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Jared Leet - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 13

JaredLeet

  • height 6-3
  • Weight 196
  • class Junior
  • High school Olentangy Orange
BIO Stats

* SEC Academic Honor Roll (2012)

Two-year regular as the team’s holder for placekicks … Has done a steady job in that role … Has quick hands as a former high school quarterback … Originally signed with Morehead State but changed his mind and decided to follow his dream of playing at Kentucky … Joined the team as a walk-on in 2011 … Has played in 24 games.

2013 (Sophomore): Saw action in all 12 games as the placekick holder, helping Joe Mansour have a great year, going 12 of 14 in field goals and 28 of 30 in extra points … Executed a perfect over-the-shoulder lateral to Mansour on a fake field goal vs. Florida, as Mansour ran 25 yards for a touchdown.
2012 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 12 games as the placekick holder … Helped kicker Craig McIntosh finish his career as one of the top-10 scorers in school history.
2011 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Was a quarterback and punter for Olentangy Orange, starting two seasons … Helped the team to a conference championship his junior season, going 9-3 … Had his best year statistically his senior year, passing for over 700 yards and rushing for over 300 yards … He also averaged 40 yards per punt his senior year … Named all-district and all-conference his junior and senior seasons … Coached by Brian Cross … Lettered three years in baseball and two years in basketball … Was all-conference his sophomore, junior and senior year in baseball … Earned Scholar-Athlete distinction his senior year.
Personal: Born in Columbus, Ohio … Son of Donny and Karen Leet … Father was a student-athlete at Louisville and Georgetown College, while his uncle Steve Bush played baseball at Kentucky … Major is communication.
Community Cats: Participated in the Big Blue U Move-In (2012).
Jared Says … My nickname is: J-Bizz … If I could trade places with any athlete, it would be: Canelo Alvarez … Other than the NFL, my dream job is: boxing trainer … I couldn’t live without my: family … The coolest thing about being at UK is: being at my dream school … What’s the best advice you’ve ever received? Life is 10 percent what happens to you, 90 percent of how you react to it.

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