Jake Roth

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Reading, Pa.
Position:
Kicker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
205
High School:
Conrad Weiser
Major:
History

AT DELAWARE:
Fourth-year team member as a senior • will handle team's kickoff duties for fourth straight year

2018 SEASON:
Handled kickoff duties for the third year in a row in his junior season at Delaware • totaled 3,841 yards on 62 kickoffs while maintaining an average of 62 yards • forced a career-high 37 touchbacks throughout the season, which is a single-season record • his 37 touchbacks brought his career total to 75, a program record • attempted and hit one 48-yard field-goal during the first-round of the FCS Playoffs vs. James Madison

2017 SEASON:
Handled kickoff duties for the second year in a row in his sophomore season at Delaware • totaled 2,771 yards on 44 kickoffs while maintaining an average of 63 yards • had 14 touchbacks throughout the season • had a season high eight kickoffs for 503 yards vs. Cornell • attempted three field goals during the season • named Blue Hen Touchdown Club Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance vs. Richmond

2016 SEASON:
Earned key role on Blue Hens' special teams unit as a walk-on freshman • joined backup wide receiver Chichi Amachi as the only two true freshmen to see action during the season • played in all 11 games and handled team's kickoff duties • kicked off 49 times with a 61.0-yard average that included 14 touchbacks • had just one kick go out of bounds all season • helped Delaware rank No. 4 in the Colonial Athletic Association in kickoff coverage as teams averaged just 22.0 yards per return vs. Hens • served as backup punter but did not see action • Blue Hen Touchdown Club Special Teams Player of the Week for James Madison game

HIGH SCHOOL:
Standout in both football and soccer at Conrad Weiser High School • three-year standout as a kicker and punter for head coach Alan Moyer in football • led team to a three-year record of 20-11 • scored 185 career points, converting 20 of 29 field goals and 125 of 131 placements • had four career field goals of 40 yards or more • as a senior in 2015 earned Eastern Pennsylvania honorable mention honors and was a first team All-Berks County selection • tied county record with 20 career field goals and set school record with a 46-yard field goal as a senior, breaking the mark he held with a 43-yarder as a sophomore • first team all-county and all-league kicker and punter as a junior in 2014 • was the first player in Berks County history to kick 10 field goals in a season in 2013 • second team All-Berks County and All-Berks Football League kicker as a sophomore • 2013 Easternpafootball.com Big School Honorable Mention selection • two-year starter as a midfielder in soccer for head coach Ryan Manbeck • honor roll student • two-time Berks County Football Coaches Association All-Academic Team member.

PERSONAL:
Jake Hunter Roth • born July 11, 1998 in Reading, Pa. • exercise science major who aspires to earn a doctorate in physical therapy • enjoys playing soccer and basketball in his spare time • favorite sports team is the NFL Carolina Panthers • son of Jim and Monica Roth • has an older sister • father is a systems engineer and mother is a special education aid • sister, Jamie Avery, played defense for the women's soccer team at Kutztown (Pa.) University