Jake Hubenak came back from a devastating ACL tear as a junior to account for more than 4,500 yards and 55 touchdowns for Georgetown's football team.
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is no Adrian Peterson, but he can relate.
And after Hubenak's remarkable 2012 season for
Georgetown (Texas) High School's football season, Eagles' coach Jason Dean can relate his star quarterback to the NFL's premier running back.
Jake Hubenak, Georgetown QB rolling
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"I don't know how much better he could have been or his numbers could have been," Dean said. "He did everything we could have asked."
In 2011, Georgetown was cruising to a 4-0 start when Hubenak, a 6-foot-3, 187-pound then junior, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
The Eagles went 2-4 the rest of the way and failed to make the Texas 5A playoffs.
Down in enrollment, Georgetown was reclassified to 4A and Hubenak, much like Peterson's nearly historic 2012 comeback season, came back better than ever.
He completed 264 of 427 passes for 4,091 yards and 48 touchdowns. With a stronger leg and sculpted frame, Hubenak also came back quicker and rushed for 513 yards (including sack yardage) and seven more scores.
And all those yards and all those touchdowns led Georgetown to its greatest season ever, a 15-1 campaign and spot in the Texas 4A-I state finals.
For his comeback and a terrific senior season, Hubenak was selected as the Austin area Capital One Bank High Yield Student Athlete of the Year.
Jake Hubenak, Georgetown QB running
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"He's a great kid and twice was voted a team captain by the players," Dean said. "And we had a team full of leaders. He was a quiet leader. He led by example. Jake is very coachable, a great student of the game. He's just an All-American kid."
With a resounding 56 seniors on a roster of 65, the Eagles dropped their final game, 48-37 to Guyer at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Hubenak threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns, all to
Randy Knightner.
Knightner was one of three 1,000-yard receivers which also included
Austin Weston and
Ryan Bedford.
The Eagles also had a 1,000-yard rusher in
Tyler Moody and four other runners who rushed for more than 300 yards. It was a true team effort, but Hubenak led the way from his quarterback spot. He was named the state's first-team 4A quarterback by the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors.
He hasn't secured a college offer yet, but Dean said that's only because of Hubenak's untimely injury.
"Most of the kids are all recruited their junior years and Jake was out," Dean said. "They missed out on a good one. Someone is going to get a steal here late in the game."
