Career: Played in 26 career games and went 1-0 as a starter with a 2018 victory at Coastal Carolina … Came off the bench to lead a comeback win against Georgia State in 2020 ... Completed 43 of 73 passes (58.9 percent) for 462 yards with five touchdowns … In six seasons in Boone, App State went 62-17 with four Sun Belt titles (2016-19), an additional Sun Belt East Division title (2021) and five bowl wins (2016-20).
 
2021: Appeared in six games … Completed 12 of 21 passes for 116 yards, with an 8-yard touchdown pass against Georgia State to produce a 31-9 lead as the third quarter ended … Completed three of four passes for 48 yards against Elon and five of 12 passes (with one interception) for 41 yards in the Boca Raton Bowl.

2020: Appeared in six games and led a fourth-quarter touchdown drive to cap a comeback win against Georgia State with Zac Thomas sidelined … Completed 3 of 4 passes for 34 yards (all against Georgia State) on the season and scored an 8-yard touchdown against Campbell on his only carry … Led the last six plays of an 11-play march that resulted in Camerun Peoples' go-ahead touchdown run with 4:55 left in a 17-13 victory against Georgia State … Extended the drive with a third-and-8 throw to Thomas Hennigan for 14 yards to the Georgia State 22 after earlier completing a 12-yard pass to Peoples … Completed a pass to Miller Gibbs to help App State run out the clock … Also took snaps against Arkansas State, Texas State, Troy and North Texas (bowl win).

2019: Appeared in five games at quarterback and completed five of seven passes for 92 yards with touchdowns of 17 (ETSU) and 56 yards (ULM) … Threw a TD pass to Christian Wells in the 2019 opener and connected with Jalen Virgil in the ULM win … Completed both pass attempts for 17 yards at Georgia State and completed his only attempt for 2 yards at Troy … Gained 1 yard on only carry.

2018: Appeared in seven games at quarterback and made his first career start in a 23-7 win at Coastal Carolina … Filling in for an injured Zac Thomas, threw a season-long, 33-yard touchdown pass to Corey Sutton and finished with 127 passing yards (going 9-for-19) in the win at Coastal … Ended the year 21 of 38 through the air (55.3 percent) for 206 yards with two touchdowns and four interceptions … Other touchdown was a 4-yard pass to Malik Williams at Georgia Southern … Went 2 of 2 for 14 yards against Georgia State.

2017: Saw action in two games at quarterback, playing against Savannah State and Louisiana … Recorded his first career completion for 5 yards against Savannah State … Finished the regular season with a pass completion for 9 yards on a fourth-quarter, fourth-down play against Louisiana … Completed 2 of 3 passes for 14 yards and rushed two times for 13 yards on the season.

2016: Redshirted

High School: Rated as a two-star prospect by Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports ... Named honorable mention Florida 7-A all-state as a senior ... Tabbed as the Sarasota Herald-Tribune 2015 Offensive Player of the Year ... Two-time all-conference performer and team MVP ... Completed 105 of 159 passes (66.0 percent) for 1,593 yards, 14 touchdowns and three interceptions in 10 games as a senior, good for a 120.3 pass-efficiency rating ... Team went 23-2 and didn’t lose a regular season game in his two seasons as a starter ... Led Braden River to Florida 7-A state semifinals for the first time in school history and a No. 14 overall ranking in the state of Florida in 2015 ... Attended 2015 Nike Football Opening Regional ... Coached by Curt Bradley ... High school teammate of fellow Appalachian State player Ryan Neuzil ... Chose Appalachian State over FIU and North Dakota State.

Personal: Full name is Jacob Edward Huesman … Son of Violeta and Mark Huesman … Has a brother and sister: Thomas and Ashley … Enjoys playing XBox and hanging with friends in his free time.