{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1994)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jake Wieneke | image = 2022, 09, Jake Wieneke (2).jpg | image_size = | caption = Wieneke with the Montreal Alouettes in 2022 | current_team = | number = | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|9|14}} | birth_place = Maple Grove, Minnesota, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lbs = 221 | high_school = Maple Grove<br/>(Maple Grove, Minnesota) | college = South Dakota State | undraftedyear = 2018 | pastteams = * Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2018}})* * Salt Lake Stallions ({{AAF Year|2019}})* * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2019|2022}}) * Saskatchewan Roughriders ({{CFL Year|2023}}) | status = | cflstatus = | highlights = * CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|2021}}) * CFL East All-Star ({{CFL Year|2021}}) * Frank M. Gibson Trophy ({{CFL Year|2019}}) | cflstatseason = | cflstatlabel1 = | cflstatvalue1 = | cflstatlabel2 = | cflstatvalue2 = | cflstatlabel3 = | cflstatvalue3 = | cfl = jake-wieneke/164028/ }} '''Jake Wieneke''' (born September 15, 1994) is an American professional football wide receiver. He played college football at South Dakota State and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He was cut by the Vikings prior to the 2018 season, and then signed by the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). He played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for five seasons, for the Montreal Alouettes from 2019 to 2022 and Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2023.
==Early life== Wieneke attended Maple Grove Senior High School, where he was a three-sport star in football, basketball and track and field. After dealing with injuries for the most part of his junior season, Wieneke established himself as one of the top wide receivers in the state of Minnesota during his senior season. He was a first-team All-State selection and Mr. Football finalist after recording 68 receptions for 1,330 yards and 13 touchdowns. Following his senior campaign, he was invited to play at the Minnesota All-Star Game held in June 2013 and was named the North Offensive MVP after catching two touchdown passes.
==College career== After redshirting in 2013, Wieneke was the runner-up for the Jerry Rice Award as the Football Championship Subdivision's top freshman the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gojacks.com/news/2014/12/15/209808923.aspx|title=Wieneke finishes as Jerry Rice Award runner-up|publisher=gojacks.com}}</ref> He garnered second-team Associated Press (AP) All-American status and his first first-team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) nod after catching 73 passes for 1,404 yards and a school-record 16 touchdowns. Wieneke finished his collegiate career as the MVFC career leader in receptions with 288, in receiving yards with 5,157 and in receiving touchdowns with 59.
===Statistics=== {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2|Season !! rowspan=2|Team !! colspan=1|Games !! colspan=5|Receiving !! colspan=5|Rushing !! colspan=7|Passing |- ! GP !! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Att !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD !! Comp !! Att !! Yds !! Pct. !! TD !! Int !! Rtg |- | 2014 || South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 14 || 73 || 1,404 || 19.2 || 91 || 16 || 1 || 52 || 52.0 || 52 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2015 || South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 12 || 72 || 1,472 || 20.4 || 74 || 11 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2016 || South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 13 || 78 || 1,316 || 16.9 || 52 || 16 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2017 || South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 14 || 65 || 965 || 14.8 || 69 || 16 || 2 || 83 || 41.5 || 48 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 16 || 100.0 || 1 || 0 || 564.4 |- ! || Total | 53 || 288 || 5,157 || 17.9 || 91 || 59 || 3 || 135 || 45.0 || 52 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 16 || 100.0 || 1 || 0 || 564.4 |} ''Source'':<ref>{{cite web | title =Jake Wieneke College Stats | work =South Dakota State Jackrabbits | publisher =Washingtonpost.com | url =http://stats.washingtonpost.com/cfb/players.asp?id=232508}}</ref>
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 4 | weight = 221 | dash = 4.67 | ten split = 1.64 | twenty split = 2.74 | shuttle = 4.34 | cone drill = 7.22 | vertical = 35 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 9 | bench = 13 | wonderlic = | arm span = 33 | hand span = 9+7/8 | note = All values from Pro Day except 40-yard dash time from NFL Combine<ref>{{cite web|url=http://draftscout.com/ratings/pyrnotes.php?pyid=1001296&draftyear=2018&genpos=WR&startspot=20|title=Jake Wieneke – South Dakota State, WR : 2018 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile|website=www.nfldraftscout.com}}</ref> }}
===Minnesota Vikings=== As the 2018 NFL draft was coming to an end, Wieneke was hoping he would not be selected. With five picks to go, he received a call from the Minnesota Vikings' wide receivers coach Darrell Hazell asking if he wanted to sign as a free agent with Minnesota if not taken. "So for the last five picks of the draft, I was just kind of hoping that I don't get drafted and I get to sign with the Vikings," Wieneke said. When the draft ended, Wieneke agreed to terms with the Vikings. Wieneke stated: "It's the best feeling in the world, I get to stay with the team I grew up loving and I get to stay in Minnesota. It can't be anything better than this."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/29/maple-groves-jake-wieneke-calls-joining-vikings-best-feeling-in-the-world/|title=Maple Grove's Jake Wieneke calls joining Vikings 'best feeling in the world'|publisher=twincities.com}}</ref> He was waived on August 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vikings Release 14 Players|url=https://www.vikings.com/news/vikings-release-14-players|website=Vikings.com|date=August 31, 2018}}</ref>
===Salt Lake Stallions=== Wieneke signed with the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football, but was released in January 2019.
