2005 General Roster
Roster
Jake Flaherty
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Wakefield, RI
- High School:
- South Kingstown
At SU: Three letters … Redshirted in 2004 … 2007 ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team selection … Member of the 2004 Fall, 2005 Fall, 2006 Spring, 2006 Fall, 2007 Spring and 2007 Fall Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls … 2005, 2006 and 2007 BIG EAST All-Academic Team selection.
Junior Year (2007): One of nine players to start every game … Finished ninth in the BIG EAST with 7.9 tackles per game … Second on the team with 95 tackles … Against Washington, had four tackles, including two solo in his first-career start … At Iowa, totaled six tackles … Against Illinois, tallied seven tackles, including three solo … At Louisville, posted a team-high 11 tackles, including eight solo stops and 1.5 for loss … At Miami (OH), totaled eight tackles … Against West Virginia, tallied nine tackles, including one for loss … Against Rutgers, totaled eight tackles … Against Buffalo, had five tackles, including 1.0 for loss … At Pittsburgh, led SU with 11 tackles, including 2.0 for loss and his first-career sack … Against South Florida, collected seven tackles … At Connecticut, totaled a career-best 15 tackles, including 1.0 for loss and his 100th career tackle … Against Cincinnati, registered four tackles.
Sophomore Year (2006): One of 40 players to participate in all 12 games … Against Miami (OH), had three tackles … At South Florida, recorded one solo tackle.
Freshman Year (2005): One of 36 players to see action in all 11 games, playing primarily on special teams … Against Buffalo, had one solo tackle … At Pittsburgh, recorded two solo tackles … At Notre Dame, posted two tackles.
High School: Two-time all-state and all-division selection … 2003 U.S. Army High School All-American … Rated the 25th-best outside linebacker in the country by Tom Lemming … Rated the No. 10 prospect in New England by Rivals.com … Selected to the Rhode Island All-Star Football Team and played in the June 2004 game versus Connecticut … Rhode Island Interscholastic League All-Academic selection … A four-year starter at linebacker … Recorded a team-high 64 solo tackles and 11.5 sacks, including a school-record five sacks in one game and had three fumble recoveries as a senior … Recorded 998 passing yards and six touchdowns in 2003 … Rushed for 441 yards, six touchdowns and four two-point conversions as a senior … Team captain as a junior and senior … Four-year football letterwinner for coach Bruce Tardif … Also earned four letters in track and field … 2002 and 2003 Rhode Island state high jump champion (cleared a personal-best 6’ 8" in 2003) … Earned two letters in basketball … Recruited by former assistant coach Jerry Azzinaro.
Personal: James Douglas Flaherty … Born July 1985 in Providence, R.I. … Son of Todd Flaherty and Joellen Golberg … Three brothers, Chad Flaherty, Norris Golberg and Eric Golberg … Father played linebacker at SU and lettered in 1969 … Uncle, Ted Kakas, was a captain on SU’s crew team and competed from 1961-64 … Aunt, Robin (Flaherty) Kakas, attended SU from 1964-68 … Cousin, Tayah Flaherty, competed on the Orange women’s rowing team during the 1995-96 season … Cousin, Chip Kakas, competed on the Wisconsin crew for four years (1995-98) and earned two letters … Cousin, Jessamy Flaherty, competed for the Wisconsin women’s openweight crew for three years (1998-01) … Majoring in American studies.
Flaherty's Career Statistics
| Defense | ||||||||
| Tackles | Assists | Int. | TFL | Sacks | Int. | FF | Fumble Rec. | |
| 2005 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
0-0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 yds |
| 2006 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
0.5-1 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 yds |
| 2007 |
45 |
50 |
95 |
6.5-26 |
1.0-6 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 yds. |
| Totals |
49 |
55 |
10 |
7.0-27 |
1.0-6 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 yds. |
Flaherty's Career Bests
| Tackles | Solo | 8 vs. Louisville, 2007 |
| Assists | 10 vs. Connecticut, 2007 | |
| Total | 15 vs. Connecticut, 2007 | |
| Sacks-Yds. | 1.0-6 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 | |
| TFL-Yds. | 2.0-11 vs. Pittsburgh, 2007 |
