2017 Signing Day Roster
Callier, Jacob
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jacob Callier
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Downey, Calif.
- High School:
- St. John Bosco
Bio
Updated Nov. 30, 2019
AT COLORADO:
This Season (Soph.-2):
2017 (Fr.)—Played in 11 games, missing only the regular season finale at Utah due to illness … Recorded five tackles on the season in 196 snaps on defense … Led the team with 11 quarterback pressures … Posted one sack, eight third down stops, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup … Had a sack, two third down stops and two quarterback hurries in his very first collegiate game against Colorado State, becoming the second known CU freshman since 1984 to record a sack in their first game (joining Addison Gillam in 2013) … Recovered a fumble in week three against Northern Colorado that set up Colorado’s first touchdown of the game … In 22 snaps against UCLA, he was credited with three quarterback hurries and in 30 snaps at No. 15 Washington State he had two hurries.
HIGH SCHOOL—Scout.com rated him as the No. 7 defensive end in the West and fourth-best in California … He helped lead St. John Bosco, coached by Jason Negro, to the CIF-SS Division I Championship in 2016 by defeating Concord De La Salle 56-33 in the state title game ... During the Braves’ 13-2 season, they defeated powers Corona Centennial, Santa Ana Mater Dei and De La Salle to win a second state championship, the other coming in 2013 ... He was a first-team defensive lineman by the Press-Telegram on its 2016 Dream Team ... He led the Braves’ defensive charge in 2016 when he was third on the team with 95 tackles, 12 for losses, and he had a team-high nine sacks ... As a junior he helped lead the Braves to the championship game and was selected by the Press-Telegram to its Dream Team as a first-team defensive lineman ... Posted a team-high 12 sacks and had 64 total tackles …. His biggest game as a junior came in the CIF Southern Section semifinal game against Bishop Amata when he scored two touchdowns on defense, first on a 33-yard fumble return and later on a 42-yard interception return, while also recording three sacks in a 63-10 win ... For that performance, he was named the SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week ... He played on the rugby team his sophomore season and on the basketball team as a junior.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born December 17, 1998 in Los Angeles, Calif. … Hobbies include working out, playing basketball, video games and dancing ... He has four older brothers, all of whom played college football: James Jr. (eldest) and James T., separated by 54 days, both played at San Jose State from 2004-07; James Jr. was a tailback while James T., a fullback, who was a 2004 Academic All-WAC selection and was the family’s first college graduate, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminology … James Jr. and James T. became the first brother tandem at San Jose State in 17 years to score points in the same game in a 2006 win at New Mexico State ... Jesse Callier was a tailback at Washington from 2010-14 and he ran for 997 yards and five touchdowns in his career ... The fourth of his elder brothers to play college football was Josh, who played at St. Benedictene College, a private school in Atchison, Kan. (Last name is pronounced Cal-yee-A)
AT COLORADO:
This Season (Soph.-2):
- Entered the transfer portal in October.
- Was named one of the defensive scouts of the week for the Air Force game.
- Had 12 tackles in the two scrimmages and spring game.
- Led the way throughout the spring with three sacks for 17 yards, five total tackles for loss for 22 yards, three quarterback hurries and three third down stops.
- Had a productive spring game with six tackles, five solo, three of which came for a loss including one sack and one quarterback hurry.
2017 (Fr.)—Played in 11 games, missing only the regular season finale at Utah due to illness … Recorded five tackles on the season in 196 snaps on defense … Led the team with 11 quarterback pressures … Posted one sack, eight third down stops, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup … Had a sack, two third down stops and two quarterback hurries in his very first collegiate game against Colorado State, becoming the second known CU freshman since 1984 to record a sack in their first game (joining Addison Gillam in 2013) … Recovered a fumble in week three against Northern Colorado that set up Colorado’s first touchdown of the game … In 22 snaps against UCLA, he was credited with three quarterback hurries and in 30 snaps at No. 15 Washington State he had two hurries.
HIGH SCHOOL—Scout.com rated him as the No. 7 defensive end in the West and fourth-best in California … He helped lead St. John Bosco, coached by Jason Negro, to the CIF-SS Division I Championship in 2016 by defeating Concord De La Salle 56-33 in the state title game ... During the Braves’ 13-2 season, they defeated powers Corona Centennial, Santa Ana Mater Dei and De La Salle to win a second state championship, the other coming in 2013 ... He was a first-team defensive lineman by the Press-Telegram on its 2016 Dream Team ... He led the Braves’ defensive charge in 2016 when he was third on the team with 95 tackles, 12 for losses, and he had a team-high nine sacks ... As a junior he helped lead the Braves to the championship game and was selected by the Press-Telegram to its Dream Team as a first-team defensive lineman ... Posted a team-high 12 sacks and had 64 total tackles …. His biggest game as a junior came in the CIF Southern Section semifinal game against Bishop Amata when he scored two touchdowns on defense, first on a 33-yard fumble return and later on a 42-yard interception return, while also recording three sacks in a 63-10 win ... For that performance, he was named the SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week ... He played on the rugby team his sophomore season and on the basketball team as a junior.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Sociology at Colorado.
PERSONAL—He was born December 17, 1998 in Los Angeles, Calif. … Hobbies include working out, playing basketball, video games and dancing ... He has four older brothers, all of whom played college football: James Jr. (eldest) and James T., separated by 54 days, both played at San Jose State from 2004-07; James Jr. was a tailback while James T., a fullback, who was a 2004 Academic All-WAC selection and was the family’s first college graduate, earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminology … James Jr. and James T. became the first brother tandem at San Jose State in 17 years to score points in the same game in a 2006 win at New Mexico State ... Jesse Callier was a tailback at Washington from 2010-14 and he ran for 997 yards and five touchdowns in his career ... The fourth of his elder brothers to play college football was Josh, who played at St. Benedictene College, a private school in Atchison, Kan. (Last name is pronounced Cal-yee-A)
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