Jake Locker Jacob Cooper " Jake " Locker ( born June 15 , 1988 ) is an American football quarterback for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He was selected by the Titans with the eighth overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft . He played college football at the University of Washington . Early years . Having grown up in Ferndale , Washington , he led the 2005 Ferndale High School to a 14 – 0 record and a state title , throwing for 1 , 603 yards and 25 touchdown passes for the season with only 3 interceptions . Locker was an excellent running quarterback , as he also rushed for 1 , 339 yards and 24 touchdowns during his senior year . Locker earned First - team All - America honors from " Parade " . He was also named the 3A state player of the year by the AP and Seattle Times , and earned First - team All - state honors from both organizations . In the 2005 Washington 3A state title game , Locker had four touchdowns and 272 total yards in a 47 – 12 win over Prosser High School . He helped Ferndale to a No . 12 ranking in " USA Today ' s " final West Region rankings , and a No . 12 ranking in MaxPreps . com ' s final national rankings . He was one of four Seattle Times " Blue Chip " recruits , ranked No . 5 nationally at QB , and No . 1 in the West , by PrepStar . Locker also ranked 85th in Scout . com ' s National " Hot 100 " and ranked 68th overall and fourth among " dual - threat " quarterbacks in Rivals . com ' s national rankings . As a junior , he threw for 1 , 314 yards and 16 TDs and rushed for 987 yards and 15 TDs . Locker led Ferndale to a 13 – 2 record and a Washington 3A state runner - up finish in 2004 , and was selected First - team All - state by the AP . As a sophomore , he threw for 713 yards with nine TDs , while running for 478 yards and three scores . In addition to quarterback , Locker played four years as a defensive back at Ferndale and was the first freshman ever to start in coach Vic Randall ' s 21 - year career . Locker was also a standout baseball pitcher and outfielder . College career . On July 31 , 2005 , Jake Locker committed to the Washington Huskies football team . Husky fans quickly dubbed him Montlake Jake and was expected to be the dismal program ' s savior . In 2006 , Locker won UW ' s Pepsi Player of the Week Award for his work on the service team after the Fresno State , Arizona and Washington State games . He made the travel squad for every game , and suited up for all 12 , but didn ' t see any game action . During this time Locker quarterbacked the UW service team . Locker in 2007 , was named the Rivals . com Freshman of the Week following his two rushing TD performance in the opener at Syracuse . He carried the ball 10 times for 83 yards and went 14 - for - 19 passing for 142 yards . He was named the SIonCampus . com Player of the Week after leading the Huskies to a 24 – 10 win over then 20th - ranked Boise State , snapping the Broncos ' 14 - game win streak . During a loss to Arizona , he became the 19th player in college football to pass for 300 yards , and run for 100 . Locker was handed the starting quarterback position prior to the start of spring drills and emerged from pre - season drills as the team ' s starter . On November 10 , 2007 , Locker was injured during a game against Oregon State University , and was removed from the field by an ambulance and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis , Oregon . He was able to return to the stadium in the fourth quarter to watch the end of the game , though he was wearing a neck brace . Locker was named to the Rivals . com 2007 Freshman Second - team All - America and was named Pac - 10 Freshman of the Year . In 2007 , he set UW records for rushing yards in a season by a freshman ( 986 ) , rushing yards in a season by a quarterback ( 986 , which is also a PAC - 10 record ) , rushing attempts by a quarterback ( 172 ) , passing yards by a freshman ( 2 , 062 ) , touchdown passes by a freshman ( 14 ) and longest pass completion ( 98 yards to Marcel Reece vs . Arizona ) . During summer of 2008 , Locker played outfield for the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League , where he was named by Baseball America as the league ' s top prospect . On the 4th day of practice going into the 2008 season , Jake Locker partially tore his hamstring . He resumed full practices on August 18 , 2008 . In the Huskies ' second game of the 2008 season against Brigham Young University , with the Huskies trailing 28 — 21 , Locker scored a rushing touchdown with two seconds remaining to bring the score to 28 — 27 . After tumbling into the end zone , Locker threw the ball up into the air and was assessed a 15 - yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty . This backed the point after touchdown kick , which was to tie the game and in all likelihood send it to overtime , from the 3 yard line to the 18 yard line . The kick was blocked and UW lost the game by that 28 — 27 margin . The call was seen as controversial , in that it followed the letter of the rule dictating that players who score a touchdown must hand the ball over to officials in an orderly fashion but some believe violated its spirit , because Locker ' s act of throwing the ball was simply an emotional reaction to a big play and not an attempt to taunt his opponents or delay the game . Locker later apologized for incurring the penalty . The Huskies finished 0 – 12 in the 2008 season . The only BCS conference program to go 0 - 12 in NCAA history . On September 19 , 2009 , Locker led the unranked Washington Huskies to a 16 – 13 victory over the 3rd ranked USC Trojans . Late in the 4th quarter , Locker engineered a 68 yard drive , with the game tied at 13 – 13 , that ended with a 22 yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining that put the Huskies up 16 – 13 . The win allowed the Huskies to move to 24th in the AP poll ; this was the first time they had been ranked since the 2003 season . Locker and the Huskies would go on to have an up and down season , finishing with a 5 – 7 record highlighted by a 42 – 10 blowout win of No . 