2009 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jerry Slota
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Golden, Colo.
- High School:
- Chaparral
HIGH SCHOOL-He earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors and honorable mention All-State and All-Colorado honors as a senior, when he completed 117-of-190 passes for 1,801 yards and 14 touchdowns, throwing just four interceptions. He also rushed 58 times for 384 yards and eight scores, averaging 6.7 yards per carry. One of his top games came in a 49-7 rout of Grand Junction Central in the first round of the state playoffs, when he completed 13-of-19 passes for 240 yards and three touchdowns (with four rushes for 31 yards). In a 21-10 win over Highlands Ranch, he passed for 198 yards and scored twice. CHS was 8-3 his senior year and 2-8 his junior season under coach John Vogt. He attended Mullen High School prior to transferring to Chaparral, where he lettered twice for coach Dave Logan and played on two MHS state champion teams (13-1 his sophomore and 12-2 his freshman seasons). He also lettered twice in powerlifting, and was a member of the national champion team in 2007 and Colorado state title teams for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
ACADEMICS-He is undecided on his major at Colorado.
PERSONAL-Born October 24, 1990 in Denver. His hobbies include playing Xbox and swimming, and he has worked as a counselor at the Mile High Football Camp in past summers. He attained the rank of second class in the Boy Scouts.
