7 0
2013 13 13 9–4 208 336 2,494 61.9 22 13 138.1 37 −22 −0.6 1
2014 10 9 8–1 110 206 1,350 53.4 9 10 113.2 13 −70 −5.4 0
2015 13 13 10–3 225 370 2,687 60.8 11 11 125.7 33 −123 −3.7 1
NCAA Career Totals 44 41 31–10 613 1,031 7,635 59.5 48 37 129.9 102 -266 -2.6 2

NFL Draft

Pre-draft measurables
Ht WtArm lengthHand size 40-yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP
6 ft 5 in 236 lb33 1⁄4 in10 3⁄4 in 4.80 s 7.29 s 33.5 in 9 ft 7 in
All values from NFL Combine[2]

Joel Stave signed as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings.

References

  1. ↑ "Joel Stave". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/joel-stave?id=2555429

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