2022

As a redshirt freshman, saw action in six games with one start at quarterback … rushed for 312 yards and four touchdowns on 53 carries with a long of 60 yards, completed 35 of 59 passes for 435 yards and one touchdown with five interceptions … registered back-to-back 100-yard rushing games vs. Bowling Green (109 yards) and at Northern Illinois (109 yards) … became the first quarterback at Central Michigan to rush for 100 or more yards in back-to-back games since Tommy Lazzaro in 2018 … rushed for 18 yards on 10 carries, completed seven of 15 passes for 68 yards in first career start in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … rushed for 21 yards, completed 3-7 passes for 62 yards with a long of 36 vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … scored two touchdowns, tied a career-high with 109 rushing yards on 14 carries with a long of 33 yards, completed 3-4 passes for 36 yards at Northern Illinois (11/2) .. tied a career-high with 109 yards on 16 carries with a career-long of 60 yards and registered career-highs for completions (18), completion attempts (25), passing yards (185) and threw his first career touchdown pass vs. Bowling Green (10/22) … became the first Central Michigan quarterback to rush for over 100 yards in a game since Tommy Lazzaro vs. Ball State in 2018 … his 60-yard run was the longest by a CMU quarterback since at least 2005 … rushed for eight yards on three carries and completed 3-7 passes for 40 yards at Penn State (9/24) … saw first career action, scored two rushing touchdowns, rushed for 47 yards on six carries and completed a 44-yard pass vs. Bucknell (9/17).

2021

Redshirted his first season at Central Michigan … did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL

A 2021 graduate of Ankeny High School in Ankeny, Iowa, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Rick Nelson … named Class 4A First Team All-State as a senior and junior, named captain in his senior year … also earned all-conference honors twice … named Iowa’s Top Quarterback in his class … two-time Class 4A All-District selection … passed for 2,041 yards and 28 touchdowns in 2020 … also rushed for 852 yards and had 10 rushing touchdowns ... led AHS to a state championship …? in junior season, passed for 2,207 yards and 20 touchdowns while completing 61.5 percent of passes (126-of-205) … named the Grinnell Mutual Player of the Week … rated a three-star recruit by ESPN, 247sports, and ON3DB, and two-star recruit by Rivals … also earned all-state honors in baseball as a shortstop.

PERSONAL

Born Jase Bauer on October 4, 2002 … son of Jeff and Amy Bauer … selected Central Michigan over offers from Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa, South Dakota State, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, New Mexico State, North Dakota State, Rice, and Wyoming.