Stave handing off to Melvin Gordon in 2014
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Position: | Quarterback | ||
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Date of birth: | May 16, 1992 | ||
Place of birth: | Greenfield, Wisconsin | ||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||
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High school: | Greenfield (WI) Whitnall | ||
College: | Wisconsin | ||
Undrafted: | 2016 | ||
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Roster status: | Reserve/Future | ||
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Joel Stave (born May 16, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Stave attended Whitnall High School in Greenfield, Wisconsin, where he was a three-year letter winner in football and track and field and two in basketball. As a junior, Stave passed for 2,459 yards and 19 touchdowns and ran for an additional five touchdowns. He was honorable mention all-state by the WFCA, first-team all-region, all-suburban, all-conference and second-team all-area as a junior. As a senior, Stave threw for 2,635 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for an additional seven touchdowns. He earned first-team all-state honors by the WFCA, honorable mention A.P. all-state honors, unanimous conference player of the year, first-team all-conference and second-team all-region as a senior. In his career with the Falcons, Stave threw for 5,094 yards and 41 touchdowns and added 12 rushing touchdowns.
Following his high school career, Stave was rated a two-star recruit by both Scout.com and Rivals.com. He was also rated the number 17th rated or top 10th player from the state of Wisconsin and the 110th ranked quarterback in the country.
Stave left Wisconsin as the school's all-time winningest quarterback with a 31-10 record as a starter. His .756 win percentage ranks No. 3 among Wisconsin quarterbacks. In his career with the Badgers, he started 41 games (third-most by a quarterback in school history) and went 22-6 (.786) as a starter against Big Ten opponents, setting school records for wins and winning percentage in conference games. He threw for 7,635 yards and 48 touchdowns, ranking second in school history in both categories. He also finished his career ranked No. 2 in passing attempts (1,031) and completions (613) and No. 4 in completion percentage (59.5%). He threw for over 200 yards in a game 18 times, the most in school history and became the first quarterback in school history to post a 4-0 record against an opponent, doing so against Purdue, Illinois and Minnesota.