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JakeSauder
- height 6-3
- Weight 240
- class Freshman
- Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High school North Catholic
2016 – Freshman
- Practiced with the team
High School
- Transferred to North Catholic High School after two seasons at Allegheny
- Two-year starter at NCHS, helping lead the Trojans to a combined 24-2 record during his two seasons
- Played five different positions (defensive end, outside linebacker, middle linebacker and offensive tackle and defensive tackle) under three different coaching staffs in his prep career
- Played his senior season under head coach Jason Gildon
- Earned first-team All-Conference as a junior and senior
- Elected team captain as a senior by his peers
- Also lettered in track & field in the shot put
- Considered N.C. State, Bucknell, Cornell, Penn State and Georgia Tech
Personal
- Born in Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Son of David and Amy Sauder
- Major is kinesiology – exercise science
Jake Says
- He chose Kentucky because he loves the south and has followed Kentucky football for a long time
- Other than playing in the NFL, his dream job is to be an orthopedic surgeon
- One word to describe him on the field is “intense”
- Most people don’t know he used to play lacrosse
- If he was stranded on an island with a teammate he would choose Drew Schlegel because he makes every situation positive