Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Jake Luton was born on April 11, 1996 in Marysville, Washington. He is an quarterback in the NFL.

Born and raised in Marysville, Washington, Luton played football and baseball at Marysville-Pilchuck High school and graduated in 2014. He was a two star recruit and committed to the University of Idaho in Moscow. At the time, the Vandals were an FBS program in the Sun Belt Conference under second-year head coach Paul Petrino.

Redshirted as a true freshman in 2014, Luton played in eight games in 2015, threw for 408 yards, and ran for five touchdowns.[4] In June 2016, he announced his departure from Idaho.

Luton transferred to two-year Ventura College in Southern California for his redshirt sophomore season in 2016. In eleven games, he threw for 3,551 yards and forty touchdowns.

Luton transferred to Oregon State University in Corvallis, led by third-year head coach Gary Andersen, and won the starting quarterback job in 2017. He suffered a back injury, which ended his season after starting just four games. Luton was granted a sixth year of eligibility after his fifth-year senior season in 2018. He started eleven games in 2019, throwing for 28 touchdowns with just three interceptions.

Luton was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round with the 189th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.