Cody Fajardo

Cody Fajardo
No. 17 Toronto Argonauts
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1992-03-29) March 29, 1992
Place of birth: Brea, California
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Anaheim (CA) Servite
College: Nevada
Undrafted: 2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
CFL status: International
Career highlights and awards

Cody Michael Fajardo (born March 29, 1992) is a Canadian football quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at the University of Nevada, Reno and was the Wolf Pack's starting quarterback from 2011 to 2014. He won the Glenn Davis Award in 2009 as the best high school football player in California. Cody is of Spanish American descent. Cody accounted for 13,000+ yards and 101 touchdowns in his career at Nevada. He ran his first professional touchdown on 7/13/16 and threw his first professional touchdown on 7/25/16 both for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL.

Early years

Fajardo (also referred to as "The Codster") played high school football for Servite High School in Anaheim, California.[1][2] As a senior, he led Servite to a state championship and a No. 3 ranking in the national polling.[3] He won the Glenn Davis Award in 2009 as the best high school football player in California.[4]

Fajardo's father played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and his grandfather played for the Colorado Buffaloes.[3]

College career

Fajardo committed to the University of Nevada, Reno in late January 2010.[5] He was redshirted during the 2010 season as Colin Kaepernick completed a four-year run as the starting quarterback for the Nevada Wolfpack football team.

As a redshirt freshman, Fajardo became the starting quarterback for 2011 Nevada Wolf Pack football team.[6] Playing against Texas Tech in the third game of the 2011 season, Fajardo rushed for 139 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries and completed four of six passes for 59 yards and a touchdown. On October 15, 2011, he led the Wolfpack to a 49–7 win over New Mexico, running for two touchdowns and completing 20 of 25 passes for 203 yards.[7][8][9] He finished 2011 with 1,707 passing yards, 6 passing touchdowns and 694 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns.

Fajardo had 2,786 passing yards, 20 passing touchdowns, 1,121 rushing yards and 12 rushing touchdowns. In 2013 he passed 2,668 yards, 13 passing touchdowns, 621 rushing yards and eight touchdowns. As a senior in 2014 he passed for 2,498 yards, 18 passing touchdowns and rushed for 1,046 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Fajardo is one of only two players in NCAA history with 9,000 yards passing and 3,000 yards rushing. The other being Colin Kaepernick. Both are Nevada Alums. Fajardo also accounted for 101 touchdowns in his career at Nevada.

Professional career

Oakland Raiders

After going undrafted in the 2015 NFL Draft, Fajardo signed with the Oakland Raiders on May 8, 2015.[10] On September 1, 2015, he was waived by the Raiders.[11]

Toronto Argonauts

On October 8, 2015, Fajardo was signed to the practice roster of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.[12][13] He was released by the Argonauts on November 16, 2015.[13] He signed with the Argonauts on May 17, 2016.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Ben Bolch (December 12, 2009). "Servite quarterback Cody Fajardo's reality exceeds his dreams". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ "This Fajardo kid is alright". OCVarsity.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Cody Fajardo Bio". University of Nevada at Reno. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  4. ↑ Ben Bolch (January 3, 2010). "Player of the year: Cody Fajardo; Servite High quarterback had dream season capped with state championship". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑ "QB Cody Fajardo Makes His Choice". InsideSports.net. January 29, 2010. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ Joe Santoro (October 12, 2011). "Fajardo retains starting QB job at UNR". Nevada Appeal.
  7. ↑ "Cody Fajardo Statistics". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ Joe Santoro (October 15, 2011). "Fajardo, Pack take bite out of New Mexico". Lahontan Valley News.
  9. ↑ "Cody Fajardo scores twice on the ground to lead ground attack, Nevada beats New Mexico 49–7". The Washington Post. October 16, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Raiders announce undrafted free agent signings". Raiders.com. May 8, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Raiders announce transactions". Raiders.com. September 1, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  12. ↑ Murray, Chris (October 15, 2015). "Wolf Pack alum Cody Fajardo signs with CFL team". rgj.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "TRANSACTIONS – 2015". cfl.ca. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  14. ↑ "ARGOS SIGN QB CODY FAJARDO". argonauts.ca. May 17, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
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