Troy University Athletics
2025 Football Signing Day
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James, Jack
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Jack James
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 215
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Paducah, Ky.
- High School:
- Paducah Tilghman HS
Bio
High School: Led Paducah Tilghman to the Kentucky 4A State Championship Game (game is Friday following Signing Day) … Named the Kentucky Football Coaches Association Player of the Year … The Blue Tornados enter the title bout with a perfect 14-0 record … Threw five touchdown passes in the 2024 Kentucky 4A semifinals; the third set a new career record for touchdown passes in KHSAA history … Enters championship game with 13,642 yards, 180 passing touchdowns (state record), 1,543 attempts (state record) and 942 completions; needs one yard and five completions to set those state records … for 4,019 yards and 56 touchdowns in addition to rushing for six scores as a junior … Completed 68 percent of his passes, leading Paducah Tilgham to the state semifinals … As a sophomore, led Tigers to a state runner-up finish … Shared QB duties in a COVID-shortened seven-game season in 2020, throwing for 807 yards and 10 TDs … Former Troy quarterback Corey Robinson (2009-13) was his offensive coordinator … Kentucky Prep Gridiron Big School Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 … Won the Kentucky 215-pound state wrestling championship in the spring of 2024 and finished third in 2023 behind two wrestlers who went on to compete collegiately … Consensus three-star (On3, 247, ESPN, Rivals) … Rated as the No. 15 player in Kentucky and the No. 84 quarterback nationally by the On3 Industry Ranking … ESPN’s No. 65 QB nationally and No. 6 player in Kentucky per Rivals
Personal: Full name is Jack Walker James ... Born Dec. 12, 2005, in Paducah, Ky. ... Son of Jeff and Christin James ... Grandfather, Gary Quint played basketball at Murray State ... Majoring in Data Analytics
Personal: Full name is Jack Walker James ... Born Dec. 12, 2005, in Paducah, Ky. ... Son of Jeff and Christin James ... Grandfather, Gary Quint played basketball at Murray State ... Majoring in Data Analytics
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