2017 Football Roster
Yaffe, Stephen
vs
UCLA
Oct 25 (Sat)
TBA

Jersey Number 93
Stephen Yaffe
- Weight:
- 185
- Height:
- 5-11
- Position:
- K
- Year:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Tampa, Fla.
- High School:
- Plant
Bio
2017 (Freshman): Sat out the 2017 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... walk-on joined the program during preseason camp.
2016: Redshirted the 2016 season at the University of Hawaii.
Prep: Kicker and punter for head coach Robert Weiner at Plant High School ... as a senior, converted on 7-of-10 field goals ... all-county selection recorded an 80-percent touchback rate on kickoffs and averaged 40 yards per punt ... first team 8-A all-state kicker after setting a new school record for the most touchbacks (30) his junior campaign ... game-tying field goal with 32 seconds left lifted Plant to the district championship ... recorded a 50-yard field goal ... broke the school record for PATs in a season with 55 as a freshman en route to AP 2A first team honors ... team captured the District 8 championship in each season ... teammate of IU linebacker Thomas Allen, defensive back Juwan Burgess and wide receiver Whop Philyor ... four-year football letterwinner ... also lettered in soccer and track ... earned all-county second-team honors in soccer … parents are Christel and Mark Yaffe ... Stephen Benjamin Yaffe was born on Aug. 21, 1997.
2016: Redshirted the 2016 season at the University of Hawaii.
Prep: Kicker and punter for head coach Robert Weiner at Plant High School ... as a senior, converted on 7-of-10 field goals ... all-county selection recorded an 80-percent touchback rate on kickoffs and averaged 40 yards per punt ... first team 8-A all-state kicker after setting a new school record for the most touchbacks (30) his junior campaign ... game-tying field goal with 32 seconds left lifted Plant to the district championship ... recorded a 50-yard field goal ... broke the school record for PATs in a season with 55 as a freshman en route to AP 2A first team honors ... team captured the District 8 championship in each season ... teammate of IU linebacker Thomas Allen, defensive back Juwan Burgess and wide receiver Whop Philyor ... four-year football letterwinner ... also lettered in soccer and track ... earned all-county second-team honors in soccer … parents are Christel and Mark Yaffe ... Stephen Benjamin Yaffe was born on Aug. 21, 1997.
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