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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018 Sprint Football

Don Felice

20 Jake Klaus

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Haddonfield, N.J.
  • Highschool Haddonfield Memorial

Biography

2018: First-team All-CSFL running back ... Started all six games at running back … Led the team with 555 rushing yards and eight touchdowns … Third on the team with 256 receiving yards … Averaged 88 yards per game … Rushed for a season-high 165 yards against Cornell (Sept. 21) … Named CSFL Offensive Player of the Week after rushing for 79 yards and three touchdowns and gaining an additional 70 yards receiving against Caldwell (Oct. 20).

2017: First-team All-CSFL running back ... Appeared in all eight games, rushing for 604 yards on 129 carries ... Set a single-season career high with nine rushing touchdowns ... Also hauled in 19 passes for 251 yards and a touchdown ...
Finished the season second in the CSFL in rushing and rushing touchdowns ... Had the league's eighth-most rushing yards in a single game with 119 against Mansfield (9/3) ... Recorded a season-high three scores in Penn's 42-7 win over Post (10/2).

2016
: First-team All-CSFL running back ... Appeared in all seven games ... Rushed 109 times for 510 yards and three touchdowns ... Ran a season-high 27 times for 248 yards and two scores at Post (11/5) ... Named CSFL Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Eagles ... Made nine receptions for 90 yards ... Returned one kickoff for 24 yards ... Returned three punts for 31 yards.

2015: Appeared in four games ... Rushed for 89 yards on 30 rushes ... Returned eight punts for 41 yards ... Ran for a season-high 73 yards and one touchdown vs. Princeton (10/23). 

High School:
Lettered three times in football, four times in golf and wrestling ... Captain of golf and wrestling ... Member of 2013 and 2014 South Jersey Group II Champion football team ... Member of 2015 South Jersey/Central Group I Champion golf team ... 2015 Individual Group I New Jersey State golf champ ... Member of 2013, 2014 and 2015 District 28 Champion wrestling team ... 2013 and 2014 All-Conference for football ... 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 All-Conference for golf ... 2013, 2014 and 2015 All-Conference for wrestling ... 2014 All-Academic Team for football ... National Honor Society, Peer Leaders, Leo Club and S.T.A.N.D. 

Personal:
 Son of Jill and Brian Klaus ... Cousin, Ty Klaus, plays football at William and Mary ... High school teammates with Penn wrestler Carson Stack ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2015Freshman

    RB
    5'10"
    20
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    2016Sophomore

    RB
    5'10"
    20
  • 20

    2017Junior

    RB
    5'10"
    20
  • 20
    C

    2018Senior

    RB
    5'10"
    20
    C