Jakob Herres

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Photo by: Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
225
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Easton, Pa.
High School:
Easton

2022 (Graduate)

Named preseason All-America by Stats Perform.
Named to the Walter Payton Award Watch List.
Named First Team All-CAA
Named Offensive End of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Richmond
Capped off a successful career where he finished second among active career leaders in receptions per game (6.08), third in career receptions (225) and fifth in receiving yards per game (77.3).
Caught six touchdown passes.
Finished second in the CAA in receptions, only trailing teammate Jasiah Williams.
Led the CAA in yards with 958 and was third in receptions per game (5.9) and receiving yards per game (77.3).

Prior To Richmond

Played in 37 games in his Keydet career and is one of the top wide receiver threats in all of NCAA FCS Football.
During his career, he has caught 226 passes for 3,006 yards and 26 touchdowns, averaging 0.7 touchdowns per game in his career.
Finished his career as the VMI’s all-time leader in receiving touchdowns.
Earned Second Team All-Southern Conference honors in the fall of 2021, batting through injuries to play in eight games, catching 47 passes for 500 yards and five touchdowns.
Finished his Keydet career with catches in 28-straight games.
Ended his VMI career just eight receptions shy of the program record and only 85 yards from the top spot in the record books.
Named the SoCon Offensive Player of the Year and was a consensus First Team All-America selection in the spring 2021 season.
One of 16 finalists for the Stats Perform Walter Payton Award, given to the national FCS Offensive Player of the Year.
Finished fourth overall in the voting for the Walter Payton Award.
Named the Virginia Offensive Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Richmond.
Led the SoCon with 80 receptions for 978 yards and eight touchdowns in eight games.
Averaged 12.2 yards per catches and 122.2 yards per game, both numbers leading the SoCon.
Named the SoCon Player of the Month in April after posting three games with 100 yards receiving or more, including the Keydets FCS playoff game against top-ranked JMU. In that game, he caught 13 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown.
Named First Team All-SoCon in 2019 while also being named Sophomore All-America by HERO Sports.
Led the team with 72 catches or 1,091 yards and eight touchdowns playing with current Spider quarterback Reece Udinski.
Became just the fourth VMI receiver to reach 1,000-yards receiving in a season.
Led the SoCon with 6.0 receptions per game and 90.9 yards per game.
Posted five games with 100-yards receiving or more, including two games with 170 yards or more (The Citadel, 175 and Samford, 172).
Named to the SoCon All-Freshman team in 2018 when he made three starts and appeared in nine games.
Caught 27 passes for 437 yards and was second on the team with five receiving touchdowns.
Ranked fifth in the league averaging 47.7 yards per game.

High School

Starred in his prep career at Easton High School in Pennsylvania.
Named First Team All-State 6A and was a First Team All-Area wide receiver.
Finished his Easton career as the all-time leader in receiving yards with 1,796.
As a senior, he set the school record with 67 receptions for 1,230 yards and 14 touchdowns.
Averaged 94.6 yards per game and an impressive 18.4 yards per catch.