THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2015: Played in 10 games in 2015 in a back-up role at quarterback...Carried the ball 54 times for 303 yards and five touchdowns...Long run was 35 yards and he averaged 5.6 yards per carry...Completed 10-of-18 pass attempts with one interception...Threw for 141 yards and two touchdowns with a long pass of 52 yards...Earned Academic All-Gulf South Conference honors...On the 2015 Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll...UNA 2014: Played in the first five games of the 2014 season with one start against Western Oregon...Missed the remainder of the season due to injury...Led UNA to a 30-10 win over Western Oregon, rushing 18 times for 114 yards and one touchdown and completing nine-of-15 passes for 76 yards and another score...Finished the season with 273 rushing yards on 42 carries and averaged 6.5-yards per carry...Rushed for three touchdowns...Completed 17-of-30 passes for 196 yards and three TDs with a long of 48 yards....UNA 2013: Played in 12 games for the Lions in 2013, passing for 457 yards and rushing for another 403…Had 62 carries for 403 yards and nine touchdowns…Averaged 6.5 yards per carry with a long run of 35 yards..Completed 28 of 50 passes with one interception…Threw for 457 yards and two touchdowns…His long completion of 71 yards came against Lenoir-Rhyne in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division II playoffs to Jason Smith for a touchdown…Top rushing game was eight carries for 82 yards against Shorter with two touchdowns…Rushed for 74 yards and two scores on eight carries against Tarleton State…Finished third on the team in scoring with nine touchdowns for 54 points…Completed six-of-10 passes for 130 yards and one touchdown in three playoff games and had 18 carries for 97 yards on the ground …UNA 2012: Redshirted at UNA in 2012...HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Perry County High School under coach Michael Harrison…Played quarterback, linebacker, kicked and punted for the Vikings…Perry County made three state playoff appearances during his career…Selected all-state as a linebacker in 2009, all-state as an Athlete in 2010 and all-state at quarterback in 2011…A Finalist for Tennessee’s Mr. Football in 2010 and was Tennessee’s Mr. Football recipient in 2011…A four-time all-region pick from 2008-11…Set a single-season record with 57 touchdowns in 2010 and his 4,623 yards of total offense was also a school record…Accounted for 146 career touchdowns from 2008-11 and had 12,056 yards of career total offense…Threw for 7,680 yards and 89 touchdowns and rushed for 4,376 yards and 57 touchdowns…Completed 68 percent of his career passes…had 382 solo tackles…Also lettered in baseball, basketball and soccer…graduated third in his senior class…Was senior class President…PERSONAL: Full name is Jacob Tucker…Born on April 8, 1993…Son of Andy Tucker and Elecia Tucker and has four sisters…Major is Biology.

    Year       Att      Yds    Avg    TD    Long
    2013        62     403    6.5      9      35
    2014        42     273    6.5      3      31
    2015        54     303    5.6      5      35
    Career    158    979    6.1    17      35

    Year       Att-Comp-Int    Yds    TD    Long
    2013       28-50-1           457      2      71
    2014       17-30-0           196      3      48
    2015       10-18-1           141      2      52
    Career    55-98-2           794      7      71