Jake Groth

Wyoming

Sep 20 (Sat)

8:15 p.m.

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
205
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Centennial, Colo.
High School:
Arapahoe

AT COLORADO: 2019 (Fr.-RS)—Did not see game action … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll … Dressed for five games … Was named the Offensive Scout of the Week leading into the Arizona, Washington State and Stanford games; and the Special Teams Scout of the Week leading into the Air Force game.

2018 (Fr.)—Redshirted; did not see game action … Dressed for the Colorado State game.

HIGH SCHOOL—First-team All-Colorado as a senior and was twice named All-Conference in the 5A Metro East league … Had 31 catches for 856 yards and seven touchdowns including a long of 85 yards as a senior … Caught 23 passes for 489 yards and five touchdowns with a long of 75 his junior season … Also had three rushes for 44 yards as a junior … Had four kickoff returns for 37 yards as a senior, giving him 1,426 all-purpose yards in his career at Arapahoe, including 1,345 receiving yards … Had seven career 100-yard receiving games and one 200-yard game, when he had six catches for 201 yards and two touchdowns against Mountain Vista as a junior … That season he also had seven catches for 113 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against Rock Canyon … As a senior, opened the season with six catches for 135 yards and a touchdown against Rock Canyon … Followed that up two weeks later with 5 catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns against Cherry Creek … Against Overland, he caught a Hail Mary at the end of the first half to tie the game against Overland and finished with three catches for 138 yards and that touchdowns … Had two catches for 105 yards, including an 85 yard touchdowns, against Boulder … Finished his football career with five catches for 154 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Smoky Hill … Also played baseball and basketball at Arapahoe … He lettered once in basketball, twice in football and twice in baseball, helping Arapahoe to a final four appearance in the Colorado State championship.

ACADEMICS—He is majoring in Management from Colorado's Leeds School of Business … He was named Academic All-State both his junior and senior seasons at Arapahoe.

PERSONAL—He was born on October 10, 1999 in Denver … Parents are Tom and Dani Groth … Has two younger sisters, Ashley and Maddie … His dad played junior college basketball and both of his grandfathers played baseball in college … An uncle, Matthew Flynn, is the drummer for the musical group Maroon 5 … His interested include traveling and history … His hobbies are playing video games, watching YouTube and hanging out with friends … Cites being in a barbershop quartet as what he wants to do when he grows up.