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Football - Alaska

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FOOTBALL

Jack Nash

Quarterback/Defensive back
COLONY HS
PALMER, ALASKA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

2656

Total Yards

34

Total Touchdowns

103

Tackles

12

Interceptions
“Nash is one of the most explosive two-way players that Alaska has seen in many years. He’s the complete quarterback and a [continual homerun] threat. Defensively, he covers sideline-to-sideline and plays the run with physicality. Nash is one of the most complete players this state has seen.”
Tim Davis
Head Coach - West Anchorage coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-2, 185-pound junior quarterback and safety led Colony High to a 9-2 record and the program’s first Division I championship in history, scoring the game-winning touchdown with 17 seconds left on the clock to clinch a 14-7 victory over Juneau-Douglas/Thunder Mountain. Nash compiled 2,656 total yards and 34 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback and recorded 103 tackles as a safety. He also intercepted a state season-high 12 passes on defense, returning three for touchdowns.

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Academic Achievement

Nash has maintained a 3.4 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Nash has volunteered locally as part of student government and leadership programs at Colony High and also as a football coach in the area Pop Warner program.