===Montreal Alouettes=== On January 4, 2019, Wieneke signed with the Montreal Alouettes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/2019/ |title=Transactions – Football player trades and signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=June 18, 2022}}</ref> He played in all 18 regular season games in 2019 where he recorded 41 receptions for 569 yards and eight touchdowns.<ref name=MTLbio>{{cite web|url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/players/jake-wieneke/164028/ |title=Jake Wieneke |publisher=Montreal Alouettes |access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> At the end of the year, he was awarded the Frank M. Gibson Trophy as the East Division's Most Outstanding Rookie.<ref name=family>{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/football/cfl/cfl-outstanding-rookie-candidate-jake-wienekes-year-was-a-family-affair |title=CFL outstanding rookie candidate Jake Wieneke's year was a family affair |publisher=Toronto Sun |last=Barnes |first=Dan |date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season. He signed a one-year contract extension with the Alouettes on January 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jake Wieneke returns to the Alouettes in 2021 |url=https://en.montrealalouettes.com/2021/01/19/jake-wieneke-returns-alouettes-2021/ |website=MontrealAlouettes.com |date=January 19, 2021 |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>
In 2021, Wieneke played in all 14 regular season games where he had 56 catches for 898 yards and a league-leading 11 touchdowns.<ref name=MTLbio/> At the end of the season, he was named a CFL All-Star.<ref name="2021allstars">{{cite web|title=Stars aligned: 2021 CFL All-Stars announced |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2021/12/15/stars-aligned-2021-cfl-stars-announced/ |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=December 15, 2021}}</ref>
In his third season with the team, Weineke saw a drop in production as he played in 16 regular season games, but had 45 receptions for 589 yards and just two touchdowns.<ref name=MTLbio/> He also didn't record more than 70 receiving yards in a game until the penultimate regular season game where he had five catches for 121 yards and a touchdown.<ref name=MTLbio/> In the playoffs, he had nine catches for 107 yards and one touchdown in two games.<ref name=MTLbio/> He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 14, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/transactions/2023/ |title=Transactions – Football player trades and signings |publisher=Canadian Football League |access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>
===Saskatchewan Roughriders=== On February 14, 2023, it was announced that Weineke had signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riderville.com/2023/02/14/touchdown-jake-signs-with-the-roughriders/ |title='Touchdown' Jake Signs With The Roughriders |publisher=Saskatchewan Roughriders |date=February 14, 2023}}</ref> He was released on January 18, 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Riders release receiver Jake Wieneke |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2024/01/18/riders-release-receiver-jake-wieneke/ |website=CFL.ca |date=January 18, 2024 |access-date=January 19, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Wieneke was born to parents Susan and Eric Wieneke, who attended all 18 Alouettes regular season games and one playoff game in 2019.<ref name=family/> Wieneke and his wife, Brenda, have one son, who was born in 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/30/wieneke-wants-bring-change-after-birth-son/ |title=Wieneke wants to bring about change after birth of son |publisher=Canadian Football League |date=June 30, 2020}}</ref> Wieneke also has a brother, Clark.<ref name=family/>
Wieneke now serves as a Catholic Missionary with FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) in Lincoln, Nebraska.<ref>https://huskercatholic.com/meet-the-missionaries</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [https://www.riderville.com/players/jake-wieneke/164028/ Saskatchewan Roughriders bio] * [https://gojacks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6270 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football bio]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wieneke, Jake}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Maple Grove, Minnesota Category:American football wide receivers Category:Players of American football from Minnesota Category:South Dakota State Jackrabbits football players Category:Minnesota Vikings players Category:Salt Lake Stallions players Category:Montreal Alouettes players Category:Canadian Football League Rookie of the Year Award winners Category:Saskatchewan Roughriders players Category:Players of Canadian football from Minnesota Category:Canadian football wide receivers