Cody Fajardo

Cody Fajardo

Nevada Wolf Pack — No. 17
Quarterback	Freshman
Major: Business Management
Date of birth:
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Weight: 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Career history
High school: Servite High School, Anaheim, California
College(s): University of Nevada, Reno (2011)
Bowl games
Career highlights and awards
Glenn Davis Award, 2009
Stats at ESPN.com

Cody Michael Fajardo (born March 29, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the University of Nevada. He won the Glenn Davis Award in 2009 as the best high school football player in California. He became the starting quarterback at Nevada in 2011.

Early years

Fajardo played high school football for Servite High School in Anaheim, California.^[1][2] As a senior, he led Servite to a state championship and a No. 3 ranking in the national polling.^[3] He won the Glenn Davis Award in 2009 as the best high school football player in California.^[4]

Fajardo's father played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and his grandfather played for the Colorado Buffaloes.^[3]

Nevada

Fajardo committed to the University of Nevada, Reno in late January 2010.^[5] He was redshirted during the 2010 season as Colin Kaepernick completed a four-year run as the starting quarterback for the Nevada Wolfpack football team.

2011 season

As a redshirt freshman, Fajardo became the starting quarterback for 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack football team.^[6] Playing against Texas Tech in the third game of the 2011 season, Fajardo rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries and completed four of six passes for 59 yards and a touchdown. On October 15, 2011, he led the Wolfpack to a 49-7 win over New Mexico, running for two touchdowns and completing 20 of 25 passes for 203 yards.^[7][8][9]

He was named "The Best Running Quarterback in the WAC" by The Sporting News.^[3] Through the first seven games of the 2011 season, Fajardo had over 1,000 yards of total offense on 682 passing yards and 384 rushing yards.^[10] As of October 23, 2011, Fajardo's average of 7.0 yards per carry ranked 17th among players in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.^[11]

References

1. ^ Ben Bolch (December 12, 2009). "Servite quarterback Cody Fajardo's reality exceeds his dreams". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/12/sports/la-sp-cody-fajardo-servite12-2009dec12. 
2. ^ "This Fajardo kid is alright". OCVarsity.com. http://www.ocvarsity.com/articles/fajardo-16079-yard-poly.html. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Cody Fajardo Bio". University of Nevada at Reno. http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/fajardo_cody00.html. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
4. ^ Ben Bolch (January 3, 2010). "Player of the year: Cody Fajardo; Servite High quarterback had dream season capped with state championship". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/03/sports/la-sp-player-of-year3-2010jan03. 
5. ^ "QB Cody Fajardo Makes His Choice". InsideSports.net. January 29, 2010. http://unlv.scout.com/2/942160.html. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
6. ^ Joe Santoro (October 12, 2011). "Fajardo retains starting QB job at UNR". Nevada Appeal. http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20111012/SPORTS/111019952/1016&parentprofile=1059. 
7. ^ "Cody Fajardo Statistics". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/501241/cody-fajardo. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 
8. ^ Joe Santoro (October 15, 2011). "Fajardo, Pack take bite out of New Mexico". Lahontan Valley News. http://www.lahontanvalleynews.com/article/20111015/SPORTS/111019929/1055&ParentProfile=1045. 
9. ^ "Cody Fajardo scores twice on the ground to lead ground attack, Nevada beats New Mexico 49-7". The Washington Post. October 16, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/cody-fajardo-scores-twice-on-the-ground-to-lead-ground-attack-nevada-beats-new-mexico-49-7/2011/10/15/gIQALhg5mL_story.html. 
10. ^ http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/501241/cody-fajardo
11. ^ "Yards Per Rush Attempt Leaders - Qualified". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/college-football/statistics/player/_/stat/rushing/sort/yardsPerRushAttempt. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 

External links

• Nevada Wolf Pack bio

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Name	Fajardo, Cody
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Short description	American football quarterback
Date of birth	March 29, 1992
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