Joel Stave

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Joel Stave
Wisconsin BadgersNo. 2
Quarterback Sophomore
Major: Civil Engineering
Place of birth: Greenfield, Wisconsin
Height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
Career history
 College(s):

Bowl games

Career highlights and awards

  • Honorable mention All-Big Ten - Media (2013)
  • Academic All-Big Ten (2012)

Joel Stave is an American football quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers.

High School

Stave attended Whitnall High School in Greenfield, Wisconsin and was a three year letterwinner in football and track and field and two in basketball. As a junior, Stave passed for 2,459 yards and 19 touchdowns and ran for am additional five touchdowns. He was honorable mention all-state by the WFCA, first-team all-region, all-suburban, all-conference and second-team all-area as a junior. As a senior, Stave threw for 2,635 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for an additional seven touchdowns. He earned first-team all-state honors by the WFCA, honorable mention A.P. all-state honors, unanimous conference player of the year, first-team all-conference and secon-team all-region as a senior. In his career, Stave threw for 5,094 yards and 41 touchdowns and added 12 rushing touchdowns. Following his high school career, Stave was rated a two-star recruit by Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was rated the number 17th rated player from the state of Wisconsin and the 110th ranked quarterback in the country by Scout.

College career

2011

Stave enrolled in spring semester and took part in spring practice. Redshirt season.

2012

On September 15, Stave made his Badgers debut against Utah State. Stave made his first career start on September 22 against UTEP and became the first Wisconsin freshman quarterback to start since Jim Sorgi on October 21, 2000. He recored a career high 254 passing yards on October 6 against Illinois. Stave was injured on October 27 against Michigan State missing the rest of the regular season and the 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game. He returned in the 2013 Rose Bowl and attempted one pass in the game.

2013

Stave recored his first career rushing touchdown on August 31 against UMass. Established new career highs in completions (24), attempts (29) and touchdown passes (3) against Tennessee Tech on September 7.

Personal life

Stave enjoys playing the piano and guitar.

College statistics

Year Team GP/GS Comp Att Pct Yards Long TDs INT Eff
2011 Wisconsin Redshirt
2012 Wisconsin 8/6 70 119 58.8 1,104 62 6 3 149.6
2013 Wisconsin 12/12 199 323 61.6 2,414 65 20 12 137.4
College Totals 20/18 269 442 60.9 3,518 65 26 15 141.1

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