Jake Waters (born March 20, 1992) is an American football quarterback who is currently an assistant coach at

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. He played

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at Kansas State and was the Wildcats starting quarterback from 2013 to 2014.

Early years

College career

Waters started his college career at

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where he was a two-year starter, 2012 National Champion, First-team All-American, and set the record for completion percentage (73.3), breaking the former record of Cam Newton. In 2013, he transferred to Kansas State where he beat out

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for the starting job. He passed for 2,469 yards with 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions. He also had six rushing touchdowns. Waters returned as a starter in 2014. He finished the year with 3,501 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, seven interceptions and nine rushing touchdowns.

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles

Seattle Seahawks

Waters was signed by the

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on August 18, 2015, after an injury to incumbent backup quarterback Tarvaris Jackson.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Waters signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in April 2016. He dressed in all three of the Tiger-Cats' games as a backup before being traded to Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

Waters was traded for a negotiation list player on July 9, 2016.

References

External links

Official bio at Kansas StateESPN player page
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