CHATTANOOGA: First name rhymes with ‘Hair’...spent his first year as the team’s starting QB but transitioned to receiver for his senior season...also played a number of positions on special teams.
2009 • SENIOR SEASON: Moved from QB to receiver...voted one of four captains by his teammates prior to the start of the season...career-high seven catches for 70 yards against The Citadel...had just two career receptions coming into The Citadel game...played QB in the “Wildcat” formation at Elon...had six carries for 22 yards and went 3-4 for 23 yards passing against the Phoenix...had four carries for 23 yards against Glenville St...15 yard rush against the Pioneers tied a career-high...DNP vs. Furman...three carries for eight yards at Presbyterian...caught first pass of the season for 12 yards against Wofford.
2008 • JUNIOR SEASON: Started 10 of 12 games...passed for 961 yards with seven TDs against six INTs...rushed for 46 yards with two TDs...career game against Georgia Southern going 17-32 for 205 yards and two TDs...also rushed for nine yards and two TDs...went 11-17 for 182 yards and two TDs at The Citadel...led quarterbacks in bench press (300 pounds) and broad jump (113 inches)...caught one pass for 32 yards against Appalachian State.
PRIOR TO UTC: Completed 90 of 160 passes for 1,300 yards and 12 touchdowns last year at East Mississippi in Scooba, Miss...Lions went 5-4 in 2007...voted Most Valuable Player of the Mississippi Junior College All-Star Game after running for and throwing a touchdown...coached at East Mississippi by Roger Carr.
HIGH SCHOOL: Selected South Carolina’s Player of the Year as a senior...led Wildcats to back-to-back Region titles in 2003 and 2004...two-time all-area and all-state honoree...earned Area Player of the Year accolades senior season...Wildcats went 11-2 in each of his final two years...participated in the North Carolina-South Carolina All-Star Game...high school career numbers included 4,000 passing yards, 50 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions in 20 games...coached at Jonesville by David Lipsey...also earned four letters in baseball and one in basketball...played pitcher and shortstop...graduated in 2005.
PERSONAL: Jare Adam Gault...born Oct. 22, 1987, in Spartanburg, S.C....son of Sonya Horne and Andy Gault...has one sister and one brother...majoring in Business Management.