19 California to close the season . On Dec . 14 , 2009 , Locker released a press release through the Washington athletic department indicating his decision to remain in school and play his senior year at Washington , rather than turn pro . For his performance in 2009 , Jake Locker was named Male Sports Star of the Year in the 75th annual Seattle Sports Star of the Year awards . In 2010 , Locker was a finalist for The Premier Player of College Football Trophy that ' s awarded based on the votes of fans . Locker closed out his college career with a 19 – 7 win over heavily favored Nebraska in the 2010 Holiday Bowl despite completing only 5 of 16 passes in the game . This atoned for a 56 – 21 loss to the Cornhuskers in Seattle earlier in the season , a game in which Locker was criticized for his 4 – 20 performance with 2 interceptions . This win lifted Locker ' s record to 10 - 21 as a starter for the Huskies . Twenty - eight quarterbacks have gone in the first round of the draft since 2000 . Only five had losing records as college starters : Patrick Ramsey , Kyle Boller , J . P . Losman , Jay Cutler and Josh Freeman . Professional career . 2011 NFL Draft . With one year of eligibility remaining at Washington , Locker was considered to be a top prospect in the 2010 NFL Draft by many internet mock drafts , with some analysts ranking him in the top three available quarterbacks . On December 14 , 2009 , ESPN ' s College Football Live reported that Locker would return for his senior season . Analyst Kirk Herbstreit said that he had confirmed this in a conversation with Locker , and Adam Schefter also confirmed it . Schefter posted on his Twitter page that an anonymous NFL GM , in speaking with " ESPN " NFL analyst Chris Mortensen , told Mortensen that Locker is " a bigger , taller , right - handed version of Steve Young . " Prior to Locker ' s announcement declaring his intention to stay for his senior season , " ESPN " draft analyst Todd McShay had projected Locker as the No . 1 overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft . But there was also some disagreement in certain circles with McShay ' s assessment — it had been reported that Locker was advised by the NFL Collegiate Advisory Committee that he would not have received a " 1st round grade " . ESPN analyst Mel Kiper , Jr . predicted before and after the 2010 NFL Draft that Locker would be the No . 1 overall pick in 2011 . ESPN analyst John Clayton stated in October of Locker ' s disappointing senior campaign that the right - hander may fall to the 2nd or 3rd round in the 2011 draft due to his inaccuracy and poor play . Locker was selected with the 8th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans . On July 29 , he signed a 4 year contract worth a reported $ 12 million . Tennessee Titans . Locker saw his first real playing time on November 20 , against the Atlanta Falcons , replacing an injured Matt Hasselbeck . In a losing effort , Locker threw for 2 touchdowns and 140 yards . Locker completed his rookie season with 4 passing touchdowns as well as 1 rushing touchdown . He acted as backup and occasional relief to Matt Hasselbeck . After competing with Hasselbeck during the 2012 preseason , Locker was named the starter for the regular season on August 20 , 2012 . His first start came on September 9 against the Patriots and was a rough affair as he completed 229 yards passing and one touchdown with one interception . His first win came on September 23 against the Lions as he threw for 373 yards and two scores in a 44 - 41 overtime Titans win . On September 30 , Locker tore his non - throwing shoulder , and was replaced by Hasselbeck . Locker was later confirmed by Titans head coach Mike Munchak as the starter on November 9 against the Miami Dolphins . Personal . Jake ' s father , Scott , and three uncles ( Mike , Pat , & John ) starred at Ferndale High School and went on to play at Western Washington University . His father , Scott Locker owns an insurance company , Locker & Ebert Insurance . Jake Locker ' s grandfather , Hugh Locker worked at a pulp mill for 37 years . His uncle Pat Locker , a running back for WWU ( 1976 – 79 ) , was named the Western football player of the century . Pat Locker was the first player in northwest collegiate history and 37th player in the history of college football to reach the 4 , 000 - yard mark in career rushing ( 4049 ) . Jake has two sisters , Alyssa and Erika . Erika is a starting guard on the Whatcom Community College women ' s basketball team . His cousin Casey is currently a starting safety on the Washington State Cougars football team . He was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 10th round of the 2009 MLB entry draft . Locker clarified that his primary focus is still on football and that playing baseball would merely be a fallback plan . He is currently still signed with the team . Locker ' s hometown Ferndale declared the day of its annual Old Settlers Picnic to be " Jake Locker Day " . On December 18 , 2010 , Jake Locker became engaged to Lauren Greer , a former University of Washington softball player . The couple are now married and have a daughter .