Jake Waters


Jake Waters is a former American football quarterback who is the quarterbacks coach at Penn State. He played college football at Kansas State and was the Wildcats starting quarterback from 2013 to 2014.

College career

Waters started his college career at Iowa Western Community College where he was a two-year starter, 2012 National Champion, First-team All-American, and set the record for completion percentage, breaking the former record of Cam Newton.
In 2013, he transferred to Kansas State where he beat out Daniel Sams 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

Seattle Seahawks

Waters was signed by the Seattle Seahawks 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.