2021 Football Roster
Roster
Phil Jurkovec
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 226
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
- High School:
- Pine-Richland
- Prev School:
- Notre Dame
2021 (Redshirt Junior): Started the first two games of the season, but suffered a hand injury early in week two at Massachusetts ... returned to start the final four games for a total of six starts and a 4-2 record on the season … threw for 915 yards on 52-for-96 passing with seven touchdowns and four interceptions … added 322 yards on the ground, the fifth most in a season by a BC quarterback, averaging 6.5 yards per carry, and scored five touchdowns … went 16-for-24 with 303 yards in the air and three touchdowns to open the season against Colgate (9/4) ... started 3-for-4 for 22 yards before exiting against UMass (9/11) ... returned to the starting lineup vs. Virginia Tech (11/5) and led BC to a win on 7-for-13 passing and 112 yards with 65 yards rushing and a touchdown run … named the ACC Quarterback of the Week, PFF National QB of the Week and one of eight Manning Award Stars of the Week following a 310-yard performance at Georgia Tech (11/13) on just 13-of-20 passing for two touchdowns to go with 71 rushing yards and three rushing scores … went 10-for-24 for 148 yards and a score against Florida State (11/20), while carrying the ball 17 times for 59 yards and a touchdown … held to 19 yards on 3-of-11 passing against Wake Forest (11/27) with 66 rushing yards on 11 carries.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Starter in all 10 games he played in at quarterback … 2,558 passing yards over his first 10 starts were the most by any BC quarterback in school history … first player in BC history to total four 300-yard passing games in his first five career starts at quarterback and the first BC quarterback with four or more 300-yard games in a season since Matt Ryan (2007) … 26th nationally with 255.8 passing yards per game … ended the season completing 61 percent of his passes and throwing 18 touchdown passes (30th nationally) … second among all Boston College quarterbacks since 1996 with 255.8 yards per game, trailing only Matt Ryan’s 321.9 yards per game in 2007 … 205 completions were the most by any BC sophomore quarterback, passing the previous record held by Chase Rettig in 2011 (170) … tied for 10th in BC single-season history with 17 touchdown passes and eighth in school history with 205 completions in 2020 … threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns (17-of-23) in first career game as an Eagle at Duke (9/19) … against No. 11 North Carolina (10/3), Jurkovec was 37-for-56 for 313 yards and two touchdowns … 37 completions were tied for second in BC single-game history with Frank Harris (37 versus Army in 1968) … 37 completions were an Alumni Stadium record … 56 pass attempts were also the most by a BC quarterback at Alumni Stadium since at least 1996 and was the highest overall total number of attempts since Ryan passed 56 times on Nov. 10, 2007 at Maryland … tied for fourth in BC single-game history with the 56 attempts … career-highs in passing yards (358), touchdowns (3) and longest touchdown pass (77) in the overtime win over Pitt (10/10).
2019 (Redshirt Freshman at Notre Dame): Saw the field in six games during sophomore campaign at Notre Dame … completed 12-of-16 passes for 222 yards and 2 TDs … rushed 22 times for 130 yards … went 5-for-7 for 79 yards and a TD against Bowling Green … completed 3-of-4 passes for 60 yards and a TD against Michigan.
2018 (Freshman at Notre Dame): Made collegiate debut at Wake Forest in 2018 and redshirted the season.
High School: Selected to participate in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas … one of four finalists for the Felix “Doc” Blanchard Award, which recognizes a player on the U.S. Army All-American Bowl East roster “who exhibit prowess in the classroom and the field” … Pine-Richland career stats: 11,144 total yards, 8,202 passing yards, 71 TD passes and 68.4 percent completion percentage (523 of 765) … his 11,144 yards, second-best in Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League history, were compiled in only two and a half seasons (missed half of his sophomore year with a thumb injury) … threw for a career-high 3,969 yards in 16 games as a senior in 2017 … his 3,969 passing yards are the third-most in Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League single-season history … recorded 39 TD passes (just six interceptions) while rushing for 1,211 yards on 132 carries and 24 scores … second quarterback in Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League history to throw for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 in a season … completed 72.8 percent of his passes (243 of 334) … registered a state single-season record 5,180 total yards … accounted for 63 total TDs … led Pine-Richland High School to a 16-0 record and 2017 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association 6A state championship … Pine-Richland was ranked No. 12 in the final 2017 MaxPreps Xcellent 25 … 2017 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player of the Year … No. 66-ranked overall player nationally, No. 5 dual threat quarterback nationally and No. 2 player from Pennsylvania by 247Sports.com … No. 120-ranked overall player nationally, No. 8 pocket passer nationally and No. 3 player from Pennsylvania by ESPN.com … No. 55-ranked overall player nationally, No. 4 dual threat quarterback nationally and No. 2 player from Pennsylvania by Rivals.com … four-star member of the PrepStar Top 300 Dream Team, ranked as the No. 60 player in the class of 2018 and the No. 4 dual threat quarterback … played for coach Eric Kasperowicz at Pine-Richland.
Personal: Son of Jim and Sara Jurkovec … pursuing a master’s degree in the Woods College of Advancing Studies … recipient of the Richard F. Powers, Jr. '40 Quarterback Scholarship Fund.
