#10 Jeremy Hecklinski Season 2025-26

2026 Honors -- Manning Award Star of the Week (10/12) for his performance at Washington... one of two sophomores named to 2026 Player Council... 2026 -- Played in five games, starting at quarterback twice.. has completed 41-of-67 passes with two interceptions for 472 yards and three touchdowns (long of 33 yards), and rushed twice for five yards (long of 16 yards) on the season... completed a career-high 14-of-19 passes - including his final 12 passes - for a career-high 202 yards (career-high long of 33 yards) and a career-high three touchdowns his first career start in 41-24 win at Washington... is the fourth QB in the Kirk Ferentz era to have three touchdowns in his debut (Jon Beutjer-4 in 2000; Ricky Stanzi-3 in 2008, and Nate Stanley-3 in 2017)... fourth player under Kirk Ferentz to win his first career start on the road (Jason Manson-2006 at Syracuse, C.J. Beathard-2014 at Purdue, Jackson Stratton-2024 at Maryland)... first player to beat Washington at Husky Stadium in his first career start since 2005... completed seven-of-16 passes for 76 yards and one touchdown (career-high long of 24 yards) and rushed once for a career-high 16 yards in 40-0 season-opening shutout vs. Northern Illinois... completed nine-of-16 passes for 62 yards (long of 14 yards) and one interception in 10-13 loss at Minnesota... completed five-of-five passes for 67 yards (long of 18 yards) in 14-31 loss to #5/6 Ohio State... completed six-of-11 passes for 65 yards (long of 17 yards) in 55-0 shutout over UNI.

2025 -- Saw his first action of the season, going 1-of-1 for two yards in 37-0 shutout at Wisconsin... completed 1-of-1 passes for a career-high six yards and rushed once for a career-high six yards, scoring his first collegiate touchdown in 41-3 win over Minnesota.

2024 -- Played at Wake Forest... took three snaps against North Carolina.

 

High School Honors -- 2023 MaxPreps National Player of the Year Finalist… 2024 All-American Bowl Offensive Player of the Year Finalist… participated in the 2023 All-American Bowl in San Antonio… 2023 first-team All-State... named the 2023 GPB Georgia Offensive Player of the Year… 2023 MaxPreps Georgia Player of the Year… highest-rated Wake Forest quarterback recruit in the 247 composite era and was rated as the No. 25 quarterback in the class according to 247Sports... 2022 Georgia 5-AAAAA Player of the Year… 2022 Cobb County Offensive Player of the Year… 2022 11Alive Offensive Player of the Year. Career -- Led Walton to the state title game while throwing for 3,835 passing yards, 50 touchdowns to just six interceptions, completing 201-of-309 attempts (65 percent) in 14 games while holding a 141.9 passer rating… added 58 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground… helped Walton to a top-10 national ranking according to MaxPreps and the top-ranked team in the state of Georgia in 2023… completed 100-of-166 pass attempts (60.6 percent) for 1,781 yards with 15 scores to just five interceptions as a sophomore… completed 194-of-305 pass attempts (63.6 percent) for 3,520 yards with 37 touchdowns and 12 interceptions, along with 50 carries for 77 yards and five scores… helped lead Walton to nine victories in 2021, 10 wins in 2022 and a 13-1 record on its way to Georgia 7A state championship appearance in 2023.

Personal -- Born on 7/13/2004... pre-business major... son of Amy and Randy Hecklinski… father, Randy, played quarterback at Bowling Green from 1990-95… uncle, Jeff, played quarterback collegiately at Illinois and Western Illinois before spending over 20 years as a college assistant coach.