2012 Football Roster
Carkhuff, Jonathan
Jersey Number 14
Jonathan Carkhuff
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Lovett
Bio
Notes: Rated 29th in Phil Steele’s 2013 Preseason FCS Quarterback Ratings • Davidson’s career completions (855) and attempts (1390) record holder • Enters season boasting top completion percentage in school history (61.5%) • Also enters ranking second in career passing yards (8,479, 897 shy of record), third in passing touchdowns (46, 5 shy of head coach Paul Nichols and 26 shy of record).
2012: Ranked ninth in the nation in passing yards (286.5/gm), fifth in completions (28.2/gm) and 19th in total offense (271.5 yds/gm) • Totals of 3,151 passing yards, 2,986 total yards, 505 passing attempts and 310 completions, and completion percentage of 61.4 percent, in a single season rank second only to his own school records set as a sophomore • Made 16 touchdown passes • Threw for 300-plus yards in three games • Totaled a season-high 404 yards passing (tied for 4th most in a game in school history) and three touchdowns against Jacksonville • Matched three touchdown performance in victory at Campbell, completing 32-of-45 passes for 348 yards • Named PFL Offensive Player of the Week after completing a season-high 37 passes (tied for second all-time in a single game at Davidson) for 395 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for two touchdowns, in an overtime victory at Valpo • Started all 11 games and has now started 31 in a row • Named to PFL Academic Honor Roll • Team captain.
2011: Ranked sixth in the nation in passing yards (302.4/gm), first in completions (31.6/gm) and 15th in total offense (276.6 yds/gm) • Set school single-season records with 3,326 yards, 348 completions and a 62.6 completion percentage • Set a school record with a 99-yard TD pass against Johnson C. Smith • Threw 18 touchdown passes, tied for fourth most in school history • Threw for 300-plus yards in five games, including the first three of the season • Started all 11 games • Threw for 427 yards, four shy of the school record, and five TDs against Johnson C. Smith • Completed 36 passes for 364 yards and two scores in the opener at Georgetown • Had 37 completions for 357 yards and three TDs against Lenoir-Rhyne • Passed for 371 yards and two scores against Valpo • Completed 37-of-47 passes for 304 yards and a TD at Butler • Passed for 297 yards and three scores against Morehead State • Named to PFL Academic Honor Roll • Team captain.
2010: Named PFL Freshman Offensive Player of the Year • Threw for 2,002 yards, ranking ninth on the Davidson single-season chart • 197 completions are the fourth-most in a season at Davidson, and 59.9 completion percentage (329 attempts) also ranks fourth • Threw for 12 touchdowns with nine interceptions • Played in all 11 games and started the last nine • The first true freshman to start at quarterback for Davidson since Beaux Jones in 2004 • Set the school record with 41 completions at Drake, breaking the old mark of 37, set in 1973 • Tied the school record for completion percentage in a game by completing 21-of-27 passes (77.8 percent) at Marist • Completed 41-of-56 passes for 306 yards and a TD at Drake • Threw for 270 yards and a 71-yard touchdown at Morehead State • Compiled 257 yards and two scores vs. San Diego.
Prep Years: Four-year lettermen and three-time Offensive MVP for coach Mike Muschamp at Lovett High School • Three-time AA All-State selection and team captain as a junior and senior • Owns all Lovett quarterback career records with 6,062 passing yards, 58 TDs, 60 percent completion rate and 146.5 efficiency rating • Rushed for 18 career touchdowns • Also lettered in baseball four years and was named all-area and the 2009 GHSA Dugout Club AA Player of the Year • National Honor Society • Played saxophone in school’s concert and jazz band.
Personal: Born Sept. 15, 1991 • The son of William and Lois Carkhuff • Has two older brothers, Bejay and Philip • Father played football at Chattanooga.
2012: Ranked ninth in the nation in passing yards (286.5/gm), fifth in completions (28.2/gm) and 19th in total offense (271.5 yds/gm) • Totals of 3,151 passing yards, 2,986 total yards, 505 passing attempts and 310 completions, and completion percentage of 61.4 percent, in a single season rank second only to his own school records set as a sophomore • Made 16 touchdown passes • Threw for 300-plus yards in three games • Totaled a season-high 404 yards passing (tied for 4th most in a game in school history) and three touchdowns against Jacksonville • Matched three touchdown performance in victory at Campbell, completing 32-of-45 passes for 348 yards • Named PFL Offensive Player of the Week after completing a season-high 37 passes (tied for second all-time in a single game at Davidson) for 395 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for two touchdowns, in an overtime victory at Valpo • Started all 11 games and has now started 31 in a row • Named to PFL Academic Honor Roll • Team captain.
2011: Ranked sixth in the nation in passing yards (302.4/gm), first in completions (31.6/gm) and 15th in total offense (276.6 yds/gm) • Set school single-season records with 3,326 yards, 348 completions and a 62.6 completion percentage • Set a school record with a 99-yard TD pass against Johnson C. Smith • Threw 18 touchdown passes, tied for fourth most in school history • Threw for 300-plus yards in five games, including the first three of the season • Started all 11 games • Threw for 427 yards, four shy of the school record, and five TDs against Johnson C. Smith • Completed 36 passes for 364 yards and two scores in the opener at Georgetown • Had 37 completions for 357 yards and three TDs against Lenoir-Rhyne • Passed for 371 yards and two scores against Valpo • Completed 37-of-47 passes for 304 yards and a TD at Butler • Passed for 297 yards and three scores against Morehead State • Named to PFL Academic Honor Roll • Team captain.
2010: Named PFL Freshman Offensive Player of the Year • Threw for 2,002 yards, ranking ninth on the Davidson single-season chart • 197 completions are the fourth-most in a season at Davidson, and 59.9 completion percentage (329 attempts) also ranks fourth • Threw for 12 touchdowns with nine interceptions • Played in all 11 games and started the last nine • The first true freshman to start at quarterback for Davidson since Beaux Jones in 2004 • Set the school record with 41 completions at Drake, breaking the old mark of 37, set in 1973 • Tied the school record for completion percentage in a game by completing 21-of-27 passes (77.8 percent) at Marist • Completed 41-of-56 passes for 306 yards and a TD at Drake • Threw for 270 yards and a 71-yard touchdown at Morehead State • Compiled 257 yards and two scores vs. San Diego.
Prep Years: Four-year lettermen and three-time Offensive MVP for coach Mike Muschamp at Lovett High School • Three-time AA All-State selection and team captain as a junior and senior • Owns all Lovett quarterback career records with 6,062 passing yards, 58 TDs, 60 percent completion rate and 146.5 efficiency rating • Rushed for 18 career touchdowns • Also lettered in baseball four years and was named all-area and the 2009 GHSA Dugout Club AA Player of the Year • National Honor Society • Played saxophone in school’s concert and jazz band.
Personal: Born Sept. 15, 1991 • The son of William and Lois Carkhuff • Has two older brothers, Bejay and Philip • Father played football at Chattanooga.
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