Position Quarterback Major American Culture Weight 93 kg | Class Junior Height 1.93 m Parents Paula O'Korn, Gary O'Korn | |
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Bowl games 2014 BBVA Compass Bowl
2015 Armed Forces Bowl
2016 Citrus Bowl High school Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas Date of birth (1994-11-22) November 22, 1994 (age 22) Number 5 (Houston Cougars football / Quarterback) Colleges University of Houston (2013–2014), University of Michigan (2015–) Similar Wilton Speight, Shane Morris, De'Veon Smith, Amara Darboh, Jake Rudock Profiles | ||
John o korn senior year
John August O'Korn (born November 22, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Michigan Wolverines. After attending St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he led his team to the 2012 FHSAA 7A state high school title, O'Korn chose to attend the University of Houston. He began as the starting quarterback for Houston during the 2013 season as a true freshman after teammate David Piland suffered career-ending injuries. After throwing 3,117 yards and 28 touchdowns as a freshman and honored with the American Athletic Conference Freshman Player of the Year, he lost his starting position after starting the first five games in the 2014 season. On February 5, 2015, he announced his plans to transfer to the University of Michigan.
Contents
- John o korn senior year
- John o korn vs columbus
- Early life
- 2013 season
- 2014 season
- 2015 season
- 2016 season
- Statistics
- References
John o korn vs columbus
Early life
John O'Korn was born to Gary and Paula O'Korn in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He attended Huntingdon Area High School, where he played quarterback, throwing for 1,018 yards and 10 TDs as a sophomore, starting 5 games. As a youth, John was an outstanding baseball and basketball player as well as wrestler, placing in several national tournaments. When his family moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, O'Korn attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School. In his first season at St. Thomas Aquinas, he threw for 377 yards, seven touchdowns and three interceptions. The next season, he led the team to the 2012 FHSAA 7A state title with an average of 43 points per game. Throwing for 22 TDs with just 4 INTs and over 2,500 yards, he set a school record most passing yards and touchdown passes in a single season.
He received scholarship offers from Wisconsin, Louisville, Syracuse, Mississippi State, North Carolina, South Florida, and UCF in addition to Houston.
2013 season
O'Korn earned the backup position for quarterback during preseason camp behind David Piland. However, he made his first collegiate appearance during the first half of the season opener. He became the quarterback beginning with the 2013 Bayou Bucket Classic against Rice. When Piland announced that he would end his career due to concussions, O'Korn was solidified in the role.
2014 season
O'Korn was the starting quarterback for the first five games of the 2014 season before being benched in favor of Greg Ward Jr.
2015 season
On February 5, 2015, O'Korn announced that he would be transferring to the University of Michigan. Due to NCAA transfer rules, O'Korn sat out the 2015 season. He spent the 2015 season serving as the scout team quarterback.
2016 season
2016 Spring practice began on February 29 with a highly anticipated quarterback battle between junior transfer Shane Morris and favorite O'Korn, Wilton Speight, true freshman Brandon Peters and redshirt freshman Alex Malzone. As Spring practice wound down in late March, Speight, O'Korn and Morris seemed to be the leading three, but in that order. O'Korn and Speight were the starters in the April 1 Spring game.
On September 3 before the opening game against Hawaii, Speight was named as the starting quarterback. O'Korn made his Michigan debut in the third quarter after Michigan had built a 49–0 lead, and he went 3–3 on a touchdown scoring drive. When Speight was sidelined with an unspecified shoulder injury, O'Korn led the team to a 20–10 victory over Indiana on November 19. O'Korn posted 7 completions in 16 attempts for a total of 59 yards with no touchdowns or interceptions. The performance represented the lowest passing yardage total for Michigan since John Navarre posted 58 in a November 17, 2001 victory for the 2001 Wolverines against Wisconsin.
Statistics
Through Week 3 of the 2016 season, O'Korn's statistics are as follows:
