Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\u201cMom has been my rock through this all,\u201d he said. \u201cShe made sure I was focused in the classroom and was eating right and gaining weight. I can\u2019t say enough about the influence both of my parents have had. I wouldn\u2019t be here without all of their hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a senior in a shortened season, Woolverton passed for 1,010 yards and 12 touchdowns to only two interceptions in seven games. He completed 61.5% of his passes. He also ran for 409 yards and eight touchdowns to match Ben Finneseth for the team-high. Finneseth also has a walk-on offer at Colorado if he chooses to accept it.<\/p>\n
After he took over the Demons\u2019 starting quarterback job halfway through his freshman season, Woolverton amassed 5,535 passing yards, 59 touchdowns and only nine interceptions while he completed 70.2% of his passes. He finished with a career quarterback rating of 131.4.<\/p>\n
Add to that, he ran for 1,635 yards and 28 touchdowns in his 39 career games.<\/p>\n
A born competitor, Woolverton isn\u2019t afraid of the challenge of competing with scholarship quarterbacks within the Colorado program. Once he steps on the field, he is there to win.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had to prove myself at every level I\u2019ve played at,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m excited to gain knowledge from the older guys and the coaches up there. I am ready to go show them all what I can do. There are going to be a few guys who doubt me, but that\u2019s not my concern. I am going there to play football and get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Durango quarterback Jordan Woolverton ran for 1,635 yards and 28 touchdowns in his 39 career games at DHS. Now, he’s off to play Division I football at the University of Colorado.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>Woolverton also tallied more than 69 tackles and nine interceptions on defense as a safety, including six interceptions his senior season with a game-altering third-quarter interception in the championship game against Roosevelt. That interception led to his 67-yard game-winning touchdown pass to fellow senior Gage Mestas to send DHS to a 21-14 championship win, its first outright state title in school history and first state championship since a 1954 tie with Lamar.<\/p>\n
An all-around talent, Woolverton also got it done on special teams during his career. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a Division I kicker at Idaho, Woolverton made 31-of-42 extra point attempts his sophomore and junior seasons. He also averaged 42.7 yards per punt attempt as an upperclassmen with nine punts pinning opponents inside the 20. He tallied a career-long punt of 65 yards as a junior with a 61-yard punt as a senior.<\/p>\n
With 221 career points in a Demons uniform, Woolverton will go down in the all-time record books for DHS football. On Wednesday, Woolverton was named the CHSAA Class 3A Player of the Year to go with his first-team all-state status. A year earlier, he was all-state second team.<\/p>\n
DHS principal Jon Hoerl said Woolverton left the school in a better place than he found it and helped create a new standard for Demons football. He also thanked Woolverton for being a strong role model to his own children.<\/p>\n
Durango quarterback Jordan Woolverton ran for 1,635 yards and 28 touchdowns in his 39 career games at DHS. Now, he’s off to play Division I football at the University of Colorado.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\u201cHe does all the right things,\u201d DHS head coach David Vogt said. \u201cHe\u2019s such a great leader to the freshmen kids and everybody in the program. We are just so blessed that now these kids can look up to players like Jordan and the rest of the senior class. It\u2019s such a blessing for the program to be led by a kid like him with such high character and work ethic. He definitely set the standard for the Durango football program going on. He\u2019s going to be sadly missed with his leadership on both sides of the ball and the type of person he is.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Young America Football League through elementary school, Woolverton quarterbacked his Durango team to a 40-1 overall record and three championships in four years. The lone loss came in a Super Bowl game in fourth grade when Woolverton was unable to play quarterback because of a broken thumb injury suffered in recess the day before the game.<\/p>\n
Football teammates show up to support Jordan Woolverton as he signs his paperwork committing to play football at the University of Colorado on Wednesday at Durango High School.<\/span>Jerry McBride\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>At Miller Middle School, Woolverton made the \u201cA\u201d team as a seventh grader and led the Angels to two undefeated seasons with a pair of championships.<\/p>\n
In fifth grade, Woolverton made a list of his sports goals. He wanted to win another YAFL Super Bowl in sixth grade. He wanted to make the A-team in basketball and football as a seventh grader in middle school. He wanted to lead those middle school teams to championships.<\/p>\n
Then, he wanted to make Durango High School\u2019s varsity in football, basketball and baseball as a freshman and start at least one game.<\/p>\n
Before he left high school, he wanted to win a state championship.<\/p>\n
Then, he wanted to play Division I college sports.<\/p>\n
He has now accomplished every goal he wrote down for himself except the last one, which is his hope of playing professional sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat list, it shows how long I\u2019ve been dreaming of this,\u201d Woolverton said. \u201cFor it to come true and to have all the people I care about and love come support me as I signed today, it means a lot to me. I\u2019m going to keep working for those dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
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