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Jersey Number 51
Jake Heimlicher
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Colo.
- High School:
- Regis Jesuit HS (Pennsylvania)
Bio
UCLA
Enrolled at UCLA in January 2023 and participated in 2023 spring training ... earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2023 ... enrolled in UCLA's graduate program in transformative coaching and leadership.
2023
Saw action in 12 games (not Utah) as a reserve defensive lineman and special teams performer ... recorded a season-high two stops in games against Boise State, in the LA Bowl, and at Arizona, where he had one tackle for loss ... registered one stop in games at Oregon State and versus Cal.
Penn
Appeared in 31 games for Penn ... starter in his last 20 games for the Quakers.
2022
Saw action in all 10 games ... co-captain … third-team Associated Press FCS All-America … fourth-team Phil Steele/DraftScout All-America … first-team All-Ivy selection … Buck Buchanan Award finalist, named for the FCS Defensive Player of the Year … led Ivy League in sacks (9.0), the most by a Quaker since Mike Germino’s 9.5 in 1999 … his nine sacks ranked 10th among FCS defenders at season’s end … led his teammates with 13.0 TFLs for a loss of 51 yards … totaled 47 tackles to rank fifth on the team … credited with a season-high 13 total tackles at Dartmouth … made an interception against Yale … 3.0 tackles for loss vs. Lafayette ... totaled season-best 2.5 sacks at Brown ... team ranked second in the nation in rushing defense (89.2) and 13th in the nation in total defense (322.8) ... named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks to open the season, the seventh Ivy player to accomplish the feat and the first from Penn … Academic All-Ivy … named PhillySIDA’s Academic All-Area Performer of the Year.
2021
Started and appeared in all 10 games on the defensive line … honorable mention All-Ivy … finished the year with 51 tackles, 12.5 TFLs, 7.5 sacks and 12 quarterback hurries ... ranked fourth in the Ivy League in sacks and fifth in TFLs … had season-high eight tackles at Bucknell … recorded seven tackles and 1.5 sacks at Lafayette … had one sack and four QBH versus Lehigh … registered a season-high three sacks against Brown … recorded seven tackles and one sack versus Princeton.
2020
All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to the pandemic.
2019
Appeared in all 10 games at linebacker … finished with 14 tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sacks … had four solo tackles against Dartmouth … had three tackles, including 1.0 sacks versus Brown.
2018
Appeared in one game, seeing action at Princeton.
High School
Twice served as team captain … two-time conference Player of the Year (2016, 2017) … two-time All-State (2016. 2017) … two-time Denver Post All-State (2016, 2017) … 2017 Denver Post Golden Helmet Award runner-up … Honor Roll student.
Personal
Son of Laura and Larry Heimlicher.
Enrolled at UCLA in January 2023 and participated in 2023 spring training ... earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2023 ... enrolled in UCLA's graduate program in transformative coaching and leadership.
2023
Saw action in 12 games (not Utah) as a reserve defensive lineman and special teams performer ... recorded a season-high two stops in games against Boise State, in the LA Bowl, and at Arizona, where he had one tackle for loss ... registered one stop in games at Oregon State and versus Cal.
Penn
Appeared in 31 games for Penn ... starter in his last 20 games for the Quakers.
2022
Saw action in all 10 games ... co-captain … third-team Associated Press FCS All-America … fourth-team Phil Steele/DraftScout All-America … first-team All-Ivy selection … Buck Buchanan Award finalist, named for the FCS Defensive Player of the Year … led Ivy League in sacks (9.0), the most by a Quaker since Mike Germino’s 9.5 in 1999 … his nine sacks ranked 10th among FCS defenders at season’s end … led his teammates with 13.0 TFLs for a loss of 51 yards … totaled 47 tackles to rank fifth on the team … credited with a season-high 13 total tackles at Dartmouth … made an interception against Yale … 3.0 tackles for loss vs. Lafayette ... totaled season-best 2.5 sacks at Brown ... team ranked second in the nation in rushing defense (89.2) and 13th in the nation in total defense (322.8) ... named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks to open the season, the seventh Ivy player to accomplish the feat and the first from Penn … Academic All-Ivy … named PhillySIDA’s Academic All-Area Performer of the Year.
2021
Started and appeared in all 10 games on the defensive line … honorable mention All-Ivy … finished the year with 51 tackles, 12.5 TFLs, 7.5 sacks and 12 quarterback hurries ... ranked fourth in the Ivy League in sacks and fifth in TFLs … had season-high eight tackles at Bucknell … recorded seven tackles and 1.5 sacks at Lafayette … had one sack and four QBH versus Lehigh … registered a season-high three sacks against Brown … recorded seven tackles and one sack versus Princeton.
2020
All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to the pandemic.
2019
Appeared in all 10 games at linebacker … finished with 14 tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and 1.0 sacks … had four solo tackles against Dartmouth … had three tackles, including 1.0 sacks versus Brown.
2018
Appeared in one game, seeing action at Princeton.
High School
Twice served as team captain … two-time conference Player of the Year (2016, 2017) … two-time All-State (2016. 2017) … two-time Denver Post All-State (2016, 2017) … 2017 Denver Post Golden Helmet Award runner-up … Honor Roll student.
Personal
Son of Laura and Larry Heimlicher.
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