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Jake Maier

professional gridiron football quarterback

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ108165963
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Jake Maier (born April 9, 1997) is an American professional football quarterback for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UC Davis Aggies.

Early life

Maier was born in Fullerton, California. He played football and baseball at St. Paul High School in Santa Fe Springs, California.

College career

In 2015, Maier redshirted with Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Maier played college football for the Long Beach Vikings in 2016 and was named the Southern California Football Association Central Division Offensive Player of the Year.

He then transferred to UC Davis for the next three seasons (2017 to 2019). He was named the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year in 2018. Finished collegiate career as the UC Davis career leader in attempts (1,495), completions (992) and yards (11,163), while his career TDs (88) ranked second only to J.T. O'Sullivan.

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