Jake Campos
{{Short description|American football player (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
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| number = 63, 72
| position = Offensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|10|18}}
| birth_place = West Des Moines, Iowa
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 320
| high_school = Valley (IA)
| college = Iowa State
| undraftedyear = 2018
| pastteams =
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|2018}}–{{NFL Year|2019}})*
- St. Louis BattleHawks ({{XFL Year|2020}})
| highlights =
- Second-team All-Big 12 (2017)
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Jake Campos (born October 18, 1994) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was a member of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa State University.
Early years
Campos attended Valley High School, where he played football, basketball, baseball and track. He contributed to the school winning the Iowa prep Class 4A state championship.
He placed third at the state track meet in the shot put as a junior. He received All-Conference honors both his junior and senior seasons. He received All-state honors as a senior. He earned academic honors all four years.
College career
Campos accepted a football scholarship from Iowa State University. As a redshirt freshman, he started three games at right tackle and the final eight contests at left tackle.
As a sophomore, he was named the starter at left tackle. As a junior in 2016, he suffered a season-ending leg injury in fall camp. As a senior, he regained his starting position at left tackle. He finished his college career with 36 starts.
Professional career
=Dallas Cowboys=
Campos was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 2018 NFL draft on April 30. He was waived on September 1 and signed to the practice squad the next day.{{cite web| url=https://www.espn.com/blog/dallas-cowboys/post/_/id/4767325/cutting-dan-bailey-raises-major-question-about-cowboys-kicking-game | title=Cutting Dan Bailey raises major question about Cowboys' kicking game | accessdate=February 15, 2020}}{{cite web| url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=24561523 | title=Cowboys claim safety, center for depth because of injuries | accessdate=February 15, 2020}} On January 14, 2019, he was signed to a future contract. He was released on August 31.{{cite web| url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27492267/nfl-cuts-all-32-teams-out | title=NFL cuts for all 32 teams: Who's in and who's out | accessdate=February 15, 2020}}
=St. Louis BattleHawks (XFL)=
In October 2019, he was selected by the St. Louis BattleHawks during phase 2 of the 2020 XFL Draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.xfl.com/en-US/articles/phase-2-offensive-line-draft-tracker|title=Offensive Linemen Draft Tracker|accessdate=October 23, 2019}} He was named the starter at left tackle for the season opener. He was placed on the injured reserve list with a leg injury on February 17. In March, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the league announced that it would be cancelling the rest of the season.{{cite web |title=XFL Injured Reserve |url=https://www.xfl.com/xfl-injured-reserve |website=XFL.com |accessdate=February 25, 2020}} He appeared in 2 out of 5 games.{{cite web |title=XFL Jake Campos stats |url=https://stats.xfl.com/Player/10086 |website=XFL.com |accessdate=February 6, 2020}} He had his contract terminated when the league suspended operations on April 10, 2020.{{cite news |author=Condotta, Bob |title=XFL suspends operations, terminates all employees, but Jim Zorn says he has hopes league will continue |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/xfl-suspends-operations-terminates-all-employees/ |website=SeattleTimes.com |date=April 10, 2020 |accessdate=July 17, 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://cyclones.com/sports/football/roster/jake-campos/9034 Cyclones bio]
Further reading
- {{cite news |author=Dochterman, Scott |title=Des Moines area: A hotbed for Iowa, ISU and others |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63393566/the-gazette/ |newspaper=The Gazette |via=Newspapers.com |date=September 8, 2012 |accessdate=November 16, 2020}}
- {{cite news |author=Birch, Tommy |title=Impressive Valley alum growing into bigger role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63393814/the-des-moines-register/ |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 6, 2014 |accessdate=November 16, 2020}}
- {{cite news |author=Nelson, Jim |title=Campos a presence on ISU's o-line |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63393714/the-courier/ |newspaper=The Courier |via=Newspapers.com |date=October 9, 2014 |accessdate=November 16, 2020}}
- {{cite news |author=Birch, Tommy |title=Campos ready to lead offensive line |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63393633/the-des-moines-register/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |via=Newspapers.com |date=March 25, 2017 |accessdate=November 16, 2020}}
- {{cite news |title=Campos aided Garcia's switch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63393890/the-gazette/ |newspaper=The Gazette |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 21, 2017 |accessdate=November 16, 2020}}
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Category:Sportspeople from West Des Moines, Iowa
Category:Players of American football from Iowa
Category:American football offensive tackles
Category:Iowa State Cyclones football players