Jase Bauer

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Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-3
Weight:
220
Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Ankeny, Iowa
High School:
Ankeny H.S.
Twitter:
JaseBauer

CAREER

In two-year, 18-game career, made 10 starts at quarterback … concluded career with 2,316 yards passing and 13 touchdowns, completed 57.2 percent of his passes (198 of 346), 13 interceptions with a 128.7 average yards per game and 118.3 passing efficiency … also rushed for 677 career yards and 14 touchdowns on 174 attempts (3.9 yards per carry) and 37.6 yards per game … concluded career with 2,993 total yards (677 rushing, 2,316 passing) … rushed for over 100 yards in three games … registered four 200-yard passing games, four two-touchdown games, one three-touchdown game, seven 200-yard total games, and three 100-yard all-purpose games … one-time MAC West Offensive Player of the Week honoree (Sept. 25, 2023).

2023

As a redshirt sophomore quarterback, saw action in all 12 games with nine starts … started the last eight consecutive games … served as team captain in four games … named the MAC West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023) … engineered 24 scoring drives of 52 yards or more on the season … threw for 1,881 yards, 12 touchdowns, completed 163 of 287 passes (56.7 percent) and averaged 156.75 yards passing, rushed for 365 yards and a team-high 10 touchdowns on 121 carries for a 3.0 average yards per carry … ranked among MAC leaders in passing yards per game (No. 6, 156.8), pass efficiency (No. 5, 120.07), total offense (No. 3, 187.17), scoring touchdowns (No. 7, 5.0 per game) … led the Chippewas in passing yards (1,881), completions (163), touchdown passes (12), touchdowns scored (10), scoring (62 points), and total offense (2,246 yards), No. 2 in rushing attempts (121), and third on the squad in rushing yards (365) … completed 15 of 26 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown with a long 44 yards in season finale vs. Toledo (11/24) … threw two touchdown passes, completed 10 of 21 passes for 157 yards with a long of 62 at Ohio (11/15) … threw for 205 yards and a career-best three touchdowns, completed 14 of 27 passes with a long of 39 yards and rushed for 39 yards on 10 carries at Western Michigan (11/7) … totaled 222 yards of offense, rushed for a season-high 106 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries, completed nine of 16 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown in win over Northern Illinois (10/31) … completed 19 of 31 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown, rushed 10 times for 23 yards at Ball State (10/21) … threw for two touchdowns and 181 yards, completed 17 of 32 passes, rushed 20 times for 61 yards and a touchdown vs. Akron (10/14) … threw for a career-high 280 yards and two touchdowns with three interceptions, completed a career-high 28 passes on 49 attempts, rushed six times for 31 yards at Buffalo (10/7) … threw for 218 yards and a touchdown, completed 73 percent of his passes (19 of 26 attempts) with one interception and rushed four times for 10 yards and a touchdown vs. Eastern Michigan (9/30) … came on in relief, responsible for a career-high five touchdowns (four rushing, one passing), rushed 15 times for 55 yards and a career-high four touchdowns, completed 19 of 30 passes for 224 yards and a 70-yard touchdown to Jesse Prewitt III in comeback victory at South Alabama (9/23) … named the MAC West Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023) … in first start of the season, completed 10 of 20 passes for 137 yards, rushed 13 times for 16 yards and a touchdown at Notre Dame (9/16) … saw spot duty off the bench, completed 1-1 passes for 11 yards vs. New Hampshire (9/9) … completed 2-8 passes for nine yards, rushed two times for 27 yards at Michigan State (9/1).

2022

As a redshirt freshman, saw action in six games with one start at quarterback … rushed for 312 yards and four touchdowns on 53 carries with a long of 60 yards, completed 35 of 59 passes for 435 yards and one touchdown with five interceptions … registered back-to-back 100-yard rushing games vs. Bowling Green (109 yards) and at Northern Illinois (109 yards) … became the first quarterback at Central Michigan to rush for 100 or more yards in back-to-back games since Tommy Lazzaro in 2018 … rushed for 18 yards on 10 carries, completed seven of 15 passes for 68 yards in first career start in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … rushed for 21 yards, completed 3-7 passes for 62 yards with a long of 36 vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … scored two touchdowns, tied a career-high with 109 rushing yards on 14 carries with a long of 33 yards, completed 3-4 passes for 36 yards at Northern Illinois (11/2) .. tied a career-high with 109 yards on 16 carries with a career-long of 60 yards and registered career-highs for completions (18), completion attempts (25), passing yards (185) and threw his first career touchdown pass vs. Bowling Green (10/22) … became the first Central Michigan quarterback to rush for over 100 yards in a game since Tommy Lazzaro vs. Ball State in 2018 … his 60-yard run was the longest by a CMU quarterback since at least 2005 … rushed for eight yards on three carries and completed 3-7 passes for 40 yards at Penn State (9/24) … saw first career action, scored two rushing touchdowns, rushed for 47 yards on six carries and completed a 44-yard pass vs. Bucknell (9/17).

2021

As a true freshman quarterback, redshirted his first season at Central Michigan … did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2021 graduate of Ankeny High School in Ankeny, Iowa, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Rick Nelson … named Class 4A First Team All-State as a senior and junior, named captain in his senior year … also earned all-conference honors twice … named Iowa’s Top Quarterback in his class … two-time Class 4A All-District selection … passed for 2,041 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2020 … also rushed for 852 yards and had 10 rushing touchdowns ... led AHS to a state championship … in junior season, passed for 2,207 yards and 20 touchdowns while completing 61.5 percent of passes (126-of-205) … named the Grinnell Mutual Player of the Week … rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, 247sports, and ON3DB, and two-star recruit by Rivals … also earned all-state honors in baseball as a shortstop.

PERSONAL

Born Jase Bauer on October 4, 2002 … son of Jeff and Amy Bauer … selected Central Michigan over offers from Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, New Mexico State, North Dakota State, Rice, and Wyoming.